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I quote some viewpoints on the millennium from the commentary on Revelation by David S. Clark - 1st . The premillennial view assumes that the nineteenth chapter describes the second coming of Christ and that these six verses teach that all the righteous dead will be resurrected and live on the...

To continue, vs 3-5 must be seen together and compare, and if you are TR/KJV only, you will reject this at the start, but for those accepting modern textual scholarship, there are key differences. "And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should...

When I seek to find how a verse fits into some associated teaching of the Scriptures, I wish to know facts in the verse, and only then can I attempt to put it into a fitting 'proof text' series or system of understanding. Some points I see on Rev. 20:4 - Examining the phrase "souls of...

Jay, I wonder if the time for repentance has past, at least as I observe the fast decay and calamity here in the USA. It appears similar to how God's judgment fell upon ancient Israel - "The look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom, they do not hide...

I am not comparing those who deny that Jesus is the one true God in the flesh, with dispensationalists on the level of that JW's damning error. I did notice other tendencies to depart from the historic faith and plain statements of Scripture. Examples I give by the following quotes. Quotes...

"and all who dwell on earth will worship it, every one whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain." Rev 13:8 RSV, also ESV A. T. Robertson, "Hath not been written (ου γεγραπτα). Perfect passive indicative of γραφω...

This OP illustrates the danger of becoming tied up with manuscripts and Greek grammar while ignoring the context. Read it in context - “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not catch you...

I'll repeat a previous answer with a few more applicable verses - But if some of the branches(Physical Jews) were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot(Elect Gentiles), were grafted in their place to share the richness/rich root (Jesus the Christ) of the olive tree(God's people), do not boast...

"Lo, these shall come from far; and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim". (Isa 49:12 ASV) Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew-English Lexicon (H5515) "BDB Definition: Sinim = “thorns” 1) a people living at the extremity of the known world; may be identified...

In my OP I gave what I consider the literal and plain statements of scripture that I view like a framework for the structure of prophecy. A skeleton to which I'll later add flesh with the more figurative and symbolic texts. I can't interpret the symbolic and interpretive in a way to contradict...

I believe it is clear that Matt 24:1-35 is definitely about the coming destruction of the temple and the end of the Jewish nation. So, why are verses 29-31 not a contradiction to my belief that the passage is about 70 AD? First off, a well known principle we do well to keep in mind -...

The word "all" must be understood in its context, depending on translation as the following show - "Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the...

I'll clarify my position. I am not an Amillennialist, Reformed nor hold to Covenant Theology. I embrace the biblical particularism coming out of the Synod of Dort's response to the 5 points of Arminianism, and I am somewhat of a spiritual or gospel postmillennialist, NOT a theonomist. I am a...

Following Paul's thoughts I believe "all Israel" means the church, elect Jew and elect Gentile for the following reasons. The passage is discussing Jew and Gentile together in one olive tree and the olive tree represents the people of God. Jews the natural branches, Gentiles the wild...

My view of prophecy comes from the plain, literal and explicit words of scripture; not fanciful ideas read into the figurative passages. I can't accept teaching that contradicts the following clear passages. "No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that...

Claiming that the gathering of the saints into the church by the preaching of the gospel makes one a Full Preterist is only true if you insist Matt. 24:31 refers to the second coming at the last day. John Gill wrote before there even existed a word 'preterist" in theology and he was NOT a Full...

You had stated that your interpretation of the parable in Luke 13:6-9 obvious, to which I replied "Your idea of the interpretation being obvious is not obvious to all." I then quoted interpretations of various men of God in history to whom your interpretation was not so "obvious"! Try a...

When Jesus spoke "it is written" in refuting the devil, he was talking about scripture, not someone's interpretation of scripture. In like manner, in 1 Cor. 4:6 Paul states we are not to go beyond what is written, again meaning scripture. Your idea of the interpretation being obvious is not...

Amen! It is violating scripture to separate the 70th week from the first 69 weeks in Daniel. Paul instructs us- "learn not to go beyond the things which are written" 1 Cor. 4:6 Where in the context of Daniel chapter 9 is there any justification for placing 2500 years between the 69th and...

How Jeremiah 24 supports the idea that the fig tree represents Israel or is an emblem of Israel escapes me. The chapter speaks of two baskets of figs, one basket of good figs representing good Jews and the other basket of bad figs represents wicked Jews. This is a lame attempt to justify...