Fulfilled Prophecy

July 10th, 2010 | Eschatology | No Comment  
Is God Late On Fulfilled Prophecy? Futurists are well aware of the immanency of end times Bible prophecy. This fact is evident in the many attempts to explain or defend the so-called delay of the Lord's coming. In other words, they believe God is late and they are ready to write him an excuse to let him back into prophecy class, like a student with a note from a parent. There is no escaping the fact that Jesus and His apostles taught, and both believers and non-believers' expectations from those teachings was an imminent end of the world. To this very day, ...
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Are These Practical Implications of Preterism Prac...

March 23rd, 2009 | Preterism | No Comment  
Image via Wikipedia This is our last in the critique of Dr. Edward Hinson’s article referred to in previous posts. He lists several items as implications. We ask, Are These Practical Implications of Preterism Practical? Most of these are commonly believed by all futurists as serious implications to the Preterism or fulfilled Bible prophecy. Some of them are outright contradictions of texts which should be common knowledge for  Bible students. Destroys the Literal Meaning of the Bible Dr. Hinson argues that a fulfilled coming of Christ at AD 70 destroys the literal meaning of the Bible. He claims that once one argues that language of prophecy cannot be taken ...
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Resurrection in 1 Thessalonians 4: Are We Who Are ...

February 20th, 2009 | Rapture | 2 Comments  
Image via Wikipedia 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 as a faulty premise. We Who Are AliveAnd Remain Paul ...
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Dividing Matthew 24 – In That Day

December 6th, 2008 | Jewish Eschatology | No Comment  
We have examined two previous arguments on Matthew 24. See the previous articles in the links below. Here, the focus of dividing Matthew 24 – in that day deserves our attention. Why is this argument important in the discussion? It’s because most futurists conced it is the second coming of Christ. We do understand that there are some who see the entire chapter of Matthew 24 as fulfilled. Matthew 24:36 “But of that day and hour no one knows…” In the next lesson, we will discuss the concept of “no one knows.” Our purpose here is to show that “that day” refers to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, not a future event. To demonstrate our premise, we focus on an event mentioned earlier ...
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Can Matthew 24 Be Divided-2?

December 6th, 2008 | Eschatology | 1 Comment  
In part one of this study, we looked at two arguments offered by futurists on the question of can Matthew 24 be divided? In this segment we’’ll discuss another popular argument. It is based on verse 36, particularly styled the “that day” argument. Those who advance it say that Jesus spoke of “those days” when discussing Jerusalem’s fall. However, when he spoke of his Parousia, or coming, he spoke of “that day.” This to futurists, amillennialists, dispensationalists and even some partial presterists is believed to be a solid argument for a different comng. Our approaching in this writing will consider the parallel texts in Luke 17 We are given clear examples of how to interpret passages using “those days” and “that day” in ...
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