First things first! If we are to explore the theme that eschatology matters, then we need to define the term. Eschatology comes from the Greek word “eschatos”, meaning, last things; and the ending “logos”,” means “the study of”. The combination of these words gives us a definition: “the study of last things.” This is significant […]
Early on in the book of Revelation there are seven historic churches mentioned by name, addressed with specific messages from Jesus. Each of the church had slightly different contexts, but despite their unique settings, Jesus knew their peaks and valleys. Jesus knew the trouble of the churches. Jesus knew that some Christians were dying for […]
What will heaven be like? One word to describe heaven is freedom. Freedom from all sorts of ailments, evils, and features of the present age that will pass away with the great coming of our Lord. Richard Baxter (17th century English theologian and pastor) wrote extensively on Heaven in his masterful work “The Saints’ Everlasting […]
The 17th century puritan pastor Richard Baxter has a beautiful book titled “the saint’severlasting rest”. In chapter 3 of the book Baxter waxes on the particular delight of eternitysecured in Christ. I hope these words stir you this day to hope, joy, faith, and good works: The Purchased Possession It is a most singular honor […]
One mistake that can be made when reading the scriptures is thinking that everything that isfuture speaking, is speaking about OUR future. When we make this mistake, we begin to seeevery utterance regarding future things as being in our future rather than in the future of theoriginal audience. An example of this would be in […]
James White Growing Up in Rapture Culture, Journey to Postmillennialism, Apologia and Jeff Durbin
See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, norwill they come to mind. (Isaiah 65:17 NIV).In Isaiah 65:17 we read an ancient prophet speaking the Word of the Lord to the people of God.Within this passage there is a thematic refrain that sounds very similar to […]
Jurgen Moltmann Jurgen Moltmann (German Theologian & Professor) put forward a fascinating thought toconsider today:“From first to last, and not merely in the epilogue, Christianity is eschatology, is hope,forward looking and forward moving, and therefore also revolutioning and transformingthe present…Hence eschatology cannot really be only a part of Christian doctrine.Rather, the eschatology outlook is characteristic […]
“He [Moses] chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleetingpleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than thetreasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.” (Heb 11:25–26 NIV) Eschatology is a branch within Christian studies […]
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Cor13:13)In what ways is love the greatest of these three that remain? Each of these comes as divinegifts. Each of these comes with blessing, purpose and usefulness in the present life. But not allthree of […]