Oxford Bible Church - Living in the Last Days (audio)

Israel's history is governed by 4 Great Jubilee Cycles. The last of these 490-year Cycles is described by Daniel's 70 Weeks (Daniel 9:24-27), an amazing prophecy predicting the exact time of Messiah's Presentation to Israel, and His death & resurrection - fulfilled right on time by John the Baptist and Jesus.

We see how the Bible, as God's Word, contains scientific insights well beyond its time and how it inspired the scientific endevour. It describes gravity between stars and causing tides, the daily rotation of the earth, the motion of the sun through the heavens, as well as giving an accurate value of PI.

The Jewish Rabbis and Early Church knew this fundamental KEY of TIME (1 DAY with the Lord = 1000 years to man) but today it is largely forgotten. We see it confirmed in the New Testament (2Peter 3, Rev 20) and that it unlocks hidden treasures in a number of scriptures, confirming that we live near the End of the Age.

God's Word has accurate scientific info ahead of its time. It inspired the discovery of ocean currents. It anticipated that air has weight, the mountains, springs & canyons on the sea floor, and that the earth is a sphere hanging in empty space. We reveal the truth about the modern Columbus flat-earth myth.

We see a number of claims in the Bible about the universe which were well beyond the knowledge of the time and only recently proven by science, proving the Divine Inspiration of Scripture. These claims include the immensity and expansion (stretching) of the heavens, and the number and nature of stars.

This Series introduces the exciting subject of BIBLE CHRONOLOGY revealing God's sovereign Plan of the Ages, confirming that we live near the End of the Age! The first 2 KEYS of TIME give God's overall Structure of Time based on the Blueprint of Creation Week, where 1 DAY = 1000 years.

The Bible claims the universe had a beginning and is triune (space-time-matter), that the work of creation is finished, that it started in a highly ordered state, but is now becoming more disordered, and that it is fine-tuned (designed) for life. This is confirmed by the Laws of Relativity & Thermodynamics.

There is a 2-fold Ministry of the Holy-Spirit: (1) the Spirit UPON, and (2) WITHIN us. We see the difference in the Ministry of the Spirit between the New and Old Covenants. The greatest miracle (not available before the Cross) is the New Birth of our spirit enabling the Holy Spirit to indwell us forever.

"Who has BELIEVED our REPORT? and to whom has the ARM (power) of the Lord been revealed?" (Isaiah 53:1). If we want to see God's Arm revealed in our life we must BELIEVE the Report of what Christ has done for us, and our BELIEVING depends on our HEARING of God's Word (Rom 10:17).

The famous hymn AMAZING GRACE is the testimony of John Newton, a former slave trader. We tell his dramatic story of how God changed his life and show how the words of the hymn spring from his experiences and from the scriptures.