I haven’t really written much on the ethnicity or the religion of the future Antichrist. When I have written on the subject of the Antichrist my energies have been focused on his revelation as it relates to the rapture and the day of the Lord’s wrath. But I want to make a few comments on […]
Messianic
Jesus, the Kingdom and the Promised Land, a Response to N.T. Wright’s Supersessionism on Israel
In ancient Judaism the kingdom of David/Israel was seen as the material expression of YHWH’s kingdom on earth. What’s more, because of this, both idyllic and restorative conceptions can easily coexist. I assert, therefore, that a more robust understanding of ancient Judaism’s, and likewise early Christianity’s, conception of the kingdom of God should take into […]
The Gathering of the ‘Elect’ in Matthew 24:31 Does Not Refer to Israel — It Refers to All Believers from All the Nations – Ep. 56
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/056-The_Gathering_of_the_Elect_in_Matthew_24.31_Does_Not_Refer_to_IsraelIt_Refers_to_All_Believers_from_All_the_Nations.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to the pretribulational claim that the gathering of the elect in Matthew 24:31 refers to the salvation of Israel. For example, Thomas Ice thinks the term “elect” in Matthew’s Olivet Discourse refers to Jews who will be gathered. He links v. 31 to Deuteronomy 30:4. […]
A Redeemer Will Come To Zion
In Matthew 23, in his lament over Jerusalem, Jesus says, “For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” Jesus predicts a return to Jerusalem at a time when those in Jerusalem will acknowledge that he comes in the name […]