{"id":68,"date":"2026-06-29T20:29:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peak.sitedrafted.com\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:07:18","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peak.sitedrafted.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"68\" class=\"elementor elementor-68\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27b93d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27b93d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1870390 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1870390\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Story<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0521e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0521e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why \"The Gospel Revolution\"?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddf69e5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ddf69e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dce141e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dce141e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One man. One verse. A lifetime of assumptions turned upside down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20952a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20952a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1ca1b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d1ca1b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcac210 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fcac210\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Story<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfa24e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dfa24e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Lifetime of \"Not Yet\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4af212 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e4af212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-554629b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"554629b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For most of my adult life I have heard and was taught that Jesus Christ had not finished his gospel mission and that he still had to come back to finish the job. The unfinished job was judging the earth and mankind. At the end of the judgment would come destruction of the world and sinners.<\/p><p>A vast majority of Christian churches and denominations teach a future return of Jesus Christ. They&#8217;ve been doing so for almost 2,000 years.<\/p><p>It took less than 500 years from the last old covenant prophet to Jesus Christ&#8217;s arrival. It has now been 2,000 years since Jesus Christ walked the earth \u2014 which is four times longer than what the Old Testament prophets said it would take for Jesus Christ to arrive.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df7903d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df7903d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c34dc7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c34dc7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88852f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"88852f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Matthew 24:34<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-474960d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"474960d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jesus Christ spoke of the last days of the Jewish nation in Matthew 24. Jesus told his audience in verse 34 that there were some standing there who would still be living to see the events he had just described unfold. The Gospel Revolution is built around verse 34 because it believes Jesus at his word.<\/p><p>The Gospel Revolution centers on Matthew 24 and 25, especially 24:34. Why? Because if Jesus was right \u2014 and the generation standing before him did not pass away before everything he described took place \u2014 then almost everything the modern church teaches about the &#8220;end times&#8221; must be re-examined from the ground up.<\/p><p>This site exists to do that work, publicly and without apology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-081db0c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"081db0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b75f5d5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b75f5d5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eceb162 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eceb162\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>key Texts<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d8c3dc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5d8c3dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80c099d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"80c099d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b12043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b12043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Matthew 24:34<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e920f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4e920f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;This generation will not pass away until all these things take place.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-152f971 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"152f971\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfd1264 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfd1264\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb601eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb601eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Matthew 24:1\u201335<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-025e061 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"025e061\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Olivet Discourse \u2014 Jesus&#8217; prophecy about the destruction of the Temple and the Jewish nation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-975c5f1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"975c5f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33d958c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"33d958c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7de3aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7de3aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Daniel 9:24<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f30cc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f30cc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;Seventy weeks have been decreed\u2026to make an end of sin\u2026to bring in everlasting righteousness.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a4376f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8a4376f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e049b9b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e049b9b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69e1978 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69e1978\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Revelation 1:1<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3e3c13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3e3c13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;The things which must shortly take place.&#8221; \u2014 Written to first-century readers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e97b33 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1e97b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf7cb4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cf7cb4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8432a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8432a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Josephus, Jewish War<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e76fe9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e76fe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First-century historian documenting the catastrophic fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD \u2014 exactly within Jesus&#8217; generation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e12adda e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e12adda\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7fc47c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7fc47c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Irenaeus Problem<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4bdcfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4bdcfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When the Only Witness Got It Wrong<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe469b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cbe469b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5851bb7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5851bb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\">The entire edifice of modern Christian eschatology rests on one second-century bishop: Irenaeus. He is the primary source for the claim that John wrote Revelation in the 90s AD during the reign of Domitian (or Trajan, depending on the translation).<\/p><p class=\"\">But Irenaeus also wrote in\u00a0<em>Against Heresies<\/em>\u00a0(Book II, Chapter 22) that Jesus was in his 50s when he was crucified. Every scholar agrees this is demonstrably wrong. The gospel accounts themselves make this impossible.<\/p><p>If Irenaeus was that wrong about something as fundamental as Jesus&#8217; age at death, how can the dating of Revelation \u2014 which determines the entire framework of Christian prophecy \u2014 rest securely on his testimony alone?<\/p><p>The answer is: it can&#8217;t. And the Gospel Revolution exists to take that question seriously.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c88a1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c88a1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e7503e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e7503e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must\u00a0<em>shortly<\/em>\u00a0take place.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f67ed1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f67ed1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Revelation 1:1 (ESV) \u2014 emphasis added<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a44dd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0a44dd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read the Revelation Page<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Story Why &#8220;The Gospel Revolution&#8221;? One man. One verse. A lifetime of assumptions turned upside down. 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