What Are the Gifts Without Repentance?
August 3rd, 2011 | Speaking in Tongues | No Comment
Gifts Without Repentance
What are the gifts without repentance in Romans 11:29? In an attempt to find passages that support an ongoing charismata, i.e. spiritual gifts in operation beyond 70AD, Romans 11:17 is cited to show that God would never end spiritual gifts until we arrived in heaven.
However, the statement has to be taken in context. It appears to be a reference to Numbers 23:19-20:
God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it goood? ...
All of Israel Will Be Saved
August 1st, 2011 | Eschatology | No Comment
Does The Bible Say All of Israel Will Be Saved?
Why do some believe that the Bible teaches that all of Israel will be saved? Usually this question is asked based on the text in Romans 11:22-27. Particularly, in verse 26, Paul says and so all Israel will be saved. The English Standard Version (ESV) reads:
“And in this way all Israel will be saved…” We will give our thoughts on this text later. But, here are some of the concerns which must be answered in this seeming difficult text.
Does the text mean every individual in Israel?
Was Paul speaking of all ethnic ...
Eschatology And The Faith
March 20th, 2011 | Eschatology | 2 Comments
What Is the Connection Between Eschatology And The Faith?
The subject of Christ's return in AD 70 continues to be a major hurdle for believers, especially as it concerns eschatology and the faith. Many are not aware that the faith as system of salvation is achieved only through the consummation of the end times. In other words, it cannot be separated from the coming of the Lord. (Visit the audio page to listen to an audio version of eschatology and the faith.)
To establish our premise that the faith is directly correlated with the parousia, we cite a familiar text from Old ...
Resurrection and the Life of Glory
May 14th, 2010 | Eschatology | No Comment
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Resurrection and the Life of Glory depicts the Christians life with Christ in what the Bible calls the "age to come." Today we would describe it as the age that came. That age which was future to Paul and his readers became a present reality in A.D. 70.
For many the resurrection is an after life or out of body experience. We do not deny that resurrection extends beyond the physical realm. Jesus said, He who believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, (John 11:25). However, we must accept ...
Galatians and the Inheritance, When?
July 10th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment
What did Paul teach about the law and the inheritance? Who are the true heirs of God? Galatians and the Inheritance, When?, provides clues to the questions of who are the true sons of God? Secondly, it establishes why answering that question is important. The relationship of sons is about the inheritance. A key factor in the inheritance is time.
No Inheritance Under the Law
First, according to Paul, those who advocate service to God through the law do not quite understand the testimony of the law. In an unmistakeably clear text, Paul writes, "For if there had been a law given ...