The Biblical Prophecy Program™ with Dr. Alan Kurschner: Recent Episodes
Dr. Alan Kurschner
The Biblical Prophecy Program™ is a weekly program hosted by Alan Kurschner, Ph.D. who is dedicated to teaching Bible prophecy from a futurist, premillennial, prewrath perspective. Produced by Eschatos Ministries: www.AlanKurschner.com
Dr. Alan Kurschner provided four reasons why adhering to the premillennial view matters.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner critiqued a key pretribulation argument, explaining that the Bible teaches that God works with Israel and the Church during the ‘Gap’ and the Seventy Weeks of Daniel.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner established, in previous episodes, a biblical-theological pattern in which God has worked with both Israel and the church simultaneously in the past and in the present.
It should not be unexpected then that God will work with both Israel and the church at the same time in the future, particularly during the seven years.
There is a striking juxtaposition in Rev 7 depicting God’s protection of two groups just before the day of the Lord’s wrath begins with the opening of the seventh seal. The first group is the 144,000 “from all the tribes of the people of Israel.”
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explained a biblical-theological pattern where God works with both Israel and the church simultaneously in the present. And it should not be unexpected then that God will work with both Israel and the church at the same time in the future—particularly during the seven-year period.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explained that God has worked with Israel and the church simultaneously in the past. He described three prophecies that were given to Israel, and about Israel, that have been fulfilled in the past during the church age. The point of this was two-fold: (1) to demonstrate that God does indeed work with Israel and the church at the same time, and (2) to show that it is inconsistent to claim that Daniel’s seventy-weeks prophecy made to Israel excludes the church from being on earth during the final seven years of that prophecy.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner shows why the most common argument for pretribulationism does not work.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner responded to the flawed, circular nature of pretribulationism in determining if a Scriptural passage teaches imminence.
He critiqued Wayne A. Brindle’s four general criteria that have been used to establish imminence theology in pretribulation literature.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explained the problem with identifying Matthew 24:30 with the battle of Armageddon in Revelation 19. He responded to this standard pretrib interpretation and explained the most problematic point with this view, which violates the narrative logic of both the Olivet Discourse and the book of Revelation. In particular, the Noahic illustration and the trumpets and bowl judgments expose the deep flaw with this pretribulational interpretation.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explained that the Olivet Discourse is about the delay of Jesus’s Coming, not his nearness. Many interpreters miss this main point.
Further, there is the significant question of what Jesus is trying to teach with his delay of his parousia.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner points out a massive inconsistency in the theology of amillennialism that claims that the binding of Satan depicted in Revelation 20:1–3 describes Jesus’s victory on the cross.
“After these things he must be released for a brief period of time. . . . Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison” (Rev 20:3, 7)
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Dr. Alan Kurschner discussed historicism, which is the eschatological position that says the thrust of prophecy in the Olivet Discourse and Revelation was fulfilled in the span of the church age.
For example, they would say that the Great Tribulation was not fulfilled in the first century, nor is it to be fulfilled in the future. Instead, it spans the entire church age (i.e., inter-advental).
There are at least four reasons why Historicism is not a valid interpretation.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner discusses the weakness of pretribulation rapture theology concerning how the fifth seal relates (or does not relate) to Paul’s promise in 1 Thessalonians 5:9 about believers not having to experience the day of the Lord’s wrath.
Second, he highlighted elements in the fifth seal passage showing how it points to a future wrath, not a wrath that is happening at that time.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner talked about the key issue to the structure of Matthew’s Olivet Discourse: the relationship between vv. 9–14 and verse 15ff.
He first talked about the disciples’ questions about the sign of the parousia (second coming) and the end of the age, which opens up the discourse. Then he focused on the implications of the Greek conjunction oun (“therefore”) used in verse 15 for the overall structure, especially how it relates to the Antichrist’s great tribulation.
“So [oun] when you see the abomination of desolation–spoken about by Daniel the prophet—standing in the holy place (let the reader understand).” Matt 24:15
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Dr. Alan Kurschner critiqued the pretribulation proof text in Revelation 3:20.
“Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me” (Rev 3:20).
