In this episode, we review the Daniel 7 Chronology in order to show that the consistent theme of Christian eschatology from Daniel through Revelation is a Two Judgment paradigm. (This is not a reference to the Final Great White Throne Judgment of Revelation 20), but rather to the strikes of the Stone against the Statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.

In the Two Judgment paradigm, a First Judgment is administered from Heaven against the Fourth Empire (Rome), destabilizing and fragmenting it to create the circumstances necessary for the rise of the Fifth Earthly Empire (the Little Horn of Daniel 7, the Sea Beast of Revelation 13), after which a second judgment is administered against that Fifth Empire (Roman Catholicism). These two judgments are consistently prophesied in scripture as

• a First Strike of the Stone fragmenting the Iron & Clay Feet (Daniel 2:34) and a Second Strike of the Stone grinding all the empires to dust (Daniel 2:35,45), and

• the Ancient of Days presiding over judgment from Heaven against the Fourth Beast (Daniel 7:9-11) and the Ancient of Days (Jesus) administering judgment on Earth against the Little Horn, and

• the Lamb of God opening the Seals of the Scroll of Revelation 5 (which are targeted against the Roman Empire, as we will show next), and Jesus returning to destroy the Sea Beast and the False Prophet, casting them into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 19:11-21)

Under this Two Judgment construct, Christ and His saints receive a Heavenly Kingdom during the Fourth Empire, during which Christ opens the Seals of Revelation administering the initial Judgment from Heaven against the Roman Empire, creating the circumstances necessary for the rise of Roman Catholicism, the Fifth Empire. Then Christ and His Saints come to earth to execute the second Judgment on Earth against that Fifth Empire, Roman Catholicism, at which time the saints receive their earthly kingdom.

The profound simplicity of the Two Judgment paradigm is that in the Fourth Emipire, Christ and His saints receive a Heavenly Kingdom, and after the Fifth Empire, Christ and His saints receive an Earthly Kingdom. Roman Catholicism is that Fifth Empire, thus distinguishing clearly between Christ’s Heavenly and Earthly Kingdoms, and between Christ’s kingdom and Antichrist’s kingdom.

We have included a graphic depicting the Chronology of Revelation 12 (as an example of John’s use of recapitulation), and a graphic depicting Daniels use of recapitulation in Chapter 7, and finally a detailed graphic showing the Kingdom Chronology of Daniel and John.

In this episode, we revisit the propensity of Roman Catholic, Reformation and Protestant scholarship to see only one strike of the Stone of Daniel 2 and one Judgment scene in Daniel 7—a very dangerous oversight of Daniel’s clear description of two actual judicial movements in each chapter, one against Rome (the feet of Iron and Clay) and one against the Little Horn (the Iron, the Brass, the Clay, the Silver and the Gold together). We then review several passages of Scripture that show Jesus’ earthly kingdom is subsequent to, and not concurrent with, the Heavenly Kingdom He came announcing under the 4th empire (Rome). Rather, it is a satanic earthly empire that enjoys dominion on earth as Christ and His saints reign in Heaven. Christ and His saints do not take on an earthly dominion until that Heavenly Kingdom administers the second strike of the Stone against the dominion of the Little Horn. Finally, to contextualize our study of the Seven Seals of Revelation, we visit the first five throne room scenes of Revelation and show that in those scenes, Jesus is aggregating to Himself in Heaven over time the community of His saints as the Jews, the Romans, the Devil, the Beast and the False Prophet sequentially persecute and attempt to mislead generations of God’s people. The first Throne Room scene in Heaven precedes the first strike of the Stone—the breaking of the Seals—and the fifth Throne Room scene precedes the second strike of the Stone—the destruction of the Little Horn, the Beast of Revelation 13.

A Baptist study on the Westminster Larger Catechism, Questions 41-42, held at the Old Paths Christian Church on 13 January 2020. Topics include Christology and the Trinity; ancient creeds and councils; Nestorianism and other ancient heresies; Old Testament saints; differences between the Old and New covenants; Greek philosophy, essentialism, realism, metaphysics and existence; sacred namers and cults; biblical apologetics and argumentation; and more!

Q. 41. Why was our Mediator called Jesus? 

A. Our Mediator was called Jesus, because he saveth his people from their sins.w

(w) Matt 1:21

Q. 42. Why was our Mediator called Christ? 

A. Our Mediator was called Christ, because he was anointed with the Holy Ghost above measure;x and so set apart, and fully furnished with all authority and ability,y to execute the offices of prophet,z priest,a and king of his church,b in the estate both of his humiliation and exaltation. 

