Time Statements and Eschatology In this study, of Eschatology, What do the Time Statements Mean?, we look at the time statements that give clues to when Jesus would return. Most believe it is presumptuous to know anything regarding Christ’s return. The reason is because of the words of Christ in Matt. 24:36, “But of that day and hour no one knows, but my Father only.” How can we know something that God only knows? The answer to that is we can’t, unless of course God reveals his mind to us. “Even so no one can know the things of God except the ...

The first time I heard the world eschatology, I thought, es-ka-what-ology? That was more than two decades ago. In this post, we’ll talk about Eschatology in Bible Prophecy, Can We Understand It? But first things first, and number one on the agenda is a working definition. Before we get to the “technical” issues, let me share my journey with you, —briefly. I learned this subject by simply reading the text, particularly from Luke chapter 21:20–22. Those verses literally changed my world on end times studies in more ways than this brief space allows. Suffice it to say, that the direction it pointed was 180 degrees away from where I was as ...

Rapture-holics Lost at Armageddon,-Kings of the East in Revelation?   This title that qualifies also as a paragraph. But, here’s a story to explain what it’s all about. It all happened when during my usual routine day of relaxation, I received an urgent phone call from a customer in distress. Hurriedly, I ran out of the door, jumped in my pickup and hit the expressway in route to my customer’s location or so I thought. My best customer needed service, -right away. The distance, several miles away, required urgency to arrive before the closing hour. I didn’t want to go. I wanted a way out, ...