God is your guide to interpretation. Take an example that many confused. The metaphors in the Bible, creation, particularly the prophecies of former President forgotten how to create the world and the dimming of the sun, moon and stars to the confusion.
We do not claim to special knowledge. We believe that familiarity with the language of the prophet, to make someone the best interpreter of Scripture, in particular, eschatology.
Sun Mooned and Stars.
Some see the lights in the sky like a star in our solar system. God, but uses a broader definition of the sun, moon and stars, in particular the teaching of prophecy.
The fourth day of creation that God has created to divide the light of day and night. Many people recognize. However, the statement these follows is what many people miss about the lighting. God also said: "If the characters, moments, days and years."
And God made two great lights, the sun and moon, day and night to control. He made the stars.
We all know that the seasons, days and years. What we do "sign". God tells us that use the sun, the moon and the stars as signs or symbols. The reading of the prophetic language of the Bible, including the end of time the messages to show how God, luminaries such as signs and symbols.
The first prophecy, lights and signs and symbols.
Joseph dreamed of sheaves bowed to his file. His brothers were aware that the dream that one day Joseph will reign over them. Joseph mastery of it inflamed her jealousy.
Joseph had a dream. God uses the sun, the moon and the stars in the dream of Joseph. "Then the dream of others, and said to his brothers and said," Look, another dream. And this time, the sun, moon and eleven stars bowed down to me. "(Genesis 37:9).
Joseph said that the dream of his father and brothers. His father criticized him, saying: "What is this dream you had?" I and your mother and your brothers and sisters are to bow before you? "(V. 10).
Jacob probably something suspicious by divine inspiration for this dream. He left no doubt, but in its interpretation. He realized that dream, the sun, moon and eleven stars representing his wife Rachel, Joseph and eleven older brothers. In particular, Jacob, head of the family, the sun in a dream. Rachel takes the position of the moon. The eleven brothers were, stars.
After the dream of Joseph, they would all be for a day and worship him. At the moment were all that he is the youngest of the family. Latter in life, when the prophecy is true, would rule over them.
Increase attention of Joseph in Egypt.
After Joseph interpreted Pharaoh's dream, he was appointed governor of all Egypt, the pharaoh alone on the throne. (Genesis 41:40-44, 45.8, 26). Later, during the famine, Jacob sent his son to Egypt for food. When they arrived, spoke with Joseph, and worshiped him "(Genesis 41:26, 28). Later his family moved to Egypt and were under the rule of Joseph.
The prophetic dream comes true. The sun, the moon and the stars and they prostrated themselves before Joseph (Genesis 50:19). He had dominion over them. Here's an example of the sun, moon and stars are used in a figurative sense is the people - Jacob, Sunny, Rachel, the moon and the stars of eleven children. And God said to the sun, the moon and the stars were, signs.
With this understanding, the language of the prophets, we understand how God has used the symbols of the sun darkened, moon not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven. Many choose to understand the literal language and the end of the physical world in which we live. See Part II for applications in the language of biblical prophecy.
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