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7 results for “Apostasy”
Clear searchSigns, expectancy, and the event the Church is told to await
…an of sin be revealed..." —2 Thessalonians 2:1, 3 At first reading, Paul appears to place apostasy and Antichrist before "our gathering". The immediate problem, however, was a claim that the Day of the Lord had already arrived. The verb translated "is at hand" in verse 2 can mean…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…rpretations of the same archaeological evidence: an evolutionary reading and the biblical apostasy reading. Archaeology establishes mixed Israelite worship. The direction of theological movement depends upon the historical framework brought to that evidence. Archaeology establish…
Read article →What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…me principle would threaten the Church. Christians are called to holiness, warned against apostasy, disciplined for sin, and commanded to persevere. Churches in Revelation are even threatened with the removal of their candlesticks. If human failure automatically permits God to ca…
Read article →The man of sin, the last trumpet, the first resurrection, and the last day
…revealed..." —2 Thessalonians 2:1, 3 The apparent sequence is strong: coming, gathering, apostasy, man of sin. The immediate crisis, however, was a report that the Day of the Lord was already present. The KJV's "is at hand" in verse 2 can carry the sense "has arrived". Persecute…
Read article →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…from error. There is a proud separatism that treats nearly every disagreement as proof of apostasy. There is also a commanded refusal of false gospels and destructive teaching. Faithfulness requires both charity and boundaries. The question is whether separation is governed by ap…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…ectation heretical, but his appeal to Hebrews 10 places it within the moral atmosphere of apostasy. Those who expect a future temple are associated with trampling the Son of God and treating His blood as common. That is far stronger than a disagreement over whether prophetic temp…
Read article →A sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…ithin Israel. This pattern is familiar from the prophets. Elijah discovered that Israel's apostasy was not total; God had reserved a remnant who had not bowed to Baal. Paul applies that principle to his own day: "Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according…
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