Bible Prophecy Coming True|Implications of Dispens...
March 18th, 2014 | Eschatology | 1 Comment
Bible Prophecy Coming True: Thomas Ice's Implications of Dispensationalism
In End Times Controversy, p. 399, (2003), Thomas Ice listed the following practical implications of Dispensationalism if the tribulation and the coming of Christ's are past events:
The rapture of the church is impossible
premillennialism cannot be true
Israel does not have a future national blessing
the current nation of Israel is not prophetically significant
our current state of existence would have to be the millennial kingdom or new heavens and new earth
there will be no future Antichrist or false prophet
non of the tribulation events should be of concern to us or future generations
In short, the present ...
Caught Between a Temple Rock and a Hard Place?
December 6th, 2009 | Eschatology | 1 Comment
Caught between a temple rock and a hard place? This best describes the campaign of "Christian Zionists" who support the rebuilding of a Jewish temple in Palestine. Tracing its history before 1948, the idea of rebuilding a temple in Jerusalem met opposition from Christians and Jews. Thomas Ice and Randall Price write: "It is a legitimate enterprise for the fulfillment of the Jewish religious hope and an important steppingstone to the realization of the Christian destiny." (1)
This statement implies that the Jewish hope and Christian destiny (i.e. Christian hope) are not the same. Paul's defense before Agrippa affirmed that his ...
Do the Egyptians Belong in Mount Zion?
November 24th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
Do the Egyptians belong in Mt. Zion? From the beginning of Covenant Israel's history and quest for nationhood, a mixed multitude traveled with them from Egypt. Moses was married to an Ethiopian. In the latter days Egypt and Israel's relationship once again unite, not as master and slave but as brethren in the new temple keeping the Feasts of the Lord.
In the prophetic imagery of Zechariah 14, the nations share in the post parousia (coming of Christ) blessings of Israel.
"And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go ...
What Does God Say About the Regathering of Israel?...
August 5th, 2009 | Day of the Lord | 1 Comment
The regathering of Israel begins with God's prophecy to Abraham. "I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." (Genesis 12:3).
The prophecy is expanded through the Patriarchs, particularly through Jacob, in his farewell address to his sons. What Does God Say About the Regathering of Israel?
Concerning Judah, he says, The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him shall be the obedience of the people." (Gen. 49:10).
In other words, the scepter ...
Seeing Too Much Rapture in the Gospel of John 14:3...
April 20th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
In a continuation of our study on the
we ask are some are “Seeing too much
Rapture in the Gospel of John 14:3?
Today, we further investigate whether
this text teaches the Rapture.
It is assumed that because the Lord said
he was going away and would come again
that an intermediate period for the Rapture
before the “final” end can be inserted.
Yet, one cannot build such a doctrine
in the parameters of this context. We’ll
get to that in a moment.
As we pointed out in the previous post,
What Did Charting the End Times Miss on the Rapture of the Church?, the overriding context of John 14, is Christ’s work as High ...
