THE RETURN OF JESUS
What does the Bible
actually say?
No denominational test. No prophecy chart you have to accept first. Just the text, the history, the evidence — and the questions.
“Don’t believe me because I wrote it.”
Read the sources. Follow the references. Check the argument.
THREE WAYS INTO THE QUESTION
Three ways into the question
01
What the Text Says
Read the major passages before forcing them into a prophecy system.
In preparation02
How We Got Here
Trace manuscripts, translations, church history, and the development of modern end-times teaching.
In preparation03
Test the Claims
Take familiar claims — the rapture, tribulation, Daniel’s seventieth week, Antichrist, and related teachings — and examine the evidence for and against them.
In preparationA NOTE ON CERTAINTY
Separate what we know
from what we infer.
TEXTUAL FACT
What a source demonstrably says or what historical evidence establishes.
STRONG INFERENCE
A conclusion supported by multiple pieces of evidence but still requiring interpretation.
DISPUTED INTERPRETATION
A reading on which serious interpreters disagree.
MY OPINION
A conclusion or theory clearly identified as personal interpretation rather than fact.
QUESTIONS WORTH ASKING
Questions worth asking
Research in preparation. Draft previews are available to signed-in editors.
Daniel 9:27
Who is the “he”? IN PREPARATIONMatthew 24
What sequence does Jesus actually describe? IN PREPARATION1 Thessalonians 4
What does the passage say about gathering and return? IN PREPARATIONTranslation
When does interpretation become doctrine? IN PREPARATIONHistory
How did modern pre-tribulation teaching develop? IN PREPARATIONWHY THIS EXISTS
I didn’t stop asking questions about the Bible.
I reached a point where I could no longer pretend that questions I believed mattered had already been settled simply because someone else said they had.
This site is not a list of grievances and it is not an attempt to tell you what you must believe. It is an attempt to examine the text carefully, distinguish evidence from interpretation, and leave enough room for the reader to check the work.
THE REVISED BOOK
A question
still open.
TEMPORARY COVER
PLACEHOLDER
THE BOOK THAT STARTED THE QUESTION
Years ago, I wrote because I thought I had found answers.
Years of further study gave me better questions. The revised book will document that journey — sources, arguments, uncertainties and all.