Author Archives: James Johnson
The Epistle of Barnabas
There is no doubt that Barnabas was a very early Christian writing and was held in high esteem from the earliest days of the church. It is found in the Codex Sinaiticus, one of our 3 oldest manuscripts of the … Continue reading
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“It Is Figurative” and 2 Pet 3:8
Moses went up into Mt Sinai and was gone so long that people gave up on him. In the same way, Jesus has ascended up into heaven, and has been gone so long, that people have given up on Him. … Continue reading
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Christ Is Too Long in the Mountain
In Exodus 32:1-6 is an example of what happens when a leader goes away and does not return within the expected time. It provides a clear-cut type of what happened to the Ephesian church (Revelation 2:4-5), and is a picture of what … Continue reading
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The Prophets Foresee the End of the World After 6000 Years
The Prophets Foresee the End of the World After 6000 Years As I mentioned in a previous article, there were two things about Justin Martyr’s remarks in Dialog With Trypho (Chapter LXXXI) that I liked a lot. I wrote about … Continue reading
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Synopsis of Prophecy Regarding What is to Come
A querist wrote: James, thanks for sending this. We do live in exciting times! I don’t have time to write much by way of comment, but won’t the Jews have to first agree to a covenant, which will be broken, … Continue reading
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Are We Really on the Brink of Religious War?
Professor Dan Caspi, Ben-Gurion University’s Department of Communication Studies wrote an article entitled “On Brink of Religious War?”. In that article he decried the rising religious sentiment that is sweeping Israel and referred to a popular movement he called “Messiah … Continue reading
Egyptian Coins Bearing Joseph’s Image Found
An Egyptian paper claims that archaeologists have discovered ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the Biblical Joseph. The report in Al-Ahram (http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3663.htm) boasts that the find backs up the Koran’s claim that coins were used in Egypt … Continue reading
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Is the Resurrected Body Material?
A querist asked: Is it the fate for those righteous that die (the dead from the past and those of us who die in the future, basically everyone who has ever lived except for those that are still alive at … Continue reading
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Is the Account of the Rich Man and Lazarus a Parable?
I don’t think Lk 16 is a parable. I think it is a sober description of what happened to the souls of all dead people before Pentecost (they went to fiery Hadean torment or the relative comfort of the Hadean … Continue reading
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The Three Dispensations
The Three Dispensations While there has always only been one hope (Eph 4:4) in God’s eternal plan (Eph 3:11), namely, everlasting life with God, God has nonetheless dealt with man in various ways through the ages (Heb 1:1, Dt 5:3). … Continue reading
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