Finally got around to making a short (35 min) video of my slides that I used in Week 2 of my prophecy series at church. The topic is noted in the title to the post. Since the audio of that session did not record, the video for it was not uploaded. This is a "summary...
Eschatology / End Times
Seventy Weeks of Daniel (aka, The Pit of Despair)
Remember the albino from The Princess Bride? The guy who was in charge of the pit of despair? That's who I feel like when asked to talk about the seventy weeks of Daniel. It is a quagmire of ambiguity and obtuseness. And yet so many people hang so much on one...
Video Link to My First "Why Do You Believe What You Believe About End Times?" Session
I just saw that the link to my session at my church is up. For those interested, just click here. Editor's note: broken link removed, but here is the lecture:Â
Thoughts on Prophecy: Embracing the Messiness
Some of you know via other interactions that I'm currently teaching a four-week class at my church on interpreting prophecy. (Yes, I got talked into it). This past Thursday was the first session. My goal throughout the four weeks will be to convince people that...
An Eschatological Spasm: McFall's Chronology of the Prophetic Weeks of Daniel
Well, it took the women in ministry issue to drive me back to eschatology :-). Just kidding. I was reading through the blog comments tonight and was prompted to see if I could find an alternate source for Leslie McFall’s fascinating article on the chronology of...
Eschatology Spasm
I wanted to post this before year’s end, but things didn’t work out. I plan to append this post to the eschatology archived threads. Came across three articles that (again) point out certain aspects of eschatology that all-too-often assumed rather than...
More Eschatology: An Article on Reading Revelation as Recapitulation or Linear Sequence
Okay, don’t roll your eyes. I really will get back to Genesis. Saw this today . Right in line with our recent discussion, so I thought I should post on it.
A (Really) Brief Return to Eschatology
Pardon me for the brief transgression. Came across an article you’ll all be interested in today. It’s called “ Measuring the Temple of God: Revelation 11:1-2 and the Destruction of Jerusalem .” Has obvious implications not only for the dating...
Done with Eschatology
Just wanted to sign off on this topic. I really can’t muster any more interest in it. Changed my mind on sharing any personal thoughts, other than to say that I believe the reason that many positions can appear coherent is that they are all correct in certain...
Why an Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 15
Previous post found here:Â Debating the Date of Revelation: Pre-70 AD or 90s? I think this will be my last eschatology post in regard to listing things that have no clear answer or closure. Â I’ll do one more where I sketch out my basic thoughts on eschatology (I...
Why An Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 14
Nearing the end of this (have to check my list). It’s time for “when was the book of Revelation written?” The two candidates are, of course, before or after 70 AD (the latter in the 90s). I think the most thorough recent discussion on this is by Greg...
Why an Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 13
Previous post found here: Seventy Weeks Prophecy in Daniel 9: A Messianic Perspective I want to start this post with something I’d do in class during my teaching days at Christian colleges that I think will make this post — which is about the question of...
Why An Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 12
Before leaving Daniel 9 I wanted to comment on Peter Gentry’s very recent article, as well as two others. All three take Daniel 9:24-27 as messianic (i.e., that the anointed one who is cut off is indeed Jesus the Messiah), though they do not take all elements...
Why An Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 11
As you read this, bear in mind again I am not taking a position or describing where I’m at with all this. My goal is to show the ins-and-outs of how Daniel 9:24-27 could be viewed (i.e., the “self evident” problem). Previous post found here:...
Why An Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 10
Continuing on with our series, “why the seventy weeks of Daniel is more complicated than popular prophecy writers tell you — or even know.” This Daniel 9 issue requires especially close attention. It runs so contrary to what all the popular end times...