PAUL’S PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE FULLNESS OF THE GENTILES Be sure to read the previous installments in this series. #1 #2 #3 #4 Before proceeding with this fifth installment, I want to share a bit more of the blatant dishonesty and duplicity within the IO camp. This is more than disturbing to anyone that believes in basic integrity. But, what…
The Great Day of God’s Wrath and the End of the Millennium – #3
The Great Day of Day of God’s Wrath and the End of the Millennium #3 Definitive Proof that the Millennium Ended in the First Century As we noted in our first article in this series, the Millennium is a study of great importance for understanding eschatology. All three futurist views of the end times either claim that the Christian age…
The Judgment of the Nations in AD 70
The Judgment of the Nations in AD 70 One of the most common objections to Covenant Eschatology is that the fall of Jerusalem was far too local of an event to qualify for the end of the age. In several public debates my opponents have offered this argument, claiming for instance, “Why would the citizens of Athens, or Rome, or…
The Fullness of the Gentiles – A Response to Israel Only #4
The Fullness of the Gentiles – Numeric or Relational A Response to “Israel Only” #4 Please read the first three articles in this series #1 #2 #3 My articles in this series have been posted for several days now, and have caused a lot of discussion on FaceBook. However, there still has not been one single exegetical attempt to…
The Fullness of the Gentiles – Numeric or Relational – A Response to Israel Only #3
The Fullness of the Gentiles– Numeric or Relational – A Response to Israel Only #3 I want to take note that there still has not been a single serious attempt to prove, lexically, contextually, or by sound hermeneutic to refute my first two installments. There have been tons of diversionary arguments, lots and lots of ridicule and name calling, many,…
The Fullness of the Gentiles – Numeric or Relational? #2 – A Response to Israel Only
The Fullness of the Gentiles– Numeric or Relational – A Response to “Israel Only” #2 Since posting the first installment in this series, the response to it on FaceBook has been more than revealing. Those who espouse the IO doctrine have done of a few things: 1. They have cited commentaries that posit the numeric sense of pleroma. This is…
The Fulness of the Gentiles – A Response to Israel Only – #1
The Fullness of the Gentiles – Numeric or Relational – #1 A Response to “Israel Only” An absolutely fundamental tenet of what is known as the IO (Israel Only) crowd (mob might be a better description) is that when Paul said that at the coming of the Lord “the fulness of the Gentiles would come in” he supposedly meant…
Responding to the Critics: Kenneth Gentry’s “I am not a Preterist!”
Responding to the Critics: Kenneth Gentry’s I am Not a Preterist!” Dr. Kenneth Gentry recently felt compelled to publish and article entitled “I am Not A Preterist!” The article was both an affirmation that he IS a preterist, but that he is NOT a preterist! Let me explain. For years, Gentry, DeMar, Mathison, etc. have all proclaimed themselves to…
The Great Day of God’s Wrath and the End of the Millennium #2
The Great Day of God’s Wrath and the End of the Millennium – #2 Revelation 6, Revelation 11 and Daniel 12 In this second installment of our examination of the Great Day of the God’s Wrath we want to turn our attention to other passages in Revelation that discuss, define and describe that Day. We began our study of…
The Great Day of God’s Wrath and the End of the Millennium #1
The Great Day of God’s Wrath and the End of the Millennium The Millennium is a study of not only fascination but of importance for understanding eschatology. All three futurist views of the end times either claim that the Christian age is the Millennium (Amillennialism and Postmillennialism) or, the Millennium will be established at the Second Coming of Christ, at…
