Would Christ come as lightning or as the bright light of the sun shining from the east to the west within the AD 30 – AD 70 “this generation” (Matt. 24:27-34)? Was Jesus predicting the end of the planet earth in Matt. 24:29 or the end of the Old Covenant world order and the casting down of apostate Jerusalem’s civil…
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Responding to the Critics: The Little Horn of Daniel 7
The “Little Horn” of Daniel’s Sea-Beast: A Review Don K. Preston In the June, 1993 issue of the Christian Courier, Wayne Jackson, an out-spoken critic of Covenant Eschatology, expounds on the little horn of Daniel 7. Our purpose here is not to set forth a positive exegesis of Daniel 7 as much as it is to show the fallacy of…
What About Acts 1?
What About, “In Like Manner?” One of the most common objections to Covenant Eschatology is based on Acts 1:9f. The disciples, beholding the ascending Christ, were told that he would come, “in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:9f), this means, we are told, that Jesus must return in a physical body. There are a…
Cross-Examining the Critics of Preterism
A Response To Kenneth Gentry When addressing the scholars of the Reformed community, care must be taken to get our facts, logic, and scripture correct. Unfortunately, those scholars do not take the same careful approach in dealing with Preterist Theology or the people involved. These scholars play loose with the facts, use logical fallacies, special pleading, and personal attacks. What…
Can God Tell Time?
Almost two thousand years ago John the Baptizer said “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” Matthew 3:2. Jesus, Son of God, echoed those words “the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” Matthew 4:17. The Prince of Peace sent his disciples out to preach the same message, Luke 10. Jesus clearly said the kingdom, and other events as…