Bible prophecy is designed into the Bible as a word puzzle. We are all familiar with Christ's parables, which basically are word puzzles in themselves. Well Christ is also the author of the Bible in it's entirety, including Bible prophecy.
An obvious observation is that the prophesies (specifically end time prophecies) are scattered throughout the Bible in what initially appears to be random. And not being the author of confusion, we must assume that God has design the prophecies into the Bible in a way that it could be properly understood.
I have found that Christ uses catchphrases to tie the prophecies together. Catchphrases are a word or sentence that are common among verses that can be compiled together. For example:
Revelation 14
1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.......
In this case we see an end time prophecy concerning the 144,000 at the time of Christ's return. In this prophecy the 144,000 are identified as "virgins" which is unusual to label 144,000 males with a feminine title.
Basically, the word "virgins" is a catchphrase used to clue us to another part of the Bible, specifically, the parable of "the parable of the ten virgins." Here we find a parable which also provides us with information about the day of Christ's return.
Take this one step further, we see in Zechariah 14:1-5 another prophecy concerning the day of Christ's advent. In the passage half of the inhabitants of the Jerusalem are taken into captivity which is equivalent to the parable of the ten virgins where we see that five of the virgins (one half) go into the banquet.
So, we see that the word "virgins" is not a term used to identify the 144,000's sexual behavior (or the lack thereof), but rather is a catchphrase used to tie the various prophetic passages together.
In Yehoshua,
Guy Smith
An obvious observation is that the prophesies (specifically end time prophecies) are scattered throughout the Bible in what initially appears to be random. And not being the author of confusion, we must assume that God has design the prophecies into the Bible in a way that it could be properly understood.
I have found that Christ uses catchphrases to tie the prophecies together. Catchphrases are a word or sentence that are common among verses that can be compiled together. For example:
Revelation 14
1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.......
In this case we see an end time prophecy concerning the 144,000 at the time of Christ's return. In this prophecy the 144,000 are identified as "virgins" which is unusual to label 144,000 males with a feminine title.
Basically, the word "virgins" is a catchphrase used to clue us to another part of the Bible, specifically, the parable of "the parable of the ten virgins." Here we find a parable which also provides us with information about the day of Christ's return.
Take this one step further, we see in Zechariah 14:1-5 another prophecy concerning the day of Christ's advent. In the passage half of the inhabitants of the Jerusalem are taken into captivity which is equivalent to the parable of the ten virgins where we see that five of the virgins (one half) go into the banquet.
So, we see that the word "virgins" is not a term used to identify the 144,000's sexual behavior (or the lack thereof), but rather is a catchphrase used to tie the various prophetic passages together.
In Yehoshua,
Guy Smith
