A viewer, “Chris,” of my YouTubes, a visitor to our websites recently submitted the following questions on the issue of Israel / Judah / God’s promises. Here are the questions followed by my response. We appreciate the thoughtful questions. Don K “In Hosea 1:4 what is the meaning of the cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel…
The question of Israel continues to perplex and intrigue Bible students around the world. We are constantly told that Israel remains the chosen people of God and that the events of 1948 or 1967 (take your pick) constitute the fulfillment of prophecy, proving we are in the last days. (Never mind that Israel’s return in 1948 was in a state…
A visitor to our sites, and viewer of our YouTube videos, has asked the following question: Hey Don, thanks so much for all the info on youtube. i am not very easily persuaded i suppose but since i am struggling with the time texts I cannot but look into this issue still. I just like to ask you to provide for me…
Just the other day, I posted an exchange with a visitor to this site, asking some questions about Covenant Eschatology and Revelation. The poster responded with a list of additional thoughts and questions, and I will share them– with my answers– with you as time permits. Don K *********************** From: Tim Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 2:27 PM To: ‘Don…
I have been quite remiss in sharing some of the many, many correspondence posts that I receive, with questions and comments. Below is one received recently, that is very common. ************************* /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Cali bri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;…
We get tons of emails, and I occasionally like to share some of those with our visitors who express the same concerns and questions. I received the following question about how to share and teach Covenant Eschatology to a group of people who hold to the traditional views. I have withheld the name of the poster for confidentiality. Hello…
On September 2, 2012, I received an email from a gentleman from Australia who had been watching my YouTube videos. He was particularly concerned with the current events in Syria and the prophecy of Isaiah 17 about the destruction of Damascus. In the videos, I noted that despite modern dispensational claims that the prophecy has never been fulfilled, in…
I received the following question from a young man– a minister. I will not give his name at all, to help protect his identity. He is one of many, many ministers that I hear from that are attempting to share the truth of Covenant Eschatology, and when it is presented in a context of simple Bible study it is accepted.…
I received the question below from “Max” from Canada, and wanted to share it with our visitors. I have added a bit more information to the post to aid the readers. To: dkpret@cableone.net Hi Mr. Preston, I have a question on Revelation 21:4. I talked to an elder in a Reformed church about preterism, and he told me that…
The traditional dispensational view is that the rejection of Jesus by the Jews resulted in the postponement of the kingdom. Traditionally, that point of postponement has been posited at Matthew 12, or, some dispensationalists actually place it in Acts 3 (Thomas Ice for instance seems to lean this direction). See the DVD of my debate with Thomas Ice. The problem–…