Two posts ago I mentioned the book "Forsaking Israel." I've done a speed-run through some sections and am now going through it properly. The authors (especially Larry Pettegrew) have produced a book which everyone should get. Pettegrew's efforts outlining how quickly the Early Church Fathers adopted Replacement Theology (even where they were premil), and how Covenant Theology shaped Israel and eschatology, make for fascinating reading.
The other book is "The Message of the Psalter" by David C. Mitchell. You can find out more on his website. Years ago I began reading the Psalms regularly for comfort. Almost immediately I noticed the eschatological elements. Mitchell's book explores this.
I talk a little more about both books HERE
Circular Reasoning:
Someone took a shot at a pretrib prophecy commentator. Popular pretrib presenters tend to draw the attention of the Rapture Police. The critic devised a graph demonstrating his "circular reasoning" regarding the Great Multitude (GM) and the Great Tribulation (GT). It goes roughly like this - because the church doesn't go through the GT, the GM of Rev 7 can't be the (raptured) church...because it doesn't go through the GT.
It's clever, but unfair, given that potshots like this don't present a target's full reasoning. One could make similar claims about the critic's deductions and pre-understandings regarding Rev 7, the rapture, resurrection and the GM (and a host of other areas for that matter).
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