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Clear searchThe wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
Was the Kingdom Taken from Israel? The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards Few statements of Jesus appear to support supersessionism more directly than Matthe…
Read article →The near was real. The far is still coming.
The King, Zion and the Coming Kingdom: Reading Isaiah 32–35 Across the Prophetic Horizon The near was real. The far is still coming. The historical horizon and the question of fulfilment “Was this fulfilled, or is it sti…
Read article →The gathering of the elect, one taken and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery
Does Matthew 24 Place the Rapture after the Tribulation? The gathering of the elect, one taken and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery Matthew 24 contains the most direct Gospel objection to a pretribulation rapture. Jesus describes Great Tribulation, cosmic disturbance, His c…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…eath enter the experience of a creature made from the dust. The ground from which man was taken now bears witness to his fall. When Cain murders Abel, the blood of the victim cries to God "from the ground" (Genesis 4:10). Cain is then cursed from the earth, and the soil withholds…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…which the elect must first be identified. Clue six: the proclamation concerns the coming kingdom Jesus says: "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." —Matthew 24:14 It is unnecessary to argue…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…nity of persons made in God's image. These are not optional interests which may be traded away for party advantage. They belong to the public witness of a people whom Christ has called to be the light of the world. "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill can…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…cy The Old Testament repeatedly promises Israel preservation, regathering, cleansing, the kingdom of David's Son, and a restored relationship with God. A strong supersessionist response does not simply deny those passages. It argues that the New Testament teaches us how they were…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…h the nation He had redeemed from Egypt. Israel was called to obey His voice and become a kingdom of priests and a holy nation (Exodus 19:3-8). The covenant set before them blessing for obedience and curses for rebellion. This covenant was plainly conditional in its administratio…
Read article →Governmental restraint, the final ten kings, and the preparation of the temple
What Restrains the Lawless One? Rome, Israel, and a Working Theory While researching The Kingdom Still to Come, my premillennial sequel to my rapture book, I have been revisiting Paul’s account of the restrainer in 2 Thessalonians 2. Something holds back the revelation of the fi…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…and invisible.” — Colossians 1:15–16 The subject is the Father’s beloved Son, into whose kingdom believers have been transferred and in whom they have redemption (1:13–14). Paul then explains His relation to creation before turning to the church, resurrection and reconciliation.…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…id not produce the bodily appearing of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the dead, or the kingdom conditions required by the wider prophetic programme. AD 70 vindicated Christ's warning and anticipated the final crisis. It did not consume the entire prophetic horizon. The futuris…
Read article →What the historical evidence proves—and what it does not
…carry a historical case for a defined seven-year interval. Pseudo-Ephraem cannot be waved away A sermon commonly attributed to Pseudo-Ephraem says that "all the saints and elect of God are gathered, prior to the tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord". The work's…
Read article →The divine identity of Jesus across the Gospels
…esus with the Father: the Father speaks to the Son at His baptism (Mark 1:11). Yet he has taken a prophecy about preparing the way for the LORD and placed Jesus at its point of arrival. That is not yet a complete doctrine of the Trinity. It is something more basic and disruptive…
Read article →How the Lord knows His own—and how their lives bear His name
…aeus and Philetus had departed from the truth by saying that the resurrection had already taken place. Their teaching was not an innocent difference of opinion: "And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; who concerning the truth have erred, sayi…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…oath. The Davidic covenant anticipated chastisement while preserving the promised house, kingdom, and throne. The new covenant names Israel and Judah and supplies the changed hearts which faithful obedience requires. Jesus chose twelve Jewish apostles and promised that they woul…
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