Posts Tagged ‘Salvation’

Do We Have the Right Focus on the Millennium?


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How do we understand eschatology versus teleology? Eschatology focuses on the end of prophetic events. It relates to what is temporal. The word means the study of last things. In this definition, the judgment, the resurrection, the parousia, and the end of the world comes to mind.

Teleology is the study of ultimate purpose or design. To help one understand the difference, you may ask? What is the ultimate pupose of bringing all things to an end? The answer to that question is teleological.

For some, eschatology means an end to time, life on the planet, and opportunities for salvation. This view fails to understand both (more…)

Galatians and the Inheritance, When?


What did Paul teach about the law and the inheritance? Who are the true heirs of God? Galatians and the Inheritance, When?, provides clues to the questions of who are the true sons of God?  Secondly, it establishes why answering that question is important. The relationship of sons is about the inheritance. A key factor in the inheritance is time.

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Did Paul Time The Great Tribulation?


In our previous post, we showed
the contextual correlation of Daniel
12 and Matthew 24. Here, we want
to know did Paul time the great
tribulation?

In answering this question, we explore
the Paul’s comments on Daniel 12
found in Romans 13:11–12.

This verse is significant in that it
further establishes the resurrection
within the first century generation.

Our interest here is that the great tribulation precedes the resurrection spoken of according to Daniel 12:1, 2 and Matthew 24:21, 31.

What does Paul write that suggests the imminence of Daniel 12:2 and therefore the imminence of the great tribulation, Mathew 24:21?

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