In this episode we focus on the historical gap in typical eschatologies that are able to identify the transitions in Daniel’s vision of chapter 2—from Gold to Silver, from Silver to Bronze, and from Bronze to Iron—but are less sure on the transitions from Iron to Iron & Clay, and from Feet to Toes. We examine the Scriptural evidence to show that the period of the Feet must have begun in 69 AD, shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem, and the period of the Toes must have begun in 293 AD. We also discuss Daniel’s focus not only imperial succession, but also on imperial transition throughout his visions, and in a sidebar discussion, we evaluate the traditional dating of the Book of Revelation. By identifying the transitions from Legs to Feet, and from Feet to Toes, we can clearly identify in the period of the Feet the Heavenly Kingdom that was not of earth, and distinguish it from the earthly kingdom set up during the period of the Toes, that was not of heaven .

In this episode, we analyze the conversion testimonies of Jeff Cavins, former nondenominational pastor who reverted back to Roman Catholicism, and Dr. Joseph Johnson, a former Presbyterian minister. Both men related a dramatic experience with the Eucharist, each thinking that he had encountered an ancient apostolic truth. Neither realized that the “ancient apostolic” liturgy he encountered was actually a novelty of the latter part of the fourth century, and some of the “ancient” practices Jeff Cavins rediscovered actually originated in the 5th and 11th centuries. In both cases, they thought they were returning to the teachings of the early church fathers, and believed that by becoming Roman Catholics, they were finally “deep in history.” As we point out in this episode, both were still quite shallow in their knowledge of history—which is a prerequisite for converting to Rome.

In this episode we highlight the Roman Catholic argument that Daniel foresaw Roman Catholicism as the earthly manifestation of the heavenly kingdom to be established by Christ during the Feet of the statue of Daniel 2, and during the period of the Fourth Beast in Daniel 7. According to that interpretation, Daniel saw Christ’s Church as the earthly successor to the Roman Empire, and thus, prodigal Protestants must come home to Rome to be reconciled to the Heavenly Kingdom Christ established. Many otherwise intelligent Protestants fall for that argument, but it is built upon an impossible paradox. The Roman Catholic argument assumes the Stone of Daniel 2 only strikes the statue once. Upon inspection, however, the Stone actually strikes the statue twice, and what Daniel revealed to us was not that Christ’s Earthly Kingdom was to succeed the Roman Empire, but rather that the immediate successor to the fourth earthly empire was a diabolical fifth earthly empire that citizens of Christ’s Heavenly Kingdom must avoid at all costs. Christ’s earthly reign does not occur until after the second strike of the Stone, and we are currently living between the two strikes. To long for Christ’s earthly kingdom to appear prior to the second strike is to long for Antichrist, which is precisely what Protestant converts to Roman Catholicism have done.

We have covered the Seventy Week Prophecy of Daniel 9, and we have covered the Leviticus 26 protocol which required the Jews to be punished for their disobedience, and further required that they be punished seven-fold for failing to repent. That is how we know that the Seventy Weeks Prophecy of Daniel 9 is related to the Seventy Year Prophecy in Jeremiah 25 and 29. But when did the 70 years take place? Jeremiah's 70-year prophecy is one of the most baffling in all of scriptures because the Jews were not in captivity for 70 years, the city of Jerusalem did not lay in desolation for 70 years and Nebuchadnezzar and his sons did not even reign for 70 years before Darius the Mede and Cyrus of Persia became kings after them. And yet Jeremiah said the 70 years would happen, and Zechariah said the 70 years had happened. With a little analysis, we can find the exact, literal 70 year period of Jeremiah’s prophecy from the Scriptures.

In this episode, host Timothy F. Kauffman concludes his analysis of Fr. Ray Ryland’s claims to have found papal authority in the early church by walking the listener through Constantine’s judicial reforms and how they related to the trial of Athanasius. Ryland claimed that there was an ancient custom of the Bishop of Rome being the final arbiter of ecclesiastical disputes, that Athanasius was exonerated and returned to his episcopal seat in Alexandria as soon as Bishop Julius of Rome ruled on his case, and that Julius claimed his judicial authority over the other bishops based on a custom that had been received from the Apostle Peter. None of those claims is true. Kauffman then walks the listener through a brief summary of Ryland’s arguments to show that the Roman Catholic apologist can only find Papal Roman authority in the recesses his own imagination.

