Does A First Century Return of Christ Create Chris...

August 20th, 2013 | Eschatology | No Comment  
Does A First Century Return of Christ Create Christian Apathy? We received a comment from Jack R., in response to our blog post, "Is The Day of the Lord Near?", suggesting that we are guilty of creating apathy among Christians if we believe and teach that Christ's second coming occurred in 70AD at the destruction of Jerusalem. His point is that we apparently are setting ourselves up for deception and induce apathy on the part of believers. Jack apparently is a Dispensationalist. He reasons from his own paradigm or understanding about the end times. Like, other futurists, he believes that a fulfillment ...
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Dispensationalism – Was The Church an Accide...

April 7th, 2009 | Dispensationalism | 29 Comments  
Dispensationalism: Was the church an accident for Christ’s failure to establish the kingdom? The theology that teaches that Christ postponed the kingdom and yet await its establishment at the millennium is what’s known as Dispensationalism. It is a rather recent teaching (past 200 years) in the area of eschatology (study of last things) which includes the second coming and its related events. We believe that Dispensationalism errs by charging God with failure to keep his promise regarding the imminent (from a first century perspective) establishment of the kingdom. In that view, the church became a substitute, an interim entity to “pacify” the world until God fulfills his promises to “ethnic” ...
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Does Zechariah 13 Prophesy 2 Billion Will Die?

November 15th, 2008 | Eschatology | No Comment  
Ron Weinland places his reputation on line as “the end-time prophet” with a prediction that the year 2008 will see the return of Christ. About a year ago, I received a personal phone call from one of Ron’s enthusiasts, urging me to read his book as it reveals the imminent end of the U.S. and the U.K., in 2008. Set your watches, this will be a short wait. We have approximately 47 days left. Why is it that these guys want to strike a match so badly to see the earth burn? They speak so confidently about world war III, and the death of 2 billion people who must die in the war to fulfill ...
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When Does Jesus Come in His Kingdom?

November 13th, 2008 | Eschatology | 6 Comments  
Image via Wikipedia For the Son of man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then he will reward each according to his works. Assuredly I say to you, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom, (Matthew 16:27, 28). Jesus promised to come in his kingdom before some who stood in his presence died. That means he promised to come in the lifetime of those living in his day. The phrase, “some standing here,” emphatically declares that the kingdom of God would ...
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