Time Stamps

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…

This post will continue tracing Paul’s thoughts as he persuades the Hebrews to stay true to their profession of faith in Christ. They must not cling to the Temple-based worship instituted by Moses but embrace the word God had now spoken through his Son. Paul presents his arguments in a…

Before writing our post The X-Factor in the Olivet Discourse, I knew of no writer who describes the Olivet Discourse as a chiasmus. While preparing for our last post, I rejoiced to read the following by John F. Hart: “From a literary point of view, Matthew structures these as a…

Jesus provided the answers requested of him without admixing elements of some distant event. The signs (Matthew 24:4–31) and timeframe (Matthew 24:32–36) he provided dealt with his original prophecy—the destruction of the Temple (Matthew 24:1–3). Nothing in the Olivet Discourse forces an unbiased reader to postulate a complicated series of…