This post launches a new section of Theology 101. Start here. What did Jesus and the apostolic community really believe about the Second Coming, according to the New Testament? Did they believe in a pre-tribulation rapture and then a Second Coming? Or did all of them have a simple and streamlined and consistent and unified view of the end?
Normally I would not include a detailed exegesis (close reading) or discussion of the Olivet Discourse in Theology 101: the Basics. But maybe I can bring clarity to a complex issue, if not for popular Bible prophecy teachers, then maybe for a new generation of leaders. All by God’s grace and will.
God is loving and merciful, but how far do those attributes go at final judgment? Let’s explore this complex issue.
Bible Study Series: Acts 1:4-8. What is it? Are we called to study the times and seasons of the end times? What does Jesus say about it?
These chapters are on Jesus’s discourse about the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple (AD 70) and then the Second Coming, which has not happened yet 2000 years later (and counting). Looking at the chapters side by side clarifies what he really taught. I updated this post.
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