Reading Time: 9 minutesQuestion 4058. The Spirit in the Millennium is a subject Scripture addresses more directly, and more beautifully, than most believers realise, and I want to trace what the Old and New Testaments actually promise about this coming era rather than leaving the question in vague, general terms. Understanding the Spirit’s role in the eternal state…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 4132. The valley of dry bones in Ezekiel 37 is one of the most dramatic and theologically charged visions in all of Scripture. Bones scattered across an open valley, a prophet commanded to preach to the dead, a vast army rising – the vision lodges in the imagination long before you have worked out…
Reading Time: 17 minutesQuestion 7199. If Jesus fulfilled the law, why did Paul still offer temple sacrifices in Acts 21, why will sacrifices return in the millennial temple, and why do certain things carry on from one age to the next? The question of temple sacrifices after the cross is one of the genuinely hard knots in Scripture,…
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 10065 The re-establishment of the nation of Israel in 1948 is one of the most significant prophetic events in modern history. After nearly 2,000 years of dispersion, the Jewish people have returned to their ancient homeland exactly as the Old Testament prophets predicted. This restoration points towards the fulfilment of God’s remaining promises to…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 10023 One of the most common sources of confusion in eschatology is the assumption that the Rapture and the Second Coming are the same event described from different angles. If they are, the debate about timing is largely irrelevant. If they are not, then two distinct future events await, each with its own character,…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10093 Jerusalem is not simply another city in the biblical narrative. It is the city God chose, the city where His name dwells, and the city around which the climactic events of human history will revolve. From David’s conquest of the Jebusite stronghold to the descent of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21, this…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10094 Both historic premillennialism and dispensational premillennialism affirm that Christ will return before the Millennium and reign on earth for a thousand years. On this they agree, and the agreement is significant. But the differences between the two positions are substantial enough that conflating them produces real confusion. Understanding where they converge and where…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10091 The temple occupies a unique place in Scripture’s prophetic landscape. From Solomon’s magnificent construction to the Roman destruction of Herod’s temple in AD 70, from Ezekiel’s extraordinary vision of a future temple to Jesus’ own references to the temple’s eschatological role, the subject runs like a thread through prophetic Scripture. For those who…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10132 The relationship between the Millennium and the eternal state is one of the most important structural questions in biblical eschatology. These are not the same thing, and confusing them distorts the prophetic picture Scripture paints. The Millennium is a defined period with specific characteristics and a definite end. The eternal state is what…
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,…