The Field's Musings

The Son of Man in the gospels as a beginning fulfillment of the great tribulation prophecy in Daniel 7 Contd Recap from last lecture Daniel 7:1-14 picture a 'son of man' in a vision.  In the interpretation from v15 there's no mention of the 'son of man' instead 'the Israelite saints rule in the Kingdom'.  Conclusion: the son of man is corporate Israel Luke 7:34-35 'the son of man has come' in an illusion to Dan 7:13 'there came one like a son of man' Jesus fulfills the Daniel 7 prophecy therefore he is the true Israel He fulfills the the pattern of Daniel 7: suffering (the great tribulation), trial, then gaining a Kingdom The son of man can also be interpreted as a individual The church is the body of Christ and therefore will suffer their tribulation and persecution in order to gain a Kingdom selective suffering as Jesus had individual trials universal suffering as Jesus body fully suffered on the cross (Rev 11:7-19, Rev 20...

The Great Tribulation: when does it begin and what difference does it make? Contd Links between 2 Thes 2 and 1 John 2:18 both develop what Daniel 7-12 says in the light of Jesus' teachings 2 Thes 2 talks about a man of lawlessness that will be revealed in the end time. In John 'sin is lawlessness' both passages are set in an end time context  Both contain deception 2 Thes 2:4 is a clear illusion  to Daniel 11:36 2 Thes 2 Some thought the end had already come. Paul corrects in v3. The falling away comes first and the man of lawlessness needs to be revealed v4 'temple of God' is found ten times in the NT. Every time with one exception the phrase refers to a non-literal temple. The exception is when Christ talks about his body as a temple.The temple of God in Paul is always the church.  The man of lawlessness will have substantial influence in the church of God. v3 the falling away (apostasy) comes in the church before the end and then the appearance o...

According to Beale, eschatology is the chord that pulls all the doctrines of scripture together. Eschatology makes sense of all other teaching.  The use of the phrase 'latter days' in the NT inside of Paul 1 Cor 10:11-These thing happened as an example on whom the ends of the ages have come' The end of the ages have come on the Corinthians Gal 4:4 'but when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son..' Eschatology can refer to the past Jesus is THE son who has perfectly fulfilled what a son should be. Adam was God's son (end of Luke 3).  Eph 1:10  'making known to us the mystery of his will,  according to his purpose, which he  set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and on earth' To sum up means to rule and organise it- Jesus will manage humanity like no-one else  God's household is in disorder and Christ will come back and put it in order Not just the futu...