Or perhaps forced to sort out which allegory is identifiable and purposeful at any given time: Aronofsky's ambitions here reveal a fairly coequal plunge
into biblical prophecy (from Old Testament furor to New Testament evangelism), environmental metaphor, and, most explicitly, the labors of artistic creation.
Not exact matches
The
Biblical Prophecy is that the Sun will be darkened first, then the moon will turn red or
into blood or like blood.
Once we take
into account the capacity of the ancient Jewish mind to create a story as a way of expounding and showing the relevance of a
Biblical text (this practice will be described in Chapter 9), it is not at all difficult to see how the story of Joseph of Arimathea could have been partly shaped by Isaiah 53:9, «And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death,» found in the famous chapter on the suffering servant, which was certainly interpreted by the early Christians as a
prophecy of the death of Jesus.
So just to understand this, I was told when I was a Christian if I don't believe in Jesus being the Messiah or the Virgin Birth I will be cursed and go to hell and anyone who doesn't believe in Jesus as our chosen Messiah will not enter
into the kingdom of Heaven, yet Christians say
biblical prophecy has been fulfilled with the state of Israel and God is watching over and blessing the Jews.
According to the «
biblical prophecies» on which the novels are based, the Antichrist will support a Russian invasion of Israel, rebuild the Jerusalem temple, and lead nation
into war against nation.
His five - point agenda for post-fundamentalist evangelicalism included: (1) clarification of the philosophical implications of
biblical theism, (2) Christian engagement with the pressing social issues of the day as well as concern for individual salvation, (3) refusal to divide over secondary matters such as the details of
biblical prophecy, (4) openness to the possibility of a biblically faithful ecumenicity, and (5) the development of a truly
biblical theology that took
into consideration the whole sweep of salvation history.