Can You Help Me Understand the Death of Death?
May 1st, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
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Can you help me understand the
death of death?
It’s always interesting to talk with
people about their concepts of death
and resurrection.
Most of their questions however are
focused on biological death and how
they believe the end time addresses and resolves the termination of
our humanity.
Given this paradigm, it is easy to see how difficult attempting to explain how death is destroyed in Christ could be one of those ideas that would provoke questions on how death comes to an end?
People are Always Dying and Always Will Die
When we speak about fulfilled eschatology, people always ask questions about why we continue to die. ...
Did Christ See Daniel’s Appointed Time?
December 12th, 2008 | Christian Eschatology | No Comment
Daniel 12
In this, our second installment on the resurrection in Daniel, we examine the Lord’s divine commentary on Daniel 12:2. Did Christ See Daniel’s Appointed Time? In the first segment we noted that Daniel identified the “time of the end” as the appointed time for the indignation or anger of God against his people Israel.
Daniel 8:17, 19, shows that it was the time of consummation. At that time God would destroy the holy people, Dan. 8:24, 7:25, 12:7, and bring an end to the Old Covenant nation. It is also at this time when God would deliver the righteous, describing it as ...
Is the Day of the Lord Near?
November 26th, 2008 | Day of the Lord | 7 Comments
Is The Day of the Lord Near?
The prophets all spoke of the day of the Lord. However, they all spoke of a time that was future to their day. Is the day of the Lord near to us?
Peter records that they did not prophesy for their time, but for a future generation. Abraham, who likewise saw the day of the Lord, (John 8:56),
saw it afar off (Heb. 11:13).
On the other hand, some in the New Testament saw the day of the Lord as having occurred as early as the mid-first century. (2 Thess 2:1).
Why is there such a wide span of ...