What is the meaning of 666?
Multitudes today assume that 666 is a number representing a modern-day beast about to be revealed. Placing the beast in the twenty-first century, however, may well pose insurmountable difficulties....
View ArticleIs the mark of the Beast a microchip?
In October 2004 the Food and Drug Administration approved the marketing of a microchip implantable under the skin of humans for medical identification. Paranoid prophecy pundits immediately began...
View ArticleWho or what is the great prostitute of Revelation 17?
What has puzzled me over the years is not the identity of “the great prostitute,” but how so many could mistake her historical identity. On the one hand, hundreds of prophecy experts misidentify the...
View ArticleWho wrote Revelation?
In the same way that buildings contain clues that unveil the identity of their architects, so too books contain clues that unveil the identity of their authors. In the case of Revelation, three...
View ArticleWas Revelation written before or after the destruction of the temple in AD 70?
Just as it is common to describe Patmos as a barren Alcatraz, misidentify the great prostitute as the Roman Catholic Church, or identify the 144,000 as exclusively Jewish male virgins, so too it is...
View ArticleWhich View of the Millennium is Correct?
Hank addresses the three prominent positions on the Millennium and why he finds problems with all three. Hank also answers questions concerning the Amillennial view. www.equip.org
View ArticleWhere is the Rapture Taught in Scripture?
Hank addresses a caller who wants to know if 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 is describing the Rapture. Hank explains that this passage is dealing with the resurrection and goes on to describe how the...
View ArticleWill there be a future Antichrist?
Hank answers a caller who asks about a future Antichrist, and explains what is meant by the term “Antichrist” as well as the Beast in Revelation. Hank also answers a question about whether or not...
View ArticleMark of the Beast
If the mark of the beast is not a physical mark; how does this relate to what is said about buying and selling in Revelation 13:17? www.equip.org
View ArticleThe Second Coming of Christ
Hank explains that the second coming of Jesus Christ has not yet taken place, but is a future event that we are waiting for.
View ArticleWhy Should I Believe in Hell?
This article first appeared in the Ask Hank column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 1 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to:...
View ArticleThe Perils of Newspaper Eschatology
This article first appeared in the From the Editor column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 24, number 4 (2002). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to:...
View ArticleWhen Truth Gets Left Behind
This article first appeared in the Volume 24 / Number 4 / 2002 issue of the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: www.equip.org...
View ArticleWho Is the Antichrist?
This article first appeared in the Ask Hank column of the Christian Research Journal, volume 28, number 1 (2005). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to:...
View ArticleIs there Evidence for Life after Death?
This article first appeared in the Ask Hank column of the Christian Research Journal, volume29, number5 (2006). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to:...
View ArticleWho Are the Two Witnesses of Revelation?
This article first appeared in the Ask Hank column of the Christian Research Journal, volume30, number3 (2007). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to:...
View ArticleAre Earthquakes Signs of the End Times?
This article first appeared in the Volume 21 / Number 4 / 1999 issue of the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: www.equip.org....
View ArticleDoes the Bible make a distinction between Israel and the Church?
At the heart of a currently popular end–times theology is the belief that God has two distinct people—one of whom must be raptured before God can continue his plan with the other. Rather than teaching...
View ArticleIs “coming on clouds” a reference to Christ’s second coming?
Many modern skeptics, following scholars such as Bertrand Russell and Albert Schweitzer, have believed Jesus to be a false prophet because he predicted his “coming on clouds” within the lifetime of his...
View ArticleWhich generation is “this generation”?
In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened” (Matthew 24:34). Which generation did Jesus have in mind?...
View ArticleWho are the 144,000 of Revelation?
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe there is a “little flock” of 144,000 (Revelation 7:4) who get to go to heaven and a “great crowd’ (Revelation 7:9) of others who are relegated to earth. What does Revelation...
View ArticleWho are the two witnesses of Revelation?
Who are the two witnesses of Revelation? Revelation is an apocalypse. Not just in the sense of recording an unveiling but also in terms of its composition in what might best be described as a language...
View ArticleWho is the Antichrist?
For centuries Christians have speculated about the identity of Antichrist. Likely candidates have included princes and popes of the past as well as potentates and presidents in the present. Rather than...
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