Prophecy Course

In Revelation 13, we see a terrible beast rising out of the sea with seven heads and ten horns. This beast receives worship, blasphemes God and wages war against the saints of the Lamb for 42 months. Who is this beast? And is the beast of Revelation past, present or in our near future? In this lesson, we’ll wrestle with questions like, “Who is the beast of Revelation?”, “When will the beast of Revelation war against the saints?” a...

Who is the man of lawlessness of 2 Thessalonians 2? And who is his restrainer? The man of sin, that son of perdition, often finds himself in an Antichrist mashup, used to color a shadowy world leader who is said to rise and take over the world in the last days. Who is the Man of Lawlessness (Son of Perdition)? The only place we see the “man of lawlessness” title in Scripture is in 2 Thessalonians 2. Writing in the early 50’s AD, P...

Is it true that Jesus will establish the kingdom of God on the earth when He returns? Did Jesus somehow fail to bring about the kingdom of God during his first earthly ministry? Did fallen humanity confound His first attempt? Is Jesus just waiting around in heaven for His big chance to try it again? Is the Parable of the Nobleman (Minas) in Luke 19 about the end times? Prophecy Course. Bible prophecy made clear. (https://prophecy...

Though I knew the biblical phrase “time, times and half a time”, I had only looked into it long enough to leave thoroughly confused. However, in response to my lesson on Daniel’s 70 Weeks prophecy, one fellow student of the Word wrote in the following: "How do you explain the utilization of time, times and half a time (three and half years) by Daniel, James and John the Revelator? "Revelation was written after the liter...

Welcome to Part 2 of the Olivet Discourse! In Part 1, we opened with Jesus exiting the Temple with His disciples and stopping on the Mount of Olives to prophesy the end of the Old Covenant age and the Jewish religious order. Here in Part 2, we continue His heated declaration of judgment over unbelieving Israel. (Matthew 24 explained.) In this lesson, we continue our exploration of the day of the Lord, His gathering of the elect, ...

What is the day of the Lord? The day of the Lord is a term often misused to point at the last day of history, the day when the Lord Jesus comes again to wrap everything up and judge the living and the dead. But is that truly what the “day of the Lord” means? In this lesson, we put proper context around this Jewish expression. There is a common notion that the day of the Lord is the same as the day of Christ, when Jesus returns to ...

(Matthew 24 explained.) Jesus is enraged. Standing in the Temple, He has just launched at the Jewish religious leaders, calling them out as blind hypocrites, white-washed tombs and a brood of vipers (Matthew 23). In Ezekiel 11:22-23, we saw the glory of the Father leave the Temple through the East Gate and settle upon the Mount of Olives before departing. Israel’s Babylonian exile soon followed. Now we see the Son of man leave the ...

Daniel's 70-week prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27) has been said to be the most spectacular and most exacting prophecy in all of Scripture, foretelling the Messiah's arrival, death and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD with amazing accuracy. Imagine being visited by an angel and receiving a promise foretelling a future king who would liberate your people and usher in an entirely new kingdom—a new way of life—free from the crus...

Admittedly, the resurrection of the dead can be a hard doctrine to swallow. For many, the closest cultural images of resurrection are a collection of competing near death experiences (NDEs; resuscitations, really), a handful of bad B-movie horror flicks, some fallen TV shows and a dark music video from the early 1980’s. But what does the Bible teach us about the resurrection of the body? When will the resurrection take place? What...

This may come as a surprise, but not everyone agrees on the meanings behind certain tough-to-grasp Bible passages. Shocking, right?! Ever since the first century, that disagreement has been the source of much debate. In this lesson, we establish a basic understanding of the common prophetic views—the lenses around biblical prophecy including covenant theology, dispensationalism, futurism, preterism, historicism and idealism. We’ll ...

What do UFO cults, Jehovah's Witnesses, Christopher Columbus, NASA rocket scientists, Martin Luther, Catholic popes, practically all of Europe and today's Church all have in common? Answer: They have all predicted—and utterly missed—dates for Jesus' return and the end of the world. And the last days madness continues! These days, people are making end of the world predictions like there's no tomorrow! When it com...

As we journey deeper into the Word of God, how do we keep ourselves on the straight and narrow path of clarity without veering off into the wilderness of error? In this episode, we establish the rules of engagement—not only for prophecy—but for all of God’s Word. How are we to interpret Bible prophecy? Prophecy Course. Bible prophecy made clear. (https://prophecycourse.org/) // TAKE-AWAYS FROM THIS LESSON 🔹 Establish basic grou...

This lesson of the Prophecy Course introduces the student to biblical prophecy, what it is and what it is not. This talk makes the case for why we should study prophecy, including biblical support. Finally, we'll consider some of the benefits to studying prophecy and confront some common reasons why Bible students have often avoided it. Welcome to the Prophecy Course! My name is Matthew Schoenherr and I’ll be your guide on our...