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Studies: Eschatology

Various studies on the last things / last days / "end times"

Christianity's Great Dilemma by Glenn L. Hill

When it comes to the topic of eschatology - the study of the last things (commonly referred to as the "end times") - people are always asking us what would be a good starter book to use to introduce people to the preterist understanding of eschatology. Well, we have the answer! Coming to you from our good friend Glenn Hill, who you have seen and heard speaking from our pulpit in the past, we highly recommend his book Christianity's Great Dilemma - now available directly through Glenn's website.

Grab one today - and tell him Berean Bible Church sent you.


Welcome to the study of Eschatology. If you are unfamiliar with the preterist view of eschatology these first five messages will give you a good introduction. "Preterist" means past in fulfillment. Preterists believe that all of Bible Prophecy has already been fulfilled in Christ and the on-going expansion of His Kingdom. If this view is new to you I would ask that you would openly and honestly look at what it is saying. Almost every book in the New Testament talks of a "soon" return of Jesus Christ and it is very hard to make 2,000 years "soon" by any hermeneutic. The major issue to me in all of this is the Inspiration of Scripture. Don't let tradition rob you of the precious truths which our Lord taught. I challenge you to be a Berean and daily search the Scripture to see if these things are so. I reccommend that you first read or listen to these six messages in the order which they appear.

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
Does Eschatology Matter? 01/31/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Understanding Scripture Pt 1 (Proverbs 2:1-5) 10/11/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
Understanding Scripture Pt 2 (John 10:1-16) 10/18/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
Inspiration & the 2nd Coming of Christ (Selected Scripture) 03/18/18 MP3 Audio File Video File
Heaven and Earth Have Passed (2 Peter 3:1-13) 04/29/18 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Revelation (Pt 1): The Soon Coming of Christ (Rev. 1:1-11) 08/06/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Revelation (Pt 2): The Judgment of Israel (Rev. 13:11-18) 08/13/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) 11/30/14 MP3 Audio File Video File

Matthew 24-25 - The Olivet Discourse

Matthew 24 and 25 are the "heart" of New Testament prophecy. This is the Lord's teaching on the times of the end. Looking at this text through first century glasses gives us a whole new meaning of Jesus' words. Jesus is not talking to us (twentieth century Americans), but to His disciples (first century Jews). Things that were future (to them) at the time of the writing, are ancient history to us. This whole discourse is concerned with answering the disciple's questions concerning the end of the Jewish age (not world) and the parousia of Christ, both of which would be demonstrated by the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish temple. If you study through these messages I think they will answer just about all of your questions on the preterist view of eschatology.

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
Introduction to Matthew 24 Pt 1 (Matthew 24:1-2) 05/05/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
When Will the Temple Be Destroyed (Matthew 24:3) 06/09/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Gospel Preached to All the World? (Matthew 24:4-14) 08/04/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Abomination of Desolation (Matthew 24:15-20) 10/13/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21) 12/01/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
Christ Comes as Lightning (Matthew 24:22-29) 03/08/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
Stars Falling from The Sky (Matthew 24:29) 06/07/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Sign of His Coming (Matthew 24:30-31) 07/19/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
This, Not THAT, Generation (Matthew 24:32-34) 10/04/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
Does the Bible Speak of the Earth's Destruction? (Matthew 24:35) 10/25/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
A Third Coming? (Matthew 24:36-42) 11/01/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
Be Alert! (Matthew 24:42-51) 11/08/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Wise and Foolish Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) 11/15/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) 11/29/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Judgment of the Sheep & Goats (Matthew 25:31-46) 12/06/20 MP3 Audio File Video File

A special eye-opening series on the Feasts of the Lord

Fundamentally, these Seven Feasts represent and typify the sequence, timing, and significance of the major events of the Lord's redemptive career. They commence at Calvary, where Yeshua voluntarily gave Himself for the sins of the world (Passover), and climax at the consummation of the Messianic Kingdom at the Lord's Second Coming . These Seven Feasts depict the entire redemptive career of the Messiah.

