Gary DeMar

Dr. Sam Waldron recently spoke at the Conquering and to Conquer: An Eschatology of Victory conference. The title of the conference piqued my interest in his views on eschatology. I found he accepts Dr. John Murray’s view of the Olivet Discourse as his own (see The Meaning of Matthew 24, Part…

Jesus closes His explanation of the “great tribulation” sign with a promise to deliver the elect Jews from that catastrophe: “Unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matt 24:22). He also tells His disciples what they must…

This blog post is shorter than usual because I will request additional reading. Gary DeMar provoked me to make this appeal. One of his recent blog posts reminded me of a traumatic period in my life. I felt like the Israelites during their Exodus from Egypt, trapped between two powerful…

Inmillennialism requires us to view many Scriptures in a new way. It challenges some of our underlying assumptions. For example, few people think of the “last days” as the final period of the Mosaic age. Inmillennialism says we must adopt the perspective of the biblical writers to understand their meaning.…

We are applying our proposed prophetic model—inmillennialism—to the gospel of Matthew. The second chapter of that book shows the fulfillment of four prophecies. All were “last days” prophecies. And, Herod played a major role in their fulfillment. These facts led us to look for Herod in Old Testament prophecies. Our…

Our effort to develop a biblical prophetic model has reached a critical juncture. We will use the imagery of Hebrews 3:1–6 to show the central idea of this post. In that passage, Moses’ house signifies his management of the Old Covenant. The writer of Hebrews said Christ’s house—his administration of…

My rating: 5 of 5 stars The book is available from American Vision. Gary DeMar presents an interesting thesis that fits well within a (partial) preterist view of eschatology. I am intrigued, if not totally convinced, by his Haman hypothesis for the fulfillment of Ezek 37 and Ezek 38. It…