Gog and Magog, Part 1: From Saul and Agag to Mordecai and Haman
Gog and Magog, Part 1: From Saul and Agag to Mordecai and Haman Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr. (January 7, 2024) All Rights Reserved Key details of Ezekiel 38-39 dovetail with the book of Esther. Ezekiel had just recorded his vision of the Valley of Dry Bones (chapter 37), which speaks of […]
Quickly! Quickly!
Guest article by Daniel E. Harden. Many thanks to my good friend, Daniel E. Harden, for allowing me to post his article on the Bible’s use of the word “quickly” as the second installment in the “Texts of Time” series. Quickly! Quickly! By Daniel E. Harden Revelation 1:1-3 [ESV] – The revelation […]
The Texts of Time
The Texts of Time Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr. (December 21, 2023) All Rights Reserved If something has withstood the test of time, it has lasting value and there is an element of certainty to it. With regard to the predictions of the prophecy pundits, one thing is surely certain: none of […]
TribCon 2: Dispensationalism on High Alert
TribCon 2: Dispensationalism on High Alert Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (December 15, 2023) Daniel E. Harden (Editor) All Rights Reserved The DefCon system “was created by the US Armed Forces in the 1950s, during the Cold War.”[1] It was “designed to provide a clear and concise way of communicating the current […]
The Dispensational Road to Damascus
The Dispensational Road to Damascus Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (December 11, 2023) All Rights Reserved The pronouncement concerning Damascus: Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city and will become a fallen ruin. -Isaiah 17:1 Everybody has a morning routine. We get up, we put the coffee on, and we get […]
Isaiah 66:8 in 1948? Dispensationalism’s Warp Speed Hermeneutic
Isaiah 66:8 in 1948? Dispensationalism’s Warp Speed Hermeneutic Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (December 7, 2023) All Rights Reserved Daniel E. Harden (Editor) Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be given birth all at once? As soon […]
Gog & Magog for the Very First Time?
Gog & Magog for the Very First Time? Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr. (November 26, 2023) All Rights Reserved Daniel E. Harden (Editor) Following the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, political pundit Glenn Beck sat down with prophecy pundit Max Lucado to discuss the “End Times Prophecies Unfolding Around Us.”[1] While World […]
From Pop-Prophecy to Pop-Culture
From Pop-Prophecy to Pop-Culture[1] Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (November 22, 2023) All Rights Reserved Daniel E. Harden (Editor) He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear and will trust in the Lord. -The Psalmist[2] Right now, the Church […]
Isaiah 11 and The Mandela Effect: How Today’s Prophecy Pundits See Things That Aren’t There
Isaiah 11 and The Mandela Effect: How Today’s Prophecy Pundits See Things That Aren’t There Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr (November 12, 2023) All Rights Reserved Eric Ogea (Editor) The “Mandela Effect” is a phenomenon whereby people on a collective level remember something that never actually happened. The phrase was coined in […]
Missing the Metaphor: The Theology of Drax the Dispensationalist
Missing the Metaphor: The Theology of Drax the Dispensationalist Copyright © Robert E. Cruickshank, Jr. (November 8, 2023) All Rights Reserved Previous articles in this blog have used various subthemes as analogies to Dispensationalism’s impact on this world, or lack thereof. These subthemes have included such things as music, sports, and movies. In […]