Luke21 - Catholic Biblical Prophecy

Steve introduces 2 Thessalonians with this topical study on “inaugurated eschatology.”   Referenced in today’s episode: 2 Thessalonians 2 Ezekiel 47 Revelation 22:1-2 John 7 Luke 11 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible

What is the difference between charismatic and biblical prophecy? It’s all too easy to let the application of ideas we get from scripture go haywire. That is why it is important for those who prophesy to go through testing and discernment. Steve discusses this and particular resources he has studied in today’s episode of Luke 21. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 Ephesians 4:11 1 Corinthians 14 Acts 21 Christian Prophecy book by Niels Christian Hvidt (foreword by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and their word of mouth. We are excited about our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Paul warns that the second coming of Christ will be a dark time for non-Christians. But he also gives encouragement to believers reminding us that we are sons of the light. Steve shares this practical application for our lives, especially as it pertains to internet pornography. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5:2-5 Revelation 9 Matthew 6:22-23 Revelation 14:8 Revelation 17:2 Matthew 1 1 Samuel 12 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and their word of mouth. We are excited about our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

If someone gives you a date for the end of the world, they’re contradicting Christ and are acting as a false prophet. Steve teaches today about the Day of the Lord. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5 Jeremiah 6:13-15 Jeremiah 5:12-13 Jeremiah 5:30-31 Isaiah 13:9-13 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and their word of mouth. We are excited about our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Steve shares two key scriptures often ignored by prophecy teachers about war and what to expect during the time of peace and security.  Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5 Matthew 24:6-8 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 675 (plus the footnoted scriptures) 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 2 Thessalonians 2:4-14 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Steve shares some info on trying to time-stamp the rapture. Wisdom from St. Augustine’s City of God and scripture can be found in today’s episode. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 Matthew 34:26 1 Thessalonians 5:4-6 Revelation 20:7-8 The City of God by St. Augustine The Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Steve takes you on a journey through the history of the dispensationalist view of the Rapture. Referenced in today’s episode: Matthew 24 The Blessed Hope pdf by New Testament scholar George Ladd Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Do Christians go through the great tribulation or escape it? Steve shares a little of how he came to learn more about the rapture. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17 1 Thessalonians 4 2 Thessalonians 2 Jesus Revolution Movie 2 Thessalonians 2:1 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our video format of the Luke 21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke 21 website, luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke 21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Continuing our Rapture scripture study in Thessalonians, Steve discusses the pre-tribulation and simultaneous events viewpoints of biblical prophecy. If you are interested in receiving copies of the diagrams, you can visit us at luke21.com! - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4 Matthew 24:29 St. Augustine, The City of God CCC-1001 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. - - - - - - - - - - - We are excited to announce that our new Luke 21 website is now live! The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy. Check it out here! 

Last time, Steve shared three keywords in 1 Thessalonians that reveal the real meaning of The Rapture. Today, he expands on those words in a scripture study deep dive. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 “Little Kittle” abridged Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT) Verbum bible software Acts 28:15 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke 21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited to announce that our new Luke 21 website is live! The site includes exclusive Luke 21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.  Check it out here! 

In today’s episode, Steve continues his study of First Thessalonians chapter four which is the key passage regarding the rapture theory. To understand this theory and if it is true, Steve will explain the three keywords in three verses that reveal the true meaning of the rapture. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4: 15—17 Ephesians 4:15 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website soon. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

In today’s episode, Steve comes to chapter four of First Thessalonians which is one of the central passages regarding biblical prophecy, specifically concerning the rapture theory. Learn the origin of the word rapture, the context of which St. Paul was using this word to communicate to his recipients in Thessalonica, and the steps needed to take to correctly interpret this passage. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website soon. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

In today’s episode, Steve dives into the presence of the messianic kingdom in Thessalonica. To understand the message Paul was sharing in Thessalonica and what happened as a result, we need to go back to the context in which Paul was teaching. During this episode, you will learn two key concepts in Biblical prophecy, the grand surprise of the New Testament, and the importance of being ‘God-taught’ so that the Holy Spirit can work in you, transforming your life. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians Acts 17 Acts 28:23 Isaiah 2:3 Isaiah 54:13 1 Thessalonians 4:9 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website soon. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

In today’s episode, we’re going to look at the role of the Holy Spirit in tribulation. In this series, we’ve shown the context that St. Paul was writing this first epistle of Thessalonians. St. Paul was writing to a brand new church full of new Christians in Thessalonica, who were experiencing persecution, affliction, and tribulation! Section 675 of the CCC states that “Before Christ’s second coming the Church must pass through a final trial (Great Tribulation) that will shake the faith of many believers.” How did the new Christians in Thessalonica handle tribulation? How did they stand strong in the midst of persecution? What was it that got them through? How can we apply it to the tribulation that stands ahead of the Church today? All of these questions and more will be answered in today’s episode. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 & 2 Thessalonians Catechism of the Catholic Church, 675 Romans 5:3 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 1 Peter 4:12-14 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website soon. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

