Will the Temple be Rebuilt in Jerusalem?
Paul declares the New Testament temple to be the church. “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost…” I Cor. 6:19. “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? …for the temple of God is holy, which temple [...]
The Wolf and the Lamb
“The wolf shall dwell with the lamb…” Isa. 11:6. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together…” Isa. 65:25. Millennialists look for a literal 1000 year reign on earth when actual wolves and lambs will dwell together. Extending our vision beyond the two popular texts quoted above, to take in the whole sphere of scriptures, [...]
The Seventy Prophetic Weeks of Daniel – Dan. 9:24-27
I. WHAT DOES THIS SIGNIFY? The command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem here referred to was given to Ezra by Artaxerxes, king of Persia, 457 B.C. Ezra 7:1-28. A careful study of Ezra and Nehemiah will show that not less than four decrees were given to build the house, walls, etc., of Jerusalem. But the [...]
Fable of Premillenialism
Fable of Premillenialism
End Time Errors
End Time Errors
The Fable of a Great, Seven Year Tribulation
Millennial dreamers, as usual, are found taking scriptures out of context and grossly misapplying them to force them into their incredulous age to come scheme. Their abuse of Matt. 24:21 and Dan. 9:26-27 are just another example of this. They imagine the former to support a seven year tribulation period yet to come, when nothing [...]
History of the Millennialists
– Pagans Believed it First – Christians originally borrowed the idea of a millennium from the Jews, but in its widest sense the idea was not original with the Jews. Various heathen nations–Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome–had an idea of a future golden age of the world when evil would be suppressed. Zoroastrianism expected [...]
A Secret Rapture?
The scene is a Boeing 747 over the Atlantic Ocean. Most passengers are sleeping. Suddenly, some of the passengers start to vanish. One by one, the remaining passengers cry out in fear as they realize their fellow-passengers are missing. Parents are frantic, as all the children have disappeared. Though this sounds like science fiction, it [...]
Why the Millennial Doctrine Is Not Biblical
By Albert J. Kempin Reason Number One It Robs Jesus of His Throne and Crown Teachers of the millennial doctrine say that when Jesus comes again He will be crowned as King of kings and Lord of lords. Such teachers withhold our Lord’s crown and deprive Him of His throne. Jesus has a kingdom now. [...]
An Exegesis of Revelation 20:1-7
“And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him [...]
