Gog, Magog, Israel, and Iran?

Gog, Magog, Israel, and Iran?

You knew it was going to happen. Like clockwork, the prophecy pundits are finding Bible prophecy being fulfilled “right before our eyes.” I expect the usual suspects like John Hagee, Joel Richardson, Joel Rosenberg, and many more who are going to rev up the prophecy market. This is from John “Blood Moon” Hagee in 2024: Prophetically we are on the verge of the Gog-Magog War that Ezekiel described i [...]

The Last Word on Mellō (maybe)

The Last Word on Mellō (maybe)

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Gary responds to comments from critics on Facebook to his recent article about Acts 24:15 and the Greek word mellō. As we have repeatedly had occasion to say in this serie [...]

Episode 44: Can God Tell Time?

Episode 44: Can God Tell Time?

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 44 Gary discusses Bible prophecy and timing. Making predictions about the future is easy if the events are hundreds or thousand [...]

Are Reference Bibles Preterist or Futurist?

Are Reference Bibles Preterist or Futurist?

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Guest article by Jake Litwin About the image: “The bar chart that runs along the bottom represents all the chapters in the Bible, starting with Genesis 1 on the left. Book [...]

Peter Thiel and the Antichrist

Peter Thiel and the Antichrist

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Gary discusses a recent interview with entrepreneur Peter Thiel about particular views he has about Christianity. When Jesus’ disciples asked Him whether it was time that [...]

Gary DeMar’s “Divide-And-Conquer” Playbook

Gary DeMar’s “Divide-And-Conquer” Playbook

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Jason Bradfield seems to have forgotten what he wrote in his first article about mellō. Let me refresh his memory with what he quoted from Kim Burgess in the first volume [...]

Episode 43: Is a New Jewish Temple About to Built?

Episode 43: Is a New Jewish Temple About to Built?

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 43 Gary responds to a recent article that presents a tired old argument that a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem is going to happen s [...]

Luke's Use of Mello in Acts

Luke's Use of Mello in Acts

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Gary discusses a recent article responding to one of his articles about the Greek word mello. The “age to come” most often refers to the new covenant age and not the etern [...]

What Must be Proved When Mellō is Used?

What Must be Proved When Mellō is Used?

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Jason Bradfield responded to my article about mellō (“What Does Mellō Mean in Acts 24:15?”) which was a response to his article about mellō that was a response to a commen [...]

Episode 42: What is the Parousia?

Episode 42: What is the Parousia?

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 42 Gary concludes his response to John Piper’s book, “Come, Lord Jesus.” Throughout the period between the cr [...]

"World" and the Legacy Standard Bible

"World" and the Legacy Standard Bible

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Gary responds to a listener from Australia that asks about how certain Greek words are translated in the new Legacy Standard Bible. An indispensable rule in Bible interpre [...]

Episode 41: The "Soon" Coming of Jesus

Episode 41: The "Soon" Coming of Jesus

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 41 Gary continues his review of John Piper’s book, “Come, Lord Jesus.” Two large prophetic passages are outli [...]

What Does Mellō Mean in Acts 24:15?

What Does Mellō Mean in Acts 24:15?

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Jason Bradfield posted a lengthy article titled “Mellō and the Real Bias Problem” where he challenges the claim that the Greek word mellō always means “about to.” He state [...]

Special Pleading and Creeding

Special Pleading and Creeding

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Gary discusses recent discussions he’s had with people regarding eschatology and creedal authority. All creeds and Christians who recite them are bound by the text o [...]

Episode 40: A Review of John Piper's Come, Lord Jesus

Episode 40: A Review of John Piper's Come, Lord Jesus

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 40 Gary begins a multi-part review of John Piper’s book, Come, Lord Jesus*.* One of the most wonderful benefits of fulfil [...]

Why Ken Gentry Must Oppose Full Preterism

Why Ken Gentry Must Oppose Full Preterism

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Ken Gentry keeps changing his views about preterism. That’s OK because we all make changes. I believe his charges are designed to avoid having to deal with challenges to t [...]

Does Ken Gentry Mix Sola Scriptura With Sola Ecclesia Traditione?

Does Ken Gentry Mix Sola Scriptura With Sola Ecclesia Traditione?

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Ken Gentry mentioned me again on his postmil website. It’s the same old story with Ken refusing to pay attention to the arguments I’ve made in the past regarding the Three [...]

Episode 39: Mr. Cameron's Eschatology

Episode 39: Mr. Cameron's Eschatology

Important Note: Gary DeMar’s Facebook page has been taken down. To keep up with the latest from Gary and American Vision or to continue the conversation from articles, podcasts, or videos, please go to the AV Facebook page here. Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 39 Rick Welch takes over the Gary DeMar Podcast and interviews Kirk Cameron. Big sales come from prophecy books that warn of ne [...]

Episode 38: Thoughts on Revelation 20

Episode 38: Thoughts on Revelation 20

Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 38 Gary discusses Revelation 20 with his friend Robert Cruickshank at the recent Berean Bible Conference. We are not told that “with the Lord one day is a thousand years.” Rather, “one day is as a thousand years.” Are dispensationalists willing to admit that the thousand years of Revelation 20 can be reduced to a single day, week, year, or generation? Wi [...]

Episode 37:  Will Jesus Return to the Mount of Olives?

Episode 37: Will Jesus Return to the Mount of Olives?

Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 37 Gary discusses common misunderstandings of Bible prophecy based on over-literal interpretations and misreadings of the Old Testament. There is a long history of forcing prophetic texts from Scripture to fit current events, and there is also a long history of abject failure. For example, John Gill (1697-1771) interpreted the locusts as the main competi [...]