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explained the larger context to the question of what is the nature of the apostasia (“apostasy”). Then he surveyed four views on the identification of the apostasy.
“Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion [apostasia] comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.” (2 Thess 2:3 NET)
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explained why the reference to the “Son of Man comes” in Matthew 10:23 refers to Jesus’s future second coming, not his first coming.
“Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.” (Matt 10:23)
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Dr. Alan Kurschner posted the last session from the Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference on “Understanding the Battle of Armageddon,” April 26, 2025, in St. Paul, MN. The speakers were Alan Kurschner and Ryan Habbena.
This is part 4 of a 4-part series. Dr. Alan Kurschner delivered the fourth session, titled “How Does the Battle of Armageddon Relate to the Second Coming of Jesus?”
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Dr. Alan Kurschner posted the audio from the Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference on “Understanding the Battle of Armageddon,” April 26, 2025, in St. Paul, MN. The speakers were Alan Kurschner and Ryan Habbena.
This is part 3 of 4 sessions. Dr. Alan Kurschner gave the third session on “When Does the Battle Take Place and Who Is Involved?”
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Dr. Alan Kurschner posted the audio from the Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference on “Understanding the Battle of Armageddon,” April 26, 2025, in St. Paul, MN. The speakers were Alan Kurschner and Ryan Habbena.
This is part 2 of 4 sessions. Ryan Habbenna gave the second session on “Where Will the Battle of Armageddon Take Place?”
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Dr. Alan Kurschner posted the audio from the Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference on “Understanding the Battle of Armageddon,” April 26, 2025, in St. Paul, MN. The speakers were Alan Kurschner and Ryan Habbena.
This is part 1 of 4 sessions. Ryan Habbenna gave the first session on “The History of the Battles of Armageddon.”
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Dr. Alan Kurschner responded to a common proof text of supersessionism (aka replacement theology).
They teach that because 1 Peter 2:9-10 contains Old Testament references that were originally applied to Israel, they should now be re-interpreted to be replaced by the Church being the “New Israel.” And consequently, they infer that God no longer has a future program for ethnic, national Israel.
But is this what the context of 1 Peter teaches? A fundamental question is who is the “you” in our target passage?
Dr. Kurschner explains how it refers to Jewish believers, not the Church as a whole, including Gentiles. Listen to find out the reasons why this is the case.
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.” (1 Pet 2:9–10)
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Dr. Alan Kurschner started by reminding us of the upcoming Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference.
He then explained that the early Church affirmed Jesus’s teaching that the Church would face the persecution of the Antichrist before the return of Jesus and the resurrection.
The earliest Church document outside the New Testament—the Didache—establishes this point.
The core teaching of prewrath goes back to apostolic times, teaching that the Antichrist’s persecution against the Church must happen before the return of Jesus.
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For more on this document, see Appendix 5 in my book Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Return of Christ.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner alerted listeners that today is the last day for a hotel block room discount for the upcoming Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference on the Battle of Armageddon.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner continues his discussion about Premillennialism in part 2 given at the Things to Come conference at Zion’s Hope last January. In this message, he highlights Satan’s confinement in the abyss, and asks if it is relative or absolute. How one answers this question is crucial for understanding the End Times.
Powerpoint: Summit Kurschner Session 2
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explains many reasons why he embraces Pre-Millennialism. He explains various views on the Millennium, and gives particular emphasis on the victory of Jesus and the binding of Satan.
This was Part 1 of 2 parts given at the Things to Come conference at Zion’s Hope last January.
I gave two talks on “Why I Am a Premillennialist.”
The following links are free downloads to my powerpoints presentations in PDF format.
Summit Kurschner Session 1
Summit Kurschner Session 2
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explained why Matthew 24:5 has not been fulfilled as preterists claim. This is a key prophecy from Jesus’ Olivet Discourse that is deeply problematic for preterist interpreters.
“For many (πολλοὶ) will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many” (Matt 24:5)
Preterists assume that there was a proliferation of messianic pretenders between the time of Christ and the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70.
In fact, the historical documentation reveals, mostly from Josephus, that there were only two messianic pretenders during this time. A far cry from “many” (πολλοὶ).
Listen and find out who they were.
