Original thinkers appeal to me—those who think out of the box. Some of this ilk naturally end up far-afield and are completely wrong. Others go against the grain of doctrine, i.e. what we know because that’s what we’ve always believed. But, as Dr. Michael Heiser, one of my favorites in this thinking out-of-the-box category says:…
Posts Categorized: Book of Revelation
Whom Will God Rapture? – The Philadelphia Church
Have you ever heard someone say, “God is a gentleman; He would never force someone into heaven who doesn’t want to go?” If that’s true, and many of us believe it is, then why do we insist that God will force Christians (i.e. those who are truly saved versus those who simply consider themselves Christians),…
“There Is No Rapture”
Recently, someone publicly sent me his thoughts based on a YouTube commentary I made. Randy was quite direct: “There is no Rapture.” He then proceeded to outline his so-called Scriptural proofs. In reading his reasoning, I’m fully of the opinion that Randy is completely off-base in his understanding of God’s Word and His overall plans…
Prophecy Update: What Is The Overwhelming Scourge?
What if we’re wrong about the overwhelming scourge that will come against Israel? What if we’re looking in the wrong direction as to the nature of this source of trouble that will plague Israel in the latter days, and which the Antichrist will use as the means to effect or increase the seven-year covenant that…
How We Limit God! — Part 2
Our typical Christian thinking tends to cause erroneous ideas regarding many aspects of the Bible. One example of this that has popped into view for me recently is with the New Heavens and New Earth that we see in Revelation 21-22. What has been the way we’ve inevitably thought about “heaven?” When we die we…
Prophecy Revealed & Blessed
I mentioned in my initial blog post that prophecy comprises a significant portion of the Bible. God’s servants, the prophets, wrote up to one-third of Bible text that involves future events described from a prophetic perspective. Just from that alone, it should be evident that prophecy is important to God. However, God doesn’t stop there,…