A Woman's Perspective on End Times Prophecy

Growing up in the 80’s, I heard a lot about the "end of days" and many sermons on the "rapture". At our church, we even watched movies on that subject, like "A Thief in the Night", and "A Distant Thunder" where people who were left behind were beheaded if they didn’t take the mark of the beast. Now, we have the newer "Left Behind" movies and books, and many more people are interested in knowing the signs and times of the end. I am one of these people. When I was a girl, those movies we saw at church scared me, but when I became an adult, I decided to face my fears and read all the books in the "Left Behind" series. That launched me into my own study of the scriptures to find out more about end times and the return of Jesus.

Along with finding out the truth about Jesus in the Bible, I also wanted to find out how to be a better wife. Since my first marriage failed, I wanted to make sure my second one lasted. I had heard a lot of sermons on marriage, but I wanted to know for myself what the Bible said about marriage and the relationship between a husband and wife. As I studied scriptures on marriage, to my surprise, I started to see a connection between marriage and end times prophecy!

Basic Love Training, my study that I just finished sharing on my blog, explains why marriage is so important to end times prophecy. It explains God's biggest mystery – the marriage of God and the children of Israel. The details of this marriage were revealed to me when I focused my study on how to love God by keeping His commandments.

And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." (Mat 22:37-40 ESV)

You see, I believe that understanding the details of God’s marriage is the "key" to understanding the marriage of Jesus and it also reveals the identity of His Bride in the book of Revelation. It is also the "key" to understanding the other end time prophecies that are found in the Old Testament books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and Hosea.

Most end times prophecy scholars are men, but I believe it is time to take a look at prophecy from a woman’s point of view – a woman who has experienced similar emotions and situations that Israel (God's wife) has been in. So now, please allow this woman to give her perspective on end times prophecy.