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From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com. 12/6/2024. Prompt: How did Hal Lindsey explain why he was wrong and the end did not come? Hal Lindsey, a prominent dispensationalist author and speaker, faced significant criticism after the events he predicted in his best-selling 1970 book The Late Great Planet Earth did not come to […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com. 12/6/2024. Prompt: How do those who believe in the rapture and tribulations calculate the 1290 days in Daniel? Cite the various calculations and different dates along with who believed and promoted the different results. Include all sources in a list at the end of the response. The […]
Continue ReadingNote – The Olivet Discourses are also in Mark 13, and Luke 21. This post addresses on Matthew Chapter 24. From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – What do critical bible scholars see as the possible background and writer’s source for Matthew chapter 24. Included in this post are two follow-up prompts. Critical Bible […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com The use of the word Rapture in relation to the end times can be traced back to the rise of premillennial dispensationalism in the 19th century, particularly through the teachings of John Nelson Darby (1800–1882), a leader in the Plymouth Brethren movement. Darby popularized the concept of […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Here is the Old Testament context for the passages Matthew cites as fulfilled prophecy in his birth narrative. Each reference includes an explanation of the original Old Testament context and its alignment (or misalignment) with Matthew’s application. 1. The Virgin Birth: Fulfillment of Isaiah 7:14 “All this […]
Continue ReadingMatthew’s Nativity Story, Critically Examined – January 2, 2015 by Paul Davidson From Luke’s Nativity Story, Critically Examined – An excellent article dated January 3, 2016 by Paul Davidson with much more than the extracted title, intro, and table below. Comparison with Matthew’s Nativity Story It is impossible to harmonize Luke’s story with Matthew’s. While there are some […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – Compare Matthew Chapter 24 with the book of Daniel citing parallels and differences. Include all scriptures from the ASV. Matthew 24 and the book of Daniel are rich in prophetic content and share many parallels, especially concerning themes like the end times, tribulation, and the […]
Continue ReadingSee the post at this site here for more details about Matthew 24’s relationship to the Book of Daniel. From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com. 12/5/2024. First Prompt – What are the signs given in the Bible for the end times? Cite the sources and any scripture using the ASV. The Bible provides […]
Continue Reading16,609,571 views Dec 22, 2020. Part one of FRONTLINE’s four-hour series on the rise of Christianity examines how Judaism and the Roman empire shaped Jesus’ life and traces the beginnings of the “Jesus Movement” in those early years before it was called Christianity. First broadcast in 1998, “From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians” is […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains very good information by Lawrence Mykytiuk who is Emeritus Professor of Library Science and former Associate Professor of History (courtesy) at Purdue University. He holds a Ph.D. in Hebrew and Semitic Studies and is the author of Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200–539 B.C.E. (2004). His five publications at BAR that identify […]
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