Author Archives: James Johnson
Not All Old Testament Prophecies Have Yet Been Fulfilled
All OT prophecy has not been fulfilled. Consider the following verse from Zephaniah: Zephaniah 3:8 ¶Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the … Continue reading
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Premillennialism
Brother Bartanen wrote: > I was raised in southern Indiana, near Louisville, KY, the heart of > premillennialism in Churches of Christ. Sermons I heard were constantly > opposing this position. Somebody put my parents on the mailing list for … Continue reading
The Dishonest Attitude of Some Toward the End Times
To Ron Bartanen: I think people are actually afraid to have the end time topic investigated too closely. They are afarid they will find that Foy Wallace for the most part did not know what he was talking about, … Continue reading
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Tagged Foy Wallace, premillennialism, second coming
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Mercy at the Judgment
I was reading an article entitled “Don’t You Know God Gives Second Chances After Death?” where Ralph disagreed with his correspondent about the possibility of mercy at the Judgment. I appreciate the author’s reliance on the scriptures to provide authority … Continue reading
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Mercy at the Judgment
Dear Ralph, I was reading a post entitled “Don’t You Know God Gives Second Chances After Death?” where you disagreed with your correspondent about the possibility of mercy at the Judgment. I have a couple of comments regarding that post. … Continue reading
Christ Died in Our Place
Leon Cathey wrote: > > Here be my problem. The penalty for our sin was not our death on the > > cross, nor was it our temporary separation from God, i.e., a little > > time in hell. I … Continue reading
The Millennium and the 144,000
Revelation is a big subject. The reason it is big is that it deals with God’s eternal plan for man and it draws in things from all over the Bible. It requires a comprehensive understanding of the scriptures to get … Continue reading
God’s Seed
The entirety of Ps 22 is a Messianic psalm that in the first 21 verses of the chapter speaks of the suffering Messiah. In v22 the Psalmist begins a victorious refrain and begins to speak of the future glory of … Continue reading
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Christ’s Eternal Humiliation
Christ, the second Adam, is the righter of what Adam wronged. Adam brought the curse. In Christ who was cursed for us (Gal 3:13) we have release from the curse (Rev 22:3). Because of becoming sin for us and being … Continue reading
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Adam’s Death Shows That God Views 1000 Years as a Day
I have taken a lot of heat for daring to assert that II Pet 3:8 might mean what it says, that is, a 1000 earth years is a day to God. Some expositors want to make Peter’s words mean that … Continue reading
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