Randall Johnson

What is Purgatory?

Death Eschatology Theology Questions
/ By Randall Johnson

Question: What is Purgatory and isn’t it contradictory to the Gospel? Answer: Purgatory is found in the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a doctrine of the existence of an intermediate state,

Is it possible the kingdom has already come?

Question: Can you explain Matthew 16:28 (“Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”) to me. Is it possible that His kingdom

Will we be married in heaven?

Eschatology Family Theology Questions
/ By Randall Johnson

Question: When we reach heaven, will we join our spouse there, or is it “’till death do us part”? If we do join our spouse for eternity in heaven, what of the people who remarried after being widowed? Answer:

Will we recognize one another in heaven?

Eschatology Theology Questions
/ By Randall Johnson

Question: Often, when someone dies, the survivors say, “We’ll get to see him/her again in heaven.” Is there any Biblical support that Christians who knew each other on earth will recognize or know

Is the President of Iran the antichrist?

Eschatology Theology Questions
/ By Randall Johnson

Question: Is the President of Iran, who’s visiting New York right now, the anti-Christ that is going to come into play before Jesus returns? There’s something so strange about him and something that

Should Christians be concerned about global warming?

Question: Recently I have heard a lot in the media about the issue of so-called “Global Warming” and it makes me afraid for my children’s future here on earth. I don’t think this issue is mentioned

Is Hell eternal or do those who do not choose Christ just cease to exist?

Question: How should we think of hell from God’s perspective? Answer: There are four words used in the Bible for the place of the dead, Sheol, the Hebrew term for the grave and also for the place of

Are there degrees of punishment in hell?

Question: Will there be degrees of punishment in the lake of fire according to a person’s deeds? Answer: I believe there will be. Here is the line of evidence. When Jesus addressed the unrepentant cities

Are we living in the last days?

Question: Do you think we are living in the last days? I do, but some people don’t. I had dinner last night with girlfriends and one of them said she did not believe it at all, that people have always

Can We Be Booted Out of Heaven Like Satan Was?

Eschatology Satan Theology Questions
/ By Randall Johnson

Question: Were angels created on the first day when God made the heavens and earth? Or do we know when they were created? Also, if Lucifer could be kicked out of heaven, is the reason we can’t be

What Did Jesus Mean When He Said He Would Come on the Clouds?

Eschatology Theology Questions
/ By Randall Johnson

Question: Will we see the Mighty One and Jesus in the clouds upon His return? Matthew 26:64 says, “Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the

What is the meaning of the second death in Revelation 20:11?

Question: I just found something about the “Second Death“, Rev 2:11… I checked the concordance and it seems that the meaning is “The Lake of Fire“… but honestly, I still do not understand What’s

Are We Making Too Much of an Obscure Reference to the Rapture?

Eschatology Theology Questions
/ By Randall Johnson

Questions: Where does the idea of the RAPTURE come into Christian philosophy when it is not located in Revelation, by which we place so much of the final times idea, but mentioned only once in Paul’s

Was Matthew 24 Fulfilled at the Destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70?

Question: I had an interesting conversation with someone last week who said this passage in Matthew 24 was about the fall of Jerusalem not the rapture or end times. What do you think? 1 Jesus left the

Will There Be Winter in the Earthly Kingdom?

Question: I see many Watchtower articles depicting a lovely summer like landscape with kids playing with lions, tigers and bears, and everyone has a gleeful look on their face. We are experiencing a very

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