Dating And Interpreting The Contents of the Gospels and The Apocalypse (Revelation) Second, overlooking its original author and audience. In a quest for “relevance,” commentators of the historicist and futurist schools seem to forget that John addressed Revelation to real, historical churches (Rev. 1:4, 11) about pressing and dire problems that he and they [...]
Quotations of the Bible From Early Christian LiteratureThe number of such quotations of the Bible known from early Christian literature is vast – over 36,000 quotes are known from before the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. (McDowell, p. 52). Sir David Dalrymple once asked himself the question, “Suppose that the New Testament had been [...]
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Many Christians today have a feeling of inadequacy. This is because they have very little understanding of the positional statements in the new covenant writings that are known as the letters. The Gospels all end with the triumphant victory of Christ over the world. The Epistles (Letters) reveal our corporate identity with Christ in his [...]
During my walk with Christ I got caught up in the frenzy of trying to understand the apocalyptic events that many popular charismatic evangelists were preaching. I bought their books on the end times and was thouroughly convinced an imminent rapture was about to occur. Now 30 years later I have abandoned them because all [...]
A Call for Resurrection Theology Christian theology has tended to focus on the birth and the death of Jesus, and in so doing has defaulted in explaining the significance of the resurrection. ©2001 by James A. Fowler. All rights reserved. You are free to download this article provided it remains intact without alteration. You are [...]
Figures of Speech found in the Scriptures. When one is young in the Lord , and we set out to read the scriptures, our understanding is often clouded through a limited knowledge of the metaphors used by the scribes. Sometimes others add to this confusion. Mt 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto [...]
Preface. I have undertaken this work, to promote the Glory of the Lord Jesus Christ and his Covenant with those of mankind who have placed their God given faith in him. During my many sojourns amongst various denominations there were truths I learnt and falsehoods that were being propagated as divinely inspired. It is important [...]
I recently downloaded the Pdf File of this document from Google books. I have created an excerpt from this on his conclusions on the chronology of the scriptures. It makes intresting reading for those intrested in the differing views of Chronology. The original was published in the 1830′s and contains Profane History and Bible History. [...]
Late last night (21/07/09) as I was starting to doze off after a period of silent meditation I had a vision. In my minds eye I saw a Armoured Miltary vehicle , this disturbed me as I wondered if it meant some type of trouble in our country. I thought “what now” as I have [...]
John 6:15 “When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed” I. CONTEXT OF THE REIGN The term “thousand years” should be understood as an apocalyptic reference to the throne of Christ as King over temporal Israel in its last days. The period in [...]
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