A few years ago I started seriously thinking through many points of doctrine related to the last things, Revelation, the Gospels, the current nation-state of Israel, etc. I have joked about being a panmillenialist (because it will all pan out in the end). But a few things became glaringly obvious to me and I decided I didn’t have the luxury of downplaying the topic any longer. The questions that started me thinking were based around the timing statements in the New Testament and this question: Were the apostles wrong about Jesus’ return?

This is a question that has never bothered me, but it is a significant stumbling block for many who examine Christianity. So let’s start with a ten minute video clip that addresses the question regarding if the apostles were wrong. I think why I chose this clip will be obvious. 

Listen to this video from 7:10 to 17:10. (I can’t cue it up for some reason.) My comments continue after the video. 

As always, the inclusion of a creator or content is not a blanket endorsement of either.

It’s so jarring when Beck says that the apostles were just wrong. As Bible-believing Christians, we immediately know the much bigger implications of what he’s saying. Because he’s a Mormon, I don’t think he does. 

As J.T. says in the clip, I can’t unsee it either. Once you see it (and a few other things), passages in Matthew and Acts leap out at you in ways you never saw before. So does Revelation. So does really the entire New Testament. 

Image: The Apostle Paul by Rembrandt