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Invicta Video: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD)
The Siege of Jerusalem stands out as one of the most brutal examples of Classical Era total war since the fall of Carthage over 200 years earlier! Continue reading “Invicta Video: The Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD)”
Roderick Edwards: About Preterism – The End is Past (2019)
Honest and direct presentation of the theological view and movement called Preterism. Preterism advocates that the end times occurred in the year AD70. Often called by different titles such as Covenant Eschatology, Full Preterism, or Hyper-Preterism; this view is unpacked for the reader not only to see but understand its adoption and effects. Continue reading “Roderick Edwards: About Preterism – The End is Past (2019)”
C.F. Keil: Ezekiel 40-48 Exposition, Proving that the Old and New Testaments DO NOT Teach Premillennialism! (1885)
His resurrection & ascension to heaven, as well as in His utterances concerning His second coming, but also with a long course of fulfilment in the extension for 1,800 years of the kingdom of heaven established by Him on earth, have not so much to inquire what the Old Testament prophets thought in their searching into the prophecies which they were inspired to utter by the Spirit of Christ, even if it were possible to discover what their thoughts really were, but rather, in the light of the fulfilment that has already taken place, to inquire what the Spirit of Christ, which enabled the prophets to see & to predict the coming of His kingdom in pictures drawn from the Old Testament kingdom of God, has foretold & revealed to us through the medium of these figures. Continue reading “C.F. Keil: Ezekiel 40-48 Exposition, Proving that the Old and New Testaments DO NOT Teach Premillennialism! (1885)”
James Tabor: Messiahs in the Time of Jesus (2019)
For a more complete study of the texts involved in both the expected categories and the candidates for such messianic slots in that time see my complication titled “Two Messiahs the Evidence” and my unpublished article, “One, Two, or Three Messiahs: Dynastic and Priestly Pedigrees from the Maccabees to Masada.” Continue reading “James Tabor: Messiahs in the Time of Jesus (2019)”
James Grout: Nero as the Antichrist
Nero, too, was the sixth emperor, counting from Julius Caesar (as did Suetonius, for example, and Josephus, cf. Antiquities of the Jews, XVIII.2.2, where Tiberius is identified as the third). “And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come” (Revelation 17:10). Continue reading “James Grout: Nero as the Antichrist”
Gary Michuta: Does 666 add up to Nero? (2017)
If you believe that Revelation speaks exclusively of the future, then Nero obviously isn’t a candidate. Otherwise, everything adds up to Nero. Continue reading “Gary Michuta: Does 666 add up to Nero? (2017)”
Dean Furlong: Patristic Evidence for the Early Date of Revelation (2020)
Summarized from The Identity of John the Evangelist: Revision and Reinterpretation in Early Christian Sources (Lanham: Lexington/Fortress Academic, 2020) by Dean Furlong Continue reading “Dean Furlong: Patristic Evidence for the Early Date of Revelation (2020)”
Mons. Francesco Spadafora: Dizionario Biblico – Escatologia (Italian)
Tale sistema, già al 1914, era superato. R. Bultmann, M. i tale affermazione del regno di Dio. Nel Vecchio Testamento, l’e. è solo collettiva, nazionale, messianica: cioè, la nazione come tale, l’eletto Israele, in quanto oggetto dell’alleanza, tende e termina al Cristo, che lo eleverà ed assorbirà, nel suo regno. [Use the translation widget to select first Italian, and then English.] Continue reading “Mons. Francesco Spadafora: Dizionario Biblico – Escatologia (Italian)”
Francesco Spadafora: Gesu e la fine di Gerusalemme e L’Escatologia in San Paolo (1971; Italian)
Come il lettore rilevera essi sono strettamente collegati tra loro : il secondo dipende dal primo e in qualche modo lo completa. [Being Typed in by Hand. Use the translation widget to select first Italian, and then English.] Continue reading “Francesco Spadafora: Gesu e la fine di Gerusalemme e L’Escatologia in San Paolo (1971; Italian)”
Randall Price: A.D. 70: Preterism’s Prophetic Dead End (2005)
In recent years a system of interpreting biblical prophecy known as Preterism has invaded the church, bringing confusion and division to many congregations that have historically held to the future return of Jesus Christ. Continue reading “Randall Price: A.D. 70: Preterism’s Prophetic Dead End (2005)”
Saint Jerome Study Archive
shortly after His death the Jews believed in Him by thousands, and God gave to this unfortunate city forty-two years to do penance. But finally its citizens, having failed to benefit, and still persisting in their wickedness – Vespasian and Titus together formed an anti-type of what is mentioned in our Scriptures, when they came out of the woods and killed and mauled these “children” Continue reading “Saint Jerome Study Archive”
Sam Frost: A Tip of the Hat to Gary DeMar (2020)
Since the catastrophes of the Great Tribulation are behind him (whew!), we have an open view of the Future that only gleams with progress and unfettered prosperity; provided that we rid the world of Dispensationalists, or any view that smacks of negating the progress of culture building through the Gospel enterprise. Continue reading “Sam Frost: A Tip of the Hat to Gary DeMar (2020)”
Carmine Hetrick: The Timing of the Coming of the Son of Man in the Book of Daniel (2019)
If He did not retain the form of a “Son of Man” in His ascension or coming in judgment, then, using the rigid application of this title for which Don is arguing, the title “Son of Man” hardly seems appropriate for His 70 AD judgment. Continue reading “Carmine Hetrick: The Timing of the Coming of the Son of Man in the Book of Daniel (2019)”
Chiasmus Study Archive
Poetry is the chiasm of thought and action. Continue reading “Chiasmus Study Archive”
Bryan Davis: The Chiasms of the Apostle Paul – Introduction (2007)
The Writings of Brother Paul, Broken Into Color Coded Parallelisms and Chiasms Continue reading “Bryan Davis: The Chiasms of the Apostle Paul – Introduction (2007)”
Geoffrey Grider: The Heresy Of Preterism Compared And Contrasted To Bible Prophecy And Doctrine Rightly Divided (2017)
Today we shall take a quick peek into the heresy known as Preterism, the idea that all Bible prophecy was fulfilled in the year 70 AD with the fall of Jerusalem at the hands of the Roman emperor Titus. Continue reading “Geoffrey Grider: The Heresy Of Preterism Compared And Contrasted To Bible Prophecy And Doctrine Rightly Divided (2017)”
Philips Galle: The Destruction of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus (1569)
Furthermore, the series ends with two Nativity scenes from the New Testament, followed by the Destruction of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus, which does not occur in Scripture at all Continue reading “Philips Galle: The Destruction of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus (1569)”
John Walvoord: Realized Eschatology (2007)
Even liberal scholars have difficulty in following Dodd at this point as the New Testament very clearly predicts future aspects to the kingdom such as in Matthew 24 and the question of the disciples concerning the coming of the kingdom in Acts 1:6. Continue reading “John Walvoord: Realized Eschatology (2007)”