Paul’s Eschatology 8 – Summary
1. The Man of Lawlessness and the Rejected Messiah Paul develops a unique prophecy in the NT about a “man of lawlessness” who will be …
Paul’s Eschatology 1 – INTRODUCTION – What will you discover?
When you open the New Testament, you get the impression that all the authors are telling a single story, a single theology, a single message.But …
Death as the Ultimate Enemy – Paul’s Philosophical Vision
In Genesis, man is created from the earth, infused with life, and placed in the garden with one single test: the tree of the knowledge …
Stars and Lampstands – The Theology of Revelation versus the Theology of Paul
One of the greatest confusions in reading the New Testament comes from mixing two completely different lines of thought: on the one hand, the prophetic …
The Kingdom of God and the Church – Two theologies in the same Gospel
From the very first verses of the Gospels, the theme is clear: the Kingdom of God has drawn near.This was not a religious metaphor, nor …
Why Does Luke Ignore Arabia? – Real History or Advocacy?
In Galatians 1:17, Paul states clearly:“I went into Arabia, and later I returned to Damascus.” It is a key detail, part of his argument that …
Who Was Theophilus and Why Did Luke Write to Him? – A Legal Brief to Rome
Both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles open with a dedication to a certain “Theophilus.”For two thousand years, commentators have wondered …
Paul and the Break from Prophetic Tradition
How He Redefined the Law, the Genealogy, and the Chosen People Paul not only formulated a “gospel of his own,” but completely reconfigured the foundational …
Paul and the Gospel of the Disciples – What He Took and What He Changed
Paul presents himself in his letters as an independent apostle who did not receive his Gospel from any human source, but through direct revelation. Even …