I'm currently spending much time looking at the life's of Moses and Joshua and how they relate to first century fulfillment. The following document is called, "Biblical Typology: A Neglected Key to the Book of Revelation?" by Dr. Warren Gage.

I will also be posting a more recent version his audio presentation of The John-Revelation Project.

Click here to download:

1-JoshuaTypology.pdf (110 KB)

Thank you Bryan Davis for sending me this video. Bryan...This came at just the perfect time. I was just discussing this with another friend. And how this is all intertwined. From Genesis to Revelation. This fulfilled picture is just getting more beautiful every day. And I personally want to thank you Bryan for helping me understand how Chiasm and parallelisms work in general and specific.

Here's another link Bryan sent. http://www.ancient-hebrew.org/23_parallel.html

Thank you again Bryan

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It really hit me when the guy in the video below says that the creation story is the same story being told TWO different ways. Which seems to be the natural conclusion to The John-Revelation Project.

The Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation. One story being told TWO different ways.

When you realize that Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation were both written at the same time. Like two railroad tracks with ties all throughout. From beginning to end. And to a lesser extent as reverse parallelisms as well. When you look at these two books in this light the two begin to intertwine in an almost magical way. 

This was demonstrated to my by Dr. Warren Gage of Knox Theological Seminary in Florida. In a recent email exchange with him, I asked him Regarding the John-Revelation project.

Michael - Red - Warren - Blue

"Jesus' Earthly ministry was approximately 3.5 years from what I can tell. Revelation speaks of a 3.5 year period. I know some people say Revelation's fulfillment is future. Some say it is past, circa AD70. Is it possible that John and Revelation are talking about that same 3.5 year period?" And his exact answer was..."I have had the same thought myself, but I haven’t worked to substantiate it.  I take the minority view that Revelation was written in AD 60-65 and is a prophecy of the destruction of  Jerusalem.  So I don’t think it is impossible that the two books are speaking about the same thing."

Do you see that. First off he's a preterist. I'm thinking of a more postmillenial partial preterist view. However with his following answer it's only a matter of time before he see's the natural conclusion. He's had the same thought as me. I've finally found someone that has validated what I've been seeing for the last 18 months. Yet wasn't able to verbalize or write it out well. I just knew that I was seeing it. 

I was seeing Jesus' earthly ministry all over the Book of Revelation. And it has actually been validated for the past 10 years. And both futurist and partial preterist detractors to this project see the natural conclusion of first century fulfillment. The partial preterist argued that this couldn't be right because then full preterism would be true. And the futurist argued that this couldn't be right because then the Gospel of John would still be in the future. 

Scholarship all across the board seem to be in agreement with what Dr. Warren Gage discovered by overlapping the two books in the Greek text. Demonstrating that they are direct parallelisms and would have been written at the same time. And that you CANNOT interpret one apart from the other. They are to be interpreted as parallels. Not as two different storys. Or timelines in my opinion. One story being told two different ways.

Please listen to Dr. Gage's presentation on this topic from the 2006 National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. He really hits the nail on the head in my opinion. It is well worth listening to.

Below is the video I mentioned at the beginning of this post. This guy makes a very interesting point that Bryan Davis and I have been seeing for quite some time. The parallelisms are EVERYWHERE. Right at 57 seconds he makes the whole point of this presentation in my opinion. Have a listen. Or like me you might listen to it 6-7 times. LoL.

The first chapter of Genesis records the days of creation. However, this account is not a scientific disortation, but a beautiful Hebrew song.

I'm also going to speak with Frank about the possibility of him interviewing me on the topic on an upcoming episode of the Hairy Ticks Variety Show. So we can really start taking a look at this. This has some really serious implications.

I have no axe to grind here guys. I'm just trying to present as much information as possible so you all can see this as well. It's fascinating...Yet a little frightning. 

I'm going to be pressing this issue to see if it be true. And I'm not going to stop until I'm convinced one way or the other. And I would really appreciate as much interaction on this topic as possible. We need to get our eyes and ears on this.

