Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version, Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. Other quotations are from: the New American Standard Bible (NASB), © the Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977. Used by permission; the American Standard Version (ASV); and the King James Version (KJV).

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Walvoord, John F.

Prophecy knowledge handbook / by John Walvoord.

p. cm.

ISBN 0–89693–509–4

1. Bible—Prophecies—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title

BS647.2.W337 90–32489

220.1’5—dc20 CIP

Copyright © 1990 by SP Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

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CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

1. Prophecy in the Pentateuch

2. Prophecy in the Books of History

3. Prophecy in the Books of Poetry

4. Prophecy in Isaiah

5. Prophecy in Jeremiah

6. Prophecy in Ezekiel

7. Prophecy in Daniel

8. Prophecy in the Minor Prophets

9. Prophecy in the Gospels

10. Prophecy in the Book of Acts

11. Prophecy in the Pauline Epistles

12. Prophecy in the General Epistles

13. General Introduction and Prophecy Concerning the Church in Revelation

14. Prophecy Concerning John’s Vision of Heaven and the End Time

15. Prophecy of the Second Coming, the Millennium, and the Eternal State

Appendix A: Prophecies of the Old Testament

Appendix B: Prophecies of the New Testament

Charts

The Millennial Temple

The Millennial Temple Proper

The Gates to the Millennial Temple

World Empires of the Bible in the History of Israel

Seventy Sevens of Daniel: Daniel 9:24–27

The 483 Years in the Jewish and Gregorian Calendars

Predicted Order of Prophetic Events Related to Israel

Order of Events of Bible Prophecy

Predicted Events Relating to the Nations

Predicted Events Relating to the Church

Appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection

Major Resurrections

Major Divine Judgments

The Day of the Lord

Major Events of Unfulfilled Prophecy

Order of Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls

PREFACE

For many years I have been urged to compile a list of all significant prophecies of Scripture and provide an exposition of them. Though these have been discussed in many of my books, the need to combine them in one volume is evident.

One of the problems in the interpretation of prophecy is that every prophecy is related to other prophecies like pieces of a tapestry to the whole. Accordingly, a system had to be used that would unfold prophecy in an orderly way and relate prophecies to each other. To achieve this, the general method of study of prophetic Scripture was approached from the biblical point of view, beginning in Genesis and ending in Revelation. In the Gospels the chronological approach was modified to deal with ...