Prophecy

Dr. Tom Nettles describes James’ view of the “last days” and the coming of the Lord in his foreword to my book: “Behold the judge is standing at the door” (James 5:9). I read these verses today and considered seriously the possibility that James, the pastor of Christians in Jerusalem,…

James tells Christians (i.e., the twelve tribes of Israel) to honor the poor (Jas 1:1; 2:1–13). To reinforce his message, he says, “Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those…

In my last post (here), I showed that James considered Christians to be the twelve tribes—the messianic-age “Israel of God” (Gal 6:16). This post will use this identity to make three related points: (1) James wrote with the idea of Israel’s “perfection” in mind; (2) the sufferings he mentions were…

Announcement The Kindle edition of my book, Inmillennialism: Redefining the Last Days, is now available. See it on Amazon by clicking here. ****** This post is the first in a series on James’ letter. I want to show how inmillennialism helps us understand his message, as I’ve done for other New…

In this post, I will summarize ten reasons I believe Peter’s day of the Lord passage deals with the end of the Mosaic age, not the end of history.  Here is the passage: Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure…

Some readers have objected to the inmillennial⁠ interpretation of Peter’s day of the Lord passage (2 Pet 3:1–13). They’re responding to John Formsma’s posts (starting here) that show these verses describe God’s judgment of Israel—her land and her temple. That judgment would occur in Peter’s generation. As I showed in last…

Some readers have objected to inmillennialism’s interpretation of Peter’s passage about the day of the Lord (2 Pet 3:10–13). I plan to address some of their concerns in future posts. Here, I will support John Formsma’s posts regarding this passage—they begin here—by presenting John Owen’s views on it. The two…

In three previous posts (here, here, and here), I showed that Peter did not predict the end of the physical creation in 2 Peter 3:10–13. My Supplement to these posts provides clues that he was describing God’s final judgment upon the Jewish nation. Peter’s prophecies included things after the judgment,…

In my last post (here), I listed four points that show Peter was not speaking of the literal heavens passing away in 2 Peter 3:10–13. I discussed the first point and will now look at the other three. 2.  Peter specifically linked the judgment of the scoffers, the day of…

The points I made in my last post (here) are enough to establish the legitimacy of interpreting particular biblical language in a  non-literal way. However, I need to prove it is legitimate to do so regarding the new heavens and earth of 2 Peter by making the following points:  Peter had…