Covenant Theology

Does Jesus Lament Today's Silence Regarding His Imminent Appearing?

Does Jesus Lament Today's Silence Regarding His Imminent Appearing?

Jesus wept at the sight of Jerusalem knowing that its rejection of Him would lead to its destruction and much sorrow.

Does the Savior grieve today over the unwillingness of churches to mention anything concerning His appearing?

The Perils of Preterism

The Perils of Preterism

Preterism is one of today’s most popular views of the end times; it’s popularity among Christian leaders and pastors continues to grow.

In this article, I demonstrate the falseness of this belief with five egregious errors of preterism.

The Forgotten Resurrection: Why Do So Many Pastors Hide This Glorious Truth From The Saints?

The Forgotten Resurrection: Why Do So Many Pastors Hide This Glorious Truth From The Saints?

The Bible is quite clear about our joyful hope of receiving immortal bodies at Jesus’ appearing (1 Corinthians 15:48-54, Philippians 3:20-21).

This is not a fringe teaching, not at all, but it comes from several passages where the wording is unmistakable and cannot be misconstrued to mean anything else than our hope of resurrected bodies .

Silencing the Remnant Church

Silencing the Remnant Church

As many of you can attest, those of us in this group have been disenfranchised, ostracized, by churches that claim to believe in the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture.

How did we get to this place? Why are we regarded as outcasts in churches that claim to believe the Bible and in many cases faithfully proclaim the saving message of the cross?

It's Far Better Than You Can Imagine

It's Far Better Than You Can Imagine

My purpose for this article is not to expound upon the many reasons why we live in in the season of Jesus' appearing, but rather to explain why it's a cause for great jubilation regardless of our circumstances.

Heaven will fill us with unbounded joy and delight. Count on it.

We Are Heirs to the Kingdom

We Are Heirs to the Kingdom

The powerbrokers in our world work feverishly to bring about a global Marxist government over which they will rule and enslave the people of the world.

These globalists are powerful, famous, and exceedingly wealthy, but they will be forgotten relics of the past when we inherit an everlasting kingdom.

How Can You Not See?

How Can You Not See?

How can you not see the signs of the last days everywhere you look?

For most of you, the question is a confirmation of what you believe rather than one expressing doubt in your convictions. For those that place their hope in the church rather than Jesus’ imminent appearing, I have much for them to consider.

Wokeism Begins with Devaluing the Words of Scripture

Wokeism Begins with Devaluing the Words of Scripture

The woke culture that’s invaded many churches thrives on promoting a Jesus that’s far different from the One we read about in the New Testament, which always begins when a church discounts the meaning of words in the biblical text.

The words of Scripture matter. One cannot devalue their meaning without opening to door to false teaching.

What’s Mercy Got to Do With Bible Prophecy?

What’s Mercy Got to Do With Bible Prophecy?

Proverbs 9:10 says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.”

In other words, good theology comes from a scriptural understanding of God’s character and this is especially true in regard to the study of future things.

The Tragic Results of Divorcing the Rapture from the Gospel

The Tragic Results of Divorcing the Rapture from the Gospel

Somewhere in the past, a tragic divorce occurred; theologians decided we must separate the return of Jesus for His church from the proclamation of the Gospel. The results of this untimely divorce have led to a dearth of understanding among believers regarding Jesus’ appearing and the joyful anticipation that comes with such awareness.

The consequences of this have been tragic.

Although Popular, It's a Dangerous View of the End Times

Although Popular, It's a Dangerous View of the End Times

We believe that Israel’s miraculous reappearance as a nation and the Lord’s supernatural defense of this country mark the beginning of His fulfillment of promises that He made to Israel through the Old Testament prophets.

We most assuredly live in biblical times!

Why Is a Biblically Sound View of Eternity so Essential?

Why Is a Biblically Sound View of Eternity so Essential?

We need a true Bible-based perspective of our future beyond this life in order to understand our journey through it. Without such a Scripture-based forward look to the paradise that awaits us, we often err by making this life our destination and eternity but an afterthought.

Daniel’s Prophecy Validates Our Hope in Jesus’ Imminent Appearing

Daniel’s Prophecy Validates Our Hope in Jesus’ Imminent Appearing

What does Daniel’s prophecy have to do with the Jesus’ imminent appearing? If the last period of Daniel’s “seventy weeks” is now nearing its start, this verifies that we live in the last days of human history. The scoffers of our day, however, tell us that Daniel’s words are no longer relevant for today and that Israel’s rebirth as a nation was just a fluke of history.

3 Reasons Why Satan Hates Jesus' Millennial Reign

3 Reasons Why Satan Hates Jesus' Millennial Reign

The opposition to Jesus’ future reign on earth remains intense. Although premillennialism grew dramatically during the twentieth century, many Bible-believing teachers and pastors have reverted to Augustine’s platonic view of reality that denies biblical teaching regarding the millennium.

What has caused this reversal in recent decades? I believe the roots of today’s passionate opposition to premillennialism lie in Satan’s continuing hatred of anything to do with Jesus’ future reign.

I Still Believe in Jesus’ Imminent Appearing

I Still Believe in Jesus’ Imminent Appearing

At a time of great discouragement and much heartache in my past, I focused on biblical promises and wrote several pages in my journal of why I still believed despite my awful circumstances. Perhaps it’s time for another declaration of why I still believe that Jesus will come for us before the start if the Tribulation.

The Unbiblical Basis of Amillennialism

The Unbiblical Basis of Amillennialism

Amillennialism dominated the church during the dark ages and persisted long after the Reformation. The reason for this rests with three factors that fueled this teaching for well over a thousand years and remain in place today, at least to some degree.

It’s vital to our faith that we understand the errant foundation of amillennialism so we can recognize the error and defend the integrity of Scripture when others seek to lead us astray.

7 Reasons Why Premillennialism is a Biblical Necessity

7 Reasons Why Premillennialism is a Biblical Necessity

Life in the eternal state will undoubtedly be spectacular,. Randy Alcorn, in his book Heaven does an excellent job of expanding our imaginations regarding what life might be like on the new earth and in the New Jerusalem. We have much to look forward to when the words of Revelation 21-22 ring true throughout the earth and universe.

If such is the case, does it matter what I believe about the millennial reign of Jesus? Absolutely!

It's The Gospel

It's The Gospel

The more I study the New Testament, however, the more it persuades me that what we call the “Rapture” was an inseparable element of the Gospel that the apostles proclaimed to the first century AD world.

Don’t Let Thieves Steal Your Joyous Anticipation of Eternity

Don’t Let Thieves Steal Your Joyous Anticipation of Eternity

The practice of allegorizing biblical prophecy not only diminishes the integrity of Scripture (see my previous post), but it also turns the millennium and eternity into something far less glorious than the picture we find in God’s Word.

Defending the Integrity of Scripture

Defending the Integrity of Scripture

However, many pastors today insist that prophetic texts that refer to the restoration of a kingdom for Israel, the tribulation, and Jesus’ future reign are allegory, symbolical of another reality. This discrediting of the words of the Bible, however, is like a loose thread on a knit sweater. If one pulls at it long enough, it unravels the entire sweater.