It is hard to imagine a more tiresome book about a more fascinating subject than Ed Simon’s The Dove and the Dragon: A Cultural History of the Apocalypse. The book’s premise is intriguing: a sweeping intellectual history of apocalyptic thought from the Zoroastrians to QAnon. And Simon promises to interpret this history through his “schema,” Read more... The post The Apocalypse Has Two Faces appeared first on Christianity Today.| Christianity Today
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The word πάρεσις, remission, more strictly means pretermission, a passing by, or overlooking. Paul repeatedly uses the proper term for remission (ἄφεσις,) as in Eph. 1:7, Heb. 9:22, &c.; but the word here used occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. Many, therefore, consider the selection of this . . . Continue reading →| The Heidelblog
Why should Christians—especially those in the Reformed camp—embrace amillennialism over premillennialism or dispensationalism? In this post, I’ll share five compelling reasons that won me over, and I believe they can convince you too. First off, the Old Testament doesn’t breathe a word . . . Continue reading →| The Heidelblog
Objection #6: “And for this cause He is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance” . . . Continue reading →| The Heidelblog
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When the creed goes on to say that Christ descended into hell, does that mean that He descended into the limbus, where there is neither joy nor sorrow, so that He might liberate the patriarchs from there? Or does it mean that . . . Continue reading →| The Heidelblog
Some years ago, Martin Saunders (of Youthscape) wrote an excellent article highlighting four issues which often prevent evangelicals from understanding what has been happening in the Israel/Gaza conflict—and these problems come up each time the conflict hits the news. It seems particularly pertinent at the moment. First, he comments ‘It’s not as simple as good| Psephizo
Jack asked: You’ve mentioned that a significant part of John’s Revelation laments the fading of Hebrew influence in church doctrine. Can you please recommend some of the more important sections in …| Radix Fidem Blog
The appointed time has grown very short ... For the present form of this world is passing away (1 Corinthians 7:29,31). God himself has set the bounds of this universe, and it will not last forever. Therefore, every day that passes is God drawing the earth closer to its eventual and inevitable concl| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
SUMMARY This article discusses a number of topics which may help in understanding the prophecies in the book of Daniel. These topics include the date and authorship of the book, its thematic structure, the Near Eastern historical events to which … Continue reading →| Letters to Creationists
In what at least one person has referred to as, quote, “the best movie scene I’ve ever watched,” in this part of Avengers: Endgame, we see the Avengers assembling for their final battle. On its own, that would be cool enough. But this scene is especially poignant because many of those gathering having just been resurrected from the dead. Five years before this moment in the MCU, half of the universe was snapped from existence. The post Life After Life After Death appeared first on Con...| Conciliar Post
The Twentieth Century was the bloodiest century known to mankind. The Twenty-First Century seems to have learned nothing from the previous, or maybe, rather, it is purposefully applying the instruc…| The Inkless Pen
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Beyond the signs vs. non-signs argument above, might there be other indicators that we are not supposed to read verses Matthew 24:29–41 chronologically?| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
The Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24–25 is the longest prophetic section in the NT outside of the book of Revelation. If the next prophesied event that believers are looking forward to is their gathering to meet the Lord in the air, you might expect our Lord to refer to this event in his lengthy prophetic discourse. So, does our Lord Jesus refer to what is commonly called the rapture in Matthew 24 and 25? In one passage, it appears that he might, but it is a debated point.| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
An analysis of the secret eschatology of the war machine via Ernst Jünger, Nick Land, and Freeman Dyson.| Vast Abrupt