After two rescheduled attempts, I finally had my eyes examined today for new eyeglasses. As they say, the third time is a charm. Fortunately for me, my eye doctor said there was no change in my eyesight from last year to the present. I thought, it’s good some things are not aging fast on my body! Eye exams could also be helpful in understanding scripture, especially as it relates to the end time. However, 20/20 vision of the natural eye can be a very blinding experience for Christ’s return. Paul encourages us to have the “eyes of our understanding” enlightened, (Eph. 1:18) That refers to an inner vision of perception. From time to time ...

One of the great battle lines drawn in the arena of eschatology is the “Coming of the Son of Man” in Daniel 7:13, 14. Is it a reference to the ascension in Pentecost of A.D. 30 or to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, per Mathew 24:30? Hence, our title, Pentecost or Armageddon, The Coming of the Son of Man? A critique of the text in light of three major views, amillennialism, premillennialism and preterism reveal unexpected implications for the time and nature of the second coming and the resurrection. Preterism reveals textual contradictions of Amillennialism and Premillennialism. Amillennialists, those who believe in the present church age as the millennium, thus denying ...