Category Archives: Eschatology
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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The Millennium
The Millennium The amillennialists eschew the literal 1000 years of the millennium and teach that it is a figure for a definite but unspecified length of time during which Christ reigns supreme in the church (See Hailey, Revelation, p391, 1979; … Continue reading
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Is ‘Rapture’ a Biblical Term?
A reader wrote: This is my complaint against using the word rapture to discribe what is clearly taught in 1 Thes. 4. Forget everything else and answer me this: what comes into your mind when you hear the English word … Continue reading
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Is the Rapture Pre or Post Tribuation?
Barbara wrote: Hi, I’m new and a lil confused. Is there a prevalant view on the end times in this group? some believe in the rapture, and some in a millenium, some dont. I dont know enough to have an … Continue reading
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The Apostacy and the Man of Lawlessness–2 Thessalonians 2
This is my commentary on II Thes 2:3ff and particularly the Man of Sin. Before the day of Christ comes, 1. There will be a falling away from Christianity (v3) 2. A specific evil individual will arise (v3) 3. He … Continue reading
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Does “Temporal Conflict” Explain the Apparent Contradictions in the Coming of Elijah?
>An antagonist wrote: Here is a another view on Matthew 17 and Jesus’ discussion of Elijah who “is coming” and who “already came”: > Matthew 17:10-12 NASB And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah … Continue reading
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John is Not Elijah
The Jews sent priests and Levites to John to ask him who he was, “And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, … Continue reading
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Our Adoption
It was necessary that Jesus be genetically related to David in order to be an heir, for God spoke through Nathan the prophet saying, 2 Samuel 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, … Continue reading
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Jesus as a Type of Our Adoption
Jesus was the adopted son of Joseph (Mt 1:20), and thereby became an adopted son of David (Mt 1:6-16) and heir to throne of David. We Christians who make the resurrection (Rom 8:23, Lk 20:35) become adopted sons of God, … Continue reading
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Is Rome or Persia the 8th World Power?
The dispensationalists teach that the Antichrist will arise from a revived Roman Empire. They base this upon Dan 2 where there are four empires that last until the end of the world when Jesus comes and crushes all world powers … Continue reading
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