From one of the most respected theological minds of the twentieth century, this revised and updated classic book on biblical prophecy uses solid biblical evidence to explain over 1,000 key prophecies of Scripture, including those that point to events still to come.
A global pandemic, wars and uprisings, and economic instability have many of us Is this the end of the world? Now you don’t have to be a biblical scholar to answer that question. In Every Prophecy of the Bible, Dr. John F. Walvoord offers clear explanations for prophecies from Genesis through Revelation. This fascinating
Explores how past, present, and future fit together in God’s perfect design Explains how 50 percent of biblical prophecies have already happened Places each prophecy into historical and current context Celebrates the accuracy of God’s Word Offers hope and peace in troubled times Don’t just wonder about the signs of the times. Understand them. Every Prophecy of the Bible is a faith-affirming, highly readable guide about prophecies already fulfilled, those yet to come, and what they mean for us today.
This book is amazingly comprehensive! I used to read through whole sections of prophecy in the Old Testament thinking, "Well, if God predicted it, I'm sure it happened at some point." This book showed how in history specific prophecies were fulfilled, and equally importantly, which prophecies await future literal fulfillment. So much of what has been predicted is yet to happen! I was amazed. But with the large amount of prophecies that have already seen literal fulfillment innhistory, we can have full confidence that the rest will be fulfilled too. I will definitely be keeping a copy of this on my shelf to reference during future Bible reading. Highly recommend this book!!
John F. Walvoord’s Every Prophecy of the Bible is a highly valuable resource for anyone interested in the intricacies of biblical prophecy. This book provides a detailed examination of over 1,000 prophecies, offering a structured and insightful guide from Genesis to Revelation. It presents an in-depth analysis of how these prophecies fit into the broader narrative of Scripture and reveal God’s plans.
Walvoord’s approach emphasizes that prophecy is not merely about predicting future events but is a profound window into understanding God’s nature and promises. By exploring both fulfilled and unfulfilled prophecies, he demonstrates the reliability of Scripture, the consistency of God’s Word, and the faithfulness of God.
The book is meticulously organized, categorizing prophecies by their locations within different sections of the Bible, such as the Pentateuch, Historical Books, and the Prophets. This thoughtful organization allows readers to easily locate and grasp the context of each prophecy. The inclusion of two indexes (topical and Scriptural) and sixteen charts—covering topics like World Empires and Unfulfilled Prophecies—greatly enhances the book’s usability and depth.
Walvoord’s assertion that “God means exactly what He says” reinforces the confidence that every prophecy will ultimately come to pass. This perspective is both reassuring and affirming of the trustworthiness of God and His sovereignty.
Every Prophecy of the Bible adeptly simplifies complex topics, making it clear how past prophecies are linked to future events. It’s a resource that offers both clarity and depth, making it a must-have for those seeking a comprehensive understanding of biblical prophecy.
I received a digital version of Every Prophecy of the Bible through the publisher, David C. Cook. I am not required to write a positive review in any way or for any reason. My honest and unbiased opinions expressed in this book review are my own. My review focuses on the writing style, structure, layout, and content, ensuring transparency and reliability.
Quite a lot of pages (646 readable). Not counting the indexes in the back. There is a Scripture Index which is quite useful. The book covers the whole Bible, and anything to do with prophecy. The author is pre-millennial and believes in a pre-tribulation rapture. I am also in agreement with this. The best use of this book is as a reference to any prophetic verse and gives a good explanation on what that verse means the support from other verses referring to it. He also covers post-millennial and a-millennial and the problems with those two beliefs. Many times he goes to a verse and gives all sides and then explains to true meaning of the verse. This is a very good tool for Bible students.
This was a rather revealing book on the prophecies within the Bible. While they have good arguments, one will truly never know. Without a doubt, it is worth it to read through this book and learn some valuable prophecy. If the Bible is truly the Word of God...then we all will have problems in the end. But take heart...God wins in the very end and all those who have called on the Lord will be saved!
