First Century End
Time
The End is Not
Near
The End Came and
Went
and We Are Still
Here
PROPHECY
PARADOX:
The Case for a First Century End Time
presents new evidence and a
sound historical case for complete literal
fulfillment of Bible prophecy by the end of the
first century.
I. Jesus said
He would return a second time in His own generation.
II. How do we
explain Christ's return in our future, when He repeated
many
times in many ways He would return in His own
generation?
III. Before
"assuming" Jesus will return in our future, why not
explore a possible return in His own generation?
IV. PROPHECY
PARADOX: The Case for a First Century End Time is
the only book proposing a sound case for both a
physical and visible return of Christ in the first
century.
I. Jesus said
He would return a second time in their own
generation.
The origin of future
prophecy is found in the Olivet discourse: When some
disciples commented on the beauty of the temple
building, Jesus said it would all be torn down. Then
they asked when these things would happen, and what
would be the signs of His coming and the end of the AGE.
(Mt.24, Mk.13, Lk.21). Jesus told the Apostles in the
first century the signs they would see before He would
return at the end of the AGE. He said some of them
standing there would live to see Him come in His
kingdom. (Mt.10:23; 16:27,28) Confirming this, Jesus
said their generation would not pass away until all
those things took place. (Mt.24:34, Lk.21:32)
II.
How do we explain Christ's return in our future,
when He repeated
many
times in many ways He would return in His
own generation?
Nearly 2000 years
later, why do we assume Jesus will return in our
generation, when He specifically said He would return
in their generation? Answer: We assume all signs have
not yet happened, and Jesus did not return in their
generation. Why? We assume, if all this happened, our
history books would tell the story. How do we justify
the "end time" and second coming in our generation"?
The Gap Theory (Sometimes called "Telescopic Time
Compression") was invented to create a gap of
thousands of years between signs. Does this make
sense? No!
III.
Before "assuming" Jesus will return in our future,
why not explore a possible return in His own
generation?
Interpretation of
future prophecy today is based on those "things to
come" which Jesus described as the signs of His coming
and the end of the AGE. If all the signs can be shown
to have accurately come to pass in the generation of
the Apostles, why must we insist upon a time gap in
this discourse, when Jesus did not indicate a time
gap? According to the disciples, they were living in
the last days and were waiting for the second coming
of Jesus Christ which they expected in their lifetime
(Time
Statements). How can we, almost 2000 years
later, be so sure the Lord Jesus Christ did not return
in the first century and gather His elect?
Have you ever
explored the possibility that Jesus meant exactly what
He seemed to say? Maybe He did return in the
generation of the Apostles. Have you ever explored all
the signs to see if they really did happen in the
generation of the Apostles? Have you ever taken the
time to explore translations of first century authors?
Now you can in a simple and fun way. Read excerpts
from Roman, Greek and biblical history; and for a
moment, walk in the shoes of first century folks. See
the world from their point of view, whether Roman,
Greek, Jew, Gentile or Christian. We can't expect to
know all history nearly 2000 years ago, but we can
piece the stories together.
IV.
PROPHECY PARADOX: The Case for a First Century
End Time is the only book proposing a sound
case for both a physical and visible return of
Christ in the first century.
PROPHECY PARADOX:
The Case for a First Century End Time is a
carefully documented book which shows that all those
things happened, historically, to those people nearly
2000 years ago in their generation. The "end time" was
therefore future to them, but past to us. This book is
supported by extant Greek and Roman history in
conjunction with biblical history. Sources for this
book include The Life and Works of Josephus, a
history of Rome by Dio Cassius, the Dead Sea Scrolls
and many others. This book is unique in that the final
climax is set in A.D. 79 rather than A.D. 70. An event
in A.D. 79, witnessed by the entire known world at
that time, provides a natural setting for the
calamitous events heralding Christ's second coming.
That event was the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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Although the first
Christians were not informed of the day and hour of
the Lord's return, Jesus provided a time frame for His
second coming. See time
statements for a partial list of these time
statements.
A
Visible Second Coming provides a list of New
Testament verses which shows consistent biblical
intent that first century Christians would live to see
both a literal and visible return of Christ to gather
His elect.
Creative
Christianity: New evidence is turning up that
Jesus did indeed return for His elect, in power and
glory during the first century. In our attempt to
place the second coming of our Lord in OUR future,
rather than the generation of the Apostles, are we
creatively altering the Bible to suit our own
preference?
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Seven Year Tribulation Theory: True or False? A
reevaluation of the Seven Year Tribulation Theory:
Numerous difficulties pose questions to its
credibility.
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Prophecy: Faulty Assumptions Faulty assumptions
distort accurate assessment of Bible prophecy. Have
you made any faulty assumptions? Check out this
list!
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