In this  episode, Timothy F. Kauffman continues his analysis of the arguments from former Episcopalian, Ray Ryland, who converted to Roman Catholicism based, in part, on the evidence for Papal, Roman authority in the early church. Ryland’s arguments are examined in the original context of the writings he cites, and Kauffman shows that Ryland converted to Roman Catholicism based either on ignorance, a lie, or both. In part II, we cover Ryland’s arguments from the controversy of Paul of Samosata, the heretic Bishop of Antioch during the time of Dionysius, Bishop of Rome (c. 260 A.D.). We also cover Ryland's claim that Sylvester, Bishop of Rome, presided at the Council of Nicæa (325 A.D.) through Bishop Hosius of Cordoba, claiming that Hosius was Sylvester's representative at the Council, and that general councils only confirm the teachings of a Roman Bishop.

In this inaugural episode, Timothy F. Kauffman analyzes the arguments from former Episcopalian, Ray Ryland, who converted to Roman Catholicism based, in part, on the evidence for Papal, Roman authority in the early church. Ryland’s arguments are examined in the original context of the writings he cites, and Kauffman shows that Ryland converted to Roman Catholicism based either on ignorance, a lie, or both. In part I, we cover Ryland’s arguments from the writings of Roman Bishops Clement (c. 90 A.D.), Victor (c. 190 A.D.) and Dionysius (c. 260 A.D.).

In this week’s episode, Timothy Kauffman continues with his discussion on the 2,300, the 1,290 and the 1,335 days of the 70th Week of Daniel. After summarizing our previous discussion on the 2,300 evening and mornings, and the 3 1/2 year period that was 1,290 days long, we proceed into a discussion the 1,335 days, and why there were an additional 45 days of difficulty for the Jews even after the 70 “weeks” were over, and the sanctuary had been cleansed and the altar had been rededicated. After completing the discussion on the 1,335 days, we turn our attention to Jesus’ warning in the gospels that the abomination of desolation foretold by Daniel would return within one generation. The abomination of desolation was a statue of Jupiter erected by Antiochus IV in 167 B.C., and within on generation of Jesus’ prophecy, the statue of Jupiter returned to Israel, and from that point the situation in Judæa began to deteriorate rapidly, just as Jesus had warned.

In this episodes=, Tim Kauffman answers some questions from a listener about the books of the Maccabees and the historicist school of eschatology, and then introduces us to the concept of intercalation, the Jewish practice of adding an additional month to the calendar every few years, as well as the ancient Jewish practice of commemorating the Akedah, or the Binding of Isaac, or the “ashes of Isaac” on Rosh Hashanah. With these two key concepts of intercalation and the Binding of Isaac, we are able to pinpoint to the day exactly when the first armed conflict took place against the Jews and the Temple during the 70th week of Daniel, and with that information, we can show that there would have been 2,300 literal days from the time of the first assault on the temple on Rosh Hashanah in 170 BC until the rededication of the altar in 164 BC as prophesied in Daniel 8:14. Also, by understanding the concept of intercalation, we are able to show why a 3 1/2 year period in Daniel 12:7 is described as 1,290 days in Daniel 12:11, instead of the 1,260 as we might have expected. Using this information we are able to show that Antiochus the IV's decree to forbid sacrifices to anyone else but Jupiter would have occurred on the Ides of June, the Festival of Jupiter Invictus, in 167 BC., 1290 days prior to the rededication of the temple.

