Sermons and Biblical Studies

And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. —Rev. 9:16 IN THE APOSTLE JOHN’S DAY, WORLD POPULATION WAS PROBABLY LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED MILLION, YET THE AMAZING NUMBER WAS RECORDED. NOW, WE KNOW NUMBERS IN PROPHECY CAN BE TRUSTED. 318 History’s Largest … Continue reading “ASIAN INVASION”

And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. —Rev. 16:12 ORIENTAL FORCES WILL INVADE THE MIDDLE EAST AT THE END TIMES. THE EMERGENCE OF ASIAN NATIONS AS GROWING WORLD POWERS IS … Continue reading “ASIAN BLOC”

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. —I Timothy 4:3 299 Asceticism On A Rampage During the fourth century, hundreds of ascetics sought to escape temptation and punish their bodies by living as hermits. The extremes … Continue reading “ASCETICISM”

And no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee. —Revelation 18:22 289 Art Works As Tax Payment In Mexico, painters and sculptors can pay taxes with their own work. Each April when taxes are … Continue reading “ART WORLD”

And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Ar-ma-ged-don. —Rev. 16:16 281 Armageddon’s Entrance From All Sides Megiddo is located about halfway between Mt. Carmel on the west and Mt. Gilboa on the east in the triangular plain of Esdraelon. Jesus often viewed this plain as He looked across the … Continue reading “ARMAGEDDON, BATTLE OF”

I will bring thee forth, and all thine army … Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them. —Ezek. 38:4, 5 BIBLE PROPHECY PREDICTS AN ALLIANCE OF ARAB AND RUSSIAN FORCES AGAINST ISRAEL. 274 Soviet Aid To The Arabs Prior to the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Russia had given the Arab nations about $6 billion in military aid … Continue reading “ARAB-RUSSIAN POLITICS”

And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him … —Dan. 11:40 THE “KING” OF THE SOUTH WILL BE A SINGULAR PERSON WHO WILL LEAD THE SOUTHERN FORCES IN A FIRST MOVE AGAINST ISRAEL. 267 A King For Africa There are over 45 countries in Africa today. Two-thirds … Continue reading “ARAB-AFRICAN BLOC”

But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. —Daniel 11:43 258 The World Of Oil The Arab world occupies 8% of the globe, yet possesses nearly two-thirds of the world’s total … Continue reading “ARAB WEALTH”

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Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understand count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. —Revelation 13:18 205 Ancient Numbers Code Many ancient languages did not have separate symbols which stand for numbers, as we do. Rather, the letters … Continue reading “ANTICHRIST—IDENTIFICATIONS”