Rev. E.W. Bullinger, D.D.- On Christ’s Two Eschatological Discourses

(from No Millennium Without Christ, 1887)       Now the first three or four verses of both discourses, and of all the three records are almost identical:— Matt. xxiv. 4-8, Mark xiii. 5-7, Luke xxi. 8-11. But here a remarkable change occurs which gives us the key to the right understanding of these prophecies. In Matt. and Mark…

A Prospect From Mount Olivet

  One of the most important eschatological passages in the Bible is Jesus Christ’s great prophecy concerning “the end of the age.”  This prophecy was issued on two distinct occasions.  The first (recorded in Luke 21) was when Jesus Christ taught the people in the temple (Luke 20: 1), whereas the second (recorded in Matthew 24 &…

Antichrist & The Great Tribulation

     In his messages to the seven churches, John the Apostle warned his hearers of an “hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth” (Rev. 3: 10). This same event is also mentioned in Rev. 2: 22 and Rev. 7: 14. It describes a…

J.C. Ryle- On “The Times of The Gentiles”

(from Expository Thoughts On Luke, 1859) “A fixed period is here foretold, during which Jerusalem was to be given over into the hands of Gentile rulers, and the Jews were to have no dominion over their ancient city.  A fixed period is likewise foretold which was to be the time of the Gentiles’ visitation, the…