How Does the Transfiguration Confirm the Imminent ...

June 7th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment  
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 ...
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With What Body Do They Come?

December 3rd, 2008 | Eschatology | No Comment  
The debate over the nature of the resurrection body continues. Paul anticipates a question from some who ask, How are the dead raised and with what body do they come? (1 Cor. 15:35) He replies with an analogy that is troubling for many. Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. Two things Paul says about the resurrection body in verses 36–37. It is not made alive unless it dies. It is not the same body as that which is sown. With What Body Do They Come? To consider the first, whatever the resurrection body is, ...
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