The Sullivan Standard
by
Michael Sullivan
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Daniel Part 3: The Tribulation, Appointed Time of the End and Resurrection of Daniel 12 Fulfilled in AD 70
Introduction As we have seen, Daniel 7 builds upon Daniel 2, and then Daniel 9 absorbs both Daniel 2 and 7. Therefore, it shouldn’t surprise ...
Daniel Part 2: Six Crucial Prophetic Events of Daniel 9:24-27 Fulfilled by AD 70
Introduction Daniel 9:24-27 recapitulates and expands the eschatological themes already introduced in Daniel chapters 2 and 7. In Daniel 2 and 7, the Messianic kingdom ...
Daniel Part 1: The Coming of the Stone and the Son of Man Upon the Clouds – Daniel 2 and 7 Fulfilled in AD 70
Introduction Commentators and theologians have long recognized the Book of Daniel as a key source for Jesus’ eschatology. Yet scholarly literature—and even preaching from the ...
