Imposed Until the Time of Reformation – The Passing of the Law of Moses #3 Be sure to read the previous two articles, #1 #2 The writer of Hebrews said that the Law of Moses, including the entire cultic world of sacrifices, festal observances, washings and meats and drinks, was “imposed” (From epikeimai / epikeimena, ἐπικείμενα , Strong’s #1945)…
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Imposed Until the Time of Reformation: The Passing of the Law of Moses – #2
Imposed Until the Time of the Reformation – The Passing of the Law of Moses #2 Be sure to read the first installment of this series here. What we have in Hebrews is a powerful demonstration of the “already-but-not-yet” transition period, the time when the Old Covenant and system was growing old, growing obsolete, and was nigh (engus) unto vanishing…
How Was the Gospel of the Kingdom “the Gospel of the Kingdom”? #13 –
How Was the Announcement of the Fall of Jerusalem “the Gospel of the Kingdom”? #13 It Was When Man Could Enter the Most Holy Place and Receive Salvation! It Was The End of the Ministration of Death! As I suggested in the previous article, the end of the Old Covenant age in AD 70 was the time when the types…
Was the Fall of Jerusalem the “Good News of the Kingdom”? #6
Was the Fall of Jerusalem the Good News of the Kingdom? #6 In my last installment I shared with you that no matter what else we might think of the Olivet Discourse, one thing is certain. Jesus linked the eschatological gathering (the good news of the kingdom) to that catastrophic end. He said that at his coming in that event,…
Daniel’s Seventy Week Prophecy: Antiochus Epiphanes or Jesus?
Daniel’s Seventy Week Prophecy: Antiochus Epiphanes Or Jesus An Examination of Isaiah 40 and Daniel 9 On FaceBook, the claim is being made by some former preterists that Daniel 9 is not Messianic. It did not foretell the death of Jesus to put away sin (Hebrews 9:26). It has nothing to do with Jesus! To say that this is…
Responding to the Critics – Exposing the Error of Howard Denham #5
Responding to the Critics: Exposing the Error of Howard Denham #5 As promised in the previous installment of this series on Responding to the Critics, I want to examine the prophecy of Hosea to demonstrate the egregious error of Howard Denham, hateful and caustic critic of Covenant Eschatology. Consider the following. Hosea said that Israel would be saved- remarried –…
Responding to the Critics: Exposing the Error of Howard Denham – #4
Responding to the Critics – Exposing the Error of Howard Denham – #4 We continue this series of Responding to the Critics, examining the (false) claims of Howard Denham, a caustic church of Christ preacher. Denham recently claimed that I believe in a national restoration of Israel. Nothing could be more wrong– and I dare say Denham knows it since…
Responding to the Critics: Exposing the Error of Howard Denham #3
Responding to the Critics: Exposing the Error of Howard Denham #3 This is the third installment examining and refuting the false claims of acerbic church of Christ preacher Howard Denham, who recently made several false representations of what I believe concerning Christ and the restoration of Israel. Be sure to read the previous two installments- #1 #2. So, I do…
Responding to the Critics – Exposing the Error of Howard Denham – #1
Responding to the Critics – Exposing the Error of Howard Denham #1 On this site, we frequently respond to the critics of Covenant Eschatology. I was recently contacted by someone that asked me to respond to some charges and claims made by Howard Denham, an acerbic, hateful church of Christ minister. Denham seems not to understand even the basics of…
Resurrection at the Sound of the Trumpet #4
The Resurrection at the Sound of the Trumpet #5 – 1 Thessalonians 4 In this fourth installment of our study of the Resurrection at the sound of the Trumpet, we take a look at another of the famous passages that predicted that awesome event. Be sure to read the previous three installments. #1 #2 #3 “For this we say to…
