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Not One Stone

When the typical modern Bible reader comes across such language as, "stars falling from heaven, heaven and earth passing away, the sun and moon going dark, the elements melting, the heavens being shaken," they naturally think of this material universe coming to an end.
However, many are surprised to learn that this Apocalyptic Language is used by Jesus and His Apostles, not to describe the end of the world as we know it, but the destruction of Jerusalem and its temple in AD 70. There is a vast amount of prophecy which this event fulfills. This type of language is not new with Jesus and His Apostles, but is borrowed from the language of the OT Prophets.

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The reader will learn the difference between the Coming of the Son of man, and the Second Coming of Christ

Learn what was the concept of the Parousia, from the Apostles' point of view.

Learn how to understand this language of the OT Prophets.

Learn how this type of language is used to describe the many different judgments, called the "Day of the Lord".

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Creating the Israel of God

Before the foundation of the world, before light and darkness were divided, before the man and woman walked in the garden, God conceived a body of humanity, holy and blameless, chosen in Christ. [Eph. 1:4] This body would be called the Israel of God, which He predetermined would be adopted into His household through a spiritual birth, in His Son. [Eph. 1:5; Jn. 1:13, 3:5]

As part of bringing this plan into reality, God promised land and seed to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He fulfilled these promises in their children. It took both the Sinai Covenant and the New Covenant to fulfill these promises. The Sinai Covenant was a shadow of the “good things to come” in the New Covenant through the Messiah. The Sinai Covenant was to continue until the Promised Messiah should come. [Gal. 3:19]
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The Only Sign Given

When someone points out that Friday afternoon to Sunday morning is not three days and three nights, many will be quick to make their parrot-like remark, “Don’t you know that the Jews counted any part of a day, as a whole day?”

After reading the evidence inside, that tired and worn-out answer will no longer be usable.

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Most are unware that during the week of Passover, there are always two days counted as a sabbath.

Smoking Gun Evidence from Ante-Nicean documents, that the tradition was a Tuesday night Passover was held.

The women who followed Jesus play a key role in the chronology of the three days and nights.

The Sign of the Prophet Jonah explained as Jesus intended it to be understood.

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The Determined Time

Would it interest you to know, that God gave Israel a prophecy that told them exactly when the Messiah would come. When the Messiah came, He told them as clear as day, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand.” The time fulfilled was the Sixty-nine weeks of years from the commandment to return and rebuild Jerusalem unto the Messiah.

God told Daniel in the prophecy of the Seventy Weeks, that He had set a determined time to deal with “thy people and thy city.” This determined time was a period marked off out of Israel’s history, with a beginning and an end, lasting 490 years, without interruption, or gaps.
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Did Jesus Descend Into Hell?
Well, Yes and No

Where Jesus went and What He did during the three days and nights that transpired between His death on the cross and His resurrection, is not a matter of simple curiosity, but of Biblical integrity.

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A look at the 4 different words translated as “Hell”, and which ones are associated with Jesus’ descent into the lower parts of the earth

A fresh look at Isaiah 52:14, which sheds light upon Paul’s teachings of Christ’s “emptying Himself” and His “becoming poor, for our sakes.”

An alternative view to 1 Peter 3:18-20, which makes much more sense that the two conventional views held.

Exposing the Word of Faith doctrine that Jesus went into the fiery torments of hell to accomplish man’s salvation.

Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He descended into the lower parts of the earth, and led captivity captive. Who or what were these captives?

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The Day of the Lord

References to "The Day".

In 3 Parts

By Larry M. Wishon

The Day

Isa. 10:3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help?
Isa. 13:13 “the day of his fierce anger”
Isa. 61:2 “the day of vengeance of our God”
Isa. 63:4 “For the day of vengeance is in mine heart.”
Lam. 2:1 “How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

The above is a small sampling of alternative references to the Day of the Lord in the Prophets. Notice the themes of Anger and Vengeance.

Paul uses Day of the Lord language, when he speaks of Jesus being revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." This is definitely Day of the Lord language. The Day of the Lord is referred to as a day of vengeance, (Isa. 61:2r. 46:10; Luke 21:22; 2 Thess. 1:8). Paul evens calls this a Day of the Lord, when he refers to this as "that day." The phrases, "the Day," "day", and "that day,” can all be referencing the time known as the Day of the Lord. However, this can only be confirmed by the context.

It is the Day of the Lord that the writer of Hebrews refers to when he writes, "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." [Heb. 10:25] This verse is not just an exhortation for Church attendance, which is how it is most commonly used. The writer is referencing a circumstance that was common to both him and his readers. He states, "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another." In this, he is speaking in the present. It was something they should all be doing at that present time. Then he states, it should be done so much the more, as you are seeing the day approaching. He is communicating the fact, that if they are being observant, they can see with their eyes and perceive in their minds, that the Day, that great Day of the Lord, is fast approaching. This leads us into the next part. What was the Apostolic Expectation of the coming Day of the Lord?

Paul's Excursus on Israel in Romans 9-11

Not One Stone

What's Inside:

Creating the Israel of God

The Only Sign Given

What's Inside

The Determined Time

Did Jesus Descend Into Hell? Well, Yes and No

What's Inside

The Day of the Lord

References to "The Day".

In 3 Parts

The Day

Did Jesus Descend Into Hell?
Well, Yes and No