Last days

Jesus commissioned at least three distinct evangelical missions. We mentioned one in our last post (here). The Lord commanded his servants to “make disciples of all the nations” (Matt 28:19). John Gill says this means to “make them disciples by teaching them; or, as the Persic version, by way of…

The “rapture passage” (1 Thess 4:13–5:11) creates problems for the current prophetic models. Their interpretations implicate Paul in error. They portray him as naïve and inconsistent. They do not take the Olivet Discourse to be “the word of the Lord” to which Paul appeals (1 Thess 4:15), even though the…

We are applying our proposed prophetic model—inmillennialism—to the gospel of Matthew. The second chapter of that book shows the fulfillment of four prophecies. All were “last days” prophecies. And, Herod played a major role in their fulfillment. These facts led us to look for Herod in Old Testament prophecies. Our…

Two facts from our last “Meditation in Matthew” (here) combine to suggest our present topic. First, God fulfilled the four prophecies in Matthew 2:1–23 in the “last days” of the Mosaic Age. Second, Herod played a key role in each of them. Few commentators see Herod as a major figure…

Announcement A 17-page summary of our prophetic framework is now available. It shows how inmillennialism arises out of a natural reading of two New Testament passages. Please click the “Free” menu item above to download the PDF. The concept of the “last days” plays a unique role in inmillennialism. (We…

The music of Moses plays an important role in prophetic interpretation. He joined all of Israel as they sang a song of victory over the armies of Pharaoh (Exod. 15:1–18). Over 400 years earlier, God had told Abraham about their bondage in Egypt and how he would redeem them from…

Only once in world history has an entire generation served as a picture of a future generation. The apostle Paul said this was true for the generation alive during Israel’s Exodus from Egypt (1 Cor. 10:6, 11). The events of that generation were “types” (or pictures) of events during the…

The Seven Mystic Figures vision makes a slight change to the timeframe of the first two judgment visions. They concentrated on the “great tribulation” Jesus predicted in the Olivet Discourse (Matt. 24:1–3, 21, 34; Rev. 7:14). This vision focuses on the entire generation of Jesus’s life on earth. It begins with…

“You blew it up!” So concludes the Planet of the Apes (1968). After years of space travel at near the speed of light, Astronaut George Taylor has crash-landed on an unknown planet in the distant future. He discovers a shocking truth: the earlier inhabitants had blown their civilization to oblivion.…

The words from the flight attendant always filled me with joy and happiness: “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Memphis International Airport.” My job required me to  travel out of town a few times each year. While I was away, I experienced the words first penned in Francis Davison’s Poetical Rhapsody…