John Gill

“Matthew . . . is the Gospel of the King and His kingdom.” We have seen this in our previous posts on Matthew. For example, the “little horn” king (Herod) opposed the King (Matt 2). And, John the Baptist preached the gospel of the kingdom (Matt 3:1). In Matthew 4,…

Announcement A 17-page summary of our prophetic framework is now available. It shows how inmillennialism arises out of a natural reading of two New Testament passages. Please click the “Free” menu item above to download the PDF. The concept of the “last days” plays a unique role in inmillennialism. (We…

  “Faith without works is dead” (Jas. 2:20). An accurate prophetic framework that produces no effects in our daily lives is worthless. A prophetic view that does not make us more holy turns us into sounding brass and tinkling symbols (cp. 1 Cor. 13:1). God intends for prophecy to change…

A reader noticed our last post omitted elements of the new heavens and earth. They also contain no tears, sorrow, crying, or pain (Rev. 21:4). He wanted to know how our prophetic framework, inmillennialism, explains these features. The “new heavens and earth” do not describe eternity per se. Death, child-bearing,…

This post will appear during Passion Week, 2018. Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Sunday and gave the Olivet Discourse on Tuesday. He died on the cross on Friday and rose from the dead on Sunday. His resurrection established the “new heavens and earth” (Rev. 21:1) of Revelation’s seventh vision. We…

Can you imagine death in heaven? The existing prophetic frameworks imply it will be there. They also suggest other surprising conditions will exist. These implications arise from the subject of Revelation’s seventh vision (Rev. 21–22:7). The existing prophetic models all teach John’s “new heaven and a new earth” (Rev. 21:1)…

Our title comes from the opening words to Revelation’s sixth vision: “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore” (Rev. 17:1; emphasis added). But, this…

According to Inmillennialism, Revelation describes God’s first-century judgment of apostate Israel. It does so in visions two through six. In vision two, seven seals reveal that judgment. Seven trumpets announce it in vision three. In vision four, seven actors dramatize the judgment. Now, in vision five, the saints in heaven…

Only once in world history has an entire generation served as a picture of a future generation. The apostle Paul said this was true for the generation alive during Israel’s Exodus from Egypt (1 Cor. 10:6, 11). The events of that generation were “types” (or pictures) of events during the…

In this post, we continue applying our prophetic model—inmillennialism—to John’s third vision in which he hears seven trumpets. The sixth trumpet and the following interlude pose several difficulties. Speaking of Revelation 11, which describes this part of the vision, Alan F. Johnson says: Some have considered this chapter one of…