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By biblical accounts, Jesus should have come by now. Jesus said, “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” (Mt 24:14). In the first century, the Gospel was preached in all the nations (Rm 1:8; 16:26...

The IRS rejected my tax return. I think it was because I listed under Dependents: 20 million illegal immigrants; 5 million crackheads; 42 million unemployed people on food stamps; 3 million people in prison; and 535 overpaid leeches in the Senate and House Apparently, this was NOT an...

Jesus tells Caiaphas that he is coming in power in the clouds of heaven (Mt 26:64). Yes, clouds of heaven; not a stratus cloud, a cumulus cloud, or a fog hovering over a lake. Clouds of heaven. Jesus also says that he will come “as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the...

The idea of a rapture generates controversy even among futurists. Like Preterists, some futurists see no scriptural basis for such fantasy. The majority do, however, and even they cannot unite on it fully, except that they base it loosely on a scant few passages, namely Matthew 24:37-41, Daniel...

Tradition tells us that the Gospel is a message of personal redemption, or better that the Gospel is Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection (1 Cor 15:3-4). But what does that mean, exactly? I think before we quote St. Paul in defining the Gospel, we might first determine what the Gospel really...

I suppose this thread belongs in the Christian Scriptures forum. It’s about certain passages of the Scriptures. As I was questioning the inconsistencies of futurism and recognizing the truth of fulfilled prophecy, I heard some advice to consider the larger implications of the Olivet Discourse...

I’ve seen Preterists rejoice that the kingdom is within them individually. A friend of mine showed me his Kingdom Bible, in which Luke 17:21 suggests the same thing. I beg to differ. Translation should be taken more seriously. A word-for-word translation renders Luke 17:21 thus: “nor will they...

You may already know the I/O position, but I’ll summarize just in case. Jesus came only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel, as he says to the Syrophoenician woman in Matthew 15:24. Paul iterates this sentiment to the Galatian churches, telling them that Jesus came to redeem those under...

Conservative Republican; Preterist Christian; caffeine addict. I hope to fit in here somewhere.