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After twenty years of research, Dr. J. Barton Payne has compiled the one complete guide to Biblical prophecy. From the prediction of Adam's death in Genesis 2: 17 to the prophecy of mankind's perpetual worship of God in the new heaven and earth (Psalm 72:5), the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY discusses every verse of prophetic matter in Scripture. It identifies every probable point of fulfillment whether in the past, present, or still in the future. The first 144 pages of the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY set forth a systematic approach to the subject of Biblical prophecy and the legitimate place for prediction in it. The ENCYCLOPEDIA is arranged according to the 66 books of the Bible. In each book, all the verses on one prophetic theme are treated in one combined discussion. For example: The 12 verses of Genesis that foretell God's granting of the land of Canaan to the descendants of Abraham are discussed together. It is then shown how the promise was fulfilled in the days of Joshua. One of the ENCYCLOPEDIA'S concluding summaries lists all the 737 major subjects that appear in Biblical prediction, with the books and paragraphs in which each is found. This way, each prophecy can be traced from its first appearance in the Bible to its last. Among the many features is a complete list of all the Scriptural prophecies pertaining to Christ. No other book has ever examined Biblical prophecy so thoroughly or presented it in such a balanced perspective as the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY.-1,817 entries covering all the Biblical predictions in both the Old and New Testaments -A complete discussion of all 8,352 predictive verses in the Bible -14 tables, including three on the Book of Revelation-Bibliography -4 summaries -4 statistical appendixes -5 complete indexesAn indispensable tool for students of the Bible, for students in theological seminaries and Bible colleges, for pastors as a reference guide, and for concerned lay people. The ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY is certain to bring a fresh understanding and rewarding insights of the bible.… (more)
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1. The nature of prediction --
A. The Prophetic movement in Israel --
The revelatory experience --
The inspired writing --
Holiness, as the goal of prophecy --
B. The status of prediction within prophecy --
Prediction defined --
Scriptural testimony --
Opposition to prediction --
Value of prediction --
C. Predictive forms --
Spoken --
Acted --
2. The identification of predictions --
A. Limitations on oracles --
Textual misrepresentations --
Linguistic alternatives --
Generalization --
Intention --
Inferred prophecies --
B. Limitations on predictive figures --
Legitimate figures, but non-predictive --
Illegitimate figures: allegorization --
C. Limitations on predictive symbols --
Legitimate symbols, but non-predictive --
Illegitimate symbols: objects that are not representative of further truths --
D. Limitations on types --
From the nature of typology --
From the varieties of types --
From the progress of history --
3. The identification of fulfillment --
A. The necessity of fulfillment --
Valid predictions --
Invalid predictions --
B. Methodology for ascertaining fulfillment --
Context --
Analogy --
Literary form --
C. Periods of fulfillment --
Organization in respect to the fulfillments of Biblical prediction --
A chronological outline --
Criteria for relating predictions to their proper periods of fulfillment --
The order of preferability when deciding between alternative possibilities for periods of fulfillment --
D. Single fulfillment --
The problem of multiple sense --
Corollaries of single fulfillment --
Progressive prediction --
Developmental fulfillment --
Prophetic telescoping --
E. Limitations in the comprehension of fulfillments --
Limitations due to the original record --
Limitations due to the modern interpreter --
A summary of basic principles for the interpretation of prophecy --
Part one: The Biblical predictions --
1. The Old Testament --
Genesis --
Exodus --
Leviticus --
Numbers --
Deuteronomy --
Joshua --
Judges --
1 Samuel --
2 Samuel --
1 Kings --
2 Kings --
1 Chronicles --
2 Chronicles --
Ezra --
Nehemiah --
Esther --
Job --
Psalms --
Proverbs --
Ecclesiastes --
Isaiah --
Jeremiah --
Lamentations --
Ezekiel --
Daniel --
Hosea --
Joel --
Amos --
Obadiah --
Jonah --
Micah --
Nahum --
Habakkuk --
Zephaniah --
Haggai --
Zechariah --
Malachi --
2. The New Testament --
Matthew --
Mark --
Luke --
John --
Acts --
Roans --
1 Corinthians --
2 Corinthians --
Galatians --
Ephesians --
Philippians --
Colossians --
1 Thessalonians --
2 Thessalonians --
1 Timothy --
2 Timothy --
Titus --
Hebrews --
James --
1 Peter --
2 Peter --
1 John --
2 John --
Jude --
Revelations --
Part three: Summaries --
A. The Biblical predictions in the order of their fulfillments --
B. Prophecies concerning the foreign nations more prominent in Scripture --
C. Prophecies with personal reference to Christ --
D. Biblical types --
Part four: Statistical appendix --
Statistics by Biblical books --
Major groups of prophecies incorporated from one Biblical book into another --
Statistics by periods of fulfillment --
Statistics of particular interest.