No More Tears From Bondage and Exile
June 13th, 2014 | Eschatology | No Comment
No More Tears In Bible Prophecy
What is the meaning of "no more tears" in prophetic texts of Scripture? At the coming of the new heavens and earth, when the holy city descended from heaven and the tabernacle of God is with men, the text says there would be no more crying, nor death, sorrow and pain. God would wipe away every tear from their eyes.
To understand the concept of no more tears, we must see Israel, the ancient people of God in the particular context in which "tears" are produced. The most shallow interpretation of such language applies these tears ...
When Are Daniel’s 70 Weeks Fulfilled?
February 18th, 2009 | Book of Daniel | 5 Comments
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Much has been written on the prophetic
text of the Babylonian exile of Judah in
an attempt to answer the question,
When are Daniel’s 70 Weeks Fulfilled?
Perhaps no prophetic text suffers more
at the hands of exegetes than does that
of Daniel 9:24–27.
Dispensationalist Thomas Ice and others in that movement argue for
a literal interpretation of the 70 weeks.
However, their literalizing of the text results in both a logical contradiction and abandonment of their premise by inserting a 2000 plus year gap.
They insert thousands of “weeks” into the final week resulting in non-fulfillment of the prophecy. However, the prophecy contains a very simple guide-post ...