For the past couple episodes, we’ve been studying the seven verses in Thessalonians where tribulation and affliction are to be expected as Christians. The question then arises – how can I develop a faith strong enough to survive such tribulation? In today’s episode, we are looking at the power of the Word of God in Thessalonica and in our daily lives. Steve will go through ways in which we can apply it to our daily lives to build up our faith amid opposition. The word of God is at work in all of us, living and active. Read, hear, and be transformed by it. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Acts 17:6 1 Thessalonians 2:13-14 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website soon. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

In the last episode, your host Steve Wood, went through the topic of the Great Tribulation in the books of First and Second Thessalonians. He showed the importance of looking at the entire context of a verse – rather than studying just a particular verse by itself. Steve then explored the seven verses in Thessalonians that talked about tribulation as a life situation – a context that St. Paul was writing to and how this would illuminate the teaching of tribulation in the epistle. In today’s episode, Steve continues the study of tribulation by now looking at the entire New Testament. What did St. Paul say to the other churches about tribulation? What did Jesus say about tribulation? How does St. John refer to tribulation in Revelation? Learn the answers to these questions and much more on today’s episode. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 3:34 Revelation 1:9 1 Thessalonians 1:6 John 16:33 Matthew 13:20-21 Catechism of the Catholic Church, 675 Acts 14:22 Romans 8:13 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website in March 2024. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

There’s a little saying that goes, “a text without a context, is just a pretext.” What does this have to do with studying biblical prophecy? In today’s episode, your host Steve Wood will explain the importance of studying a particular verse in the Bible while also looking at it’s entire context. You take away the context – you lose the meaning. While continuing our study of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Thessalonians, Steve will investigate the concept of the Great Tribulation while studying Thessalonians 4:17 in it’s entire context. One of the biggest debates in the study of Thessalonians and biblical prophecy is the question – Will Christians go through what is called the Great Tribulation, or will they somehow be taken off the scene (through the Rapture) and not go through the Great Tribulation? You will learn the answer in today’s episode. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 Matthew 24:21 1 Thessalonians 3:7 2 Thessalonians 1:4-7 Acts 16 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website in March 2024. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

If we are being honest, the world seems to be turning the church upside down more than the church is turning the world upside down, regardless of which church you attend. We’re not really winning the cultural wars or the war for the hearts, minds and souls of men, women, and particularly young people. We must ask ourselves – is something missing in how we present, believe, and live the Gospel? Could we start turning the world upside down, thereby making it upright again? This is the kingdom reality. This is why we study prophecy. It’s not to get a crystal ball timeline of what’s going to happen – instead, this is the critical stuff. This is the power of the Gospel to change a pagan world into a Christian world. It turns the world right side up again by proclaiming the Gospel message that Jesus Christ is King of the world. One of the most critical questions regarding biblical prophecy is this – when is the kingdom reign of Jesus? – When does it begin? When is it? The answer can get more complicated but to keep it simple, there’s two answers – either future or present. In other words, is the kingdom reign of Jesus a future reality or a present reality? Over the course of our studies we are going to be looking at how to answer that through several different Scriptures, particularly as we go through the book of Revelation. But for today, one way to answer that question is to dig in to what the word “gospel” means. Today, we will continue to study 1 Thessalonians by looking into the prophetic gospel of the kingdom and its importance to setting the world upright again. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians Isaiah 2:7 The Navarre Bible commentaries - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website in March 2024. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Thessalonians is at the center of much debate between Christians regarding the basic framework of biblical prophecy. This debate isn’t just between Protestants and Catholics as much as it is between a huge group that has adopted dispensationalism (a fairly recent understanding of biblical prophecy, less than 200 years old) and a large number of Protestants, Orthodox Christians, and Catholics who take a more historic approach to these two epistles. In today’s episode, your host Steve Wood takes a second look at the topics of dispensationalism and exegesis by going through a brief summary of First and Second Thessalonians. Steve will walk you through these two radically different viewpoints of Thessalonians and teach you how to interpret them for yourself. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-4 Ephesians 2 Ephesians 2:11-12 Charting the End Times book by Tim LaHaye Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth book by C.I. Scofield - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website in March 2024. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

In this episode, your host Steve Wood launches into the study of biblical prophecy starting with 1 Thessalonians 1:1-4. You will learn the importance of these four verses and why they are key for understanding the big picture of Biblical prophecy. Steve then dives into explaining the two different ways one can interpret the Scriptures. Spoiler alert – you’ll learn what eisegesis (reading one’s thoughts into scripture) and exegesis (forming one’s thoughts by reading meaning out of scripture) are, how they differ, and why it matters. Steve will then explain how these theories can help us interpret popular theories such as the Rapture. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 1 Deuteronomy 14 Acts 7 Acts 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is now available on YouTube. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website in March 2024. The site will include exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.