(x) Matt 3:16; Acts 10:37-38; John 3:34; Ps 45:7
(y) John 6:27; Matt 28:18-20; Rom 1:3-4
(z) Acts 3:21-22; Luke 4:18,21; Heb 1:1-2; Deut 18:18
(a) Heb 5:5-7; Heb 4:14-15
(b) Ps 2:6; Luke 1:32-34; John 18:37; Matt 21:5; Isa 9:6-7; Phil 2:8-11

Resources

+https://www.chapellibrary.org/book/lbcw/the-london-baptist-confession-of-faith-of-1689-with-preface-baptist-catechism-and-appendix-on-baptism

+https://reformedbrotherhood.com/trb-113-nestorianism/

“Human nature, therefore, although endowed with intelligence and will, may be, and in fact is, in the person of Christ impersonal. That it is so is the plain doctrine of Scripture, for the Son of God, a divine person, assumed a perfect human nature, and, nevertheless, remains one person.” (Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, https://www.ccel.org/ccel/hodge/theology2.html)

+Bruce Shelley, Church History in Plain Language, Fourth Edition Zondervan Academic, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GCG55EM/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_awdb_t1_x_V8cfEbQNFNPY7

+J.N.D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines: Revised Edition, https://www.amazon.com/dp/006064334X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_YBnNEbZ1WRQ8W

Roger Olson, The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/372001517

+The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology: A Comparison Between Seventeenth-Century Particular Baptist and Paedobaptist Federalism [Revised Edition] by Pascal Denault, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23827777

+Gordon H. Clark, “Atheism,” http://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=50

+Gordon H. Clark, The Trinity, http://www.trinitylectures.org/trinity-the-p-78.html; and The Incarnation, http://www.trinitylectures.org/incarnation-the-p-92.html

We read and answer a listener’s question about how we can maintain that the 4th Beast of Daniel 7 reveals to us a 13-way division of the Roman empire. We raise four points in response:

1. Daniel did not say that the Little Horn removed 3 of the 10 horns;

2. Daniel only describes the final configuration of the first four empires, just as each was about to transition to the next;

3. The Scriptures show that the Little Horn could not have removed 3 horns after Daniel’s description of the 4th beast, and therefore the 3 horns must have been removed in advance; and

4. The Aramaic has no formal “past perfect” tense, such that “past perfect” must be determined by context.

NOTES:

The Verbal System of the Aramaic of Daniel.pdf

Council of Rome, 382 AD:

Therefore first is the seat at the Roman church of the apostle Peter 'having no spot or wrinkle or any other [defect]'. However the second place was given in the name of blessed Peter to Mark his disciple and gospel-writer at Alexandria, and who himself wrote down the word of truth directed by Peter the apostle in Egypt and gloriously consummated [his life] in martyrdom. Indeed the third place is held at Antioch of the most blessed and honourable apostle Peter, who lived there before he came to Roma and where first the name of the new race of the Christians was heard.

Pope Gregory, Epistle XL To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria:

Wherefore though there are many apostles, yet with regard to the principality itself the See of the Prince of the apostles alone has grown strong in authority, which in three places is the See of one. For he himself exalted the See in which he deigned even to rest and end the present life. He himself adorned the See to which he sent his disciple as evangelist. He himself established the See in which, though he was to leave it, he sat for seven years. Since then it is the See of one, and one See, over which by Divine authority three bishops now preside…

Catholic Encyclopedia, Patriarch and Patriarchate:

The oldest canon law admitted only three bishops as having what later ages called patriarchal rights — the Bishops of Rome, Alexandria, and Antioch. The successor of St. Peter as a matter of course held the highest place and combined in his own person all dignities. He was not only bishop, but metropolitan, primate, and patriarch; Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Primate of Italy, and first of the patriarchs. As soon as a hierarchy was organized among bishops, the chief authority and dignity were retained by the Bishop of Rome.

In this episode we identify the 1,263 1/2 day period from the beginning of the Witnesses’ preaching, death, resurrection and ascension and the 42 month trampling of the Jerusalem by the Gentiles. The duration of the Witnesses’ preaching, death, resurrection and ascension in Jerusalem lasted from from 3 PM on the day of preparation for the Feast of Tabernacles in 63 AD until 3 AM six days before Passover in 67 AD. The 42-month trampling of the city by the Gentiles lasted from the 7th of Iyar in 67 AD—when the Roman invasion of Galilee began, forcing the population of Galilee to flee to Jerusalem—until the 7th of Elul in 70 AD, the last day of the war.

