Paul, Torah, Bestiality, Homosexuality and the New...
July 5th, 2015 | Eschatology | 4 Comments
Paul, Torah, Bestiality, Gay Marriage and the New Testament
It is clear to many that the Old Testament and particularly Torah was used by the early Christians to demonstrate the truth of the gospel. Some are not aware or choose to ignore this. They seek to impose Torah on others claiming that because the apostles used it to convince the Jews about Christ, it must be used today.
While some teach that the law ended at the cross, it did not. According to Matthew 5:17-18, the law would continue until all was fulfilled. Not till heaven and earth passed would one jot or tittle ...
Were Two Laws – Torah and the New Testament ...
October 7th, 2013 | Eschatology | No Comment
Were Two Laws - Torah and the New Testament in Existence From 30 to 70AD?
I could not get all the following comments in the video as posted on YouTube, so I posted them here along with the video.
For those who reject or have difficulty accepting Covenant eschatology, also known as realized eschatology but also sometimes referred to as Preterism is the view that the end times are about the transition from the Old Covenant, "Torah" (called ministration of death due to its inability to take away sin through its animal sacrifices (Heb. 10:4) to the New Covenant of Christ, (Messiah) ...
What is the Eschatological Impact on Salvation?
August 4th, 2011 | Eschatology | No Comment
Eschatological Impact on Salvation
What is the eschatological impact on salvation? The first time I encountered the word eschatological was in the eighties during an eschatology (from which the word is derived) seminar. What is eschatology? The best way to define eschatology is by breaking the world down into its two major component parts.
Eschatos means last or final. Logos means word or study. Taken together it is the word or study of last things. Those last things, biblically speaking refer to the return of Christ, commonly in both Jewish eschatology and Christian eschatology.
Obviously, former group do not believe that Jesus has come ...
Why Is It Said All Israel Will Be Saved?
July 30th, 2011 | Eschatology | No Comment
Will All Israel Will Be Saved?
A major question in the minds of people today is whether all Israel will be saved? The name of Israel always suggests three things, community, confusion and conflict. By community, we mean who Israel is, biblically speaking. The attempt to answer that question creates confusion and often results in conflict.
Who is responsible for this confusion and conflict? Primarily, those who use the extend the future of Israel, i.e., all Israel will be saved beyond the historical context and setting of the Bible. We will briefly illustrate what we mean in the following words.
All Israel Will Be Saved
The above ...
Baptism and Resurrection in Colossians 2
July 15th, 2011 | Eschatology | No Comment
Baptism and Resurrection
In our previous study, we focused on baptism and resurrection in Romans, pointing out the eschatological future of resurrection. Common church of Christ beliefs are that baptism was both a burial and resurrection. In many of their presentations, they cite the mode of baptism as the dying and rising with Christ using texts such as Romans 6:3-4 and Colossians 2 as proof.
However, as we've shown in the former study on baptism and eschatology, baptism and resurrection are not synonymous in Romans 6. Nor is it synonymous in Colossians 2. The distinction between baptism and resurrection is once again ...