Series: The Apocalypse

Apocalypse: Been There, Done That

Ever since I started thinking about the second coming of Jesus, this dumb title has been stuck in my head. So I'm running with it.

I believe that the Apocalypse, Armageddon, the Second Coming of Jesus, Judgment Day, the Resurrection, and the New Jerusalem have ALREADY come. The world-shattering events that terrify so many people have already happened, and are behind us now.

And I believe this is a straight-forward conclusion of taking the Bible seriously, and attempting to read it as the original hearers did.

Apocalypse: Been There, Done That

I've just finished writing up an article about why I believe the Second Coming has already happened. It's relatively short, far from comprehensive, and is only an attempt to look at the basics. Essentially, it's an overview of the story of the New Testament, and the times the New Testament authors perceived themselves to be living in.

Apocalypse: Been There, Done That

His enemies beneath his feet...

For a while, I've been trying to puzzle out the chronology of 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, and finding it incredibly difficult. But here's a little bit of what I've noticed.

Hebrews 2:5-9 talks about everything being put under Jesus' feet.

Maybe I was wrong

For several years now, I've argued that everything in the bible was completely fulfilled and finished almost two thousand years ago.

I think I might have been wrong.

My reason for the conclusion was rather simple: I, like most in the Church of Christ, assumed there was this one, big, cataclysmic event on the horizon. And when I began to notice that this one big cataclysmic event was both expected and experienced in the first century, I assumed that that was it, and the whole thing was done.

Beyond Fulfilled Eschatology

A few years ago I began to realize that the New Testament authors anticipated the second coming within their own lifetimes. This led me to a lot of study and research, and ultimately to the reluctant conclusion that New Testament eschatology ended in the first century.