We are finishing up our class on the Doctrine of the Second Coming at Jesus Bible Institute. The first day of class I used a house metaphor to describe how one should approach Scripture in studying the doctrine of the Second Coming. It is not the only method, but I think it is the best […]
Pauline
What Does “The Apostasy” Refer to in 2 Thessalonians 2:3?
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy [ho apostasia] comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction (2 Thess 2:3 NASB) Paul wrote his second letter to the Thessalonians because he learned that they were deceptively being taught by some that […]
Jesus and Paul Use the Metaphor of “Birth Pangs” for Opposite Purposes
“All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.” (Matt 24:8) “While people are saying, ‘There is peace and security,’ then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.” (1 Thess 5:3) In an attempt to make the “beginning of birth pangs” in […]
The Day of the Lord is Not a Literal 24 Hour Day
There are some who maintain that the Day of the Lord will be a literal twenty-four hour day, mostly those holding to a variant of posttribulationism, as well as amillennialism. They require that all the events associated with God’s eschatological wrath must occur within a single day when Christ comes back. This forced “accordion” interpretation […]