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8 results for “Revelation 20”
Clear searchThe man of sin, the last trumpet, the first resurrection, and the last day
…t before our gathering. First Corinthians 15 places the resurrection at 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 pretribulationi…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…f the Tribulation should be defended merely because it came from a pretribulation writer. Revelation does not explicitly call the 144,000 evangelists. Pretribulationism does not require Christians to help build a third temple. Nor should Israel’s final trouble be presented as div…
Read article →An unrequited love for the historic Church
…n elders that men could arise from among their own number and speak perverse things (Acts 20:28–31). Even an apostle—or an angel from heaven—was to be rejected if he proclaimed another gospel (Galatians 1:8). Christian authority is therefore real, but ministerial. The shepherd st…
Read article →What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone (Ephesians 2:20). The apostolic gospel already possesses authority, and all believers submit to Christ's teaching through His appointed witnesses. The problem is not apostolic authority over the Church.…
Read article →Michael Brown, 2 Thessalonians 1, and the public vindication of the saints
…rearrangement of the sentence, or a refusal to accept that Paul is describing the public revelation of Christ. The passage should be allowed to say exactly what it says. It does not, however, say that the Church is gathered at that revelation. Paul is promising the final resolut…
Read article →What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…es of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us." —2 Corinthians 1:20 Every promise of God is certain in Christ. Nothing God has pledged can reach fulfilment apart from Him, and nothing secured in Him can fail. This truth is sometimes made to carry a furthe…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…as committed Himself to perform, confidence becomes impossible. Faith would rest not upon revelation, but upon our hope that the words will retain their recognisable meaning when fulfilment comes. The future of Israel is therefore not a specialised controversy at the edge of Chri…
Read article →Two accounts of judgement, mercy, and the sinner's hope before God
…man according to his deeds” (Romans 2:6). The dead are judged according to their works in Revelation 20:12. Jesus speaks repeatedly of deeds revealing the true condition of the heart. Works matter as evidence, fruit, and the proper subject of judgement. They cannot justify the un…
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