Continually Sharpening

A theological blog by Dr. Janelle Zeeb

Articles About Eschatology

Will God Save Everyone?

In my previous blog post, I explained why I think that God truly wants to save everyone.

Yet the fact that the Bible says that God clearly wants to save everyone doesn't necessarily mean that God actually will save everyone.

But why not? If God truly loves everyone, and if …

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Have the Courage To Be Disliked

If there's one trait that I think we need in order to be strong Christians in our world today, it's the courage to be disliked. At worst, we might even need the courage to be outright hated.

Of course, no one wants to be disliked or hated. That's why peer …

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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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Christians Should Not Fear Death

If there's anything obvious about the world in 2020 and 2021, it's that fear of death is everywhere (especially in the media).

Incredible precautions are taken against an illness that kills only a very small percentage of people who get it, many of whom were already ill with other conditions …

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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 Pre-Tribulation 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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Defending God's Justice Regarding Death

One of the frequent objections that atheists or opponents of Christianity frequently raise is about all those times in the Old Testament when God kills people, or tells the Israelites to kill certain people.

These critics claim that a God of love would never act like this, that it is …

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