I ordered this book because I'm currently writing a book of my own about what I see as the Bible's downfalls. I had planned to dedicate a chapter solely to Biblical Prophecy, but after reading this book, that chapter may turn into a book of its own at the rate I'm going. This is a book that Fundamentalists will LOVE, liberal Christians will IGNORE, and non-biased rational minds will alternately HATE and be amused by...except that the latter two groups will probably have no interest in reading it. I found this book maddeningly un-scholarly, with the author attempting to find prophecies in any and every mundane statement in the Bible, and not content to end his manuscript without expressing his "certainty" that Revelation's locusts are actually going to be Russian black helicopters...yada, yada, yada. In my mind, this just seems like authoring a book on future lottery numbers. The author, John F. Walvoord, considers himself a prophecy "expert," using his (dubious) interpretations of previous (alleged) Biblical prophecy fulfillments to argue that this somehow qualifies him to speak authoritatively on the future and the "End Times." For 2000 years people have musing over the meaning of the "Mark of the Beast," the time of the rapture (as it relates to the "Great Tribulation," and the "Beast with 7 heads and 10 horns and 13 crowns blah-blah-blah," etc. Nobody has any clue what all this nonsense is about, but Walvoord thinks he's got it all figured out. The lay-out of this book is that of a reference book. It is not very readable except in small spurts. It's more like a Bible study guide. Walvoord lists every single one of the 1000 prophecies he's managed to "locate" in the Bible, and proceeds to discuss their fulfillment status. By his count there are 500 "literally fulfilled prophecies" in the Bible, which leaves no doubt in his mind that the other half will "definitely be fulfilled as well." The only problem is that the vast majority of the "prophecies" Walvoord lists aren't even remotely prophetic in even the most liberal interpretation of the word. An example: Moses made a bronze image of a snake wrapped around a pole (the future symbol of the medical field) which had magical powers to cure people of snakebites. Walvoord insists this image was a "prophecy" fulfilled by ...wait for it.....Jesus hanging on the cross!! I know. Huh??.. In the passages that Walfoord actually correctly ascertains to be legitimate prophecy, his assertion that they were fulfilled often runs counter to the claims of external documented history or even the Bible's own claims. Example: God prophesied that Cain would forever be a full-time vagabond, and restless wanderer on the earth. Instead, Cain takes a wife then proceeds to build the first city in the world. Despite this, Walvoord claims the prophecy came true. [head scratch] Another example of intellectual dishonesty: Jacob blesses his 12 sons right before he dies. (I see this as "blessing" and not "prophecy," but, oh well...) Jacob tells his son Zebulon that his shores will eventually "reach to the sea, and include the city of Sidon." This never happened. Aware of this "dilemma," Walvoord states, "While they never did reach the sea (OR annexed Sidon), they still got close enough to benefit from seaborne trade." And in his "expert" estimation, this constitutes, "literally fulfilled prophecy." Egad!!!! I pored over this book extensively because I'm using it as a research tool. Out of Walvoord's "500 prophecies," I would venture a guess that as many as half of them aren't really prophecy of any sort. They're just a way for him to pad his statistics a bit. Another large portion of legitimate prophecies demonstrably failed, though that didn't keep him from chalking it up in the W column. I don't know what else to make of it other than outright deception. It's like it there was a prophecy calling for a midnight monsoon, Walvoord would argue for its fulfillment in the noonday sunshine. He seriously is a train wreck! Critical readers will notice that nearly EVERY prophecy that was made in the Old Testament (and fulfilled in the OT) was written AFTER THE FACT. That is, the prophecy was not written down until hundreds of years after the event that supposed to have fulfilled it. This fact doesn't really help the cause Walvoord is arguing for. And what many Fundamentalists see as Messianic prophecies, fulfilled by Jesus in the NT, are usually so vague, so ambiguous, or taken out of context that they could really be twisted to mean anything you want them to. It is for these very reasons that Christians disregard Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, and daily horoscopes. Bottom line, if you're the kind of person who reads Josh McDowell's "Evidence that Demands a Verdict" and tries to memorize his talking points, you'll probably want to own this book. If you are religiously skeptical and are interested in seeing the absurd lengths that apologists are forced to go to to defend their faith, you might enjoy it. This book is NOT going to change anyone's life. It's a great bathroom book. Sit down, read a page, leave it for next time.
as with all dispy theology, basically break out the charts and diagrams and attribute everything to the new world order and the RFID chips. also whatever president you didn't vote for is the antichrist. jokes aside i appreciate the work walvrood put in to make this as accessible as possible. but its just that, accessible. not much more. its also wrong. just saying. read John calvin instead. amen and amen. if this were to be more suited to my preferences i would wish some footnotes were added and for walvrood to expand on a LOT of what was said. i understand what was written was written for the sake of accessibility. but a lot of what was said i would have enjoyed for walvrood to expand and explain and see him contrast it with other perspectives. though if that were done this would be a multi volume set. which is also known as a commentary set. really what im saying is that there isnt much point in reading this. just buy commentaries. unless you dont really want to understand, but rather want to blindly accept statements without seeing evidence for what you now "understand". but i suppose there are multiple tea varietals so that everyone can have their "cup". anyways. hats off to walvrood and his book of accesibile statements.