This week Tim Kauffman walks us through the final week of Gabriel’s prophecy, showing that the Seventieth Week of Daniel was to follow the Sixty Two weeks, just as Gabriel prophesied, rather than following the Sixty Nine Weeks as is traditionally assumed. Tim Kauffman walks us through the seven year confirmation of a covenant between the Jews and the gentiles, during which the people, the city and the sanctuary in Jerusalem were re-desolated, including a decree in the middle of the week prohibiting sacrifices, and finally, the recovery of the Temple Mount by the Jews, followed by the cleansing of the sanctuary in accordance with Daniel 8:14 and the rededication and anointing of the “most holy”—the altar—in accordance with Daniel 9:24 and the Lord’s instructions in Ezekiel 43. All of this happened under the old covenant in a Mosaic, Levitical context, just as Daniel foretold.

In addition to Tim Kauffman’s teaching here we would also like to recommend his blog Out of His Mouth to our listeners.

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This week Tim Kauffman walks us through the Seventy Weeks prophecy in Daniel 9 showing that Gabriel actually states that the Seventy Weeks are cut up, or divided, and then proceeds to describe them as cut up and divided into three separate sets of Weeks. Historically, eschatologists have tried to put the sevens back together again to make them fit Christ, but instead we ought to do as Gabriel did, which is leave them cut up. When we cut them up the way Gabriel did, we find that each set of weeks has its own starting point and its own fulfillment under the Mosaic covenant, ultimately leading us to the identification of the Abomination of Desolation that Jesus said would return within one generation as a sign of Jerusalem’s impending destruction. In addition to Tim Kauffman’s teaching here we would also like to recommend his blog Out of His Mouth to our listeners.

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Join Tim Shaughnessy and Tim Kauffman for this weeks episode of Semper Reformanda Radio as Tim Kauffman leads us once again in our discussion on eschatology. In addition to Tim Kauffman’s teaching here we would also like to recommend his blog Out of His Mouth to our listeners.

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Join Tim Shaughnessy and Tim Kauffman for this weeks episode of Semper Reformanda Radio as Tim Kauffman leads us once again in our discussion on eschatology.

In addition to Tim Kauffman’s teaching here we would also like to recommend his blog Out of His Mouth to our listeners.

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Join Tim Shaughnessy and Tim Kauffman for this weeks episode of Semper Reformanda Radio as Tim Kauffman leads us once again in our discussion on eschatology. Our text for this week is Jeremiah 24:5-7.

5 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. 6 I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 7 I will give them a heart to know that I am the LORD, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart. 

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Join Tim Shaughnessy and Tim Kauffman for this weeks episode of Semper Reformanda Radio as Tim Kauffman leads us once again in our discussion on eschatology and the book of Daniel.

In addition to Tim Kauffman’s teaching here we would also like to recommend his blog Out of His Mouth to our listeners.

Also be sure to take advantage of Reformation @ 500 book sale by going to the Trinity Foundation book store. You can find many of the books at 50% off, but this promotional sale ends on December 31st so take advantage now.

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Join Tim Shaughnessy and Tim Kauffman for this weeks episode of Semper Reformanda Radio as Tim Kauffman leads us in our discussion on eschatology and the book of Daniel. Our primary text for this week is Daniel 8:9-12.

9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.

10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.

11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.

12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.

In addition to Tim Kauffman’s teaching here we would also like to recommend his blog Out of His Mouth to our listeners.

Also be sure to take advantage of Reformation @ 500 book sale by going to the Trinity Foundation book store. You can find many of the books at 50% off, but this promotional sale ends on December 31st so take advantage now.

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Join Tim Shaughnessy and Tim Kauffman for this weeks episode of Semper Reformanda Radio as Tim Kauffman leads us in our discussion on eschatology and the book of Daniel. Our primary text for this week is Daniel 11:29-31.

29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

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Join Tim Shaughnessy and Tim Kauffman for the fifth episode in this exciting series in Eschatology. This week we continue in the book of Daniel as Tim Kauffman leads our discussion and challenges the historical understanding of chapter 11. As always we want to thank Tim Kauffman and recommend his blog whitehorseblog.com to our listeners.

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Join Tim Shaughnessy and Tim Kauffman for the fourth episode in this exciting series in Eschatology. This week we continue in the book of Daniel as Tim Kauffman leads our discussion and challenges the historical understanding of chapter 11. As always we want to thank Tim Kauffman and recommend his blog whitehorseblog.com to our listeners.

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