References:

Josephus, Wars of the Jews

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews

Tacitus, Histories

Timeline of Revelation 11, including the impossibility of Josephus’ claim that the prophet preached 7 years and 5 months and was killed by a stone from a siege engine as he went about upon the walls of the city.

In this episode, we evaluate 5 mistakes that are typically made regarding the time period and identity of the Two Witnesses: 1 historical, 3 exegetical and 1 translational. With those mistakes corrected, the Two Witnesses are identified.

Carlos, Tim, and Hiram discuss whether it’s appropriate for Christians to vote for non-Christians, Trump, or Biden; how to avoid gagging at gnats while swallowing camels; discernment and the media; the 2020 presidential debates and town halls; the Supreme Court and Amy Coney Barrett; China; the Coronavirus COVID-19; and more!

From Tim:

The leftist media and politicians want you to believe that Trump is a racist but that is a lie. Unfortunately, I’ve seen lots of people level this charge because they believe the lie. Most of this stems from Charlottesville. Critics say he referred to white supremacists and neo-Nazis as “very fine people.” It’s hard to believe that people are still spreading that lie.

Here is an honest breakdown of the Charlottesville speech:

https://youtu.be/NM6k8uNAQBA

Here is the original clip so you can fact-check it for yourself:

https://youtu.be/JmaZR8E12bs

During the presidential debate, Trump was asked to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and as the question was being asked, he, without hesitation, said, “Sure.”

Folks, that is a condemnation!

He then said, “Sure, I’m willing to do that,” and drew attention to the reality that mob violence in the cities primarily comes from Antifa and the radical left. He later said, “What do you want me to call them? Give me a name.”

While Trump was trying to engage honestly, the “moderator” Chris Wallace and Biden were playing gotcha. He got sidetracked because of the dishonesty in the question.

First, the question carried the assumption that he hasn’t already and repeatedly condemned white supremacy. Here is a montage of him doing just that:

https://youtu.be/VjXGa14Uwvg

Secondly, the question carried the assumption that the violence is being perpetrated by the far right. That’s what Trump took issue with and unfortunately got sidetracked.

Here is what an honest moderate would have said:

“Mr. Biden, we’ve heard Trump repeatedly condemn white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the KKK. Trump has gone so far as to designate the KKK as a terrorist organization. Yet, you have falsely accused him of not condemning these groups while also pushing the Charlottesville lie repeatedly and have not been willing to condemn Antifa and the radical left. Are you willing to stop lying about your opponent and condemn Antifa?”

That would have been an honest, appropriate question to ask, but what is a political hack like Wallace to do?

You should also remember that while Trump has gone to great lengths to condemn these hateful groups it was Biden who said Antifa is an idea, not an organization. And he got away with it!

Resources

+ https://ivoterguide.com/my-ballot

+ https://gbdeclaration.org/

+ http://deathbychina.com/

+ Trump Plans to Designate Antifa, KKK as ‘Terrorist Organizations,” https://link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/trump-plan-to-designate-antifa-kkk-as-terrorist-organizations_3514620.html

+ https://nypost.com/2020/09/25/trump-to-designate-kkk-antifa-as-terrorist-groups-in-black-empowerment-plan/

+ Why We Need the Electoral College - Tara Ross, https://youtu.be/jG8yFCtwP4c

+ https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=648978979100083&_rdr

+ https://m.facebook.com/watch/?v=794376234645350&_rdr

+ https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/biden-has-earned-11-pinocchios-from-fact-checkers-during-coronavirus-crisis/

+ https://albertmohler.com/2020/09/02/james-lindsay

Tim and Hiram talk about whether or not Christians should be supporting Black Lives Matter. Of course both the host believe that black lives do matter because black people are fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God. Tune in to find out why they take issue with the organization and the support it receives from Christians.

First, it must be contented that the only worldview that can give any meaning to the claim that black lives matter is the Christian worldview. Yet, the BLM organization and it’s leaders are operating from an anti-Christian cultural Marxist worldview. They promote deceptive lies such as white privilege, white guilt, and redefine terms.

The notions of “white privilege” and “white guilt” commit the fallacy of sweeping generalization and are actually rooted in Anti-Christian Marxist ideology that is meant to divide people into classes of oppressed and oppressor.

The idea that white people don’t see it because they are white commits the genetic fallacy.

There is no epistemological foundation by which one can establish the premise of white privilege or white guilt. If one wishes to appeal to a limited set of particular examples in order to substantiate these generalizations then they are committing the fallacy of induction.

Therefore, they are merely assertions that are grounded in fallacious reasoning which consequently result in an indictment of a whole group of people on the basis of their skin color.

https://youtu.be/XeyUAoe9JRw

As Christians we should have a Christian worldview. Christianity is a system of truth and the Bible alone is its objective standard. This means that as Christians we should be able to reason with each other and arrive at the same conclusions. It greatly concerns us that this is not happening amongst Christian brothers and sisters over this current cultural crisis. Instead of turning to God’s word many in the church are turning to Anti-Christian Marxist ideology. They are embracing what has become known as cultural Marxism.

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. - Colossians 2:8
https://religionnews.com/2020/06/15/why-black-lives-matter-is-a-spiritual-movement-says-blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullors/?fbclid=IwAR2PJN-gzhbRjGzp3a26vc8r3Sgauy_IjI4gka7SfdeVIUGrCo14GpMTSks

A Baptist study on the Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 40, held at the Old Paths Christian Church on 6 January 2020. Topics include Christology and the Trinity; ancient creeds and councils; Nestorianism and other ancient heresies; Greek philosophy, essentialism, realism, metaphysics and existence; Roman Catholic teaching; the problem of the one and the many; and more!

Q. 40. Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be God and man in one person? 

A. It was requisite that the Mediator, who was to reconcile God and man, should himself be both God and man, and this in one person, that the proper works of each nature might be accepted of God for us,t and relied on by us, as the works of the whole person.u

(t) Matt 1:21,23; Matt 3:17; Heb 9:14
(u) 1 Pet 2:6

Resources

+https://www.chapellibrary.org/book/lbcw/the-london-baptist-confession-of-faith-of-1689-with-preface-baptist-catechism-and-appendix-on-baptism

+https://reformedbrotherhood.com/trb-113-nestorianism/

“Human nature, therefore, although endowed with intelligence and will, may be, and in fact is, in the person of Christ impersonal. That it is so is the plain doctrine of Scripture, for the Son of God, a divine person, assumed a perfect human nature, and, nevertheless, remains one person.” (Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, https://www.ccel.org/ccel/hodge/theology2.html)

+Bruce Shelley, Church History in Plain Language, Fourth Edition Zondervan Academic, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GCG55EM/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_awdb_t1_x_V8cfEbQNFNPY7

+J.N.D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines: Revised Edition, https://www.amazon.com/dp/006064334X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_YBnNEbZ1WRQ8W

Roger Olson, The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/372001517

+The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology: A Comparison Between Seventeenth-Century Particular Baptist and Paedobaptist Federalism [Revised Edition] by Pascal Denault, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23827777

+Gordon H. Clark, “Atheism,” http://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=50

+Gordon H. Clark, The Trinity, http://www.trinitylectures.org/trinity-the-p-78.html; and The Incarnation, http://www.trinitylectures.org/incarnation-the-p-92.html

A Baptist study on the Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 39, held at the Old Paths Christian Church on 30 December 2019. We covered a myriad of topics including Christology, salvation, Covenant Theology, Dispensationalism, Adam and Even, Moral Law, the Covenant of Works and the works principle, the law/gospel distinction, final judgment, sanctification, the flesh, and more!

Q. 39. Why was it requisite that the Mediator should be man?

A. It was requisite that the Mediator should be man, that he might advance our nature,n perform obedience to the law,o suffer and make intercession for us in our nature,p have a fellow feeling of our infirmities;q that we might receive the adoption of sons,r and have comfort and access with boldness unto the throne of grace.s

(n) Heb 2:16; 2 Pet 1:4
(o) Gal 4:4; Matt 5:17; Rom 5:19; Phil 2:8
(p) Heb 2:14; Heb 7:24-25
(q) Heb 4:15
(r) Gal 4:5
(s) Heb 4:16

Resources

+https://www.apuritansmind.com/westminster-standards/larger-catechism/

+https://www.chapellibrary.org/book/lbcw/the-london-baptist-confession-of-faith-of-1689-with-preface-baptist-catechism-and-appendix-on-baptism

+Carlos Montijo and Tim Shaughnessy, “SRR 85 The Covenant of Works & New Covenant Theology, Part I,” Semper Reformanda Radio, https://thorncrownministries.com/srr/2018/6/24/srr-85-the-covenant-of-works-new-covenant-theology-part-1.

+____“SRR 86 The Covenant of Works & New Covenant Theology, Part II,” https://thorncrownministries.com/srr/2018/7/15/srr-86-a-biblical-defense-for-the-covenant-of-works-part-2.

+Carlos Montijo, “When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, “Final Salvation,” and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day,” https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/5/6/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-i

+https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2017/03/22/semper-reformanda-radio-new-covenant-theology-playlist-resources

+Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/254994425

+Paul Washer, “Being What You Are: Having Too Low a View of Regeneration - Romans 6,” https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=428082310290

+The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology: A Comparison Between Seventeenth-Century Particular Baptist and Paedobaptist Federalism [Revised Edition] by Pascal Denault, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23827777

+Hodge's Commentary on Romans 5, http://www.reformed.org/books/romans/rom_5b_hodge.html

+Richard Barcellos, Getting the Garden Right, https://press.founders.org/shop/getting-the-garden-right/

Ryan Denton leads a study on the Sabbath from the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith for the Old Paths Christian Church on 5 November 2018. This is the first of a series of studies based on the 1689 London Baptist Confession and Westminster Larger Catechism.

Chapter 22: Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day

6. Neither prayer nor any other part of religious worship, is now under the gospel, tied unto, or made more acceptable by any place in which it is performed, or towards which it is directed; but God is to be worshipped everywhere in spirit and in truth;w as in private familiesx daily,y and in secret each one by himself;z so more solemnly in the public assemblies, which are not carelessly nor wilfully to be neglected or forsaken, when God by His word or providence calleth thereto.a'

(w) John 4:21; Mal 1:11; 1 Tim 2:8
(x) Acts 10:2
(y) Matt 6:11; Ps 55:17
(z) Matt 6:6
(a') Heb 10:25; Acts 2:42

7. As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God's appointment, be set apart for the worship of God, so by His Word, in a positive moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, in all ages, He hath particularly appointed one day in seven for a sabbath to be kept holy unto Him,b' which from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ was the last day of the week, and from the resurrection of Christ was changed into the first day of the week, which is called the Lord's Day: c' and is to be continued to the end of the world as a Christian Sabbath, the observation of the last day of the week being abolished.

(b') Exod 20:8
(c') 1 Cor 16:1-2; Acts 20:7; Rev 1:10

8. The sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering their common affairs aforehand, do not only observe an holy rest all day, from their own works, words and thoughts, about their worldly employment and recreations,d' but are also taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of His worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy. e'

(d') Isa 58:13; Neh 13:15-22
(e') Matt 12:1-13

Resources

+https://www.chapellibrary.org/book/lbcw/the-london-baptist-confession-of-faith-of-1689-with-preface-baptist-catechism-and-appendix-on-baptism

+https://founders.org/library/1689-confession/

+https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2017/03/22/semper-reformanda-radio-new-covenant-theology-playlist-resources

+Sam Waldron, The Lord's Day: Its Presuppositions, Proofs, Precedents, and Practice, https://www.chapellibrary.org/book/lday/the-lords-day:-its-presuppositions,-proofs,-precedents,-and-practice

+Richard C. Barcellos, Getting the Garden Right: Adam’s Work and God’s Rest in Light of Christ, https://press.founders.org/shop/getting-the-garden-right/

+http://www.rbap.net/some-thoughts-on-the-remaining-sabbatismos-for-the-people-of-god-heb-49/

+https://cbtseminary.org/response-to-schreiner-on-the-sabbath-1/

+Richard C. Barcellos, “Exodus 16 and the Sabbath,” http://www.rbap.net/1821-2/

+https://reformedarsenal.com/a-call-to-keep-the-sabbath/

+http://www.regularreformed.com/2017/02/13/episode-37-getting-the-garden-right/

Carlos and Tim discuss James White’s recent defense of Doug Wilson over against R. Scott Clark; warn against Jason Petersen and Messianic Jewish Ministries; and continue the series on John Piper’s view of final salvation based on the articles, When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, “Final Salvation,” and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day. They resume Part 2 of the article with:

Fatal Flaw #6: Deadening the Resurrection

References

https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/5/6/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-i

https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/9/16/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-ii

- https://www.aomin.org/aoblog/2020/01/28/cruise-details-joe-biden-tim-keller/

https://thorncrownministries.com/srr/2020/2/4/srr-120-Doug-Wilson-nails-his-coffin

https://thorncrownministries.com/srr/2019/12/18/srr-117-Doug-Wilson-Federal-Vision-James-White

