Zechariah 14, Part 2: The Siege of the City

Zechariah 14, Part 2: The Siege of the City[1]   Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (August 25, 2023) All Rights Reserved Karen Ogea and Chris Petersen (Editors) Credits: Featured images by https://godawa.com/  (used by permission)   “For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the […]

Zechariah 14, Part 1: The Precursor to the War (Zechariah 14:1)

Zechariah 14, Part 1:  The Precursor to the War (Zechariah 14:1)[1] Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (August 19, 2023) All Rights Reserved Karen Ogea (Editor) Credits: Featured images by https://godawa.com/  (used by permission)   “Behold a day is coming for the Lord, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst” […]

Unraveling the Mystery of the Lawless One (Part Two)

Unraveling the Mystery of the Lawless One (Part Two)[1] Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (August 11, 2023) All Rights Reserved Daniel E. Harden and Brian Martin (Editors) Chris Petersen (Final Edits) Credits: Jewish Zealot in featured image – “John of Gischala,” image by https://godawa.com/  (used by permission)   This installment picks up immediately where […]

Unraveling the Mystery of the Lawless One (Part One)

Unraveling the Mystery of the Lawless One (Part One)[1] Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (August 6, 2023) All Rights Reserved Daniel E. Harden and Brian Martin (Editors) Chris Petersen (Final Edits) Credits: Jewish Zealot in featured image – “John of Gischala,” image by https://godawa.com/  (used by permission) In 2 Thessalonians 2, we are introduced […]

The Impact of End Times Beliefs

Guest Article by Jon Paul Miles – The Impact of End Times Beliefs   My good friend, Jon Paul Miles, is releasing the chapters of excellent his book, On Time: Re-examining the End Times and Jesus’ Return, in article form.  I hope the reader will enjoy chapter one here.   To purchase the book, go […]

Playing the 2 Peter 3 Card

Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (June 12, 2023) Daniel E. Harden (Editor) All Rights Reserved   Playing the 2 Peter 3 Card   When faced with the time texts and the reality of the past fulfillment of much New Testament prophecy, futurists routinely flee to 2 Peter 3. While there are over 100 time […]

The One Condition that Makes Jesus’ Prophecy Unconditional

Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (June 4, 2023) All Rights Reserved   In the book of Revelation, John tells his readers that the time was “near” for the prophesied events to take place (Rev. 1:3; 22:10), and Jesus Himself declares that He would be coming “quickly” (Rev. 22:12). This echoes His words in the […]

The Cults, The Dispensationalists, and the End of the World

Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (May 27, 2023) All Rights Reserved   Guilt by association is a fallacious way to argue, especially when the accuser is closer to the alleged association than the accused. Case in point: a Dispensational response to the previous blog post on this forum.   That post dealt with the […]

Will the Real Antichrist Please Stand Up?

Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (May 20, 2023) Karen Rogers (Editor) All Rights Reserved   While speculation about the Antichrist is nothing new, current conjecture regarding who or what he might be is. In ages past, the Pope of Rome was the leading candidate for this diabolical deceiver of the end times. In fact, […]

Biblical Imagery vs. Modern Imagination: Capturing the Image of the Beast

Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (May 13, 2023) Karen Rogers (Editor) All Rights Reserved   C.S. Lewis coined the phrase “the discarded image.” While Lewis’ context wasn’t Revelation 13 or the image of the beast, the phrase is nevertheless apropos of how Dispensationalism’s wild speculation has shifted in this area. On the website GotQuestions.org, […]