I just shared this message with my prayer group. I hope it blesses you too – Hello ladies! I feel led to share with you a summary of the resources that I used to study biblical end-times prophecies in the book of Revelation, in case you want to choose one of these resources to study on your own or with a small group.
1. Pastor Gary Hamrick’s Cornerstone church has a very well-organized collection of messages on every book in the Bible, available for free. He has 31 messages from the book of Revelation. He delved a lot into the first three chapters which is about church history of the last 2000 years. If you are interested to learn most about the church age (this is where we are in time), I highly suggest his teaching. He is also funny by nature and his jokes broke the tensions of this very serious book of Revelation. I appreciated laughing along the way. Here is the first message – it’s under Archives: Midweek Bible Series.
2. Pastor Stephen Armstrong has 29 messages on the book of Revelation. He delved a lot into the military aspects of the book of Revelation. I wondered why and then I saw on his bio that he was in the military career. So if you enjoy military information then you’ll find his thoughts very interesting. (FYI, he’s a serious man and so no jokes along the way to break the tensions of this book.) Here is the link to his teaching website: https://www.versebyverseministry.org/bible-studies/revelation-2020
3. Pastor Derek Prince was a professor of philosophy at the prestigious England’s University of Oxford or Cambridge (I forget which one) before he was drafted by the government to serve during WWII. His family was part of the Anglican Church but he fell away during his academic career. It amazes me that such a stoic man became a Pentecostal preacher. While battling (mostly retreating) in the war for the British empire for several years in the Middle East regions, he studied the Bible and after the war, he pursued ministry. Because of his Pentecostal ministry background, he often shares lots of supernatural stories. Since we never witness miracles and experience much of the supernatural; I enjoy learning from him very much. Yet he is very meticulous and incredibly thorough in his Bible teachings. There are only four messages, so I suggest you do an extensive study by Gary Hamrick or Stephen Armstrong and then after listen to Derek Prince. He is firm and stern in his teaching style, but his personal life stories that he shares while teaching make it all worth it. – https://www.derekprince.com/sermon-series/11
His written papers are well-worth your studying too. He has a good amount written about the end times. – https://www.derekprince.org/Groups/1000065927/DPM_USA/Resources/Teaching_Articles/Teaching_Articles.aspx
4. I also read Amir Tsarfati’s book called, “The Last Hour”. He’s coming out with a new updated book so please get the newer version. He is a messianic teacher from the tribe of Judah (that is Jesus’ tribe too). He’s super sharp and delves into current affairs a lot. So if you like current news and modern history, then you’ll like his teaching on the book of Revelation. He was also in the Israeli military before going into ministry. He focuses a lot on military and tactical information. (I noticed military people see, think and teach differently than civilians. They are very methodical, disciplined, stern in teaching and speak often about our enemy, Satan and his demons. I suppose it’s because of their military background, they are always aware of the enemies’ whereabouts and tactics.)
Revealing Revelation: How God’s Plans for the Future Can Change Your Life Now https://www.amazon.com/dp/0736985247/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4FJ666RVTTCFGK8AC9SW?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
4. I have been following Pastor Tony Evans for about 4 years and I have never heard him speak about bible prophecy. Well, I recently discovered that he is very well versed in this subject and even wrote a book about it in 2002. He is currently speaking about this subject again. In this recent sermon, he does a very good overview. It was also nice to hear that he has a “pre-trib” viewpoint – meaning he believes the church will be raptured before the Great Tribulation on earth. https://www.amazon.com/Best-Yet-Come-Prophecies-Understanding/dp/0802448569/ref=nodl_
5. As you learn about biblical end-times prophecies, you’ll probably wonder like I did – “Israel has oil?” They found a bonanza amount of natural gas offshore in their waters in 2009. I’m sure as Russia’s oil is being banned throughout Europe right now, more of the energy from other countries will be imported from newer suppliers like Israel. You have to read this policy report from 2018.
Please listen to pastor Gary Hamrick’s last Sunday’s sermon about the rise of Russia in the end times. Russia is referred all over in the book of Ezekiel’s prophecies.
My bible study group is currently studying the book of Hebrews together. This book is also not an easy book to digest and discuss. Yesterday, as we were reading and discussing chapter 6 – a tough chapter; I was thinking how well our members did in listening, sharing and respecting one another’s thoughts. It made me think about Proverbs 27 where “iron sharpens iron”. I was so happy after our time together and shared this good article I read on how to approach difficult bible passages. Our group did a great job not sidestepping difficult bible passages and subjects. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/approach-difficult-bible-passages/
“As iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens [and influences] another [through discussion].” – Proverbs 27:17 (AMP)
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