Prophecy

The Millennial Kingdom
It is astonishing that some Christians find it difficult to believe in a literal millennial kingdom under the reign of the Lord Jesus Christ, even…
Gerrid Setzer January 19, 2026
The Prophet Nahum – Introduction
Nahum announces judgment on Nineveh. This godless city would be conquered and destroyed. About 150 years earlier, it had been spared God’s judgment because it…
Gerrid Setzer October 30, 2025
The Prophet Micah – Introduction
Micah’s language is artistic yet clear and easy to understand. We do not have to be linguistic artists to be able to pass on God’s…
T.A. October 14, 2025
The Prophet Amos – Introduction
The Messenger: The prophet Amos came from the small town of Tekoa, a few kilometers southeast of Bethlehem. He raised cattle and farmed there (1:1,…
Gerrid Setzer October 5, 2025
FAQ – The Lord Jesus (His Return)
  What do Christians wait for? Christians wait for the coming of Christ to take (or “rapture”) them out of the world. This event is…
Michael Hardt September 11, 2025
The Prophet Jeremiah – Introduction
Jeremiah lived in a “dark” time: the time of the fall of the Jewish empire. Ten tribes had long since been captured and deported by…
Michael Hardt September 5, 2025
The Prophet Hosea – Introduction
  The messenger From Chapter 1:1, we can see that Hosea worked as a prophet for several decades. His contemporaries included Isaiah, Micah, and Amos.…
Gerrid Setzer August 29, 2025
FAQ – Prophecy
  1. What is prophecy? Prophecy involves a man (or, in the right context, a woman) speaking on behalf of God. The prophet receives a…
Michael Hardt August 11, 2025
God Predicts the Future
“Soothsayers were spectacularly wrong in 2018 – again”, reads a newspaper headline. Germany was supposed to become world champions, and the world was supposed to…
Alex Schneider July 5, 2025
The Prophet Zechariah – Introduction
  The two prophets Haggai and Zechariah were active at the same time. In terms of content, their messages overlap to some extent, but their…
Gerrid Setzer July 3, 2025
The Kingdom in Matthew 13 (7 Parables)
It is rarely possible to understand a chapter of the Bible without taking into account its context. If this is generally true, it is especially…
Michael Hardt June 21, 2025
The Prophet Malachi – Introduction
The messenger and the message Malachi lived and worked at a time when some of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (the “remnant”) that God…
T.A. June 11, 2025
The Prophet Haggai – Introduction
  The minor prophets worked in the divided kingdom of Israel, mainly in the two-tribe kingdom of Judah but also partly in the ten-tribe kingdom…
T.A. May 29, 2025
Study Guide for the 12 Minor Prophets
What can we learn from the brooding prophet Habakkuk? What do the “mysterious” visions of Zechariah mean? Does a man like Obadiah have a message…
Gerrid Setzer, T.A. May 24, 2025
Different Rewards in Heaven
While it is true that there are no degrees of fitness for heaven, it is also true that there will be degrees of reward in…
William MacDonald April 9, 2025
Tensions in Israel (FAQs)
  After more than 1800 years, the state of Israel was established again on May 14, 1948. For many, this was a reason to rejoice,…
Ernst-August Bremicker, Michael Hardt January 30, 2025
Question: When Will the World End?
Question: All kinds of catastrophes, events, currents of time, and crises cause many Christians to see the end of the time of grace as having…
Martin Schaefer September 30, 2024