Deuteronomy 32: The Forgotten Foundation of Old and New Testament Eschatology
Introduction: When I first began preparing a lecture on Deuteronomy 32 for a Bible conference, I quickly discovered that this passage—though frequently echoed in the New Testament—had been almost entirely neglected in accessible theological literature. That realization sparked the conviction that this Song of Moses, often sung yet rarely studied, needed to be reintroduced to […]
Isaiah Part 3 – Isaiah 63–66: The Day of Vengeance, Redemption, New Jerusalem, and New Heavens and Earth
Introduction This final portion of Isaiah is essential because many Christians assume that the coming of Christ in Matthew 24:30-31, 1 Thessalonians 4:15–17 and 2 Peter 3 describes the end of the physical world . But like Isaiah 65–66, Jesus and Paul use symbolic, apocalyptic language. Both point to the end of the old covenant […]
Isaiah Part 2 – Isaiah 59-62: The Redeemer, the Wedding, and the Appointed Time–Bloodguilt, Jubilee, and the Dawning Light of the New Jerusalem
Introduction In the latter chapters of Isaiah, a stunning convergence of themes reaches its climax: covenantal judgment, bloodguilt recompense, jubilant salvation, and the wedding of the Messiah to His purified bride. Isaiah 59–62 vividly portrays a Redeemer clothed in vengeance, arriving not at the end of world history but at the appointed kairos—God’s divinely set […]
Isaiah Part 1 – Isaiah 2-5 and 24-27: Trumpets, Judgment, and the Wedding Feast–Through the Eyes and Eschatology of Jesus and Paul
Introduction In popular eschatology, the eschatological “gathering” of Matthew 24:31 or the so-called “catching away” or “rapture” of 1 Thessalonians 4:15–17 is often portrayed as a future, global event detached from its Old Testament foundations. But this interpretation not only distorts the apostolic message—it divorces it from the very prophetic texts that Jesus and Paul […]
