The Law of Moses in 2 Corinthians 3
July 29th, 2010 | Fulfilled Prophecy | No Comment
The Law of Moses in 2 Corinthians 3
No discussion on the fulfillment of eschatology should omit the study of the Law of Moses in 2 Corinthians 3. It is such a rich text on the background of Israel's experience under Torah, the events of Sinai and their application to a then present transition. In most Amillennial studies, the law of Moses ends at the cross, is completely fulfilled then, with nothing to be heard of it from that time forward.
This is the view of most. In their defense of that position, texts from John 19:30, Eph. 2:15, and Col. 2:14 ...
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 ...
What Was Israel’s Hope?
December 6th, 2008 | Eschatology | No Comment
When many examine the hope of the
gospel in the scriptures, they believe
that it is a “Christian” hope.
What do I mean by that you might
ask? Don’t Christians have hope?
Well yes and no. (We’ll explain that
later, so don’t check out just yet.
The scriptures however focus primarly
on Israel’s hope. To help us understand
this we’’ll answer the question, what
was Israel’s hope?
Paul, a Christian said for he “hope of
Israel” he was bound with a chain for
preaching the gospel. (Acts 28:20)
From there we’ll show how this relates
to Christians. Finally we’ll discuss the
nature of that hope. That’s a lot to
cover in a brief writing as this.
There Is One ...