Jim Baker (1934-2016) explains what happens in the first 3.5 years of the 7-year “Tribulation” which occurs after the rapture of the church to heaven, and takes his remarks to the moment in the middle of the “Tribulation” when the antichrist sits in the Temple of God and proclaims himself to be God. (Recorded in Ayr, Scotland)
Sandy Higgins expounds the topic of the judgment seat of Christ. When will it take place? Where? Why? How? Readings: Rom 14:10-12, 1 Cor 3:10-15, 4:1-5, 2 Cor 5:10, Heb 13:17, Rev 22:12-13. (Recorded in Barrington Gospel Hall, NJ, USA)
The 16th century Reformers, John Knox, Martin Luther and John Calvin, were supersessionists. That is, they believed God was finished with the Jews and had replaced them with the Church. The most common term for this idea is “replacement theology”. More recent Reformed theologians tend to hold to a soft-supersessionist continuation-fulfillment view, where the Church is called “spiritual Israel” and/or a continuation of Israel. In this sermon on Ephesians 3, Michael Penfold shows that the Church began in Acts 2 as a new and separate entity…