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Clear searchDoes John 6 teach the literal eating of Christ's body?
He Who Has Believed Has Eaten Does John 6 Teach the Literal Eating of Christ’s Body? “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life.” —John 6:47–48 An evangelical watch…
Read article →The man of sin, the last trumpet, the first resurrection, and the last day
…the "last trump". Revelation 20 calls a post-Tribulation event "the first resurrection". John 6 promises to raise believers "at the last day". None is trivial. None requires the abandonment of pretribulationism. Must the man of sin appear before our gathering? Paul writes: "Now…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…safety, and Jewish people are abandoned to an unparalleled holocaust. He then appeals to John 5, Daniel, Matthew 24, Romans 8 and the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 to reject the system. Some of his criticism is directed particularly towards the language of Tim LaHaye and pop…
Read article →Jesus and the fountain of living water
…on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." —John 7:37–38 John immediately explains what Jesus meant: "But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive." —John 7:39 This is an invitation, but it is more th…
Read article →The Gospel, Human Perception, and the Illuminating Work of the Holy Spirit
…ners. The One against whom we have sinned is the One who takes the initiative to save us. John 3:16–17; Romans 5:6–10. If our hearer imagines an insecure deity demanding attention, we have more explaining to do. What are goodness, guilt, and judgment? Many people understand goodn…
Read article →Why apantēsis does not settle the timing of the rapture
…to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." —1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 The direction explicitly stated is upward. The Lord descends from heaven; the dead rise; the living are caught up; both meet Him in the air. Paul's stated conclusion is not, "and so sha…
Read article →Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation
…teaches from the language Christians gradually developed to defend it. Primary passages: John 1:1–3; John 5:17–23; John 8:54–59; John 17:5; Colossians 1:15–17; Hebrews 1:1–12; Isaiah 44:6, 24 --- In the previous study, we considered Ambrose’s wonderfully direct answer to those w…
Read article →Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
…esus was begotten when He rose from the dead, did He only then become the Son of God? Yet John called Him God’s “only begotten Son” before the cross and presented Him as the eternal Word who was already with God in the beginning. I knew those truths could not contradict one anoth…
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