Rising in the Heavenly Tabernacle The discussion over the resurrection body continues as we study Rising in the Heavenly Tabernacle. There are countless posts in the Preterist groups and pages on Facebook and other Social Media sites. The resolution to this debate centers around three things, namely context, historical Old Testament and NT references, careful and consistent interpretation and temporal indicators or time references. What is the Context of 2 Corinthians 5? Part of the problem in determining the context of 2 Corinthians 5 is viewing the first ten verses of the chapter as the context. This is misleading. The full context begins in chapter ...

Who is the new king of Ezekiel 37:22–25 that will reign on David's Throne over the reunited kingdom of Judah and Israel? This prophecy is very important because it says that at that time God makes Israel one nation again, he would gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and one king shall be over them. Some take this prophecy as a literal return of Israel to the land of Palestine citing 1948, as its fulfillment. Premillennialists have gone on record saying that 1948 was a “Super Sign of the End ” of the age, meaning the Rapture was imminent and that Israel had to ...

An exciting and rich prophecy in the Old Testament is that of Ezekiel 37. This prophecy encompasses the full landscape of the gospel. It's themes are both intriguing yet simple enough for those willing to slow down for a few minutes to read and understand them. Originally, I understood Ezekiel 37 to be a prophecy about the Jews return from Babylonian Captivity in 536 B.C. However, I became a bit more fascinated with the prophecy after preparing for some lectures on the resurrection. I knew that this prophecy was used largely by rapture ready enthusiasts to teach about the coming of a third temple in Jerusalem. However, there were too many textual difficulties ...