Eschatological Implications of the Kingdom

August 12th, 2011 | Kingdom of God | No Comment  
Eschatological Observations Eschatological Studies"> The kingdom of God is quite an important topic in the scriptures. It is part and parcel of the Hebrew scriptures and covenant which God gave to Moses at Sinai. Israel was to be a kingdom of priests.  "And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priest and a holy nation..." (Ex. 19:7). When God said Israel would be a kingdom to Him, he conveyed the message that he was Israel's king. God reigned over Israel from heaven. His rule did not require his physical presence in the land to be their king. Of course, the text spoke ...
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What Is Bible Prophecy All About?

February 19th, 2009 | Prophecy | No Comment  
What is Bible prophecy all about? Thank you! I’m glad you asked. It’s a subject many don’t know the answers to but many talk about. Bible prophecy, while not exclusively focused on the endtimes, is God's revelation to man of things past, present and future. Most are only concerned with God's revelation as foretelling the future.  However, God also revealed secrets from the past otherwise were beyond the scope and powers of man's ability. Prophecy Revealed the Past For example, God asks Job: “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Who determined its measurements? To what were its foundations fastened?  Or who laid its cornerstone?, (Job. 39:3–5) Job, who lived ...
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When Are Daniel’s 70 Weeks Fulfilled?

February 18th, 2009 | Book of Daniel | 5 Comments  
Image via Wikipedia 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 ...
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