Israel’s final feast day, Sukkot, foreshadowed the resurrection. If, as all three futurist eschatologies claim, the Law of Moses was fulfilled and past away in first century, that means that the resurrection is fulfilled! If the resurrection is not fulfilled, as all futurists eschatologies claim, then the Law of Moses, including the feast days, is still binding!
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Zechariah is a hugely important OT prophecy for understanding the NT story of Eschatology!
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Isaiah 66 confirms that the New Creation comes as a direct result of the judgment of Old Covenant Israel and destruction of the City and Temple!
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In Revelation 19-20, were the Beast and false prophet thrown into the Lake of Fire 1000 years before Satan?
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Peter said he was looking for the New Creation promised by the OT prophets. Isaiah 65-66 foretold that New Creation, but unequivocally posit its arrival at the time of the judgment and destruction of Old Covenant Israel! This means that interpretations of 2 Peter (and Revelation), which posit the New Creation at the end of the Christian Age are misguided.
View More Old Testament Israel – New Testament Salvation- The New Creation part 1
When one claims that God was through with Israel and the Old Covenant at the cross, this is a massive miscarriage of hermeneutic. Well after the cross Paul would affirm that God had not (yet) cast off Old Covenant Israel (Romans 11:1-4). He was even then fulfilling His promises to her through the righteous remnant.
View More Old Testament Israel and New Testament Salvation- #5- The Resurrection
Paul’s undeniable citation and appeal to Isaiah 66 in 2 Thessalonians 1 is probative proof that 2 Thessalonians is not an “end of time” prophecy!
View More Paul and Isaiah 65-66: A Comparative Analysis – Part Three
In 2 Thessalonians 1, Paul draws directly from the prophecy of Isaiah 66, to promise coming vindication of the suffering of the Thessalonian church. That vindication would come in fulfillment of Isaiah 66, that foretold the Lord’s coming “in flaming fire” to avenge the martyrs of the Lord. While most commentators claim that Paul had in mind “the end of the world” a careful analysis of both Isaiah and the context of 2 Thessalonians 1 falsifies that notion
View More Paul and Isaiah 65-66: A Comparative Analysis – Part One
There are no “new” eschatological promises in the New Testament. All New Testament prophecies of the end are based on and taken from God’s OId Covenant promises made to Old Covenant Israel. This changes everything!
View More Old Testament Israel – New Testament Salvation – #2
Sometimes, good and honest people, attempting to defend or salvage their views, make fatal admissions about what the Bible teaches!
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