Shedding light on the controversial topic of eschatology, that is, the study of the biblical last days or end times.
Changing of the Covenants (Biblically Defined) “I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers. . . .” (Jeremiah 31:31-32) When did this covenantal change occur? There is universal agreement that the new covenant began with Christ’s first advent….
S. Lewis is considered by many to be the premier Christian apologist of the twentieth century. In reference to Matthew 24:34 and similar passages, he stated the apparent problem thusly: “Say what you like, the apocalyptic beliefs of the first Christians have been proved to be false. It is clear from the New Testament that…
Bible Prophecy Intro (“Cliff Notes” Version) SUMMARY: A common view of Bible prophecy is that Jesus will return bodily at the end of time to punish the reprobate and save the faithful (again). This is usually accepted without question. However, because false predictions about the Second Coming and end of the world are so prevalent, many…
With a measure of teeth gnashing, and years of study—I became convinced that the preterist view of eschatology is the correct one. Here are a dozen reasons why. Bible teachers to whom I had been listening could not give meaningful answers to my challenging questions about prophecy. Worse, they seemed less interested in truth, and…
Evangelical Preterists hold to the basic First Things doctrines of the Christian faith, which can be summarized as follows: The Nature of God: God is a Trinity—one God manifested in three, eternally co-existent “persons”—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus and the Holy Spirit are of the same nature and essence as God the Father (consistent…
Apostle Paul: There is about to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. (Acts 24:15, YLT, LSV) The time has been shortened. The form of this world is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:29, 31) Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on…
There are five characteristics about preterism that separate this view of eschatology from most futurist views: The Bible does not speak about the end of the world, but rather about the end of the AGE. This was Old Covenant Age which ended in finality with the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple…