“23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.” We have […]
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Of the Increase
In my previous post I discussed the key text of 1 Corinthians 15 that pushed me over the edge into embracing Postmillennialism. Once I understood that text, and once I understood partial Preterism, the beauty and the extent of the growth of the Kingdom of God began to make sense and be plain to me. Throughout the […]
The Last Enemy to be Defeated
Several weeks ago I gave some Brief Thoughts On Postmillennialism. In today’s post we will consider a text that pushed me over the edge into full embrace of Postmillennialism. The text is 1 Corinthians 15:24-26, which reads like this, “Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every […]
Jesus Cleanses the Temple, John 2:13-22
Before we focus exclusively on our passage, I want to consider the wedding at Cana and the temple cleansing together, and why they might have been placed side by side in chapter 2. The gospel writer, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, placed these two accounts next to one another on purpose, […]
Overcoming the World with a Hammer
Justification by faith is a hill to die on. Christ did. It was on Golgotha’s hill, the place of the skull, where Christ began to purchase our justification. It was purchased not with coin, but with blood. It was on that hill that our sins were put on Christ as the righteous judgment and wrath […]