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
Feasts of the Lord - Prequel: The Sabbath Rest (Leviticus 23:1-3) 04/14/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
Feasts of the Lord - Part 1: Feast of Passover (Leviticus 23:4-5) 04/28/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
Feasts of the Lord - Part 2: Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23: 6-8) 05/05/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
Feasts of the Lord - Part 3: Feast of First Fruits (Leviticus 23: 9-14) 05/12/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
Feasts of the Lord - Part 4: Feast of Pentecost (Leviticus 23: 15-22) 05/19/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
Feasts of the Lord - Part 5: Feast of Trumpets (Leviticus 23: 23-25) 05/26/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
Feasts of the Lord - Part 6: Feast of the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 23: 26-32) 06/02/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
Feasts of the Lord - Part 7: Feast of the Day of Atonement (Pt. 2) (Leviticus 23: 26-32) 06/09/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
Feasts of the Lord - Part 8: Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23: 33-44) 06/16/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Feast of Booths (Numbers 29:12-13) 04/25/21 MP3 Audio File Video File

Various messages dealing with the subject of eschatology - divided into sub-topics

Dangers Within Preterism

Preterism has sadly become an umbrella under which many who hold to strange and unorthodox have gathered under. While being a preterist when it comes to the understanding of the last things is a good starting point, it is not the end-all-be-all or truth or theological correctness. There are many out there who have an eschatology of fulfillment, yet have strayed into foreign territory in other areas of theology. In other words, just because someone claims to be a Preterist, does not mean they represent what all Preterists believe, nor does it mean they are orthodox in other areas of their beliefs. Eschatology is but one facet of biblical theology. So be careful out there.

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
Yahweh Loves Goyim Pt. 1: The Israel Only Position? 04/30/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Yahweh Loves Goyim Pt. 2: The Israel Only Position? 04/30/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Savior of All People: Universal Reconciliation vs. the Bible 04/10/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Dangers Within Preterism Pt 1 03/03/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
Dangers Within Preterism Pt 2 03/10/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
Don't Let Them Take Away Your Bible: The True Hyper-Preterist 07/28/13 MP3 Audio File Video File

(Mis)understanding the End Times/Last Days/Signs

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
The Already, But Not Yet (Ephesians 1:13-14) 02/07/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
It Is "The Last Hour" (1 John 2:18) 08/11/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Sun Will Be Darkened (Jeffrey T. McCormack) (Various Scriptures) 05/28/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
We Are Living in the "Last Days" (Various Scriptures) 12/21/14 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Four Blood Moons, John Hagee & the Second Coming - Part 1 (Acts 2:14-21) 01/05/14 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Four Blood Moons, John Hagee & the Second Coming - Part 2 (Revelation 1:18) 05/04/14 MP3 Audio File Video File
Earthquakes & End Times (Matthew 24:7) 03/20/11 MP3 Audio File Video File
Biblical Eschatology (by David Showalter)
Does Eschatology Matter? 01/31/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Earthquakes & The Bible (Matthew 24:7) 08/22/99 MP3 Audio File
The Transition Period (Philippians 3:12-16) 05/16/99 MP3 Audio File
Rightly Dividing the Word (2 Timothy 2:15) 06/08/97

