Category Archives: Eschatology
Adam Clarke and Matthew 16:28
Matthew 16:28 is often used by the preterists in an attempt to show that the Second Coming was the destruction of Jerusalem. They do that by reading Mt 16:28 where it says, “There be some standing here, which shall not … Continue reading
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Parallels Between the Exodus, the Crucifixion, and the Second Coming
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The Limit of the Firebird
The Sibylline Oracles predict the time of Antichrist will arrive when “the limit of the time of the Phenix” comes around (Sib Orc 8:184, http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/sib/sib10.htm). The complete number (“limit”) of the firebird is 7. The first century Roman historian Tacitus reported the … Continue reading
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All Power to the Lamb Is Now in Print
After 10 years of work my commentary on Revelation, All Power to the Lamb, Volume I, arrived from the publisher. It is the only commentary that I know of in the two hundred years of the Restoration that takes a … Continue reading
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The “Last Days” of Isaiah 2:2 Versus A Parallel in Revelation 11
Don Preston argues that the “last days” in Isaiah 2:2 defines the context of all of Isaiah 2-4 to be the “last days”, which Preston then further defines to be the Destruction of Jerusalem. In the list below Preston takes scriptures from Isaiah … Continue reading
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Is There a Parallel Between Lk 21:20-24 and Revelation 11
Don Preston tries to make Lk 21:20-24 in Jesus’ discussion of the Destruction of Jerusalem parallel with Revelation 11 that describes the Beast taking Jerusalem and killing God’s two witnesses at the time of Jesus’ Second Coming. He compares a list of features … Continue reading
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Is There a Parallel Between Zechariah 14 and Revelation?
Don Preston created the first two columns of this table in which he presumes Zech 14 is the AD 70 destruction of Jerusalem. He then picks verses from all over Revelation, no matter the context, in an attempt to show … Continue reading
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The Cycle of the Time and the Emergence of the 7th World Empire
Martin Armstrong has released an article in which he expands upon his theory of cycles. He believes the cycle-time of the public ascendency has now given way to a time of the private ascendency. He sees a time of stuggle … Continue reading
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Will Goodness Prevail before the End of the World?
A correspondant wrote: Perhaps I have too much faith in the Hope of humanity. I guess I believe that Goodness will prevail over Evil. I do believe there are good people all over the world. I think that goodness cannot … Continue reading
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Will Goodness Prevail Before the End of the World
A correspondant wrote: Perhaps I have too much faith in the Hope of humanity. I guess I believe that Goodness will prevail over Evil. I do believe there are good people all over the world. I think that goodness cannot … Continue reading
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