John Gill

In his first letter to Timothy, Paul makes a statement that commentators have used to support their gloomy predictions for the church in history. The Apostle says, Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…

I am looking at four Old Testament passages to help us understand the resurrection language in Paul’s “rapture passage.” He said, The dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in…

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…

Paul tells the Thessalonians of his desire to be present with them but says “Satan hindered us” (1 Thess 2:18). Most commentators express uncertainty about Paul’s meaning here, but I want to make a suggestion that, if true, will help us understand God’s prophetic word: Satan was using Israel after…