Tag: Parousia

Pulliam’s Views on Christ’s Kingdom, Part 2: The Kingdom of the Messiah

Last modified: Part 11 of this series Outline (Yep, another long one!) Introduction Having looked at some of the ways Pulliam tries to prime his reader to accept his claims about “Christ” and his “Kingdom” in Lessons 8 & 10, let’s see what he goes on to say about the nature of that Kingdom, his […]

The Manifestation Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Which In His Own Times He Will Disclose

Last Modified: All Part of Satan’s Plan I’ll grant that this article deals with a tense subject, given how many date-setters for Christ’s return have already been and gone with nothing to show for it but disappointment and mockery in the best cases and suicides {Facebook post; the article cited by the source where I […]

Does the Bible Prophesy Any Future for Israel?

Last Modified: Outline (yep, this post is so long, I’m giving you shortcuts!): Introduction I’m no stranger to the ways that some people try to explain away all the clear statements in Scripture prophesying that Israelites would return to the land and worship at a third temple sometime after the second destruction of Jerusalem. But […]

Is Jesus Reigning Now? And If So, To What Extent? Part 2: Attempted Rebuttals

Last modified: Part 3 of this series In Part 1 of my blog post on this topic, I laid out the position I hold regarding the titular questions, then exegeted it from Scripture. In this post, I’ll deal with the proof-texts Pulliam offers for the notion that Jesus’ reign is present to the fullest extent […]

Why Bother Critiquing “In the Days of Those Kings?”

Last modified: Introduction of this series I think the titular question of this post deserves an answer. I’ve seen countless bogus arguments online over the years, and managed to save my breath on a decent percentage of them. Why should this book be among the remainder? Well initially, my main reason for publishing a blog […]