Biblical prophecy and the last days—the rapture, tribulation, second coming, millennium, and final judgment.
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10153 The phrase “the blessed hope” has become so familiar in Christian vocabulary that it can lose its force through sheer repetition. But when Paul used it in his letter to Titus, he was describing something specific, something that was meant to shape the way believers live in the present. The blessed hope is…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10148 The opening chapters of Revelation contain letters addressed to seven specific churches in the Roman province of Asia. These are not abstract symbols or generalised moral lessons. They are addressed to real congregations in real cities, and their content reflects the actual conditions, strengths, and failures of those communities at the end of…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10144 Inaugurated eschatology is a term that attempts to hold together two truths that Scripture clearly teaches: the kingdom of God has genuinely arrived, and the kingdom of God has not yet been fully established. As a description of what the New Testament actually says, it captures something important. As a theological framework, however,…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10145 One of the most important patterns running through the New Testament is the way in which certain realities are described as both present and future at the same time. Salvation is something the believer possesses now and yet awaits in its fullness. The kingdom of God has arrived and yet is still coming….
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10142 Few questions in biblical theology generate as much confusion as whether the kingdom of God is a present spiritual reality or a future physical one. The answer, as with so many things in Scripture, is that the question itself needs to be reframed. The kingdom of God is not simply present or simply…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10143 The term “realised eschatology” is one that many Christians will never encounter in the pulpit but which has profoundly shaped how the New Testament is read in academic theology. It refers to the idea that the eschatological promises of Scripture have already been fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, with…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10198 The question of millennial worship strikes at the heart of what Ezekiel 40-48 actually describes and how it fits within the broader framework of redemptive history. These nine chapters contain the most detailed description of a future temple, its priesthood, its sacrificial system, and its worship practices anywhere in Scripture. The question they…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10199 Elam is not a name that features prominently in popular eschatological discussion, yet the prophet Jeremiah devotes an entire oracle to its future, and the broader biblical narrative connects Elam to both ancient history and end-times prophecy in ways that reward careful attention. The question of how Elam fits into the last days…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10196 The new covenant, promised through Jeremiah and Ezekiel and inaugurated by the blood of Christ, occupies a central place in the theology of the Millennium. Understanding how it operates during the thousand-year reign of Christ requires careful attention to both its original Old Testament context, which is explicitly addressed to Israel, and its…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10195 The judgement of fallen angels is a subject on which Scripture provides real information but not an exhaustive timeline. What is clear is that fallen angels are not yet in their final state of punishment. They are active, hostile, and organised, yet they are also reserved under divine authority for a day of…