Take a look at brother David Wayne’s site for his conviction on
Reformed amillennialism and his reasoning behind the binding of Satan.
The first post is mostly anecdotal while his second is more an
apologetic of his thinking. One of the things that stood out for me was
David’s use of the recapitulation method of interpretation of
Scripture, which I find faulty.
A kiss has many meanings in Scripture. Joseph kissed all his brethren
as a token of reconciliation ({{Gen. 45:15}}). Orpah kissed Naomi, but
returned to her paganism in Moab, while Ruth “clave†to her
mother-in-law ({{Ruth 1:14}}). David kissed Jonathan in their final
farewell—a kiss of friendship ({{1 Sam. 20:41}}). The father of the
prodigal son “fell on his neck and kissed him†on the son’s return
({{Lk. 15:20}}). In the Church, Paul admonished believers to “greet ye
one another with an holy kiss†({{1 Cor. 16:20}}).
Recently someone asked me a question about verses that “sound really weird”. I could understand
the concern—especially when you find yourself listening to some
charismatic speaker (repeatedly) justifying his position from one verse
in Scripture. Sure, its bad form to do that sort of thing, but it still
leaves you wondering—what’s the deal with those verses in italics or
between the brackets in your Bible and do we need them?
The Lord’s death and resurrection, when viewed in connection with the
Old Testament dispensation, summed it up and brought it to an end. The
Lord remained on earth for forty days after His resurrection to prepare
His disciples for the new age of grace. During these days there were
appearances and disappearances. The appearances were necessary in order
to prove again and again that He was indeed risen from the dead. The
disappearances were necessary in order to school His disciples to live
by faith and not by sight since His bodily presence was soon to be
taken away. In this period there were seven important openings.({{Acts
1:3}})
So many thoughts come rushing in when you’re sitting at a funeral. It’s
like a whirlwind, really, looking at faces and wondering what’s going
in his or her mind or how is this person staying strong. Sometimes
you’ll catch snippets of conversation, reflections on “how great” the
deceased looks. I found myself tapping into that whirlwind to try to
suppress the sensation of self-loathing that I felt caught somewhere
between my eyes and throat.