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Description: The Present Reality of Our Eternal Inheritance in Christ explores how Christians’ inheritance was fully established by AD 136, challenging common views about unfulfilled prophecy. Using engaging metaphors like tracking packages and discovering trust funds, this presentation examines how the Stone struck in AD 70 and completed its work through the Bar Kokhba catastrophe of AD 132-136.
The talk uniquely identifies the fourth kingdom not as Rome but as late Second Temple period Judea, tracing its progression through the Hasmonean rule, Herodian dynasty, and the Judaeo-Idumean war coalition. It highlights the ironic role of the “Fourth Philosophy” Zealots in fulfilling prophecies they misunderstood.
Related Tracts from True Christian Press:
- Objections to Atavist Eschatology Context, Scope & Proximity
- The Eisegesis of Futurism and Pseudo-Apocalyptic Hopes
- The Thousand Years Reign—According to the Bible
- CENI, Eschatology & New Testament Hamartiology
- Interpretive Rules & Doctrinal Guidelines that do not apply to New Testament Christians
- Addressing Any Misgivings About the Atavist Approach to Bible Prophecy
- “This Generation” in the New Testament
- Five Approaches to the Four Views
- The Bible & the Hasmonean State
- The Sudden Rise & Fall of Second Century Israel: Should Christians Agree on Prophetic History?
Closing Thoughts
Our journey through fulfilled prophecy leads us not to disappointment but to deeper appreciation of God’s faithfulness. Like finding a treasure map and discovering the X marks where we already stand, understanding historical fulfillment enriches rather than diminishes our inheritance.
The New Testament’s promises found their completion by AD 136, yet this completion opens doors rather than closes them. We live not in a waiting room but in the eternal kingdom, not anticipating inheritance but stewarding it. The Great Mountain period isn’t a prelude to something else - it is the something else that Daniel foresaw.
When we grasp that we’re not waiting for the Stone to strike or the Mountain to fill the earth, but living in the age of that Mountain’s enlargening dominion, our perspective shifts from anticipation to participation. Our faith isn’t built on future expectations but on historical fulfillment, giving us confidence that God keeps His promises exactly as and when He said He would.
This understanding frees us to live fully in our present reality - citizens of an eternal kingdom, members of Christ’s bride, and heirs of promises already secured. The question isn’t “What’s left to wait for?” but rather “How shall we live as Christians in light of what’s already ours?”