What is Victorious Eschatology?
June 4th, 2010 | Victorious Eschatology | 5 Comments
What is Victorious Eschatology? Great question. Victorious eschatology characterizes what the eschatological goal was all about. It was about gaining or achieving victory, never to be defeated again. It is about the complete dominion over the enemies of God so that a Christian can live with the blessed assurance and confidence of their walk in Christ today. They need not fear those enemies. Let's consider them, but first let's discuss defeated eschatology.
Victorious Eschatology
Defeated Eschatology
When I speak of the defeated eschatological paradigm, I speak of the views that regard the Sin, the Law, the Satan and the death as yet being ...
Do We Have the Right Focus on the Millennium?
November 6th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
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 ...
The Nature of the Millennium in Revelation 20
July 25th, 2009 | Day of the Lord | No Comment
Controversy over the nature and time of the millennium continues. In previous posts we have addressed teh timing of the millennium. Here it is our purpose to address the nature of the millennium in Revelation 20. Some times referred to as the intermediate state or the transition period, neither of these terms adequately describe the millennium. The term is a reference to the 1000 years reign of Christ found in Revelation.
Is the Millennium the Intermediate State?
Some have concluded that the millennium mentions only the intermediate state of the dead. This is because of the reference to the ...
Does Your Rapture Ready Garment Have Wrinkles?
April 22nd, 2009 | Rapture Ready | 1 Comment
No doubt, all of us have some garments
which tend to wrinkle more than others.
I can think of linen and cotton, which
require some pressing, starch or dry
cleaning to solve the problem.
In the area of eschatology, it may
be wise to ask, “Does Your Rapture
Ready Garment Have Wrinkles?”
We’ve pointed out a couple of the
wrinkles in the Rapture teaching
advanced by “Charting the End Times.
With all the charting in the book, it never addressed the “little while” time parameter of the end! Note the following passages.
John 16:16–19
A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, ...
Eschatology – What Do The Time Statements Me...
March 21st, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
Time Statements and Eschatology
In this study, of Eschatology, What do the Time Statements Mean?, we look at the time statements that give clues to when Jesus would return. Most believe it is presumptuous to know anything regarding Christ’s return. The reason is because of the words of Christ in Matt. 24:36, “But of that day and hour no one knows, but my Father only.” How can we know something that God only knows?
The answer to that is we can’t, unless of course God reveals his mind to us. “Even so no one can know the things of God except the ...
