Category Archives: Eschatology

Notes on Heiser’s Unseen Realm, 2

Posted on April 9, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

My opening notes here.  A problem with the Sethite reading. PART 4: YAHWEH AND HIS PORTION Chapter 16: Abraham’s Word Throughout the Abrahamic narrative, Abraham “sees” the Word.  Visible Yahweh thesis; Two Powers in Heaven. Chapter 18: What’s in a … Continue reading →

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Review: Keener on Revelation

Posted on April 8, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Keener, Craig.  Revelation. NIVAC.  Zondervan, 2000. I didn’t expect much out of a commentary series that had the letters “NIV” in it, but this was well-done. Keener demonstrated mastery of the current literature and made interesting, if sometimes stretched, applications. Rev. … Continue reading →

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Review: Vanderwaal, Job-Song of Songs

Posted on March 26, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

I’m normally skeptical of Bible surveys and introductions. You can find the book online. They usually never get beyond surface level and are written with the grace of a dictionary. Fortunately, Cornelis Vanderwaal’s material isn’t that. He gets to the point but … Continue reading →

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Hal Lindsey and Biblical Prophecy

Posted on March 25, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

By Cornelis Vanderwaal. Vanderwaal was attacked for his rhetoric, but is it any worse than Lindsey or Hunt’s saying that anyone who disagrees with them wants to exterminate the Jews (Lindsey, Road to Holocaust, 332)? Let’s get beyond rhetoric and … Continue reading →

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Notes on Leithart’s Delivered from the Elements

Posted on March 14, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

I clean this up in a book review later.  This review is neither an endorsement nor a critique of Leithart.  It’s simply looking at scholarship in NT studies.  Full stop. Main idea: the fundamental physics of every society consists of … Continue reading →

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A response to Riddlebarger’s Huge Premillennial Problem

Posted on March 13, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

He asks, “Where is this mixture of resurrected and unresurrected individuals taught, or even implied in the Scriptures? “ Answer:  Why can it not be taught in Revelation 20? Why is that chapter suddenly off-limits? Further:  As we have seen, … Continue reading →

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Review: God, Heaven, and Har Magedon

Posted on March 4, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This book is a mix of very good, and very, very, very bad. While containing brilliant insights into biblical symbology, Kline felt obligated to include every one of his unique (and often controversial) positions into this book. He begins on … Continue reading →

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Uneasy tension of choosing and eschatology

Posted on March 3, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

A brief history: In college and seminary I was a postmillennial reconstructionist.  To put it delicately today, I am not. When I left seminary I understood the reasons behind Historic Premillennialism.  Exegetically, I still think it is the strongest case.  … Continue reading →

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Review: The Great Inception (Satan’s Psyops)

Posted on February 26, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This book surprised me.  I wondered how sophisticated it would be.  It impressed.  I do feel like some arguments could have been expanded, but overall Gilbert made a reasonably strong case, one that I find convincing.  Please check out his website … Continue reading →

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Review: Cosmic Mystery

Posted on February 3, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

I’ve read this book six or eight times.  It’s probably the most important theological piece ever written on cosmology. Ambiguum 7 All created being is in motion since it aims toward some end. This combats Origenism.  Origen (de Principis I.2) … Continue reading →

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