- http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c3a2.htm

-https://youtu.be/l2PMWKmaNSE

https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2019/9/4/contradictions-are-carnal

Soul Sleep: An Unbiblical Doctrine https://www.amazon.com/dp/1795751495/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_UZuPDbVAD7DR6

https://megiddoradio.com/2018/03/09/312-responding-to-john-pipers-latest-comments-on-final-salvation-by-works

Carlos and Hiram continue to elaborate Doug Wilson’s errors, including Wilson’s objections to Brandon Adams’ article, as well as his recent attempts to defend himself and the Federal Vision movement from accusations of false teaching, and his claim that Roman Catholics can be saved.

Also, the latest Episode of Trinity Foundation Radio has been posted. Please join host Steve Matthews as he interviews Carlos Montijo about his Trinity Review "When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, 'Final Salvation,' and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day." See http://trinityfoundation.org/Podcast/TF%20Radio%20Episode%2010%20Carlos%20Montijo.mp3

References (Recommended noted with ‘+’)

- “The Federal Vision with James White and Douglas Wilson,” https://youtu.be/ZWqW41sBdYQ‬

+ Brandon Adams, “Federal Vision Baptists?”, https://contrast2.wordpress.com/2019/12/03/federal-vision-baptists/

+ ——, https://contrast2.wordpress.com/2020/01/16/re-sumpter-white-wilson-on-federal-vision-baptists/

+ John Robbins and Sean Gerety, Not Reformed At All: Medievalism in “Reformed” Churches, http://www.trinitylectures.org/not-reformed-at-all-p-136.html

+ John Otis, Danger In the Camp: An Analysis and Refutation of the Heresies of the Federal Vision, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071V2LNJ5/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_ulD-Db8P2SXNP

+ Dewey Roberts, Historic Christianity and the Federal Vision: A Theological Analysis and Practical Evaluation, https://www.amazon.com/dp/0997266600/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_joD-Db9SNXJJD

+ Sean Gerety on Doug Wilson, https://godshammer.wordpress.com/category/doug-wilson/

- ‪“Chesterton & Tolkien Saved? / Ask Doug,” https://youtu.be/VZLt4Oeh9OE‬

+ January 26, 2018 Show with Dr. Douglas Wilson on “Why I Discontinued Identifying Myself with the Federal Vision” PLUS Dr. Dewey Roberts on “Historic Christianity & the Federal Vision”, http://www.ironsharpensironradio.com/podcast/january-26-2018-show-with-dr-douglas-wilson-on-why-i-discontinued-identifying-myself-with-the-federal-vision-plus-dr-dewey-roberts-on-historic-christianity-the-federal-vision/

+ Hiram Díaz, “A DECEPTIVE TAUTOLOGY”, https://involutedgenealogies.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/a-deceptive-tautology/

+ —— THE GOSPEL IS OF FIRST IMPORTANCE, https://involutedgenealogies.wordpress.com/2019/12/12/the-gospel-is-of-first-importance/

+ —— A Simple Logical Case Against Final Salvation by Works, https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2019/12/14/a-simple-logical-case-against-final-salvation-by-works

+ “Case Closed: A Unified Voice Against the Federal Vision,” http://theologygals.com/2018/08/case-closed-a-unified-voice-against-the-federal-vision/

+ Theology Gals and Dewey Roberts on Federal Vision, http://theologygals.com/?s=Dewey

+ Patrick Hines, BHPC Pulpit Supplemental #1 - Is Doug Wilson Reformed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9S5N6vpb_4&feature=share

+ http://www.moscowid.net/?s=Doug+Wilson

+ https://www.theaquilareport.com/a-question-for-doug-wilson-fans/

+ What’s it Take to Be a Good Writer? https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2012/6/1/What-it-takes-to-be-a-good-writer

In this episode, we discuss the sign Jesus said would indicate that it was time to depart from Judæa—the abomination of desolation, according to Matthew and Mark, and the surrounding of Jerusalem, according to Luke. Under a Danielic construct, the abomination of desolation can be shown to have been erected in a holy place where it ought not be in 41 AD, when the Statue of Jupiter was placed in the synagogue of Doris. But the commentaries largely agree that Jerusalem was surrounded with armies in 70 AD. How could the gospels give two different signs 29 years apart, both being the indication that it was time to leave Judæa? The problem is that historically, eschatologists of every stripe have largely ignored what the Scriptures indicate about the identification of the abomination, and instead assumed that Luke was referring to the siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD, and used that assumption to determine the identity of the abomination of desolation. Based on Luke’s account, the abomination described in Matthew and Mark is taken to refer to something that occurred during or shortly after the Roman siege of Jerusalem in September of 70 AD. We propose, instead, that we should take our understanding of the abomination of desolation from the scriptural accounts of it, and then use the accounts of Matthew and Mark to understand what Jesus meant in Luke 21.