Good reference book. Clearly catalogs and explains prophesies. Trivial disagreements. My one knock is on how he treated the gospels. It was more of a commentary than listing and explaining prophetic parts.
I bought this book as a Kindle special for $.79. The author says;
"Most significant is the fact that half of these prophecies—five hundred of them—have already been literally fulfilled, establishing beyond any intellectual question that prophetic passages in the Bible were intended to be interpreted literally." Walvoord, John F.. Every Prophecy of the Bible: Clear Explanations for Uncertain Times (p. 7).
That would seem to remove any doubt about it. It wasn't until the 19th and 20th centuries that there was "a movement to restore the literal truth of prophecy." That was 17 hundred years after the evil Alexandrians had allegorized the Bible. I suppose that 19th-century movement was led by Darby and Scofield. After telling us that prophecy was absolutely literal, he makes this statement;
"Though it may be demonstrated that most prophecy should be interpreted literally, this does not rule out figurative revelation, allegories, apocalyptic Scriptures, or other forms of nonliteral prophecy." (p. 13).
This seems confusing, even contradictory. How can we figure this out? It's easy. All we have to do is let Walvoord do it for us.
"This will be illustrated as prophecies of Scripture are interpreted." (p. 16).
Okay, let's see how this works with a test scripture.
(Isa 60:16) Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
How does Walvoord explain this?
"Isaiah 60:1–22. God’s redemption of Israel will bring a glorious future." "Their ultimate blessings and God’s wonderful care are described in detail (vv. 15–22)." (p. 112).
This is FUTURE and is described in DETAIL. No hint of metaphor here. It's not going to be a pretty sight. I'll finish this book when I get some time.
It is what it says it is. I was teaching a class on the topic and ordered this book to make sure I didn't leave anything out. He does not do that. Some I am not sure are prophecies, but that does not bother me. It is a resource of information. If you want to know how to interpret what God will do in end time events you need to see what God has done and how He did it. This is a great book to help you do just that!
This man, John Walvoord is still the eschatological wizard and has probably caused more folks to become "Born Again" through his teachings, study and literary treasure trove. He has done it all so simply by taking the Bible literally.....no hocus pokus, just straight ahead truth! When I arrive in heaven, I want to see this blessed man!
I have not read the entire book, I don't know if I ever will. Non-the-less it is a book full of useful information and, for me, a mine of research info' for my favourite subject of bible prophecy regarding the "end times." As the title says, it lists every prophecy predicted in the bible, I don't doubt that at all, seeing as it is over 600 pages long, and every one is explained, not just listed. It's a good book to add to a collection for anyone who is interested in the subject. Bible prophecy is a hard subject to understand. Many books are written in a hope to decipher the ancient text, and books differ in opinion sometimes, no matter how educated the author is. This book may or may not have all the right explanations, but it is thorough, a good read, and I think has most of it pointing in the right direction.
The author attempts to give an understanding of the prophecies throughout the Holy Bible. Thankfully when he gets to the Book of Revelations he doesn't get into the interpretations that have floated around recently like the number 666 refers the Roman Emperor Nero or the Mark of the Beast may actually be a tracking system similar to what is used for missing pets.
An exceptional read and profoundly useful tool for any Bible student. I differ with Waalvord on the founding of the Church, but feel his analysis of various eschatological viewpoints is insightful. I recommend without reservation that pastors read this work after reading “The Theocratic Kingdom” by Peters.
I started this book in Sunday school and the class decided not to finish it .“ Revelation “ adverse I guess. I left the class to finish the book. And the last pages make clear this is an occurrence of neglect common in the church these days. I highly recommend this book to my fellow saints. Don’t fear learning about Gods word. He’ll make things clear with the Holy Spirit. Press on in faith!
This book does a great job of covering all the prophecies of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. It gives the prophecy and then tells when the prophecy was fulfilled/ will be fulfilled. A must read for those interested in prophecy.
As I read the book, it is clear that Gods Word is true. You will be blessed when reading the Book of Revelation. Thank you to John Walvoord for the Clear Explanations.
This is an excellent book to study along with your Bible-reading pan. I definitely recommend it. He explains everything very well and stays close to the scriptures.