Continually Sharpening

A theological blog by Dr. Janelle Zeeb

Articles About Bible Prophecy

Read This When Millions of People Suddenly Disappear

Have millions or even billions of people around the world suddenly disappeared all at once, in the blink of an eye? Even perhaps including some of your friends and family?

Is the world full of fear, confusion, and chaos as a result?

Are the world's leading experts claiming that it …

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Expect The Rapture When Things Are 'Normal'

What are your expectations for the new year?

Do you have plans that you are looking forward to? Or are you nervous about all the things that you see in the news, and things that experts have said might be coming this year? Maybe some of both?

One of the …

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Are We In The End Times?

If you've heard a little about what Christianity teaches about the future, and have been paying attention to what's going on in the world over the last little while, you might be asking questions like:

  • Are we approaching the end of the world?
  • Are we currently in the Tribulation?
  • What …
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Mistaking the Antichrist for Jesus

One thing I've wondered about over the years is why most people who will be alive during the future seven-year Tribulation will worship the Antichrist.

We have many warnings in the Bible about false Christs, false prophets, and false teachers. We also have very specific details in the books of …

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My Top 5 Reasons For The Rapture

Given all that we're seeing in the world today, I suspect that at least some Christians are wondering if we're in the Tribulation: the period of seven years characterized by many divinely-sent disasters upon the Earth before Jesus returns to set up his Millennial kingdom.

My answer is no, we're …

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Important: Regarding Buying and Selling

Because of current events happening in the world lately, I thought a reminder regarding buying and selling is in order.

Revelation 13 describes two future world leaders, the "Beast" (a.k.a. the Antichrist) and the "False Prophet" religious leader who will endorse and support the Beast.

At some point …

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Advent and Politics

Advent is the season of the church calendar leading up to Christmas. During this time, we remember when the Son of God became a human man named Jesus, about 2000 years ago, by being born from the virgin Mary, in order to eternally save all those who would put their …

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Climate Change and the End Times

With the rise of Greta Thunberg as a public figure it seems that many more people are paying attention to news about climate change. However, Christians should not look only to the news media or to scientists to inform our thinking on this issue. Instead, we should consider how climate …

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How Could Jesus Be Tempted?

In the Easter story, Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane before he is about to be betrayed by Judas and arrested, brought to trial, and shortly thereafter, crucified.

All three synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke) record that when Jesus was in Gethsemane, he prayed,

Father, if you are willing …

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Open Theism and Bible Prophecy

I came across a book chapter titled "Open Theism in the Hands of an Angry Puritan: Jonathan Edwards on Divine Foreknowledge" by C. Samuel Storms.1 Storms tries to use Jonathan Edwards' arguments about God's foreknowledge to refute open theism.

Since I wrote my Master of Theological Studies thesis on …

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