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this is: The Seventy Weeks and the Great Tribulation
Originally Published by Hamilton Bros. Scripture Truth Depot
120 Tremont St., Boston 9, Mass.
BY PHILIP MAURO
"The Seventy Weeks and the Great Tribulation
CHAPTER I.
PRINCIPLES THAT SHOULD GOVERN IN THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY
Our object in the present series of papers is to bring before our readers some results of recent studies of the prophecy of The Seventy Weeks (Daniel 9), and of the Lord’s discourse on Mount Olivet (Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21), in which He applied and expanded a part of that prophecy.
Writings and addresses on prophecy always excite interest, because they appeal to the element of curiosity which is prominent in human nature.
But such writings and addresses are of benefit only so far as they rightly interpret the Scripture.
In the case of unfulfilled prophecy this is oftentimes a matter of difficulty; while on the other hand writers on prophetic themes are under constant temptation to indulge in surmises and speculations, and even in flights of imagination.
Much has been put forth as the interpretation of prophecy which is utterly unproven, but which could not be disproved except, as in cases where dates have been set for the coming of Christ, by the event itself.
Another fact which has been impressed upon us in this connection is that there has been no progress in the interpretation of unfulfilled prophecy for a good many years.
At “prophetic conferences,” and in books and magazines, the same things are being repeated today, with little variation, that were said two decades ago.
It would seem that, for some reason, the Lord has not been, of late, shedding fresh light upon this part of His precious Word.
Our own thought about the matter is that writers on prophecy have gone so far in advance, and the people of God in accepting, > mere conjectures, unproven theories, or at best mere probabilities, as interpretations of the prophetic Scriptures,
> that there must needs be a surrender of our speculative ideas, and a retracing of some of our steps (which have diverged from the truth), ere there can be any real advance in the understanding of this part of the Word of God.
this is: The Seventy Weeks and the Great Tribulation
Originally Published by Hamilton Bros. Scripture Truth Depot
120 Tremont St., Boston 9, Mass.
BY PHILIP MAURO
"The Seventy Weeks and the Great Tribulation
CHAPTER I.
PRINCIPLES THAT SHOULD GOVERN IN THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY
Our object in the present series of papers is to bring before our readers some results of recent studies of the prophecy of The Seventy Weeks (Daniel 9), and of the Lord’s discourse on Mount Olivet (Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 21), in which He applied and expanded a part of that prophecy.
Writings and addresses on prophecy always excite interest, because they appeal to the element of curiosity which is prominent in human nature.
But such writings and addresses are of benefit only so far as they rightly interpret the Scripture.
In the case of unfulfilled prophecy this is oftentimes a matter of difficulty; while on the other hand writers on prophetic themes are under constant temptation to indulge in surmises and speculations, and even in flights of imagination.
Much has been put forth as the interpretation of prophecy which is utterly unproven, but which could not be disproved except, as in cases where dates have been set for the coming of Christ, by the event itself.
Another fact which has been impressed upon us in this connection is that there has been no progress in the interpretation of unfulfilled prophecy for a good many years.
At “prophetic conferences,” and in books and magazines, the same things are being repeated today, with little variation, that were said two decades ago.
It would seem that, for some reason, the Lord has not been, of late, shedding fresh light upon this part of His precious Word.
Our own thought about the matter is that writers on prophecy have gone so far in advance, and the people of God in accepting, > mere conjectures, unproven theories, or at best mere probabilities, as interpretations of the prophetic Scriptures,
> that there must needs be a surrender of our speculative ideas, and a retracing of some of our steps (which have diverged from the truth), ere there can be any real advance in the understanding of this part of the Word of God.
