Discover the shocking truth about the end times in this thought-provoking book that re-examines traditional views. Did Jesus keep his promise to return in the disciples' generation? Explore the Biblical prophecies and historical accounts to uncover the answers you've been searching for.
Revelation is a book full of symbols and characters. What do they mean? We'll compare these prophesies with history to discover the identities of the beasts.
Does Revelation promise there will be no more death or pain on earth? We take a closer look at this language and see if an alternative explanation exists.
The ending of the Millennium marks the crushing of Satan, the rise and destruction of Gog and Magog, the resurrection, and the defeat of death. How were these promises fulfilled historically?
Satan and death are defeated, the wicked dead are resurrected, and the kingdom of heaven is established at the end of the Millennium. All these events are promised soon, does this mean the Millennium will finish soon?
The Millennium reign of Christ is a mysterious prophecy with no precedent in the Bible. However, the events starting and ending the Millennium have lots of precedent in the Bible and we can explore these associated events to learn when the Millennium begins.
Does Jesus promise that his generation will witness his second coming? Do we misunderstand him? Does Jesus change his mind or give a false expectation on purpose, or is he making a guess? In trying to find a sensible answer, I find myself pulled to the one answer I am least willing to consider and it makes my faith in him stronger than ever!
Jesus told his disciples to obey every letter of the law until all was fulfilled. Why did Paul preach that they were no longer under the law and shouldn't observe circumcision? Wouldn't this make him 'least in the kingdom of heaven?'
Christians throughout generations have struggled with reconciling statements between Paul and James. Paul teaches salvation by faith they say and James teaches salvation by works. We will take a closer look at their statements and see if we can reconcile their opposing views.
Jesus told his disciples to obey every letter of the law until all was fulfilled. Why did Paul preach that they were no longer under the law and shouldn't observe circumcision? Wouldn't this make him 'least in the kingdom of heaven?'
Does the promise of Jesus's second coming have a dual fulfillment in mind? The content promised to occur with Jesus's coming can only naturally and reasonably occur once and was promised to occur in their lifetimes.
In such a stressful political environment, what peace can be found in the hope of God's growing kingdom on this earth? What is this kingdom? How does it work? What hope does it provide us?
What does Revelation 21 mean when it describes a new heaven and new earth? Is it literal or is it a metaphor of some kind. If it's a metaphore, what does it mean? I will share a thought I
feel was inspired by the Lord in order to clarify this tricky metaphor.
We see many verses in the bible saying we are saved purely by grace because of what Jesus did, but we also see scriptures that indicate we will be judged based on our works. How do we reconcile these differences?
The thousand year reign and demise of Satan were expected to occur in that generation. Can we find any parallels in history that describe such an event occuring in the first century? Yes we can.
When Jesus promised to 'judge each according to his works,' he was promising the Great White Throne Judgement in that present generation. We set out to demonstrate that this is the only logical conclusion.
Jesus promised to return in that generation. He also promised that at his return he would resurrect the dead and judge everyone. If Jesus returned in that generation, shouldn't the Resurrection of the Dead have happened at that time?
Preterism is not an easy Biblical interpretation to accept because it challenges our fundamental understanding of the future. If Jesus already came back, what's left in our future? How are we to understand evil’s continuing existence now that Christ has returned?
In the last days, in the last years before the fall of Jerusalem and the Neronic persecution, the Bible prophesied a time of intense persecution and testing of the saints. But, Christians today are not in that same testing period.
Does Jesus have higher sexual purity standards than anyone can keep? Though we live in grace, trying to not commit "adultery in the heart," for a man seems to be a constant battle and one that usually ends in shame. Are we really reading Jesus correctly?
At first, it may seem that Preterism is a hopeless doctrine. The second coming already happened? Jesus already judged everyone? Is this all there is? What are we still doing here?
Does Jesus permit divorced couples to remarry? A reflection on the sayings of Paul and Jesus suggest Jesus condemned the common Jewish practice of sending their spouse away without formally divorcing her.
According to some preachers, God desires us to constantly be improving ourselves and that this is necessary for salvation. Is there ever a moment when a Christian can rest from their anxious self-improvement and settle for being a decent human being?
Christians think the parable of the sower describes Christians who loose their salvation. But the seed is not the message of saving grace but the coming Kingdom.
Jesus warns unbelieving Jews that their lineage doesn't automatically qualify them for the kingdom of heaven. “Depart from me” is not written to Christians.
Does God forgive us if we struggle to forgive someone? I will show how unforgiveness is a sin like any other and God's forgave us of all our sins on the cross.
In part 1, I described the many inconsistencies I found in my futurist and partial preterist views. Now I had to understand how the resurrection had happened.
I thought the end times were about to come upon us and slowly came to believe the thing I forbid myself from thinking, that the end times have already happened.
Coming from a charismatic background, we desire to follow God's personal inner guidance but often fear our sin prevents us from hearing his voice. We will dispell this myth and show how confidence in God's grace makes it easy to always hear his voice.
In many places the disciples equate suffering persecution with being made perfect and blameless at the coming of Christ Jesus. What was the purpose of being blameless?
If the resurrection and second coming have already happened, why does Paul say he'll go to heaven when he dies? Why did Jesus preach to the dead? Could this generation mean this race? Doesn't the bible warn us against this teaching? Wouldn't this all mean the resurrection is future?
In Part 1, we explored the idea that the end times came around the time of 70AD, but left us wondering what kind of impact it would have on us today. Much of the impact would come when the resurrection happened and we can examine if it actually happened around 70AD.
