In his first letter to Timothy, Paul tells him how to care for the flock over which the Holy Spirit has made him a shepherd (cp. Acts 20:28). Most of his instructions deal with practical matters of spiritual warfare: opposition from heretics (1 Tim 1:18–20); prayer (1 Tim 2:1–7); the…
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I want you to consider inmillennialism, a model for interpreting prophecy based on the Olivet Discourse and 1 Corinthians 15. This view supports an optimistic view of the kingdom of God—Jesus Christ is reigning and is subduing all His enemies. His ultimate conquest will be over death, in the bodily resurrection…
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I want to take a moment to recap the work we (myself and guest bloggers) have done on the blog and explain my plans for the future. I have shown that inmillennialism (my prophetic model) arises from an exposition of the Olivet Discourse and 1 Corinthians 15 (here). My follow-on projects…
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Dr. Tom Nettles describes James’ view of the “last days” and the coming of the Lord in his foreword to my book: “Behold the judge is standing at the door” (James 5:9). I read these verses today and considered seriously the possibility that James, the pastor of Christians in Jerusalem,…
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One night, when our baby daughter, Elisabeth, was crawling, I was lying on the floor studying a folio-sized commentary. I noticed her moving my way and did not object when she crawled onto the massive book. My wife, Betty, said, “You must love your daughter to allow her to drool…
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James tells Christians (i.e., the twelve tribes of Israel) to honor the poor (Jas 1:1; 2:1–13). To reinforce his message, he says, “Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those…
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In my last post (here), I showed that James considered Christians to be the twelve tribes—the messianic-age “Israel of God” (Gal 6:16). This post will use this identity to make three related points: (1) James wrote with the idea of Israel’s “perfection” in mind; (2) the sufferings he mentions were…
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Announcement The Kindle edition of my book, Inmillennialism: Redefining the Last Days, is now available. See it on Amazon by clicking here. ****** This post is the first in a series on James’ letter. I want to show how inmillennialism helps us understand his message, as I’ve done for other New…
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In this post, I will summarize ten reasons I believe Peter’s day of the Lord passage deals with the end of the Mosaic age, not the end of history. Here is the passage: Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure…
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Some readers have objected to the inmillennial interpretation of Peter’s day of the Lord passage (2 Pet 3:1–13). They’re responding to John Formsma’s posts (starting here) that show these verses describe God’s judgment of Israel—her land and her temple. That judgment would occur in Peter’s generation. As I showed in last…