The Gospel According to God is the title of a soon-to-be-released 228 page book by Dr John MacArthur. It's the latest in the "Gospel" series. The book's focus is on part of Isaiah 52 and all of Isaiah 53. A few weeks ago after evening communion service, Alistair Begg announced that John MacArthur was scheduled to … [Read more...]
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An Unholy Tribulation Temple?
An Unholy Temple? - is the future Tribulation Temple unholy? On a fairly regular basis, I see comments by futuristic premillennialists of all stripes calling the tribulation temple unholy or even a "fake" temple. Incidentally, I also regularly spot "fake modern Israel" tags from some premils. For some reason - and … [Read more...]
The Great Tribulation and God’s Wrath
The Great Tribulation and God’s Wrath: according to the prewrath rapture view, the Great Tribulation is nowhere called God’s wrath. Hence, it is Satan’s wrath, not God’s. Posted on X (formerly Twitter) The Great Tribulation is NEVER referred to as God's wrath against believers (contra pretrib). Only when the … [Read more...]
Robert Culver: Israel, Church and the Rapture
Robert Duncan Culver was a sober premillennial scholar who had some interesting things to say about prophecy, Israel, the Church, the rapture and many other subjects. Recently Dan Phillips mentioned Culver's little Commentary on Daniel in a tweet. That exchange spurred me to get out his Systematic and the Daniel … [Read more...]
The Great Multitude of Revelation Chapter 7
Who are the Great Multitude of Revelation chapter 7:9-17? There are different interpretations of this heavenly group depending upon one's eschatology. Even among premillennialists. Proponents of Covenant Theology often conflate the Great Multitude with the 144,000, mentioned earlier in chapter 7. An example of this … [Read more...]
Please, Just Give Me Christ
Please, just give me Christ! When I left the Christ-less New Age, I tried to attend my local Catholic Church. I wanted to know more about the Lord. Yet every service seemed just another excuse for a social justice commentary. The popular term in those days was "reconciliation." Jesus was mentioned occasionally, but He … [Read more...]
The Shepherd of Psalm 23
Who is the Shepherd of Psalm 23? He is none other than our LORD Jesus Christ. He is also the King of glory of Psalm 24. Who is this King of glory? — The LORD strong and mighty; the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this … [Read more...]
Can we trust God’s promises?
Can we trust God’s promises? Throughout the Old Testament, God made strong statements and specific promises to national Israel; a nation which was more often than not disobedient. Isaiah 60 God made specific declarations about Israel in the entirety of Isaiah chapter 60. Here is how it finishes: Your people … [Read more...]
Honoring the Quest
I'm painfully aware that I sometimes write about subjects which are above my pay grade. This topic is likely one of those efforts. But this Quest theme haunts me and demands my attention every now and then. So, here I go again. The Quest theme began to haunt me when I read Paul Henebury's review of Louis Markos' On … [Read more...]
The Everlasting Joys of Heaven
The Everlasting Joys of Heaven: heaven won’t be a place where believers only stand around Christ to worship and sing for eternity. People (especially unbelievers) sometimes think that heaven will be a boring place. Some joke that hell will be more interesting. The Bible tells us that it will be a place of weeping … [Read more...]