Show Notes:

Wesley’s Commentary on Matthew 24

What is the Abomination of Desolation?, by Daniel Doriani, September 4, 2014 (The Gospel Coalition)

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews

Josephus, Wars of the Jews

Tacitus, Histories

Luke 21, Young’s Literal Translation

Jeremiah 31, Young’s Literal Translation

One of our main cultural taboos is, “Don’t talk about politics or religion,” but the Christian just can’t seem to keep his mouth shut. Join us for the last episode of the decade as Tim Shaughnessy opens up about personal issues and the challenges of sharing your faith with loved ones who don’t want to hear it.

This episode is also brought to you by The Trinity Foundation and we would like to thank Tom Juodaitis for allowing us to publish this Sermon from the late Dr. Richard Bennett titled, “Justification and The Roman Catholic Doctrine of Salvation.”

We would also like to recommend the ministry founded by Dr. Bennett, Berean Beacon.

Are Roman Catholics Saved?

Carlos, Tim, and Hiram discuss James White’s interview of Doug Wilson, including Wilson’s objections to Brandon Adams’ article, as well as Wilson’s recent attempts to defend himself and the Federal Vision movement from accusations of false teaching.

Also, the latest Episode of Trinity Foundation Radio has been posted. Please join host Steve Matthews as he interviews Carlos Montijo about his Trinity Review "When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, 'Final Salvation,' and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day." See http://trinityfoundation.org/Podcast/TF%20Radio%20Episode%2010%20Carlos%20Montijo.mp3

References (Recommended noted with ‘+’)

- “The Federal Vision with James White and Douglas Wilson,” https://youtu.be/ZWqW41sBdYQ‬

+ Brandon Adams, “Federal Vision Baptists?”, https://contrast2.wordpress.com/2019/12/03/federal-vision-baptists/

+ John Robbins and Sean Gerety, Not Reformed At All: Medievalism in “Reformed” Churches, http://www.trinitylectures.org/not-reformed-at-all-p-136.html

+ John Otis, Danger In the Camp: An Analysis and Refutation of the Heresies of the Federal Vision, https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071V2LNJ5/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_ulD-Db8P2SXNP

+ Dewey Roberts, Historic Christianity and the Federal Vision: A Theological Analysis and Practical Evaluation, https://www.amazon.com/dp/0997266600/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdb_t1_joD-Db9SNXJJD

+ Sean Gerety on Doug Wilson, https://godshammer.wordpress.com/category/doug-wilson/

- ‪“Chesterton & Tolkien Saved? / Ask Doug,” https://youtu.be/VZLt4Oeh9OE‬

+ January 26, 2018 Show with Dr. Douglas Wilson on “Why I Discontinued Identifying Myself with the Federal Vision” PLUS Dr. Dewey Roberts on “Historic Christianity & the Federal Vision”, http://www.ironsharpensironradio.com/podcast/january-26-2018-show-with-dr-douglas-wilson-on-why-i-discontinued-identifying-myself-with-the-federal-vision-plus-dr-dewey-roberts-on-historic-christianity-the-federal-vision/

+ Hiram Díaz, “A DECEPTIVE TAUTOLOGY”, https://involutedgenealogies.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/a-deceptive-tautology/

+ —— THE GOSPEL IS OF FIRST IMPORTANCE, https://involutedgenealogies.wordpress.com/2019/12/12/the-gospel-is-of-first-importance/

+ —— A Simple Logical Case Against Final Salvation by Works, https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2019/12/14/a-simple-logical-case-against-final-salvation-by-works

+ “Case Closed: A Unified Voice Against the Federal Vision,” http://theologygals.com/2018/08/case-closed-a-unified-voice-against-the-federal-vision/

+ Theology Gals and Dewey Roberts on Federal Vision, http://theologygals.com/?s=Dewey

+ Patrick Hines, BHPC Pulpit Supplemental #1 - Is Doug Wilson Reformed? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9S5N6vpb_4&feature=share

+ http://www.moscowid.net/?s=Doug+Wilson

+ https://www.theaquilareport.com/a-question-for-doug-wilson-fans/

+ What’s it Take to Be a Good Writer? https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2012/6/1/What-it-takes-to-be-a-good-writer

Carlos, Hiram, and Tim announce Pastor Hines’ departure from the ThornCrown Network and discuss the alleged conversion of Kanye West. Is Kanye a true Christian? Is it too soon to tell? Has he passed the Rich Young Ruler test?

