Anyone up for a fairly in-depth hour and a half discussion of the John the Baptizer/Jesus/James movement and it possible relationship to the group that the historical Josephus, and other classical writers such as Pliny and Strabo, called the “Essenes”? We are not sure of the origins of this Greek…
In this video I begin to explore various kinds of “Preterist” interpretations of Bible Prophecy, particularly those Christian views that claim EVERYTHING, including the Return of Jesus and resurrection of the dead, took place in the summer of the year 70 AD, with the destruction of the Jewish Temple and…
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In this overview video I offer a summary of the major futurist interpretation of Bible Prophecy today–that of the evangelical Christians, most of whom follow the “Dispensationalist” views of John Darby. Remember Hal Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth? These views are really mushrooming in the last month, as the…
Nice when this happens…please comment at the Times of Israel site, if you are of a mind. You just have to register with email and PW…it really helps, and share the link if you will…Thanks! https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/standing-with-the-jewish-people-my-twenty-four-hour-odyssey/
In this latest video in my ongoing series on “Interpretations of Bible Prophecy Through the Ages,” I offer an overview of the New Testament Book of Revelation–with attention to its overall narrative flow as well as its main characters and players in the final drama of the end of the…
Tuesday morning, November 14th, I left the house at 2:30am–yes, you read that right, to rendezvous with the various buses here in Charlotte associated with the Jewish Community as we headed up to the March for Israel rally in Washington, D.C. I arrived back home at 2:30am Wednesday morning, 24…
When it comes to the thousands of books and millions of articles on the so-called “Arab-Israeli” conflict–and I know I have read at least fifty of the main ones over the years–I recommend two things: Maps and Documents. As the best single course for understanding the minute details of what…
I have seen a tremendous uptick on social media, web sites, and Youtube in particular of presentations and discussions about how the current War in Israel with Gaza and its Iranian proxies could well be the beginnings of what is often referred to as the “Battle of Armageddon.” Later this…
I was not aware of this level of popularity (182K today) for my guest appearance on Bart’s Ehrman’s Youtube podcast “Misquoting Jesus.” You can view a year’s programs on his channel and the episode I did with him on Paul is here. I dealt with the quest for the “historical…
