The Exodus gives a good illustration of the bondage of death. Israel dwelt in bondage under Pharaoh, a tyrant and type of Satan. The message can be viewed as a preview of the endtime and antitype in the New Testament, (1 Corinthians 10:11; Hebrews 3-4). It should be clear that deliverance from Egyptian bondage (death) occurred over an extended period of four decades, not in an instant. Further, none were raptured from the earth and carted off to heaven except through the natural means of death. Of course, Hades, yet existing at the time, precluded such. However, even though now destroyed, does ...

Jewish eschatology is prophetically focused on the Jewish Messiah, the resurrection and life after death. Bible eschatology mistakenly takes a sad turn from proponents who view it as the final events of human history. Rather, it is about the final events of "Jewish covenantal history. The rejection of Jesus Christ as the Messiah in his first coming or incarnation as presented in the New Testament demonstrates the confusion that exists in Jewish eschatology. Similar to it is the rejection of the imminent first century "second coming" of Christ by advocates of "Christian Eschatology. However, the end results are the same. Both look for a future destruction or terminus of human history. Consider also that both Jewish and ...