End of the World, Have Heaven and Earth Passed? Pa...

March 10th, 2009 | Eschatology | 1 Comment  
This third segment on Eschatology – Have heaven and earth passed?, is part of an agglomeration of about seven posts we made on this topic. All of this information is only part of the picture in the study of the passing of the Old Covenant. Here, we look into the New Testament expressions of Christ and the Apostles to note how they applied these texts from the Old Covenant. To begin, let us consider what should be a rather easy very to grasp. Yet it’s meaning creates quite a disagreement among interpreters. The former two lessons on this topic are indispensable to get the full meaning of what we say here. Eschatology – Heaven and ...
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Can Matthew 24 Be Divided-2?

December 6th, 2008 | Eschatology | 1 Comment  
In part one of this study, we looked at two arguments offered by futurists on the question of can Matthew 24 be divided? In this segment we’’ll discuss another popular argument. It is based on verse 36, particularly styled the “that day” argument. Those who advance it say that Jesus spoke of “those days” when discussing Jerusalem’s fall. However, when he spoke of his Parousia, or coming, he spoke of “that day.” This to futurists, amillennialists, dispensationalists and even some partial presterists is believed to be a solid argument for a different comng. Our approaching in this writing will consider the parallel texts in Luke 17 We are given clear examples of how to interpret passages using “those days” and “that day” in ...
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