We are responding to Dr. Edward Hinson’s attack on Preterism. Among questions entertained already, he submits yet another one which he believes refutes Preterism. Paul asks in “Romans 11, Has God Cast Away His People, Israel?” Dr. Hinson teaches Preterism implies such. We deny the charge. He asks, “If God is finished with ethnic Israel, why did Paul ask: “Has God cast away his people?”  “And why did he respond so emphatically, “ God forbid!” (Rom. 11:1) First we must note that this text is written prior to A.D. 70. At that time God had not cast off the Old Covenant nation. However, today, since that ...

Has the Resurrection Hour Come-Daniel 8:17? Perhaps one of the most contested themes in eschatology is the timing of the last resurrection hour. We will address the question today, “has the resurrection hour come?” Because most Christians view the resurrection as physical, meaning corpses rising from literal graves,  they believe it has not yet occurred. However, both the prophets and the apostles addressed the resurrection as a time of awakening from sleep. Using that metaphor, we approach the subject. When I was a young boy, my mother had a time for us to arise. We however, did not always like the time ...