If we've missed a major interpretive key in the beginning and the end of the story then, "We got some splainin to do...LUUUUCCCYYY!!!" LoL...8-)

I don't want this to be something anyone might think I'm trying to brew up in private. I'm not. I would love nothing more than every eye in the preterist movement to be on this.

But if you've got a certain theological perspective that you really want to hold on tight to...You might not want to waste your time.

I pray that this will do for you what it has done for me. It's like another layer in the puzzle. Adding more dimension and light to the story from Genesis to Revelation.

The best benefit of all, if this is right. It will virtually wipe futurism off the map. And it will be very easy to see.

Meet British Actress Danielle Lloyd. Also known as Kelly Keenan.

I've had my suspicions over the last year or two when a rather unusually hot looking preterist woman wants to add me as a friend. Well...This morning curiosity got the best of me. Let me share the things that tipped me off.

1. Only one profile picture. The rest are just random if there are any more at all.

2. None, or very few articles of any substance that weren't copied and pasted or shared from someone elses page.

3. Personal responses are very short and frequently misspelled.

4. And they tend to not have family or close friends or school mates.

If you are a preterist woman that is part of a private group...PLEASE use discretion as to whom you add to your PRIVATE group. Make sure you know who you are admitting into the group. Time to tighten things up a little.

My initial thought was that these profiles are or were possibly non preterists posing as preterists to be a part of the inner workings of our community. Like the Apostle Paul said, "Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery." Maybe wanting to keep a close eye on the inner social aspects of our community in general.

However...As the day has gone on and more information has come to light. Like many more accounts that fit the above profile perfectly. I'm actually beginning to believe that the following scenario might be the case.

That there is one individual within the preterist movement that is creating these accounts to build up their reputation in some way. Possibly to make it look like they have a following. In some way adding to their credibility. And in some instances this individual may have been using these alter egos as well to influence other woman by painting that individual in a very attractive light.

Please pray with me that this is not the case. Already at least one of the offending accounts has been removed. I suspect more to come. 

But please...Remember those four tips up above should help you determine for yourself.

If you have any questions...Feel free to private message me on Facebook or you can send me an email to michael@ad70.net

SCARRRRYYYYY!!!

This audio selection was presented by Dr. Warren Gage, at the 2006 National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society. 

For further reading on this topic follow this link--> http://ad70.net/the-john-revelation-project

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Oscar Miles, Pastor of Ardmore Church of Christ and Kevin Mace, a school teacher from West Virginia. Micah Martin will also join in as time allows. And of course I will be there too.

This program will air every other Wednesday nights to start. And if feedback warrants a weekly show then we will adjust accordingly.

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...cannot exist in a Christian world and life view. Or let me just say should not exist in a Christian world and life view. And as Christians we should have no other expectation in life other than to expect that temptation will be with us until the day we die.

Have you ever been surprised when you've succumbed to a temptation in the past. Not likely. We Christians tend to understand how the cycle works. From germination in the heart. To well laid plans in the mind. Ultimately to temptation's fulfillment.

We see the signs on our way to the edge of the cliff. And what do we often do? We keep following the signs succumbing to temptations fulfillment.

However, I think we've misunderstood the purpose of these signs.

Please consider the following passage.

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

You see that. Those signs we see on our way to fulfillment aren't only pointing the way TO fulfillment, but they are also EXIT SIGNS.

I pray today that each and every one of us be mindful of the signs that God has given us. He has not left us alone. He has not left us without numerous exits on our way to fulfillment of temptation.

Be mindful of all things today. And tomorrow. And the next day. Die daily...Be made new daily. Continue to stay plugged into the Way.

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This thing is pretty incredible.

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If you guys haven't had a chance to check it out yet...They now have the whole Bible available with the English translation of the Septuagint combined with the NKJV New Testament.

I've been using it for a few months now and let me just tell you...IT ROCKS.

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