Tag: dispensationalism
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“He is Coming with the Clouds, and Every Eye Will See Him”
Is There One, Two, Three, or Even Four Comings of Jesus? Texts: Revelation 1:7; Matthew 24:29-311 • Download this lecture outline (PDF) “Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen 
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I don’t know about you, but my utmost desire is to be… LEFT BEHIND!
The following is excerpted from an article I wrote back on June 22, 2011. § A man and wife asleep in bed, She hears a noise and turns her head he’s gone. I wish we’d all been ready. Two men walking up a hill, One disappears and one’s left standing still. I wish we’d all…
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7 Reasons from 2 Thessalonians 1 Why the Left Behind Movies are Pure Sci-Fi
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us,…
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Will the True Israel Please Stand?
Download PDF article Most evangelicals believe that the nation Israel today continues to be God’s chosen people. This is why they would always support the policies of Israel, believing that they have to lest God’s curse descend on them. But is this what Holy Scripture teaches? Let us look at what the Bible actually…
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Resources for Lesson 2: A Survey of Eschatological Views
This Saturday at 2 PM, we will be looking at the four major millennial views. You can download the charts below (PDF files). Included is a chart illustrating the two-age model of Geerhardus Vos and Kim Riddlebarger. The last is a single PDF of all the views. The four millenial charts were drawn by Mark…
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The Second Petition: “Your Kingdom Come”
The kingdom is already here with us, “in our midst,†when Christ started preaching his gospel of repentance and salvation. But it is also not yet in its fullness and glory. This is because from Genesis 3:15 all the way to his Second Coming, the kingdom of the Seed of the woman will always be…
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Aliens, Citizens, and a Holy Temple
The idea of dividing God’s people into two, the church and Israel, is completely untenable based on this and many other Scripture passages. Jesus even taught that he has two flocks, one Jewish and another Gentile, but he will gather these two flocks, and “there will be one flock, one shepherd†(John 10:16). Therefore, in…
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Is Libya Today in Bible Prophecy?
I don’t want to be “left behind” in all this excitement about the unfolding of prophecy right before our eyes on CNN and CBN, so I say, “Me, too!” Are dispensationalists the only ones who keep revising their prophecies? So here’s an update of two old posts regarding how Biblical prophecy must be interpreted.