"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 [...]

The Holy War of Hospitality (Part Two)

The Holy War of Hospitality (Part Two)

This is Part Two. To read Part One, click here. In order to get the full context of the Parable of the Great Banquet, it is important to read both Luke’s and Matthew’s version (Mt. 22:1–14). In Matthew, the great banquet is actually a wedding feast given on the occasion of the marriage of the king’s son. Matthew’s placement of this parable is interesting because it immediately follows Jesus’ telli [...]

The Holy War of Hospitality (Part One)

The Holy War of Hospitality (Part One)

When is a dinner invitation more than a meal? When it’s a kingdom banquet. In Luke 14:12–24, Jesus tells what modern Bibles refer to as “The Parable of the Great Banquet.” This familiar parable, which tells the tale of a man giving a great banquet is not simply a general story about morality. It is also not about who to invite to your dinner parties. This parable is about who will eat bread in the [...]

Episode 36: Preterism and Easter Sunday

Episode 36: Preterism and Easter Sunday

Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 36 Gary discusses the fact that ALL Christians are preterists, at least to some degree. If you believe the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ is a historical fact—you are a preterist. A preterist is someone who believes that certain prophecies have been fulfilled, that is, their fulfillment is in the past. For example, Floyd Hamilton, w [...]

Fencing the Bible with the Creeds

Fencing the Bible with the Creeds

Gary concludes his response to a recent video discussion about his eschatological views. What does the New Testament say about when Jesus would come to judge the living and the dead? Jesus’ ascension and session are historical facts as are the other creedal statements. He came “again with glory to judge the living and the dead.” Did Jesus come “again” before that first-century generation passed aw [...]

“To Make the Bible its Own Interpreter”

“To Make the Bible its Own Interpreter”

The debate over eschatology continues, although there are some who argue there is no debate except on some minor points. We’re told the fundamentals have been settled even when there is still so much disagreement about the millennium, five different rapture positions, whether there is something called “the rapture of the church,” Jesus coming for His saints and Jesus coming with His saints, whethe [...]

Answering Cults that Claim to Believe the Bible

Answering Cults that Claim to Believe the Bible

Many religious cults claim to believe the Bible and biblical inerrancy. A recent video discussion that included Sam Frost and Andrew Sandlin raised the question about how Gary would answer cults using only the Bible. When Jesus taught he taught with authority and not as one who needed to depend upon the opinions of others (Matt. 7:29). So also we who teach the Word of Christ should not be compelle [...]

Episode 35: Surprising Facts From the Book of Revelation

Episode 35: Surprising Facts From the Book of Revelation

Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 35 Gary gives an overview of the book of Revelation and helps readers to put the confusing book into perspective. Revelation is the most “Biblical” book in the Bible. St. John quotes hundreds of passages from the Old Testament, often with subtle allusions to little-known religious rituals of the Hebrew people. In order to understand Revelatio [...]

Frost Advisory in the Debate Over Eschatology

Frost Advisory in the Debate Over Eschatology

Sam Frost used to be a full preterist. He published articles and books defending the full preterist worldview while he was at Whitefield Theological Seminary under the tutelage of Ken Talbot. In his book Misplaced Hope, Frost wrote that he owed Ken “large thanks. Although he may not be in agreement with my conclusions [about Sam’s views about preterism], he nonetheless has inspired my undertaking [...]

The Return of the Three Questions

The Return of the Three Questions

Gary responds to recent criticism that resurrects the “Three Questions Controversy” from 2023 and accuses Gary of promoting “full preterism.” KIM: In general terms, the end-end is that “the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea” (Is. 11:9, Hab. 2:14) or: All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, an [...]

Episode 34: The Great Tribulation-Future or Fulfilled?

Episode 34: The Great Tribulation-Future or Fulfilled?

Bible Prophecy Under the Microscope-Episode 34 Gary responds to a video that critiques a preterist interpretation of Matthew 24. The critique gives the impression that 1) a preterist interpretation is “new” (it’s not); and 2) that it’s not biblical (it is). Jesus appropriated language from Ezekiel and applied it to the prophesied coming judgment on Jerusalem that would take [...]