What Are the Gifts Without Repentance?
August 3rd, 2011 | Speaking in Tongues | No Comment
Gifts Without Repentance
What are the gifts without repentance in Romans 11:29? In an attempt to find passages that support an ongoing charismata, i.e. spiritual gifts in operation beyond 70AD, Romans 11:17 is cited to show that God would never end spiritual gifts until we arrived in heaven.
However, the statement has to be taken in context. It appears to be a reference to Numbers 23:19-20:
God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it goood? ...
Have Heaven and Earth Passed?,-Part4
March 10th, 2009 | Torah | 2 Comments
Welcome to part four of the series on the
when the law passed. This lesson on
Eschatology – Have Heaven and Earth
Passed?, Part 4,focuses on Matt. 5:17–18.
The Lord gave very specific details
concerning the fulfillment of the Old
Covenant.
He tied it to the passing of heaven and
earth. Those unfamiliar with covenant
language may ascribe the meaning of
these words to the physical world in which we live.
The Jews of ancients times had no concept of the end of the material world. In fact, we demonstrate later,
they understood very clearly God's promises that the material world would never end.
God’s Promise Concerning the Material Universe
To understand what ...
Did The Law of Moses Prophesy Till 70 AD?
March 3rd, 2009 | Jewish Eschatology | No Comment
Did The Law of Moses Prophesy Till 70 AD?
If you want to see an Amillennialist preacher walk on pins and needles with tender feet,ask him this question. Did the Law of Moses prophesy till 70AD?
He doesn’t want to answer it. Rather, he will attempt to rephrase the question then attempt to answer part of it, and do a rather poor job at that.
For example, search for this question in the archives of the Christian Courier by Wayne Jackson, and you will find it askedin this manner:
“Did the Law of Moses Continue Until A.D. 70?” The blog post begins with a
reference to the present ...
What Glory Was Not Revealed?
January 19th, 2009 | Eschatology | 10 Comments
What Glory Was Not Revealed?
The Glory Was Not Revealed continues our study on What Body Did the Apostles See? Part II asked a second question, i.e. When was Christ glorified?
Now of Christ's glory, it is further stated that it had not yet been revealed. This therefore must include the post resurrection appearances for the apostles speak of this in their writings dated in the late 50's and 60's A.D. Peter, affirming that Christ's glory would follow his sufferings and that God gave him glory, also writes in the same epistle that Christ's glory had not yet been revealed, but was ...