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Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference – April 26
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explained Jesus’s reply to his disciples’s question about the sign to his Second Parousia (i.e. coming) and the end of the age. Jesus warned that there would be false signs from false messianic claimants. Jesus—the Son of Man—described that his return will be unmistakable and universal, using poignant imagery and a proverb. In essence, Jesus was teaching that the sign would be himself in all his radiant and brilliant glory. The sign would be situated by the backdrop of the celestial disturbances darkening the luminaries to accentuate the glorious return. I concluded with a couple of contrasts that the second coming will have with the first coming. Listen to find out what those will be!
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Janet Willis, the female “Randy Alcorn,” makes new arguments that the New Jerusalem, New Heavens, and New Earth will be established at the beginning of the millennium.
Willis also shows that John’s New Jerusalem and Ezekiel’s millennial city are identical, and much more in her What on Earth Is Heaven Like?: The New Creation and the New Jerusalem.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner delivered an inductive study on the Davidic covenant, making a case that David’s throne is still in the future and will be fulfilled on earth. In this study, he critiqued the interpretive principle used by many Covenant Theology proponents who use “New Testament Priority” to reinterpret or transform the messages in the Old Testament. Listen to the program along with the PowerPoint presentation given below.
PowerPoint Presentation on the Davidic Throne
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Dr. Alan Kurschner talked about a new preterist view called “Satan’s Little Season.”
It is an amalgam of post-apocalyptic eschatology and Tartarian and Mud Flood conspiracy theories. This new breed of preterists believe that Jesus already physically returned to earth in AD 70 and the physical resurrection already occurred at that time, followed by the earthly millennial kingdom which was completed. So we are all now living during “Satan’s Little Season,” while Jesus and the saints are in the North Pole hidden away.
The church age is entirely over, and we are waiting for that final Gog-Magog battle of Rev 20:8, at which time we will be taken up to heaven where Jesus will destroy the entire world and then we will live in heaven forever. At least, that seems to be the main version of SLS.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner first announced that he is speaking at Zion’s Hope this week in Florida. The link is below:
In this episode, he gave one of the most devastating arguments against amillennialism as they attempt to argue that “come to life” in Revelation 20:4 does not refer to the physical resurrection while maintaining that “come to life” in Revelation 20:5 does refer to it!
https://zionshope.org/event/yhts2r4/open-bible-studio-electives
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Dr. Alan Kurschner critiqued the most common Amillennial argument in the book of Revelation using Greg Beale’s restated argument from William Hendricksen. Amillennialists believe that Revelation 20:1–6 recapitulates Revelation 12:7–11 as occurring during the interadvent period. Beale proposes seven parallels that he thinks make this argument (see the Table below). Dr. Kurschner critiques each supposed parallel one by one and demonstrates that not only are these not viable parallels, but they instead argue for progression.
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TABLE 41. Greg Beale’s Supposed Amillennial Parallels outlined. Excerpt from A Linguistic Approach to Revelation 19:11—20:6 and the Millennial Binding of Satan (page 163) by Alan E. Kurschner
TABLE 41. Greg Beale’s Supposed Amillennial Parallels outlined. Excerpt from A Linguistic Approach to Revelation 19:11—20:6 and the Millennial Binding of Satan (page 163) by Alan E. KurschnerBecome a monthly supporter:
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explained Thematic Millennialism, which is a non-temporal interpretation understanding of the millennial passage. He surveyed two interpreters: E. Schüssler Fiorenza and David L. Mathewson.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner described four beliefs of Amillennialism.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner outlined seven beliefs of postmillennialism.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner outlined nine beliefs of premillennialism.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner explains how to classify millennial views. It is more descriptive than traditional ways of doing it. Premillennialism, postmillennialism, amillennialism, and there is another view out there.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner covered another pietistic platitude: “You should be concerned with evangelism, not biblical prophecy.” Dr. Kurschner deflates this superficial slogan with biblical facts and shows that it is vacuous.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner covered another pietistic platitude: “This Doctrine Divides the Church.” Dr. Kurschner deflates this superficial slogan with biblical facts and shows that it is vacuous.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner covered the pietistic platitude: “I’m looking for Jesus Christ, not the Antichrist!” Dr. Kurschner deflates this superficial slogan with biblical facts, especially the point that Jesus and Paul contradict this utterance.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner covered the pietistic platitude: “What only matters is the fact that Jesus is returning.” He deflates this superficial slogan with biblical facts, especially the point that Jesus contradicts this utterance.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner responds to the often-heard slogan, “It Will All Pan Out in the End.” This slogan is a “pietistic” platitude intended to place the person uttering it above the fray. Dr. Kurschner explains how it fails as biblical reality and contradicts Jesus’s and Paul’s attitudes toward the Second Coming.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner debunked trite (but effective) slogans intended to deflate your enthusiasm for studying the second coming of Christ.
