Kenneth L. Gentry

My recent interview with Josh Howard on the show Eschatology Matters intensified a need I have felt for some time. He asked how the sheep and goats judgment in the Olivet Discourse (Matt 25:31–46) fits into inmillennialism. The difficulty arises because I believe Jesus focused on one subject—the destruction of…

Jesus’s teaching about the sheep and goats judgment challenges our prophetic model (inmillennialism). He mentions this judgment at the end of his Olivet Discourse (Matt 25:31–46). It describes what will happen after the messianic age. The Son of Man will judge “all the nations” (Matt 25:32). This judgment will bring…

The “rapture passage” (1 Thess 4:13–5:11) creates problems for the current prophetic models. Their interpretations implicate Paul in error. They portray him as naïve and inconsistent. They do not take the Olivet Discourse to be “the word of the Lord” to which Paul appeals (1 Thess 4:15), even though the…

This post deals with the “two witnesses” John describes in Revelation 11. We are publishing it on Oct. 31, 2017. This day marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the church door at Wittenberg. This act started the Protestant Reformation. We will recognize this historic…

One proof of a good theory is its ability to suggest answers to difficult problems. We have seen how our prophetic model—inmillennialism—does this in Hebrews. We are now applying this framework to John’s visions in Revelation. The complications increase here due to the many prophetic images in this book, but,…

Revelation’s bookend time stamps raise important questions. If we interpret them as literal truth statements, what profound event(s) happened soon after John saw these visions? What fulfilled his about-to-be prophecies? The answer depends on another important question: When did John see these visions? Most conservative scholars limit the possible date…

My Webster’s Third World International Dictionary weighs a whopping 13 pounds. It requires strong bookends to keep it upright. Supports too weak would allow this large volume to fall, with the potential of knocking other books off the shelf, not to mention the possibility of doing bodily harm. John’s book…