The Second Coming (Parousia) of Christ

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
The Time of the Parousia Defines the Nature of the Parousia (2 Thessalonians 2:1-2) 07/16/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
When Will Christ Return? (2 Thessalonians 1:10) 05/14/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Day of the Lord (1 Thessalonians 5:1-2) 08/28/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Day of the Lord Pt 2 (1 Thessalonians 5:2) 09/25/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Parousia (1 Thessalonians 2:19-20) 04/24/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Waiting for the Second Coming Pt. 1 (1 Thessalonians 1:9-10) 02/06/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Waiting for the Second Coming Pt. 2 (1 Thessalonians 1:10) 02/13/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Waiting for the Second Coming Pt. 3 (1 Thessalonians 1:10) 02/20/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Barnabas On the Second Coming (Hebrews 1:1-2) 12/05/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Enoch on the Second Coming (1 Enoch 1:1-9) 12/12/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Sign of His Coming (Matthew 24:30-31) 07/19/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
Confidence at the Second Coming (1 John 4:16b-21) 03/01/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
Abiding and the Second Coming Pt 1 (1 John 2:26-28a) 09/15/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
Abiding and the Second Coming Pt 2 (1 John 2:28b-29) 09/22/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Second Coming in Thessalonians 08/18/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
Was the Parousia Delayed? Responding to Christopher Hays 11/25/18 MP3 Audio File Video File
Inspiration and the Second Coming 03/18/18 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Revelation (Pt 1): The Soon Coming of Christ (Rev. 1:1-11) 08/06/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Revelation (Pt 2): The Judgment of Israel (Rev. 13:11-18) 08/13/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
A Future Bodily Return? (Acts 1:9-11) 07/09/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
Still Waiting for the Second Coming? (2 Thessalonians 1) 12/06/15 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Second Coming in Matthew - Part 1 (Matthew 3:1-12; 10:23) 11/18/12 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Second Coming in Matthew - Part 2 (Matthew 16:27-28; 24:34; 26:64) 11/25/12 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Thessalonians and the Second Coming (Acts 17:1-10 (Part 2)) 10/18/09 MP3 Audio File
The Corinthians and the Second Coming (Acts 18:1-17 (Part 2)) 12/13/09 MP3 Audio File Video File
Jesus Dates His Second Coming (Mark 8:38-9:1) 09/24/06 MP3 Audio File
Matthew & the Second Coming, Part 1 (Matthew 3:1-12) 07/06/03 MP3 Audio File
Matthew & the Second Coming, Part 2 (Matthew 10:23, 16:27-28) 07/20/03 MP3 Audio File
Matthew & the Second Coming, Part 3 (Matthew 24:34, 26:64) 07/27/03 MP3 Audio File
Split Decision: Olivet Stands United (Daniel Harden) (Selected Scripture) 07/18/99
The Exaltation of Christ (Philippians 2:9-11) 11/08/98 MP3 Audio File
The "Perfect" has Come (1 Corinthians 13:10) 10/26/97

The Resurrection

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
Daniel's Teaching on Resurrection (Daniel 12:1-13) 04/09/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Resurrection Hope (1 Thessalonians 4:14-15) 08/14/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
The First Resurrection (Rev. 20:4-5) - Bob Cruickshank Jr 05/01/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Resurrection of the Dead 04/29/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Daniel on Resurrection (Daniel 12) 03/27/16 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Bible on Resurrection (Selected Scriptures) 03/31/13 MP3 Audio File Video File
Daniel 12 and the Resurrection Part 1 (Daniel 12) 08/19/12 MP3 Audio File Video File
Daniel 12 and the Resurrection Part 2 (Daniel 12) 08/26/12 MP3 Audio File Video File
Where Are The Dead? (Mark 10:30) 11/14/99
Physical Resurrection? (An Open Letter from Dan Harden)
Our "Transformed" Body (Philippians 3:20-21) 06/27/99 MP3 Audio File
The Resurrection from the Dead (Philippians 3:11) 05/09/99 MP3 Audio File
Resurrection in the Old Testament, Part 2 (Rich Nemec)
Psalms 16, 17 & 49)
02/27/99 MP3 Audio File
Resurrection in the Old Testament, Part 1 (Rich Nemec)
Selected Scripture)
08/16/98 MP3 Audio File
Resurrection Body of Christ (Rich Nemec)
Selected Scripture)
11/02/97 MP3 Audio File

The Nation of Israel

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
Christians and Israel (Roman 9:6) 10/15/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
National Israel is Not God's People (Philippians 3:3) 10/22/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
Israel and the Promised Land (Acts 4:34) 10/29/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
All Israel Will Be Saved (Romans 11:26) 11/05/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
Israel and the Last Days (Hebrews 1:2) 11/12/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
Yahweh's Wrath on Christ's Killers Pt 1 (1 Thessalonians 2:13-16) 03/20/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Yahweh's Wrath on Christ's Killers Pt 2 (1 Thessalonians 2:16) 03/27/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Feast of Booths (Numbers 29:12-13) 04/18/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Who Is Israel? (Romans 9:6) 04/25/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Olive Tree and True Israel (Romans 11:16-18) 05/09/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Synthesizing Rabbinical and Reformed Views on the Millennium of Revelation 20:1-15 05/16/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Typology of Israel (Hebrews 8:5) 05/23/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Who Is a Jew? (Romans 2:14-29) 05/30/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Salvation of All Israel 06/06/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Zionism and the Land 06/13/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Zionism and the Rebuilt Temple 06/20/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Identifying and Evangelizing the Zionists (Michael Sullivan) 06/27/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
This, Not THAT, Generation (Matthew 24:32-34) 10/04/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Typology of Israel 09/02/18 MP3 Audio File Video File
Christian Zionism (Various Scriptures) 11/16/14 MP3 Audio File Video File
Who Is Israel? (Romans 9:6) 04/18/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
We Are The "True Circumcision" (Philippians 3:3) 03/28/99 MP3 Audio File

