A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
Who Are the Elect of Matthew 24? A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light... And he shall…
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…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…ish 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 popular Left Behind…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…eousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy." —Daniel 9:24 The expression translated "seventy weeks" is literally seventy sevens. The unit is not stated in the phrase itself, so it should not simply be assumed. The context, however, strongly favo…
Read article →Signs, expectancy, and the event the Church is told to await
…tch the world with open eyes, but we wait for Jesus Christ. References for further review Matthew 24:42-51; 25:1-13 John 21:18-23 Acts 1:6-8 Philippians 3:20-21 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 4:13-18; 5:1-11 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Titus 2:11-14 James 5:7-9 1 John 2:28-3:3
Read article →The Messiah cut off before the Temple fell
…teousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy” (Daniel 9:24). The prophecy concerns Daniel’s people and Jerusalem, but its purposes reach beyond the reconstruction of ruined buildings. It speaks of transgression, sins, reconciliation, everlasting…
Read article →How an openly transmitted text survived copying, criticism, and centuries of examination
A clear introduction to the manuscript evidence, textual variants, and the claim that the Bible was corrupted beyond recovery.
Read article →The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…d afterwards Few statements of Jesus appear to support supersessionism more directly than Matthew 21:43: "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof." —Matthew 21:43 The language is unmistakably ju…
Read article →Governmental restraint, the final ten kings, and the preparation of the temple
…This gives the succession its prophetic focus amid the wider history of nations. Daniel 9:24. The ten horns belong to the fourth beast: “And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise”. — Daniel 7:24 Another ruler arises after them and subdues three. His per…
Read article →Michael Brown, 2 Thessalonians 1, and the public vindication of the saints
…Acts 14:22). Christ pronounced those persecuted for righteousness blessed, not abandoned (Matthew 5:10–12). Christians may be hated, dispossessed, imprisoned and killed while remaining entirely within the faithfulness of God. Pretribulationism does not teach that the Church must…
Read article →The positive argument of the whole series, brought together
…ect Daniel's seventy weeks are decreed upon "thy people and upon thy holy city" (Daniel 9:24). After the sixty-nine weeks Messiah is cut off and Jerusalem is later destroyed. The final week therefore remains distinct, with a covenant, a marked midpoint, sacrifice, abomination, an…
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