Dr. James White answers this question: What is the relationship between apologetics and local church membership? Dr. White’s strong doctrine of the local church comes through loud and clear.
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Recently, I spoke at a conference on the subject of my recent book by Free Grace Press, The Doctrine of Last Things: An Optimistic Amillennial View. Following up my lectures on the “Two Ages” (See my book, chapters 3-5.), there was a Q&A in which I answered questions submitted in writing before the Q&A. I thought the questions I was asked were typical of the kind of things being raised more widely with regard to this subject.
Paradise is hardly a fitting word for a place, however pleasant, which keeps people out of God’s glorious presence. But it is the perfect word for the heavenly place of full communion between God and his saints, Eden restored and perfected.
I object to the teaching that deceased Old Testament saints were confined in Sheol prior to Christ’s death and resurrection.