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The Begining of the World – Christian Eschatology


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The Beginning of the World – Christian Eschatology: We’re often asked, what is left for us if Christ has come? Where is our hope? Is this all we get? How much more ungrateful, simplistic and narrow a viewpoint can this be? That’s not to say the questions are not honest, but they do lack just bit of depth in thought.

What do we have now that Christ has come? How  about everything, including the world? Is that enough? “Therefore, let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come–all are yours. And  you are Christ’s and Christ is God’s.  (1 Cor. 1:21-23). Could there be any greater blessing than to own all things present and future and to be claimed by God and Christ?

Jesus‘ victory defeated the kingdoms of the world. “The kingdoms of this world have bec0me the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ.” (Rev. – 11:15). Yet, many walk in defeat, (more…)

The Nature of the Millennium in Revelation 20


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Controversy over the nature and time of the millennium continues. In previous posts we have addressed teh timing of the millennium. Here it is (more…)

Do You Pray For The Kingdom to Come?


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As a third grade student, we had devotionals
in our public school classroom everyone
morning which involved the class singing
in unison what is typically known as the Lord’s
prayer, See Matt 6:9–13.

I later learned that this is the prayer that
the Lord taught his disciples to pray. In that
sense, it would more aptly be described as
the disciples prayer. See Lk 11:1ff.

However, after studying the prayer, I
discovered that I could not conscientiously
pray that prayer as Jesus taught his disciples
to pray it. Why is that?

Well, it’s because it is a prayer of the

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Resurrection in 1 Thessalonians 4: Are We Who Are Alive Dead?


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1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, incites emotionally
charged discussions about the resurrection
and the rapture.

Students of John Nelson Darby, credited
with popularizing modern Dispensationalism
cite the text as incontrovertible proof of
the Rapture.

However, these exegetes (scripture
interpreters) violate hermeneutic principles
in their application of the text.

The following demonstrate some of the
errors glossed over by futurists and pre-
tribulation rapture
advocates. Resurrection in 1 Thessalonians 4: Are We Who Alive Dead?, addresses the specific audience of the text.

The problem with most interpreters on the Lord’s return is that they read themselves versus the audience into the text.  We show this

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Who Came Out of the Great Tribulation?


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Mosaic of the 12 Tribes of Israel

Often people ask, who are those
who came out of the great tribulation?

This is a great question and is usually
offered as proof that both the book of
Revelation and the great tribulation is
future.

It rather becomes and explosive keg
of gun power that explodes in the face
of the futurist.

A proper identification of those who
come out of the great tribulation is
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Did Paul Time The Great Tribulation?


In our previous post, we showed
the contextual correlation of Daniel
12 and Matthew 24. Here, we want
to know did Paul time the great
tribulation?

In answering this question, we explore
the Paul’s comments on Daniel 12
found in Romans 13:11–12.

This verse is significant in that it
further establishes the resurrection
within the first century generation.

Our interest here is that the great tribulation precedes the resurrection spoken of according to Daniel 12:1, 2 and Matthew 24:21, 31.

What does Paul write that suggests the imminence of Daniel 12:2 and therefore the imminence of the great tribulation, Mathew 24:21?

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Flaws in Rebuilding The Temple Theory?


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The Temple Mount

Are there flaws in the temple rebuilding
theory?

All kids believe in some sort of fairy tale,
whether Santa Claus, Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs, or in Aladdin and his
magical lamp.

When kids mature into adults, they
generally grow out of fairy tales. Why?
because such fairy tales are easy to
distinguish from reality.

In the world of eschatology, fairy tales
are not so clear especially when men
of prominence, money and power espouse
them before world wide audiences.

Nevertheless, it is not difficult to spot

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Is 1 Corinthians 15 Israel’s Resurrection?


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1 Corinthians 15 and Hosea

Much controversy exists over the
resurrection of the dead. It is often
denied that the 1 Corinthians 15 has
anything to do with Israel.

Is1 Corinthians 15 Israel’s resurrection?
Many see Jesus’ death on the cross as
God’s last word to Israel.

Those who do are very tight-lipped
about anything that speaks of Israel
beyond the cross, (AD. 30).

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Alive Till Son of Man Comes?


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Would the Apostles remain alive till
the Son of Man comes?
That’s a
simple question. The answer is not
so simple.

One would think that the apostles, long
since deceased, are certainly not roaming
through the streets of Israel.

However, according to the New Testament,
that’s exactly where they should be?

The following statement was published in

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What Was Israel’s Hope?


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When many examine the hope of the
gospel in the scriptures, they believe
that it is a “Christian” hope.

What do I mean by that you might
ask? Don’t Christians have hope?
Well yes and no. (We’ll explain that
later, so don’t check out just yet.

The scriptures however focus primarly
on Israel’s hope. To help us understand
this we’’ll answer the question, what
was Israel’s hope?

Paul, a Christian said for he “hope of
Israel” he was bound with a chain for
preaching the gospel. (Acts 28:20)

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