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Clear searchThe man of sin, the last trumpet, the first resurrection, and the last day
Four Difficult Texts for Pretribulationism The man of sin, the last trumpet, the first resurrection, and the last day A cumulative case should be exposed to the passages which appear least friendly to it. Four objections deserve particular attention: Se…
Read article →The near was real. The far is still coming.
…s of Zion must reckon with the holiness of the God who has arisen. Who can dwell with everlasting burnings? “The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burn…
Read article →Michael Brown, 2 Thessalonians 1, and the public vindication of the saints
…ath Babylon’s violence until the instant of her fall in order to be vindicated by it. Everlasting destruction reaches the great judgement Paul continues: “Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; When he sh…
Read article →The event is explicit; the real dispute is its timing
…t all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." —1 Corinthians 15:51-52 "We shall not all sleep" means that not every believer…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…ed objectives culminate in the removal of transgression, reconciliation for iniquity, everlasting righteousness and the fulfilment of prophetic promise (Daniel 9:24). Jeremiah calls the crisis “the time of Jacob’s trouble” but immediately declares that Jacob “shall be saved out o…
Read article →An unrequited love for the historic Church
…g, and He will execute righteous judgment. By His grace He will grant immortality and everlasting glory to the righteous who persevere in His love. I can confess that faith without reservation. More than that: Irenaeus says that this was the faith of the Church dispersed througho…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…rist, the redemption of the body, the revelation of the sons of God, and the reign of the last Adam over the earth. That reign will be the earth's great Sabbath. The creature and the Creator Romans 1 provides the necessary starting point. The created world reveals the eternal pow…
Read article →The positive argument of the whole series, brought together
…thering where Revelation narrates none. Midtribulationism depends upon identifying Paul's last trumpet with Revelation's seventh angelic trumpet and fixing that trumpet at the midpoint. These proposals contain serious arguments, but their apparent simplicity carries cumulative co…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…n and ask whether we would accept the same evidence if it harmed our preferred side. That last question is revealing. Would I defend this conduct if the opposing party did it? Would I dismiss this evidence if it incriminated someone I dislike? If the standard changes with the par…
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