Eschatology in Bible Prophecy, Can We Understand I...

March 17th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment  
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 ...
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Pentecost or Armageddon, The Coming of the Son of ...

October 30th, 2008 | Armageddon | 1 Comment  
One of the great battle lines drawn in the arena of eschatology is the “Coming of the Son of Man” in Daniel 7:13, 14. Is it a reference to the ascension in Pentecost of A.D. 30 or to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, per Mathew 24:30? Hence, our title, Pentecost or Armageddon, The Coming of the Son of Man? A critique of the text in light of three major views, amillennialism, premillennialism and preterism reveal unexpected implications for the time and nature of the second coming and the resurrection. Preterism reveals textual contradictions of Amillennialism and Premillennialism. Amillennialists, those who believe in the present church age as the millennium, thus denying ...
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