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Article · RaptureBiblical exposition · Apologetics

Does 'Meet the Lord in the Air' Mean an Immediate Return to Earth?

Why apantēsis does not settle the timing of the rapture

…ho supplies that movement is drawing an inference beyond the sentence itself. The ancient reception background In the Hellenistic and Roman worlds, citizens could go out to meet an approaching dignitary and accompany him in a formal entry. Two other New Testament passages are fre…

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Article · ChristologyBiblical exposition · Christian apologetics · Christological analysis

“I Am the First, and I Am the Last”

Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ

…ute with no personal identity: John narrates the Word’s coming, revelation, rejection and reception. The wonder is not merely that a heavenly messenger visited. The One through whom the world came into being entered the world He made. “The firstborn of every creature”: does Colos…

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Article · Israel and the ChurchBiblical exposition · Apologetics

Has God Abandoned Israel? What Do the Covenants Say?

Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ

…or revoking Abraham. The Davidic covenant establishes the King God later promised David a royal house, kingdom, and throne. David's immediate descendants could be chastened for iniquity, but the covenant purpose would not be removed as Saul's kingdom had been: "And thine house an…

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