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A prophecy is not always a prediction of future events. Sometimes it speaks about past events as well. As in Hosea 11:1. "When Israel was a child, I called my son out of Egypt..." When Israel as a nation was called out of Egypt in the Exodus, that young nation was considered a "child" at...

Of course Christ was called the "First-fruits". But that is a plural title, and also applied to the 144,000 First-fruits of Rev. 14:4 whose bodies were redeemed out of the earth and stood together with the risen Lamb on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. In other words, the 144,000 Matthew 27:52-53...

What, do you yourself deny that Christ's resurrection and that of the Matthew 27:52-53 saints already took place? You don't understand what Hymenaeus and Philetus were teaching. Their mistake was in teaching that there would not be another resurrection to follow that "first resurrection" event...

None of these examples are Scripture's exact definition of exactly what the "abomination of desolation" was composed of. Specifically, Luke 21:20 defines this AOD phrase as being "Jerusalem surrounded by armies". Daniel 9:27 wrote that it would be "with the abominable armies he shall make it...

This worldwide coverage with the gospel already occurred back in the first century, as Paul freely testifies in Colossians 1:6 &23 and other texts. After that gospel coverage was accomplished back then, the end spoken of came back then in the first century.

You aren't following the chronological progression of events which began in the disciples own first-century generation after Christ ascended to heaven in Acts 1. Persecution began almost immediately for the disciples. As Christ predicted, they were persecuted from city to city, being beaten in...

Correction of the translation: "...because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness by a Man whom He did ordain..." (YLT). From the time frame in which this book of Acts was first written, Christ was "ABOUT TO judge the world" in their own generation...

But just before "the tribulation of those days", the disciples were warned that they would be beaten in the synagogues and be brought before the "rulers" and "councils" (of the Sanhedrin) for Christ's sake (Mark 13:9). This was a first-century threat for Christ's disciples which the book of...

Scripture prophecy can have a double fulfillment - such as "out of Egypt have I called my son" referring to the Israelites' Exodus from bondage as well as to the child Jesus leaving Egypt to come to Nazareth. It is the same case with John 19:37 claiming a fulfillment of "they shall look on Him...

What's the mistake? "Christ the First-fruits" as well as the Matthew 27:52-53 saints raised that same day of the "first resurrection" in AD 33 was most definitely a resurrection unto bodily immortality. I agree with that, and have said so many times before. Of course there are those...

Daniel 12:11-13 gives us the exact 1,335-day countdown to the day of Daniel 12:2's bodily resurrection - in other words, the day of Christ's second coming. The 1,335-day countdown would start with two distinct events taking place during the same season. Those two events were #1) a "daily...

It was all the tribes of the land of Israel. Zechariah 12:10-14 lists some of those Israelite tribal families by name. And the mourning would be taking place specifically in Jerusalem by those Israelite tribes. "In that day there shall be great mourning in Jerusalem...". Revelation 1:7 and...

No, Scripture is very clear that there are three bodily resurrection events. Paul lists these three events which are ranked in chronological order in 1 Cor. 15:22-24. •"Christ the First-fruits" was the bodily resurrection in AD 33 of Christ and the Matthew 27:52-53 saints. •"Afterward they...

It is the RIGHTEOUS who are enabled to "dwell with the devouring fire" and to "dwell with everlasting burnings" in God's own presence. With the covering of Christ's own righteousness imputed to me, in my resurrected glorified body I will be able to look upon my King in His beauty "in the land...

Of course Jesus warned His own generation of the "flaming fire" in which He would come to "take vengeance" upon the living by recompensing tribulation to those who were troubling the Thessalonian Christians (2 Thess. 1:8-9). These would be "punished with everlasting DESTRUCTION from the...

It sure is. It can represent holiness, judgment, a refining process, the blessing of the Holy Spirit with "tongues of fire" on Pentecost, fiery words coming from a prophet's mouth, the vengeance of God, etc., etc.

That "eternal fire" is in heaven, issuing forth from before the eternal God's throne (as in Daniel 7:10). If you are one of the righteous, you will be enabled to "dwell with the devouring fire" and "dwell with everlasting burnings", face to face with your King in the land that is "very far...

The original Greek in this verse is "eis ton aionon", which means "unto the ages". Ages have ending points. Eternity doesn't. This torment of the devil and his angels and the living Scarlet Beast and False prophet lasted until the ends of the ages, which Paul wrote was finishing up in his...

You didn't read my statement carefully enough. When Christ rejecters die, they do go to Hell (the grave). What I wrote in my comments is that the wicked dead do not get an ETERNAL LIFE of torment in Hell (the grave). The souls of the wicked dead are reserved in Hell (the grave) to face God's...

This "burning forever and ever" is a presumption on your part, which Scripture never teaches. In the Garden of Eden, God set up a sword guarding the way to the Tree of Life, so that fallen mankind could NOT eat of that Tree of Life and live forever in a wicked state of separation from God...