References

https://www.faithwire.com/2019/10/07/pastor-working-with-kanye-west-reveals-details-of-rappers-radical-salvation-several-months-ago

Carlos, Tim, and Hiram continue the series on final salvation based on the articles, When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, “Final Salvation,” and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day. They continue Part 2 of the article with:

Fatal Flaw #6: Deadening the Resurrection

Intro music created by Semiotician, titled "Narratives".

References

https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/5/6/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-i

https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/9/16/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-ii

- http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c3a2.htm

-https://youtu.be/l2PMWKmaNSE

https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2019/9/4/contradictions-are-carnal

Soul Sleep: An Unbiblical Doctrine https://www.amazon.com/dp/1795751495/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_UZuPDbVAD7DR6

https://megiddoradio.com/2018/03/09/312-responding-to-john-pipers-latest-comments-on-final-salvation-by-works

Hiram Diaz joins Carlos to continue the series based on the articles, When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, “Final Salvation,” and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day. They continue Part 2 of the article with:

Fatal Flaw #5: Heaven’s Diaspora

Intro and Outro music created by Semiotician. The opening track is titled "Rushing Out":

https://semiotician.bandcamp.com/track/rushing-out

The closing track is titled "The Hills”:

https://semiotician.bandcamp.com/track/the-hills

References

https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/5/6/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-i

https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/9/16/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-ii

https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2019/9/4/contradictions-are-carnal

Soul Sleep: An Unbiblical Doctrine https://www.amazon.com/dp/1795751495/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_UZuPDbVAD7DR6

https://megiddoradio.com/2018/03/09/312-responding-to-john-pipers-latest-comments-on-final-salvation-by-works/

https://thorncrownministries.com/srr/2018/5/23/tpw-7-misusing-reformed-theologians-past-and-present-in-defense-of-john-pipers-false-gospel 

Carlos discusses Joshua Harris’ recent apostasy beyond the surface level by examining his book, Dug Down Deep. The conclusions may surprise you. Several topics are discussed in a critical, systematic theological fashion, including youth ministry, salvation, justification, sanctification, works, the flesh, repentance and faith, Lordship Salvation, bibliology, transcendence and immanence, confronting opposition, grace alone, law and gospel, and more!

https://twitter.com/cemontijo/status/1155348691785519104?s=21

Our hearts and prayers go out to brother Richard Bennett’s family:

https://bereanbeacon.org

Heidelberg Catechism Q. 26. 

What believest thou when thou sayest, "I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth"?

A. That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (who of nothing made heaven and earth, with all that is in them;a who likewise upholds and governs the same by his eternal counsel and providence)b is for the sake of Christ his Son, my God and my Father;c on whom I rely so entirely, that I have no doubt, but he will provide me with all things necessary for soul and bodyd and further, that he will make whatever evils he sends upon me, in this valley of tears turn out to my advantage;e for he is able to do it, being Almighty God,f and willing, being a faithful Father.g

References

+ Divided the movie, https://youtu.be/3fKsWait2pE

+ http://www.trinitylectures.org/what-is-saving-faith-p-60.html

+ https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2017/04/06/knowledge-faith-marks-true-clarkian

+ https://thorncrownministries.com/srr/2017/02/23/srr-33-deal-lordship-salvation

+ https://thorncrownministries.com/srr/2017/03/09/srr-35-lordship-salvation-controversy-really-saved

+ https://thorncrownministries.com/srr/2018/6/10/srr-83-what-is-doing-the-will-of-my-father-in-heaven-and-demonic-faith

+ https://thorncrownministries.com/polemics

+ https://medium.com/christian-intellectual/the-jesus-storybook-bible-ignores-authorial-intent-to-build-its-own-narrative-41001ab988c4

+ https://www.wretched.org/07-29-2019/

+ http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/2019/08/07/joshua-harris-rainbow-adventure-religious-freedom-critical-theory-and-the-founders-trailer/