Zechariah 14: Preteristic Or Pre-Millennial?

   Whenever I deal with Preterists, and get to engaging in a discussion of theological differences, I always bring up Zechariah 14. This is to my mind one of the most important eschatological chapters in the Bible, illustrating as it does what will happen when Christ returns to the Mount of Olives from whence He…

A Simple Exposition of Romans 11: 25

   In the 11th chapter of his epistle to the Romans, Paul unfolds some blessed truths regarding the nation of Israel. Sadly, the church has often misunderstood these truths. It is the habit of Protestant commentators to appropriate all the Old Testament blessings to the church, while leaving all the curses to the Jews.     Then, too, there are many students who would relegate…

The Abomination of Desolation

  In Matthew 24, our Lord speaks of a time when the Jews would have to flee from the midst of Jerusalem.  This was predicted to occur when the “abomination of desolation” was revealed (Matt. 24: 15-18).  Despite the opinion of many, it seems to me that Christ is not speaking of the destruction of Jerusalem in…

Essays On Chiliasm (Part 7)

   Let us now ask, what is the true significance of these “living waters” which shall break forth over all the earth?  Do they simply mean the blessings of the Spirit, or something more substantial?  Commentators are at variance, however the Chiliast view tends to look at the waters in a dual sense: for man…