THE LAST DAYS - Preterism and Preterist soteriology; Preterism and Preterist eschatology and prophecy, the last days, and the Second Coming
There are many today who believe we are in the last days because they see all of the middle-east turmoil, technological advancements, "new world order" etc. They claim that these are fulfillments of Biblical prophecy that prove that we are in the last days. An example of this would be Jack Van Impe's statement in July that the way that people will worship the "image" of the Beast is through the scientific achievement of "cloning." They will clone the Beast, Impe says, and therefore it will provide his image everywhere around the world for people to worship this Beast. Consequently Impe is a few dollars richer and many gullible yet fleshly people are a few dollars poorer. In order to determine whether we are in the last days, we should determine how the phrase was originally used in the Hebrew Scriptures. This will help us immensely in regard to our interpretation of the New Testament usage of the term "last days." First, I would like to