Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

  Berean Bible Church The Rapture -- Physical or Spiritual? We talked last week about the passing away of the old heaven and earth and the establishment of the new heaven and earth. I stated that we are NOW living in the new heaven and earth. Obviously I don't view the new heaven and earth as physical, we are certainly not living in a physical paradise. I believe that the new heaven and earth is a spiritual reality. I believe that Isaiah 65-66 and 2 Peter 3 and Revelation 21-22 speak of spiritual truths not physical truths. Am I spiritualizing too much of the Bible? Is it wrong to make spiritual application to things or is it the way that things should be interpreted?

Henry on the Seven Sayings - by Michael Phillips Seven Sayings, The - Sermon 1 of 7 Tonight, with God's blessing, we'll start a new Puritan study called Matthew Henry on the Seven Sayings. The seven sayings , of course, refer to the words of our Lord on the cross. I'm slow to find symbolism in the numbers of the Bible, but here I think we have some. If seven is the number of ...

A Study of New Testament Eschatology: "But what is the common interpretation of Matthew 24? Is it not that Christ was really talking about two entirely different things as if they were one? Yes, this is the common interpretation. Many say that Jesus from this point on as he answers his disciples is not only talking about [1] the coming destruction of Jerusalem (which took place in 70 A.D.); but also [2] the second coming of Christ and the end of the age (which is still future). They say that he was giving us signs of both of these events together. So the false Christs, and false prophets, and the wars, earthquakes, famines, etc., were not only intended as signs for that generation to warn them of the impending destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple but also intended as signs to people destined to live many centuries later warning them of the nearness of Christ's second coming. With this interpretation we cannot agree. We do not think it is true that our Lord uses one set of w...