Dr Joshua Howard walks us thru a list of essential, quality books for those seeking a deeper understanding of eschatology.
With deep dives into Revelation and whole bible eschatology, to shorter fly-overs, there is something on this list for everyone.
We may begin by admitting that eschatology is an oft-malnourished doctrine within many Christian circles. For some Christians, eschatology represents the uncomfortable specter of church squabbles regarding things such as the identity of the antichrist or the mark of the beast. Visions of walls cluttered with charts and yarn assail our thoughts, and we immediately […]
One mistake that can be made when reading the scriptures is thinking that everything that isfuture speaking, is speaking about OUR future. When we make this mistake, we begin to seeevery utterance regarding future things as being in our future rather than in the future of theoriginal audience. An example of this would be in […]
“1:1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ” Revelation 1:1-2 Three comments (1) The […]
Early on in the book of Revelation there are seven historic churches mentioned by name, addressed with specific messages from Jesus. Each of the church had slightly different contexts, but despite their unique settings, Jesus knew their peaks and valleys. Jesus knew the trouble of the churches. Jesus knew that some Christians were dying for […]