Mary Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Kingdom G...
May 20th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Kingdom Garden Grow? No doubt, we all
remember at least parts of our
nursery rhymes from kindergarten and elementary school. I missed out on kindergarten by starting school a year early. Today, I understand that they make students wait an entire year if their 6th birthday falls after the school year begins.
So, what does nursury rhymes have to do with the kingdom? Well, it asks a very legitimate question. "How does your garden grow? It's important to undertand principles of gardening when speaking about the kingdom. However, if one studies Dispensationalism and its teaching about ...
When Are Daniel’s 70 Weeks Fulfilled?
February 18th, 2009 | Book of Daniel | 5 Comments
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Much has been written on the prophetic
text of the Babylonian exile of Judah in
an attempt to answer the question,
When are Daniel’s 70 Weeks Fulfilled?
Perhaps no prophetic text suffers more
at the hands of exegetes than does that
of Daniel 9:24–27.
Dispensationalist Thomas Ice and others in that movement argue for
a literal interpretation of the 70 weeks.
However, their literalizing of the text results in both a logical contradiction and abandonment of their premise by inserting a 2000 plus year gap.
They insert thousands of “weeks” into the final week resulting in non-fulfillment of the prophecy. However, the prophecy contains a very simple guide-post ...
