Zion You Are My People In this lesson, Zion you are my people, we examine Isaiah 51:16, as another text which speaks of the time of the generation to come in which God would create a new people. The text clearly lays out the sphere in which the new Zion occurs. It is the new heavens and earth. Isaiah says the God would plant the heavens and lay the foundation of the earth. He would then say to Zion, "You are my people." The passage is a parallel to Isaiah 65:17f.  In contrasts to the former covenant creation in Sinai, the new ...

Confused Worlds of Futurism Creates A False Hope For the past few months I have been teaching in a series of YouTube videos on the subject of 2 Peter 3, to which I've added this supplemental study on Confused Worlds of Futurism. It is a brief examination of the problems futurist eschatology has with Old Testament prophecy and its fulfillment. Psalms 102:25-26 creates challenges for interpreters of the Scripture. Some view the text as: Cosmic creation from Genesis Covenant creation from Genesis Covenant creation in Sinai It is my judgment that the world to be folded as a garment per the text and it's parallel ...

Eschatology Discussions Recently, there have been some new articles attempting to defend the Amillennial view of eschatology held by the churches of Christ, by men such as Patrick Donahue on Facebook and Ben Vick Jr at his website. I have written and published a response to the latter which you can find at this link, Ben Vick Jr. The dialogue on Facebook is largely headed up by Don K Preston of the Preterist Research Institute. I've also contributed to responses there on the topic of the earnest of the Spirit in Eph. 1:13-14, demonstrating it was miraculous. There are some excellent points that ...