Blotting Out the Handwriting of Ordinances in Colo...
July 12th, 2011 | Eschatology | No Comment
The Handwriting of Ordinances
In Colossians 2:14, Paul speaks of blotting out the handwriting of ordinances. Some take blotting out the handwriting of ordinances to mean that Christ brought and end to the Law of Moses and that following His death, it was no longer in effect.
Some reason that the law was fulfilled completely at the cross. In the debate on the End of Torah with Don Preston, D. Div., Kurt Simmons seeks to establish this point. Many believe the same.
Simmons and Blotting Out The Handwriting of Ordinances.
Simmons writes: "The handwriting of ordinances here is not the Ten Commandments as is commonly supposed, but a memorandum, ...
Law of Moses and Amillennial Eschatology
August 9th, 2010 | Eschatology | 2 Comments
Law of Moses and Amillennial Eschatology
In the previous study on 2 Corinthians Chapter 3, we discussed the Law of Moses showing that it continued beyond Jesus' death on the cross in A.D. 3. We also demonstrated that it was yet in the process of being fulfilled when Paul wrote the second epistle. Thirdly, we demonstrated that the fulfillment of the Law of Moses was Paul's hope. There is but one hope of the gospel (Eph. 4:5). Therefore, the fulfillment of the Law of Moses fulfills the gospel hope.
A Personal Update:
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Is 1 Corinthians 15 Israel’s Resurrection?
December 24th, 2008 | Eschatology | No Comment
Much controversy exists over the
resurrection of the dead. It is often
denied that the 1 Corinthians 15 has
anything to do with Israel.
Is1 Corinthians 15 Israel’s resurrection?
Many see Jesus’ death on the cross as
God’s last word to Israel.
Those who do are very tight-lipped
about anything that speaks of Israel
beyond the cross, (AD. 30).
These are usually found in the Amillennialist camps. The cross becomes their line of demarcation. From that point forward, everything is all about Christians.
On the other hand, there are Dispensationalists who see everything in the scripture after the cross as related to national Israel.
They believe the church is simply a parenthetical “spiritual annoyance” until ...