He explains how to respond to each one specifically, which will leave the person silent.
He addressed three platitudes of the “Agnostic” type. In the next episode, he will address the “Pietistic” type.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner summarized the question on the millennial debate in the book of Revelation and briefly explained the two interpretive tools that he used to contribute original argumentation for premillennialism in the book of Revelation.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner continued to respond to pretribulation teacher Lee Brainard’s YouTube video “Imminence Under Attack” with Brainard’s understanding (or redefinition) of imminence.
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https://www.alankurschner.com/2025/01/14/replying-to-audio-clips-from-lee-brainards-imminence-under-attack/
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Dr. Alan Kurschner responded to pretribulation teacher Lee Brainard’s YouTube video “Imminence Under Attack,” critiquing proof texts and Brainard’s understanding of imminence.
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Dr. Kurschner gave a brief description of the history of our modern chapter break system. This should help us appreciate the millennial debate because the artificial chapter break at Revelation 20 is misleading, as it disconnects the context from Revelation 19.
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Dr. Kurschner commented more deeply about the key question in the millennial debate that interpreters should be aware of.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner discussed the heart of the millennial debate, the key question being whether or not there is a link between Revelation 19:11—21 and 20:1–6.
He used his book A Linguistic Approach to Revelation 19:11—20:6 and the Millennium Binding of Satan as a springboard to explain the interpretation of this question.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner addresses the timing and placement of the rapture and resurrection in relation to the Antichrist’s great tribulation. He identifies nine biblical passages that locate the rapture and resurrection after the great tribulation, which occurs before the day of the Lord’s wrath. He takes the classic rapture passage of 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 as the springboard passage for his teaching.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner gave six reasons why Reformed/Covenant theology wrongly reinterprets Malachi 4:5, disconnecting it from its original intended meaning.
“Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives” (Mal 4:5).
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Dr. Kurschner started an ongoing series discussing the New Creation Model of God’s future purposes versus the Spiritual Vision Model.
As a springboard, he is using Michael Vlach’s super insightful book The New Creation Model: A Paradigm for Discovering God’s Restoration Purposes from Creation to New Creation.
The New Creation Model: A Paradigm for Discovering God’s Restoration Purposes from Creation to New Creation
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Dr. Alan Kurschner discusses Matthew’s version of the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24–25) and its descriptions of three temptations that believers will face during the Antichrist’s great tribulation.
He underscored that these temptations will be real and concrete causing many in the professing Church to apostatize their faith, precisely what Satan intends.
Listen to discover what these three temptations will be.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner announced that he is resuming The Biblical Prophecy Program after a year and a half and closing down Bible Prophecy Daily to focus on his own podcast.
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[*This is a special program from Bible Prophecy Daily being played today on The Biblical Prophecy Program] Dr. Kurschner announced the release of the new book, The Future Restoration of Israel: A Response to Supersessionism. It was six years in the making and the most extensive book written on the topic of Israel’s Future. It […]
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Dr. Kurschner announced that Eschatos Ministries will be sponsoring a Bible Prophecy seminar at the Ark Encounter, including the Ark Encounter experience.
Then he focused on explaining the meaning of “one taken and one left” in Matthew 24.
