If we read the biblical text plainly, at face value, without insisting upon an interpretive lens derived from tradition, it becomes clear that Israel and the Church are two distinct entities within the redemptive framework of the scriptures. While saved the same way and belonging to the same God, they each have different particular purposes to serve and different goals to accomplish.
Read MoreThe relevance to the immediate audiences of John’s original letters is much the same as the relevance to those of us living now in the twenty-first century all over the world: take heart, because this is how it will all come to pass.
Read MoreIt is not our job to build the kingdom. It is our job to herald it. And to wait patiently, expectantly and hopefully for its arrival.
Read MoreThe Bible is meant to be understood and we are also meant to look into the future with absolute confidence that God will vindicate His name, build His kingdom, fulfill His promises and rescue His people. To that end, let’s take a quick trip through history.
Read MoreIsrael is the issue.
We will not get our eschatology right until we get Israel right. The Bible is abundantly clear on the topic, both implicitly and explicitly. It is up to us to remove interpretive lenses and see past tradition to hear what the Bible has been clearly saying all along.
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