John F. Walvoord > Quotes

“When the Word of God has spoken clearly and plainly, the unbelief of men, the reasonings of the natural mind and the wisdom of the world can be safely disregarded.”
― John F. Walvoord, Jesus Christ Our Lord

“the book of Daniel is the key to prophetic interpretation, and proper understanding of its revelation would do much to help the interpretation of other prophetic portions.”
― John F. Walvoord, Every Prophecy of the Bible: Clear Explanations for Uncertain Times

“When the Word of God is ignored and violated, divine judgment is inevitable. The spiritual lessons embodied in the cold fact of the captivity may well be pondered by the church today, which too often has a form of godliness but without its power. Worldly saints do not capture the world but become instead the world’s captives.”
― John F. Walvoord, Daniel

“The Feast of Trumpets anticipates the future regathering of Israel (vv. 23–25).”
― John F. Walvoord, Every Prophecy of the Bible: Clear Explanations for Uncertain Times

“Strangely, Augustine held to a literal second coming, a literal heaven and a literal hell, but not to a literal millennium. This arbitrary distinction has never been explained.”
― John F. Walvoord, Every Prophecy of the Bible: Clear Explanations for Uncertain Times

“Daniel’s prophetic revelation is the key to understanding the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24–25) as well as the book of Revelation, which is to the New Testament what Daniel is to the Old.”
― John F. Walvoord, Daniel

“Scripture to its literal, grammatical, historical sense.”
― John F. Walvoord, Every Prophecy of the Bible: Clear Explanations for Uncertain Times

“A student of Christology needs to be constantly reminded that while there is progress in doctrine, there is no increase in scriptural revelation.”
― John F. Walvoord, Jesus Christ Our Lord

“In the last ten years of the second century and in the third century, the heretical school of theology at Alexandria, Egypt, advanced the erroneous principle that the Bible should be interpreted in a nonliteral or allegorical sense.”
― John F. Walvoord, Every Prophecy of the Bible: Clear Explanations for Uncertain Times

“In the first two centuries of the Christian era the church was predominantly premillennial, interpreting Scripture to teach that Christ would fulfill the prophecy of His second coming to bring a thousand-year reign on earth before the eternal state will begin.”
― John F. Walvoord, Every Prophecy of the Bible: Clear Explanations for Uncertain Times

“What a testimony Daniel had that even his enemies knew he would be faithful to God although it would cost him his life. Baldwin”
― John F. Walvoord, Daniel