Kingdom Parable of the Tares and Wheat

May 21st, 2010 | End of the World 2012 | 1 Comment  
The kingdom parable of the tares and wheat follows the parable of the sower. As in the former, we have both the parable and its application and meaning. The text is found in Matthew 13: 24-51. In the  parable of the sower, the kingdom was likened to the sowing of seed. In this parable it is likened to the "growing" of the seed and the weed, no pun intended. There are a few facts that should readily be apparent. Seed grows incrementally over time. It is important not to miss that part of the parable. Secondly, while seed is growing, it ...
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Seeing Too Much Rapture in the Gospel of John 14:3...

April 20th, 2009 | Eschatology | No Comment  
In a continuation of our study on the we ask are some are “Seeing too much Rapture in the Gospel of John 14:3? Today, we further investigate whether this text teaches the Rapture. It is assumed that because the Lord said he was going away and would come again that an intermediate period for the Rapture before the “final” end can be inserted. Yet, one cannot build such a doctrine in the parameters of this context. We’ll get to that in a moment. As we pointed out in the previous post, What Did Charting the End Times Miss on the Rapture of the Church?, the overriding context of John 14, is Christ’s work as High ...
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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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