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The Trouble With Jacob’s Trouble

Have you ever seen someone try to fit a mattress into a Honda Civic?

Right. It can’t be done.

Unfortunately, we do the same thing in our beliefs about the Last Days. We take one of the biggest topics written about by the prophets and try to stick it into the Honda Civic of Eschatology – the tiny sliver of time that we call the Great Tribulation.

What is that huge topic spoken of by the prophets?

The Redemption of Israel.

That is a truly gigantic mattress to try and fit inside such a tiny car.

So, maybe we shouldn’t.

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Conclusion – Bad Eschatologies Have One Thing In Common

Bad Eschatology – Part 12

Writing this series has helped clarify a couple points that I hadn’t thought of as so foundational:

Our eschatology directly impacts what we believe about God.

Except for a tiny few – no one understands the Redemption of Israel, or even cares about it.

Our churches sent their pastors to seminary, where they were taught a man-centered faith. They learned ‘scholarship’ and how to be a ‘theologian’. They were immersed in the thoughts of men who promoted false doctrines of the worst kind. So, it’s no wonder that so few understand the Bible.

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Historic Premillennialism – The (Almost) Dead Eschatology

Bad Eschatology – Part 11

We have finally reached the most Biblical eschatology that we can find. It has the most literal view. It doesn’t insert ideas into the Bible that are not there. It tries hard to not symbolize that which is not symbolic.

It is the least popular eschatology, precisely because it tries to be truthful. It doesn’t offer an easy way out of suffering. It doesn’t cry “onward, Christian soldier!” It doesn’t paint a rosy view of the future.

Unfortunately, modern Historic Premillennialists lost the plot, and killed off what was good about their view of the Last Days.

Why must we always do that?

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Laying Out Revelation – Part 01

I’ve run into new questions about Revelation, questions that I don’t ever remember asking in quite this way. That has required some spiritual reflection. I have more questions than answers, but maybe some insights that I haven’t had before. Ultimately, this comes from unlocking Seal Six, which is the key reason why I began changing direction in 2021.

However, since Revelation is the most dangerous book in the Bible (Rev 22:18-19), we need to be extra humble in our approach to seeking insight into what is coming. Mishandling this book will have grave consequences for everyone affected. So, let’s try not to do that.

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Bad Eschatology, Part 5 – Why This Is So Hard

Before going after all the other purveyors of Bad Eschatology, I’d like to take a deep breath and talk about two reasons why the Last Days were always going to be impossible to understand.

God’s Purpose

Seal Six

And, I can tell you from personal experience how hard it has been to see even a little bit of what will happen in the Last Days. So, let’s take a moment to understand why this is so hard, and why we need to be a bit humble about what we know.

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