This is Part Three of a three part series on Acts 1:9-11 and the Ascension. It is mainly concerned with the question by critics about what the phrase "in like manner" means here. In what sense will the Parousia occur "in like manner" to the Ascension? There is only one PDF for all three parts of this series. Email us if you would like to have a copy of the PDF lesson outline: "Acts 1:9-11 In Like Manner" on 9/18/2011. Please request it by title and date. Here is our email address: preterist1@preterist.org
Similar Posts
Rom 12 – Bodies as Living Sacrifices
As Douglas Moo notes in his Romans commentary, "Romans 12:1-2 is one of the best-known passages in the New Testament." Here Paul urges the Roman saints to present their bodies as living sacrifices to God, and be transformed by a renewal of their minds. Since some of the Collective Body advocates use this text to…
Cestius Gallus Fiasco (AD 66)
We look at the early months of the Jewish rebellion (August through December AD 66). We notice how the Zealots quickly organized their government and prepared for the Roman attack. The Roman Legate in Antioch, Cestius Gallus, did not waste any time responding to the rebellion, but his attack on Jerusalem was mismanaged from start…
Paul's Voyage to Rome (AD 60-61)
We cover the events mentioned in Acts 27-28, from the last few months of Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea, until he was sent to Rome by Festus the Roman Governor (or Procurator). We discuss the whole voyage, especially the shipwreck on the island of Malta. There is a PDF lesson outline available for this podcast. Send…
Times of the Gentiles (Lk 21.24)
Premillennialists connect the “Times of the Gentiles” (Lk 21:24) with the “fullness of the Gentiles” (Rom 11:25), and claim that both texts will only be fulfilled after “all Israel” has accepted Jesus as Messiah, returned to the land of Israel, and rebuilt the temple. They see the “times of the Gentiles” as being the whole…
Abomination and Lawlessness – AD 66
If you are interested in considering some possible fulfillments of the Abomination of Desolation and the Man of Lawlessness, this podcast is for you. We look at how Gessius Florus, the Roman procurator over Judea in AD 66, attempted to rob the temple of all of its imageless coinage and force the Jews to bring…
Romans – Definition of Body
We first look at the lexical definition of the Greek word SOMA (body), as it relates to the uses of that word in the book of Romans. Paul uses the word "body" thirteen times in the book of Romans. We briefly look at each of those thirteen verses to determine how each of them are…