The following is some background work on a larger study (to be completed tomorrow) on the “new heavens and new earth” motif in the New Testament. Before getting there, it turned out be necessary for me—psychologically at least, anyway—to lay the preterist foundations of the whole of 2 Peter...
Jesus claims the great tribulation was to occur in the first century (Matt 24:34) and that it was associated with the collapse of the temple then-standing (Matt 24:2-3). He was somewhat hampered in his prophetic announcements by not having access to the New York Times or Newsweek magazine. Furthermore,...
Nothing deep. Just some quick thoughts i had this week inspired by Gary DeMar’s God and Government series. My departure from hyper preterism has renewed my interest in postmillennial and theonomist writings, so lately i have been digging out some old books that i had buried in my shed....
Few doctrines of the Bible receive more attention among evangelicals today than the second coming of Christ. And since his return is a foundational doctrine of the historic Christian faith, it well deserves our notice. Unfortunately though, the second advent is more deeply loved and firmly believed than biblically...
Postmillennialism has dispensationalism as its major impediment to acceptance in evangelical circles. Dispensationalists approach the Bible in a literalistic-when-convenient fashion that postmillennialism cannot match. Below I offer a humorous critique of dispensationalism’s literalism, which unfortunately holds so many in its clutches. I consider Dr. John F. Walvoord to have...
In this article I will summarily present the core distinctives of the four major evangelical views. Such summaries are easy to grasp and quite helpful for presenting the differences between the systems. Amillennialism 1. The Church Age is the kingdom which the Old Testament prophets predict. God expands his...
The character of the promises first made to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3, and later reiterated and expanded in 12:7; 13:15-17; 15:1,4-21; 17:1-9,19; 21:12; and 22:16-18 has long been recognized, in some sense, as foundational to all of redemptive history subsequent to this epochal event. How we understand the precise...
One of the most popular teachings today in Evangelical and Charismatic churches is the doctrine of the pretribulation rapture. The pretribulation rapture teaching is that there are two separate comings of Christ. The first coming is secret and occurs before the future seven year tribulation. At this coming Jesus...
Last month I introduced my current series which will critique progressive dispensationalism’s use of eschatological tension (already/not yet) to explain the Book of Revelation. As I noted then and as I mention ANYtime I deal with progressive dispensationalism: This new, improved dispensationalism is far superior to its genealogical predecessors:...
