Kenneth A. Strand
Kenneth A. Strand, Ph.D., is professor of church history, SDA Theological Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Uniqueness of Christianity
SOME time ago a rather astonished church member handed me a little book the avowed message of which was to prove by reference to the Dead Sea scrolls that Jesus Christ was not the divine Son of God! This book was supposed to demonstrate scholarship, and its author undoubtedly produced what to many would seem a rather plausible case. But in reality how sound is the claim, even from the purely critical standpoint?
Literary Structure—a Key to Interpreting the Revelation
How does the literary structure of Revelation contribute to understanding the book's content.
Apocalyptic prophecy and the church--2
Daniel, Paul, and John the revelator all depict an anti-divine power to arise after the decline of the Roman Empire. The end-time judgment, which involves both investigative and executive phases, vindicates God's people and pronounces against this power a verdict patterned after the law of malicious witness of Deuteronomy.