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Clear searchWhat Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…r Messiah's government. Jesus gathers those expectations into one word: regeneration. The kingdom is not a retreat from creation but its renewal under the rightful King. Luke confirms that this is kingdom government Luke records the promise in a different setting. At the Last Sup…
Read article →A sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…administrative convenience. Together they represented the covenant nation. Even after the kingdom divided and the northern tribes were scattered, Scripture continued to preserve the hope of all Israel. The prophets anticipated Judah and Israel being gathered under one King: "And…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…Judea and flight to the mountains; the Sabbath; Daniel's abomination of desolation; false messianic claimants; the coming of the Son of man; a worldwide gathering as the public advent unfolds. An argument from silence is not decisive by itself. Here, however, the silence is speci…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…ucifixion. The calculation is ingenious and has rightly drawn attention to the remarkable messianic shape of Daniel's chronology. It should not be presented as though every premise were uncontested. Interpreters dispute which Persian decree begins the count, whether the relevant…
Read article →The gathering of the elect, one taken and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery
…ust flee to the mountains. Flight on the sabbath day creates a specific difficulty. False messianic claimants exploit Israel's expectation. The Son of man appears in the Danielic cloud-coming scene. The elect are gathered as the kingdom approaches. These features do not make the…
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