This blog seeks to encourage Christians to embrace the kingdom of God and its King, Jesus Christ, as the central elements of their message to the modern world. It does so through discussions related to the interpretation of prophetic passages throughout the Bible. These discussions contribute to the incremental development…
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In the last post (here), I discussed one aspect of Jesus’ great tribulation sign: the desolation it brought. Here, I begin examining the descriptions it required. Through these descriptions, Jesus showed the significance of the “great tribulation.” This time of upheaval would be (1) the days of God’s vengeance against…
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Jesus answered the disciples’ sign question by presenting signs that would be “the beginning of the birth pains” for Israel (Matt 24:8 ESV). Now, He gives a sign nearer to the temple’s fall: “There will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until…
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Pheelan McPhalen honored me on his podcast, All Things Eschatology. In a recent thirty-minute episode, Is Inmillennialism a Thing?, he reviewed my book, Inmillennialism: Redefining the Last Days. He did so after hearing my interview with Josh Howard on Eschatology Matters (here). I am thankful for Pheelan’s review. He was…
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My recent interview with Josh Howard on the show Eschatology Matters intensified a need I have felt for some time. He asked how the sheep and goats judgment in the Olivet Discourse (Matt 25:31–46) fits into inmillennialism. The difficulty arises because I believe Jesus focused on one subject—the destruction of…
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In this series of posts, we’re verifying Peter’s words—all the prophets foretold his generation (Acts 3:24). We have confirmed that Moses, Samuel, Obadiah, Joel, Amos, Jonah, and Hosea did so and that their prophecies fit well in our inmillennial model of prophecy. In our last two posts (here and here),…
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In this series of posts, we’re verifying Peter’s words—all the prophets foretold his generation (Acts 3:24). We have confirmed that Moses, Samuel, Obadiah, Joel, Amos, Jonah, and Hosea did so and that their prophecies fit well in our inmillennial model of prophecy. In our last post, we saw that Micah,…
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Our survey has shown that Peter was accurate when he said all the prophets foretold his generation (Acts 3:24). We have verified that Moses, Samuel, Obadiah, Joel, Amos, Jonah, and Hosea did so and that their prophecies fit well in our inmillennial model of prophecy. In this post, we will…
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This series of posts tests Peter’s claim that all the prophets spoke about his days and his generation. According to the inmillennial prophetic model, these were the “last days” of the Mosaic age. In previous posts, we verified that Moses, Samuel, Obadiah, Joel, Amos, and Jonah did so, following the chronological…
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In this series, we’re testing Peter’s claim that all the prophets spoke about his days, his generation. According to the inmillennial prophetic model, these were the “last days” of the Mosaic age. In previous posts, we verified that Moses, Samuel, Obadiah, Joel, Amos, and Jonah did so, following the chronological…
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Peter says to church elders, “When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away” (1 Pet 5:4). A reader left the following comment on the post Interpreting First Peter by John Formsma: Hi Mike! I would like to know how you interpret…