ABC’s of Scripture: Elements Melting & Eschatology

Once again, I am out of alphabetical order, I’m sharing what the Holy Spirit has put on my heart for such a time as this…

ELEMENTS MELTING:

The Day of the Lord CAME as a thief in the night or at an unexpected moment in the time frame of the first century generation of Christ’s Apostles. This occurred in 66-70ad. The first century saints were instructed by Peter to look for and hasten the coming of the day of God. At that time the heavens passed away or were dissolved, being on fire. Also, the ELEMENTS melted away with fervent heat. – 2 Peter 3:10; 3:12.

The word “ELEMENTS” is the Greek word, “stoicheion” (Strong’s #4747), which means element, principle, or rudiment. When used in the plural it primarily signifies any first things from which others in a serios take their rise.

This word is used elsewhere in the New Testament to describe: “the basic PRINCIPLES of the World.” -Col 2:8; “the rudimentary of basic PRINCIPLES of religion of the world” -Col 2:20; “the weak and beggarly RUDIMENTS”, constituting a yoke of BONDAGE – Gal 4:3,9; and “the first PRINCIPLES of the ORACLES of God”– Heb 5:12

The ELEMENTS melting with fervent heat of the Day of the Lord clearly refer to the PRINCIPLES of the OLD COVENANT and not the PHYSICAL heavens or physical earth. They all melted away with the destruction of the nation of Israel, city of Jerusalem, and the Temple (old heavens and earth). This was by God’s wrath that was carried out in the first Jewish-Roman war ending in 70ad. “KNOW YOUR HISTORY” [My adding]

ESCHATOLOGY:

The word “ESCHATOLOGY” is traditionally defined as the study of “last things”. It has broad applications that are used by many different people. The last days refer to an end to the Jewish age. Therefore, the “ECHATON” or the “last days” period of correct “ESCHATOLOGY” [Greek – “eschatos”- Strong’s #2078 =farthest, final time, last, uttermost] would fall in the first century between Christ’s first and second comings.

The ESCHATOLOGY would include Christ’s public ministry (26-30ad); His atonement work for His people; including the Cross, the Resurrection, and His Ascension; the covenant to the New Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 1:8); the transition period form the Old Covenant and to the New Covenant systems; the second coming Parousia of Christ in 66-70ad; the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple; and the resurrection of judgements of the just and the unjust ending in 70ad. Acts 24:15; 2 Pet 2:9; 3:9; Jude 1:6; Rev 20:10-15; 21:12.

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come unto you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” – Acts 1:8

“But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel; ‘And it shall come to pass in THE LAST DAYS, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, BEFORE THE COMING OF THE LORD. And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” – Acts 2:16-21.

Therefore, ESCHATOLOGY is NOT the study of FURURE things; but rather LAST things. That includes the Parousia; the Resurrection; the Judgement; the end of the Jewish age; and the passing away of the Old Covenant Jewish system. It is also the time of the full establishment of His New Covenant gospel spiritual kingdom which is within each of His Saints.

Of course, as believers in “fulfilled ESCHAOLOGY”, we are persuaded that these things have all been fulfilled by our LORD JESUS CHRIST in the first century by 70ad. There is nothing left for Him to accomplish for our redemption. It is completely finished and fulfilled. We elect believers are now in Christ and have received all that He has accomplished for us. Our salvation is fully consummated, and our eternal dwelling place is in His presence has been determined.

– Michael Alan Nichols

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I am adamantly preaching the fulfilled gospel! I literally have no denomination I follow, nor any “end times” theology, I’ve dedicated almost 20 years to the ministry, I have been licensed and ordained into the Christian ministry since 2011; however, I do not belong to any church or any organized religion.
I am a Charis Bible college graduate which is a Andrew Wommack ministry. I absolutely LOVED my time there! I learned who I was in Christ, and discovered my Christ led giftings and was always encouraged and sharpened by all my fellow students and staff. I want to clarify though that my eschatology point of view is nothing I learned there, so this is my beliefs after searching the scriptures to find the TRUTH and nothing but the TRUTH in CHRIST! I REBUKE ALL ANTI-CHRIST DOCTRINS OF MEN!

So please understand that nothing I do is of man’s influence but only the influence of the purity of the word, and the words of Christ I cherish more than any theology or doctrine mere man can come up with!

So please hear my heart and know that “I resolved to know nothing (to be acquainted with nothing, to make a display of the knowledge of nothing, and to be conscious of nothing) among you except Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and Him crucified.”- 1Cor 2:2

All my fulfilled ESCHATOLGY LOVE, Diana ❤ xo 🙂

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