It is little wonder that brethren at the Bellview Lectures have difficulty with the resurrection. They have challenges with the establishment of the kingdom, believing it was all consummated in 30AD. Charles Pogue seems to have no understanding of a transition or the progressive establishment of the church.
He argues the hour was imminent for the “spiritual resurrection” but separates it from the latter part of the text creating two resurrections, a spiritual one firt and a physical one later. He again argues the kingdom was at hand, fully established on Pentecost, never even citing Lk. 21:31. He also does not call attention to the same use of at hand to refer to the parousia or coming of the Lord in such texts as Jas. 5:7-8, 1 Pet. 4:7 and many others.
He asked about Acts 2:38 and the remission of sins, but would not read through to Acts 3:19 which states that sins would be “blotted out” at the restoration of all things when times of refreshing would come from the “presence” of the Lord, i.e. when God would send Christ to them.
John 5:28-29 is a quote from Daniel 12:2. But so is Rom. 13:1-12, which says the resurrection was at hand and that they were in the “last hour”. That is after Pentecost, thus after the “spiritual resurrection” which he affirmed was already in progress. So, now he has three resurrections and three hours unless he begins to do some consolidation.
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