The End/Destruction of Earth

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
The Significance of the Thousand Year Symbol (Bob Cruickshank, Jr) 05/02/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
Does the Bible Speak of the Earth's Destruction? (Matthew 24:35) 10/25/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
Heaven and Earth Passed Away (2 Peter: 3:1-13) 04/29/18 MP3 Audio File Video File
The End of the World? (Hebrews 1:10-14) 11/26/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Sun Will Be Darkened (Jeffrey T. McCormack) (Various Scriptures) 05/28/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
Heaven, Earth & the Law Have Passed Away (Matthew 5:18) 09/29/02 MP3 Audio File
The End of the World? (Matthew 13:40) 03/14/99 MP3 Audio File
Heaven and Earth Passed Away (Selected Scripture) 05/04/97 MP3 Audio File

Understanding the Book of Revelation

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
A Preterist Paradigm Shift (Revelation 1) 02/23/20 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Revelation (Pt 1): The Soon Coming of Christ (Rev. 1:1-11) 08/06/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Revelation (Pt 2): The Judgment of Israel (Rev. 13:11-18) 08/13/17 MP3 Audio File Video File
Understanding The Revelation Part 1 (Revelation 1:1-11) 02/14/10 MP3 Audio File Video File
Understanding The Revelation Part 2 (Revelation 13:11-18) 02/21/10 MP3 Audio File Video File

Miscellaneous

Message (Click Title Link to View Transcript) Date Audio Video
Satan and the Man of Lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12) 08/06/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Rebellion and Man of Lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2:3) 07/23/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Millennium and the New Jerusalem in Preterist Perspective (Bob Cruickshank) 07/09/23 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Rapture: Up, Up, and Away? (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18) 08/21/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
Why Is Preterism Important? (Bob Cruikshank, Jr) 07/31/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Binding of Satan in the Gospels - Bob Cruickshank Jr 04/29/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Binding of Satan in Revelation - Bob Cruickshank Jr 04/30/22 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Millennium and the Second Exodus (Bob Cruickshank, Jr) 08/08/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
The Already, But Not Yet (Ephesians 1:13-14) 02/07/21 MP3 Audio File Video File
End Time Antichrists (1 John 2:18-19) 08/25/19 MP3 Audio File Video File
Where is My Hope (Titus 2:13) 07/08/18 MP3 Audio File
The Rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) 11/30/14 MP3 Audio File Video File
When Did the Law End? (Galatians 3:23-25) 02/20/05
How to Share the Preterist view of Eschatology (Selected Scripture) 07/11/04 MP3 Audio File
The Law is Fulfilled (Matthew 5:17-18) 09/15/02 MP3 Audio File
Satan's Role in the New Covenant (Romans 16:20) 03/24/02 MP3 Audio File
Anticipating the Future (Hebrews 10:35-39) 10/14/01 MP3 Audio File
Where Is My Hope? (2 Corinthians 5:1) 12/17/00 MP3 Audio File
When is a Heretic Not a Heretic? (by Daniel E. Harden) 05/30/99
The Preterist Hope: A Faith that Conquers (By Walt Hibbard) 05/23/99 MP3 Audio File
What is the Preterist View? (Selected Scripture) 02/20/99 MP3 Audio File
A Rebuttal to Ward Fenley's "Absent From the Body" (by Daniel E. Harden)
Preterism and the Lord's Supper (1 Corinthians 11:26) 04/19/98 MP3 Audio File
A New Year's Warning to Preterists (1 Corinthians 8:1) 01/04/98 MP3 Audio File
The Permanence of Love (1 Corinthians 13:8-13) 11/09/97 MP3 Audio File
The Rapture -- Physical or Spiritual? (Selected Scripture) 05/11/97 MP3 Audio File

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