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More About Focus on the Prophecies Ministry
We're glad you decided to visit our
exciting website. Here we attempt to unlock
ancient mysteries of end-time Bible prophecy with our FREE ...
Insights
In Prophecy
Unlock The Ancient Mysteries Of Daniel & Revelation
BIBLE DISCOVERY
SERIES
On this site you will find the
Appointed Times & Seasons Calendar and 30 fact-filled lessons on the
prophecies of Daniel and Revelation from Focus On The Prophecies Ministry. You are about
to embark on a great spiritual adventure.
We are not offering just another run-of-the-mill Bible
study series. The lessons come to you
based on a quarter of a century of prayerful and determined focus into God's
end-time predictions.
Many prophetic insights have been neglected or misapplied by the
shop-worn popular views of our day. However, very soon people will run in a mad
dash to the neglected books of Daniel and Revelation... looking, hoping,
searching and praying for God's direction in the midst of great worldwide chaos.
Over the last two decades, through the efforts of individual students of
prophecy prayerfully searching the Word and sharing their insights, a picture
has been emerging that will help answer
some of the toughest questions that will be asked during the dreadful last
days--inquiries of who, what, when, where, why and how long? This has been
God's design all along... that what has been hidden from generations past would
be revealed to the last generation in full living color. For God has promised the final generation will
discover the prophetic treasures hidden for thousands of years, buried in the
symbols and numbers within the ancient writings of the chosen Hebrew prophets.
Won't you join in that exciting journey of discovery with us? Students of
prophecy come from all walks of life and various religious persuasions... Protestant, Catholic and
Messianic Judaism. Although we may not agree on every detail, we surely
have the same mind: we want to know God's final plan and to see the return of Messiah in our lifetime. We believe that day is fast approaching!
Having said this, the views expressed on this prophecy website are those of the author,
and the author only (unless otherwise noted). However, what you find here is the collective
insights gained from personal study, and from individuals and resources God has
enlightened in recent years by His Spirit. The learning never stops. If some or
all of what is expressed here offers some valuable insight into the last days, and
thereby draws you closer to our Savior knowing that time is short, to God be
the glory. There is no cause greater than a living, vibrant relationship
with Yeshua.
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Three Primary
Principles
This ministry is established on
three overriding principles.
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Daniel's four momentous visions (Daniel
chapters 7-12), which have traditionally been
applied to historical episodes, are instead a foretelling of events about the
end and therefore should be examined for their apocalyptic insights to the
same degree as the book of Revelation.
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Revelation is the key that unlocks Daniel's
sealed scroll-- an unsealing promised to the last generation. The
Apocalypse is, in reality, a commentary on Daniel's predictions; therefore,
both books should be merged as one presentation.
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Daniel and Revelation
reveal time periods which have been examined and debated for many centuries,
but which will be understood in the last days. When merged as one and
aligned to God's Festivals, a calendar of events and time lines comes into
focus, which will guide the followers of Jesus past almost overwhelming
deceptions. The "times and dates" (Acts
1:6-7, NIV), or "times [and] the seasons" (KJV),
which have been hidden from past generations, will be brought into view at
God's determined time as an instrument of grace and direction for those who
will live during the appointed time of the end and who are searching into the revelations of
Yeshua (Revelation
1:1-3).
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We cannot wait until the impending
disasters and worldwide chaos to study Daniel and Revelation; for many, that will be too late. I
appeal to you to join us now in search of Bible prophecy by beginning with the Insights In Prophecy Bible Discovery Series
(see lessons).
The Literal
Interpretation
Kevin Swift believes at this critical junction in history,
as we near the time of the end, we can understand the books of Daniel and Revelation
as never before. The prophetic mysteries contained in these two books,
merged with Jesus' Mount of Olive discourse on the last days (recorded in Matthew 24; Luke
21; Mark 13), can
be unraveled by looking at the prophecies through their real life "literal"
language and meaning. This stands in contrast to "spiritualizing away" important
predictions or forcing the days of prophecy, which the Hebrew language
clearly says are days, to be turned into years by the invention of
men, which
masks the true meaning and original intent of the Hebrew writers.
A famous man, himself a student of Bible
prophecy, many years ago penned a prediction which no doubt is becoming a
reality:
"About the time of
the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn attention to the
prophecies of the Bible, and insist on their literal interpretation in the midst
of much clamor and opposition." Sir Isaac Newton (A.D. 1643-1727)
The articles and studies on this website have been written as simply as
possible. But that is not to infer that these lessons are not scholarly. Much of the
writing on prophecy is either highly sensational with little biblical basis, or
simply a reflection of popular views, repeating what others have been teaching for decades. However,
the study of prophecy is complex and time consuming; it is not for the
fainthearted. The skill to break it down into wholly simple terms may be
beyond any man's ability, but the attempt has been made as best we could.
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