The Victory of the Redeemed, Zechariah 3. At the time of the writing of Zechariah, God's people were in trouble. Satan stood at the right hand of Joshua the high priest to oppose him. He sought to condemn the people of God. However, Joshua stood before (in the presence of) the Angel of the Lord. The reason Satan sought to condemn Joshua (representative of the righteousness remnant of Israel) derived from verse 3 of Zechariah 3. Joshua, clothed with filthy garments declared their sinful condition. In offering the "blood of bulls and goats" he could effect no lasting cleansing and thereby ...

Many would like to make the subject of the resurrection a matter of the nature of the resurrection body only. While it is valid to address and identify the nature of the resurrection body, it is also valid to address Preterism's timing of the resurrection in eschatology if futurists and other rapture ready advocates expect to build a convincing case. "When Shall These Things Be" edited by Keith A. Mathison a book that sought to address the major issues of the preterit view with the hope of convincingly refuting them, Robert Strimple had these comments on the issue of time and resurrection. "Obviously an orthodox Christian response to hyper-preterism ...