Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy: The Complete Guide to Scriptural Predictions and Their Fulfillment

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Wipf and Stock Publishers, Sep 30, 2020 - Religion - 782 pages
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 indexes



An 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.
 

Contents

The Nature of Prediction
3
Predictive Forms
16
B Limitations on Predictive Figures
42
Limitations on Types
51
The Identification of Fulfillment
57
B Methodology for Ascertaining Fulfillment
71
Periods of Fulfillment
91
Development of Israel in Romans 11
101
2427 384385
384
Predictive Cycles in Hosea 13
395
Lamentations 347Ezekiel 349Daniel 369Hosea 393Joel
406
434Habakkuk 437Zephaniah 439Haggai 443Zechariah
446
The Prophecies of Zechariah 448449
448
Malachi
468
Matthew 477Mark 484Luke 500John 516Acts 526
526
Romans 536 1 Corinthians 543II Corinthians 549Galatians
550

Single Fulfillment
121
E Limitations in the Comprehension of Fulfillments
140
The Old Testament Offerings
193
The Old Testament Sacred Times 196197
196
Genesis 153Exodus 172Leviticus 187Numbers 199Deuter
223
243Ezra 248Nehemiah 249Esther 251Job 252Psalms
243
The Messianic Psalms
260
Prediction in Isaiah 2833
281
256Proverbs 275Ecclesiastes 276Isaiah 278Jeremiah 320
320
Chronological Arrangement of Jeremiahs Prophecies 322323
322
Predictive Cycles in Ezekiel 3348
351
Scope of the Apocalyptic Visions in Daniel 712
371
lonians 558II Thessalonians 5621 Timothy 566II Timothy
568
Titus 570Hebrews 571James 5781 Peter 580II Peter
590
A Chronological Outline of the Events in Revelation
596
The 6th and 7th Seals as Elaborated in the Trumpets and Bowls of Revelation
598
The Two Cycles of the Book of Revelation 602603
602
A The Biblical Predictions in the Order of Their Fulfillments
631
B Prophecies Concerning the Foreign Nations More Promi
660
Biblical Types
671
Statistics by Periods of Fulfillment
680
The Biblical Predictions
695
Selected Passages Not Properly Predictive
727
Biblical Words and Phrases Hebrew Aramaic and Greek
747

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About the author (2020)

Dr. J. Barton Payne, who was professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, also taught at Wheaton College Graduate School of Theology, Wheaton, Illinois, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He was also actively affiliated with the International Christian Communications Foundation. Dr. Payne authored of An Outline of Hebrew History, Theology of the Older Testament, The Imminent Appearing of Christ, and editor of New Perspectives on the Old. He was a major contributor to reference books, including Baker's Dictionary of Theology, Pictorial Bible Dictionary, and The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, and to the New American Standard Bible. Dr. Payne also wrote articles for periodicals such as Journal of Biblical Literature, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and Christianity Today.

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