The Divine Romance, the Messianic Banquet and the Prophetic Meal
by Ed Taylor
This study wraps up the series with a lesson on the Divine Romance in the bible, Yahweh as husband to Israel, Jesus as bridegroom to the Church, the Messianic Banquet at the end of the age, banquet imagery in the NT, the Great Feast for the Scavengers in Ezekiel and Revelation, and how the Lord's Supper is a prophetic meal pointing to the Messianic Banquet that Jesus will host for the saints in the Age to Come.
Understanding God's plans for Israel is an important key to understanding apocalyptic revelation in the bible.
In this study we discuss Replacement Theology, Paul's teaching in Romans 11 on national Israel's destiny, Jewish election and priority, and Israel as firstborn son among the nations. Also covered is a high level overview of prophetic events recently fulfilled and those still future for Israel including the return of Israel from global exile to their own land, the end of Gentile control of Jerusalem, Psalm 83 prophecy, Ezekiel's war (Gog and Magog), and Zechariah's prophecy about all nations being gathered to fight against Jerusalem.
A teaching on the antichrist, the spirit of antichrist, the serpent and his seed, the antichrist's origin and rise to power, the Great Delusion, the Satanic trinity, and the coming war on the saints. Learn how the martyrdom of the saints will be a primary catalyst in the gospel of the kingdom being proclaimed to the entire world.
In Lesson 5 Ed teaches on First and Last Things (protology and eschatology), Genesis as "seed plot" of the bible, the First and Last Adam, the NT Shema (1 Cor 8:6), and God's relationship to creation (transcendence and immanence).
Lesson 4 provides an overview of the Day of the LORD in both OT and NT with a survey of key texts, and an examination of the primary themes and characteristics of this apocalyptic topic.
Lesson 3 provides an overview of biblical time, discusses God and time, aion and kairos, how God becomes All in All within creation, and the Two-Age model (this age and the age to come)
Lesson 2 discusses an overview of the biblical cosmos, visual imagery in the bible, trees clapping, how the OT and NT refer to the universe, and the structure of the cosmos as a three story conceptual model.
Apocalypse as Bible word, Genre and Doomsday
by Ed Taylor
Lesson 1 introduces the biblical meaning of apocalypse, provides an overview of the apocalyptic genre of literature, explores apocalypse as doomsday, and discusses how God both conceals and reveals biblical secrets.