Dr. Dave Mathewson. Dave currently teaches at Denver Seminary and has taught for years at Gordon College. He has a Ph. D. from the University of Aberdeen, and his publications include “Verbal Aspect in the Book of Revelation” and “A New Heaven and a New Earth: The Meaning and Function of the Old Testament in Revelation 21:1-22:5” and more recently “Intermediate Greek Grammar” (Baker, 2016) and Voice and Mood: A Linguistic Approach (2021). These videos were taped and posted by Ted Hildebrandt for biblicalelearning.org.
Where is His Coming? - Delay of the Parousia
Dr. Dave Mathewson, Where is His Coming? Session 1, Problem and Solutions
(57 mins) Audio mp3
Dr. Dave Mathewson, Where is His Coming? Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching
(57 mins) Audio mp3
Dr. Dave Mathewson, Where is His Coming? Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the Teaching of Paul
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Dr. Dave Mathewson, Where is His Coming? Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in the General Epistles
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Dr. Dave Mathewson, Where is His Coming? Session 5, Parousia, the Pastoral Implications
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The New Testament contains numerous statements by Jesus and New Testament authors that seem to suggest that Jesus was coming back soon, in their lifetime! But two thousand years later here we still are. How do we handle this apparent “”failed prophecy””? Did Jesus and his followers get it wrong? Did they miscalculate the timing of Jesus’ return? Or were Jesus and the authors of the New Testament anticipating something else? The purpose of this book is to examine this issue by looking in detail at the New Testament texts that seem to promise that Christ is coming back right away. It will provide a possible answer to these questions in light of the tension between the promised imminent return of Christ and its delay. “”Why did Jesus say that some of those standing with him would not taste of death until they had seen the Son of Man coming in his kingdom? Why did the early apostles record that Christ was coming back soon, yet embed in those same biblical texts hints that there would be a delay? Mathewson beautifully balances the blessed hope of Christ’s imminent return with the delay of the kingdom’s final consummation.”” –Ted Hildebrandt, Gordon College “”One of the common charges these days by the more outspoken critics of biblical Christianity is that it is absurd still to talk about Christ coming back soon, as the Bible does, nearly two thousand years after his death . . . The point of NT eschatology is consistently to encourage holy living, not to satisfy date-setters’ curiosity. Rarely can one call so slim a volume comprehensive, but Mathewson really does cover all the necessary bases. Highly to be recommended.”” –Craig L. Blomberg, Denver Seminary “”Mathewson’s Where is the Promise of His Coming? examines an age-old question that hasn’t been sufficiently addressed by evangelical scholarship: why has Jesus’s return been delayed? Mathewson proves a wise and reliable guide through the various New Testament texts on the subject . . . Superb scholarship in service of the church is what you have in Mathewson’s work, and I wholeheartedly recommend it!”” –J. Scott Duvall, Ouachita Baptist University David L. Mathewson is Associate Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary in Littleton, CO, and the author of a number of books and articles on the book of Revelation.
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Disclaimer: In order to get the English text, the audio was run through Speech-to-Text AI software (hence there may be errors). I checked the English, but the truth is I’m an inept editor (hence there may be errors). It was then translated by Google Translate (hence there may be errors). Hopefully, while not perfect, it will be good enough to be helpful. Text-to-Speech AI will be the next step in a few months. Thanks for putting up with my limitations, but I hope that this will open up Dr. Mathewson’s excellent teaching to other languages and cultural contexts.
Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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Session 1, Problem and Solutions (57 mins)
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Session 2, Delay of the Parousia in Jesus’ Teaching (24 mins.)
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Session 3, Delay of the Parousia in the teaching of Paul (50 mins.)
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Session 4, Delay of the Parousia in General Epistles and Revelation (28 mins)
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Session 5, Parousia the Pastoral Implications (52 mins.)
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