Questions and Answers

Peter says to church elders, “When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away” (1 Pet 5:4). A reader left the following comment on the post Interpreting First Peter by John Formsma:  Hi Mike! I would like to know how you interpret…

A person who has read my book, Inmillennialism: Redefining the Last Days, made the following request: This may be a big ask, but I was hoping that you could give me a fairly comprehensive list of prophetic passages that deal with the end of the Messianic Age. I’m having trouble…

A reader asked a critical question in his comment on the post Acts and the Last Days: In 2 Timothy 3:1 it says that perilous times shall come in the “last days.” The rest of the chapter describes what that will look like. Is this description limited to the end…

I love a good night’s sleep. So, I paid attention when a friend said he would ask the Lord to give me sleepless nights until I wrote a post that shows how inmillennialism interprets the following passage: Then the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.…

Rita responded to my post, Those Who Sleep in the Dust Shall Awake. She asked, “How did you come up with the end of the Messianic Age? Don’t ‘world without end’ (Eph 3:21 KJV) and ‘I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever’ (2 Sam 7:12–13 KJV) mean the…

A brother in Christ recently asked an important question about inmillennialism’s interpretation of the following passage: Now, brethren, concerning the coming (Gk. parousia) of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by…

Job’s hope is secure in inmillennialism. He said, “I know that my Redeemer lives, And He shall stand at last on the earth” (Job 19:25, NKJV). Our prophetic model says Job’s redeemer—Jesus Christ—stood on the earth in the “last days” (Heb 1:2) of the Mosaic age. Job also said, “And though…

A brother has asked for my view of Col 3:4. Paul told the Colossians, “When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” This brother wants to know how this statement affects our interpretation of 1 John 3:2 (here). He makes several valid…

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). This verse causes some readers to doubt inmillennialism. For…

A reader who wishes to remain anonymous responded to my recent blog post, Parousia Now. Carl—my fictitious name for the reader—said: The Messiah is not on earth yet. When he is here there will be no evil. Evil is rampant now. I don’t see how you can say we are…