The letter sent to Gary DeMar a few weeks ago carries immense repercussions for the life of the Church. Anyone who cherishes the ecclesia for whom Christ died must find refuge in the hope of the resurrection. To deviate from such hope is to lose hope.
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
In this episode, I offer a brief sketch of Satan’s progressive defeat in history, showing that such a final defeat could not have happened in the first century but is dependent on a longer historical model that accentuates the defeat of the devil and progressively builds on his humiliation.
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Ecclesiastical Dogma and Practice
Uri Brito: Your link above to “An Open Letter to Gary Demar Concerning Preterism” (2 MAR 2023) on Resurrectio et Vita is labelled incorrectly as “Ecclesiastical Dogma and Practice.” The URL tied to this label is correct for your post on the letter.
Thank you, John. Fixed.
My question is basically always the same, here goes, if you were a 1st century Thessalonian reading Paul’s letter to YOU, that’s YOU the believing Thessalonian, and you were reading what we call 1st Thessalonians 4: 13-18, what would YOU, the Thessalonian expect was going to happen to you, the Thessalonian? Verse 18 is most important here, because Paul has just encouraged you, the Thessalonian to be encouraged during your time of great persecution and to expect relief. If this was not going to happen for you, the Thessalonian, then Paul would be giving you, that Thessalonian false hope. David Oktavec