Thanks to Debra for provoking this post earlier than I had thought! 🙂 ANY view of eschatology is about the presuppositions that are brought TO the text. NONE of the views are self-evident ("I just look at my Bible and there it is--Amen!" Aaarrgghh!). How you...
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What is Christian Middle Earth? A Brief Explanation
I've given my theory of Christian Middle Earth (CME) so many times that I can't remember who's heard it and who hasn't. So I thought a post on it was long overdue. In over-simplified terms, Christian Middle Earth is that realm between actual biblical scholars (people...
The Meaning of the Total Solar Eclipse
Honestly, this one's easy: It means that a small group of Christians will succeed in making lots of people think all Christians are dimwits. Again. Articles like this one have been appearing for the last week or so as evidence: BLACK MOON: Does solar eclipse fulfill...
If Only Jesus Had Used Starry Night Pro
Well, the blood moon tetrad season is upon us. Woe unto us. In Matthew 24:3 the disciples of Jesus asked him, "Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?" Jesus told them there would be signs, but...
Naked Bible Podcast 029: Prophecy and Apocalyptic Genre
In this episode, we're going to talk about two genres: prophecy and apocalyptic. The reason for doubling up will become apparent as we proceed, but basically we need to talk about these two genres because most modern Bible students don't realize there are clear...
Naked Bible Podcast Episode 027: What is a Proverb?
In the last podcast episode we continued our series on studying the Bible in light of its various types of literature its literary genres. We looked at parables and offered some guidelines for interpreting them. In this episode, we're going to briefly look at...
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 the...
Amos 9 and Acts 15
This case is a fascinating one, as I am sure you all know now. Opinion on the questions I posted varied in the comments: 1. What would you assume the "booth" or "tabernacle" of David is, referred to in v. 11? * some saw a structure here; others saw David's dynasty or...
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 of the...
Why An Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 7
The question to address in this post is much simpler than others: Is there any biblical proof that the 70th week of Daniel = the tribulation period? This equation is critical to the pre-trib, premill vide of the rapture. That is, without this equation, that view is...
New Inscription and the Jewish Roots of Christianity: The “Aaargghh! Award”
My thanks to OJA, Debra, and TH (from elsewhere) for sending me the link to the NYT article entitled, "Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection." This article is especially noteworthy in that I have decided to keep tabs on hyped media stories from now...
A Note on the September 23, 2017 Astral Prophecy Hype and Nonsense
I just wanted to put something on the blog (again) about my rejection of the idea that Revelation 12 has anything to do with the second coming or end times in general. I've been getting emails with links to YouTube videos like this one that use my thoughts about the...
Book Review: The New Christian Zionism
Most Christians are interested (and many absorbed) by the topic of the future of Israel and how, in the wake of the New Testament emphasis on the Church as the people of God (Gentiles included), Israel still matters. The New Christian Zionism: Fresh Perspectives on...
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 experts have...
Why An Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 9
Continuing on with the assumptions made in regard to the 70 weeks of Daniel... In the last post we jumped into Daniel 9:24-27 and saw (to the surprise of some I am sure) that, although so many people are sure that the 70 weeks prophecy was about a timeline that had...