Baptism and Resurrection In our previous study, we focused on baptism and resurrection in Romans, pointing out the eschatological future of resurrection. Common church of Christ beliefs are that baptism was both a burial and resurrection. In many of their presentations, they cite the mode of baptism as the dying and rising with Christ using texts such as Romans 6:3-4 and Colossians 2 as proof. However, as we've shown in the former study on baptism and eschatology, baptism and resurrection are not synonymous in Romans 6. Nor is it synonymous in Colossians 2. The distinction between baptism and resurrection is once again ...

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 ...

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 ...