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 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 10004 Within the dispensational family, not everyone reads the details in quite the same way. Progressive dispensationalism is a more recent development within the tradition, associated particularly with scholars such as Craig Blaising and Darrell Bock, and it represents a conscious modification of certain features of classical dispensationalism while retaining others. Understanding what progressive…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10001 Few theological terms generate as much confusion as dispensationalism. For some, the word conjures images of elaborate prophetic charts and date-setting speculation. For others, it represents a relatively recent theological innovation that should be treated with suspicion. Neither reaction does justice to what dispensationalism actually is, or to why it matters for how…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10021 The phrase “signs of the times” has become so embedded in popular Christian vocabulary that it risks losing its biblical meaning altogether. Jesus used it to rebuke people who could read the weather but not the significance of what God was doing right in front of them (Matthew 16:3). The question of what…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10033 The trumpet judgements of Revelation 8-9 and 11 represent the second and more intense wave of divine judgement during the Tribulation period. Proceeding from the seventh seal, they escalate the devastation significantly, moving from the partial destruction of the seal judgements to catastrophic ecological and supernatural interventions that leave no doubt about the…
Reading Time: 7 minutesQuestion 10067 Absolutely. God’s plan for Israel is not finished – it is ongoing and will reach its climax when Christ returns to establish His kingdom with Israel at the centre. Despite Israel’s current unbelief, God’s covenant promises remain valid, and Scripture is clear that Israel’s greatest days are still ahead. Understanding God’s continuing plan…
Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 10127 Few questions about the eternal state are asked more frequently than this one: will we remember our earthly lives in heaven? The question carries real emotional weight. For some, it is a question born of hope: will I remember the people I loved, the experiences that shaped me, the life I lived? For…