How Close Are We?

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 2 Peter 3:8 Obviously, God has a different clock than we have today or even a calendar. God operates based on eternity, not as we do, watching the…

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Time Out: Do Clocks Keep Ticking in Eternity?

Nope. That’s what I thought growing up in church. When the end of the world comes, all clocks will stop. Revelation 10:6 seemed clear on this point: “There should be time no longer.” Then, at church, we often sang “When the Roll is Called Up Yonder.” The answer to the question leapt from the hymnal:…

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The Judge Is at the Door

As James draws his epistle to a close, he offers encouragement to those who are being oppressed.  “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.  Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain” (James 5:7).  In…

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The End of All Things Is at Hand

  Peter makes a shocking statement in the middle of chapter 4, “But the end of all things is at hand…” How do we understand a statement like this, given that 2000 years have transpired, and we are still going strong? In fact, we have quite a few statements like this in the NT, statements…

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The Fundamentals: “Even So, Come”

July/August 2020 | VOLUME 30 | NUMBER 4 Eschatology: A Necessary and Spiritually Edifying Study God is not limited by time or space, yet He is the God of history. All of history fulfills God’s purposes and will ultimately culminate to bring Him glory. Eschatology (from Gk. eschatos, “last”) is the branch of theology that…

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Holding to Dispensational Premillennialism: A Response to Schreiner’s Reasons for Amillennialism

Introduction Christians disagree over what Scripture teaches on the millennium. Those that hold to amillennialism don’t think Scripture teaches a future earthly reign of Christ on earth before the last judgment. Instead, they believe “God’s kingdom is now present in the world as the victorious Christ rules his church through Word and Spirit.” ((Evang. Dict.…

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Brexit and the Coming of the Last Days

The non-ending Brexit story propels me back to the time when the European Union introduced the Euro. It was a dramatic first at the time—multiple countries casting their fates together under “ever increasing union.” In many people’s minds the EU was about to eat our lunch, not unlike the way many Americans view China today.…

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The Christian’s Hope for Eternity

A college friend and I once debated whether there would be soccer in Heaven. He steadfastly maintained we would all play, while I insisted that believers would surround the throne for eternity, praising God. No time for sports. Freshman roommates rarely achieve advances in theology, and we were no exception. Our curiosity often gives rise…

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