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Clear searchEarth-dwellers, heaven-dwellers, and the literary structure of the Apocalypse
Where Is the Church during Revelation's Judgements? Earth-dwellers, heaven-dwellers, and the literary structure of the Apocalypse The argument that the word church disappears after Revelation 3 is often stated as though silence alone proves a…
Read article →Divine judgement, the character of God, and the promise of escape
…y is given to the riders. Heaven sends trumpet and bowl judgements. By the sixth seal the earth-dwellers recognise "the wrath of the Lamb" and announce that "the great day of his wrath is come" (Revelation 6:16-17). The period is therefore more than Christians being persecuted by…
Read article →The event is explicit; the real dispute is its timing
…s when that event occurs in relation to the Tribulation and Christ's public return to the earth. Christians may disagree seriously about the second question. The first should not be controversial. Paul describes the event directly. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…ins no sentence reading, “Christ will gather the Church seven years before He descends to earth in judgement.” The question is whether the absence of that one-sentence formulation proves the absence of a biblical case. It does not. Many doctrines arise from the relationship among…
Read article →Why a loaded label does not settle the question
…g upon the Mount of Olives, judging the nations, defeating the beast, or establishing His earthly throne. Its focus is the gathering of those who are “in Christ” to their Lord. That difference of emphasis matters. “To meet” does not decide the destination Some argue that the Gree…
Read article →The positive argument of the whole series, brought together
…evelation describes an hour coming upon the whole world to test "them that dwell upon the earth" and promises Philadelphia, "I also will keep thee from the hour" (Revelation 3:10). The earth-dwellers form a consistent moral company throughout the book: they rejoice over God's sla…
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