Who Reigns Over the Nations in the Millennium?

July 23rd, 2009 | Day of the Lord | No Comment  
Many claim that a particular group will reign over the nations with Christ. At one point, the Anglo-Saxons of Britain believe they were the ten lost tribes of Israel. They reasoned that the 10 tribes of Israel versus the tribes of Judah and Benjamin will reign with Christ in the millennium. Our question is, "Who reigns over the nations in the millennium?" Imagine having a mindset that you're part of a race of people who will rule over the nations of the world?  Would that not foster aggression against other nations?  However, Premillennialists hold to a similar view, but only ...
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Are We Eliminating the Real Need for Eschatology?

March 23rd, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment  
In a list of objections raised by Dr. Edward Hinsons The New Last Days’ Scoffers Articles, he charges that Preteriism Is False, and asks “Are We Eliminating the Real Need for Eschatology? This is a vaild question. It causes us to focus on what eschatology is and where to place it? Dispensationalists and all futurists place eschatology at the end of the Christian age. Preterism vigorously challenges that assumption. Preterism view the Christian age as an age without end, therefore, it can have no eschatology. This, futurists believe is the great heresy of Preterism. Eschatology Eschatology is the study of last or final things, from “echatos” meaning last, and logos, ...
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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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Is the Second Coming in 2 Timothy Imminent?

December 13th, 2008 | Eschatology | 2 Comments  
Is the Second Coming of Christ Imminent? Christ's Second Coming Do the scriptures in 2 Timothy teach an imminence about the second coming? Do you remember what you were doing in September 1988? Edgar Whisenant had published that Christ would return in September 11–13, 1988. The prediction failed. Believers felt deceived. The world was disappointed. Whisenant was embarrassed.  Are you disappointed at failed predictions? The following will show why all future predictions bring disappointment and how they can be avoided. Four dimensions of Christ's return found in 2 Timothy are, the judgment, the resurrection, the appearing, i.e. second coming of Christ, and the eternal ...
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