One of the most intriguing texts on study of eschatology is that of the transfiguration. What happened in that text is more than meets the eye of the average reader. Further, it challenges the modern prophetic concepts of a long drawn out protracted parousia. Our aim in this writing is to answer those questions. Namely, "How does the transfiguration confirm the imminent coming of Christ?" The Transfiguration Scene and the Lord Coming in Glory On the surface it does not appear that this text has anything to do with the Lord's parousia (second presence). However, a more careful reading of the text ...

A few professors associated with Liberty University are beginning to panic over Preterism. Preterism is False, Is it True or False?, is a reply to objections raised by panicking Dispensationalists. Preterism is a Latin term which means past. From the perspective of Bible prophecy, it refers to all end times events as having been fulfilled in the past. It is the opposite of futurism, which holds those events to be yet to come in the future. Dr. Edward Hinson, Assistant to the Chancellor at Liberty University wrote an article entitled, The New Last Days Scoffers, as an attempted refutation of Preterism. The article appeared in the May 2005 issue of Jerry Falwell’s ...

Is the Second Coming of Christ Imminent? Christ's Second Coming Do the scriptures in 2 Timothy teach an imminence about the second coming? Do you remember what you were doing in September 1988? Edgar Whisenant had published that Christ would return in September 11–13, 1988. The prediction failed. Believers felt deceived. The world was disappointed. Whisenant was embarrassed.  Are you disappointed at failed predictions? The following will show why all future predictions bring disappointment and how they can be avoided. Four dimensions of Christ's return found in 2 Timothy are, the judgment, the resurrection, the appearing, i.e. second coming of Christ, and the eternal ...