Why I Am Not A Dispensationalist

Chapter five continues the description begun in chapter four. “And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written ins...

Chapter four gives us a glorious picture of heavenly worship. “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in hea...

In chapters 2-3, Jesus has a special message for each of the seven churches before giving them the general message contained in chapters 4-2...

1:1-3 Introduction and Benediction “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants--things which must sh...

Most modern scholars believe that Revelation was written around AD 95. Obviously, if Revelation was written after AD 70, then the book could...

The Last Days of What? The “End Times” is often described as the “Last Days.” A few passages speak about the last days. “But know...

Jesus and Prophetic Language In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus has been predicting the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the temple when...

Prophetic Language Preterists observe that throughout the Bible, prophecies that seem to describing the end of the world are actual...

The Book of Revelation also contains many time indicators. “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants--things ...

Preterists pay special attention to the time texts throughout the Scriptures. For example, near the end of the Olivet Discourse, Jesus m...

We will spend the next couple of months looking at texts and topics from a Preterist approach, but let’s quickly survey a couple of few feat...

Preterism interprets most of the prophecies as already fulfilled in the past, namely in the first coming of Christ. Preterists observe t...

Idealism interprets most of the prophecies as being fulfilled throughout the history of the church, but in a general way, not in specific ev...

Historicism interprets most of the prophecies as being fulfilled evenly throughout the history of the church by specific events. That is...

Futurism interprets most of the prophecies as still awaiting future fulfillment. All prophecy is “future” when it is written, but a Futurist...

One of the challenges about studying eschatology is that there are so many details that we can easily drown in a sea of triviality. It h...

The problem for us today is that we do not see the triumphant kingdom. We do not see the stone becoming a mountain, or the mustard seed grow...

When this is finished, then Jesus will return. "For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet" (1 Corint...

Jesus gave a sterling promise regarding the Kingdom of God. "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build ...

Jesus and John came with the same message. "In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea , and s...

The New Testament writers quote Psalm 110:1 more than any other Scripture. This is another key passage to understanding the Kingdom of God. ...

In the seventh chapter of Daniel, he sees a vision of four beasts: a lion, a bear, a leopard, and an unspecified beast. These symbols ar...