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Back toward the Future: Hints for Interpreting Biblical Prophecy is unavailable, but you can change that!

Prophecy is one of the most rewarding topics for Bible study—once one manages to overcome the challenging subject matter and unfamiliar literary forms. In Back Toward the Future, Walter Kaiser provides interpretive methods that remove these obstacles. Kaiser shows readers how to discern conditional and unconditional prophecies, comprehend apocalyptic symbols, and understand future events in...

he had just been promised was in direct line with the earlier word that had been given to Adam and Eve and to the patriarchs. Moreover, this promise was “the charter for [all] humanity” (2 Sam. 7:19, my own translation). The ancient promise, which had been the object of David’s faith and the divinely ordained means by which all the nations of the earth would be blessed, was now being invested in his seed, his house, his throne, his kingdom! He could hardly believe what he was hearing! 5. The gift
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