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Dr. Kurschner examines whether 1 Corinthians 11:26 (‘until he comes’) refers to an imminent return for his church:“For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”
Some pretribulationists think this verse indicates an imminent rapture since Paul does not mention any event that happens before Jesus’ coming. For example, Gerald B. Stanton writes, “We must ‘occupy’ till He comes, even as in the Lord’s Supper, we ‘do shew the Lord’s death till he come’ (1 Cor. 11:26). These expressions emphasize the imminency of the return of Christ, rather than denying it” (emphasis his). This is another example of reading into Paul’s message a colossal assumption of imminence. It ignores Paul’s purpose that he “received from the Lord what I also passed on to you” (1 Cor 11:23). He is concerned about the believer’s proper behavior and attitude behind the participation of Lord’s supper, where the eating the bread and drinking the cup functions to be an ongoing proclamation of the believer’s allegiance to the Lord for what he did for us on the cross. Believers are to examine their lives in light of who they are in Christ, and “in remembrance” of Jesus’ death they should look back to the cross and its meaning in their life continually until the Lord himself returns. The eschatological note to Jesus’s Parousia reminds believers that the sacramental consummate goal awaits the Supper of the Lamb.
There is no hint from Paul being concerned about making an imminence statement. To read imminence theology wholesale into Paul’s statement is first rank eisegesis. Paul’s purpose in this passage is not to discuss whether certain prophesied events will occur before the Lord’s coming or what they are, as he does elsewhere (2 Thess 2:1–4). To make this into an imminence proof text is to hijack Paul’s sacramental message for one’s preconceived theology.
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I am pleased to announce that my new book is NOW available! You can purchase it from Amazon. Here is a description from the back of the book: Does God Work with Israel and the Church at the Same Time? Is There a Connection between the Rapture and the Second Coming? In the first […]
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This is a dialogue on what the early church taught on the second coming of Jesus. The speakers are Steve Gregg (Preterist), Charles Cooper (Prewrath), and Thomas Ice (Pretribulational). They were each given fifteen minutes to describe their position, followed by questions and interaction. This eschatology dialogue was recorded in O’Fallon Missouri at an eschatology […]
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Barry Horner delivered the final session of six from the “Future Israel, Future Millennium” Bible prophecy conference that was recorded January 16, 2016 in Glendora, California. He spoke on “Eternal Israel – Forever with the Lord, Matthew 19:28.” The three speakers were Dr. Alan E. Kurschner, Joel Richardson, and Barry E. Horner.
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Barry Horner delivered the fifth session of six sessions from the “Future Israel, Future Millennium” Bible prophecy conference that was recorded January 16, 2016 in Glendora, California. He spoke on “Israel – Identity Theft Victim, Romans 4:13.” The three speakers were Dr. Alan E. Kurschner, Joel Richardson, and Barry E. Horner.
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Joel Richardson delivered the fourth session of six sessions from the “Future Israel, Future Millennium” Bible prophecy conference that was recorded January 16, 2016 in Glendora, California. He spoke on “Romans 11, Israel’s Fulfillment, and Her National Salvation.” The three speakers were Dr. Alan E. Kurschner, Joel Richardson, and Barry E. Horner. […]
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Joel Richardson delivered the third session of six sessions from the “Future Israel, Future Millennium” Bible prophecy conference that was recorded January 16, 2016 in Glendora, California. He spoke on “Understanding the Biblical Covenants.” The three speakers were Dr. Alan E. Kurschner, Joel Richardson, and Barry E. Horner.
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This is the second session of six from the “Future Israel, Future Millennium” Bible prophecy conference that was recorded January 16, 2016 in Glendora, California. The three speakers were Dr. Alan E. Kurschner, Joel Richardson, and Barry E. Horner. The second session was delivered by Dr. Alan E. Kurschner and spoke on “Premillennialism Answering Amillennialism.” […]
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This is the first session of six from the Bible prophecy conference that was recorded January 16, 2016 in Glendora, California. The three speakers were Dr. Alan E. Kurschner, Joel Richardson, and Barry E. Horner. The first session was give by Dr. Alan E. Kurschner: Future Millennium and the Binding of Satan
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Dr. Kurschner announced for his podcast audience his decision to write a commentary on the book of Revelation at revelationcommentary.com He explains how to use the new commentary and what to expect. In addition, he explained why he decided to write a commentary on the book of Revelation and why he chose not to go […]
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This is session 6 of 6, “John: The Sixth Seal Sign” delivered by Ryan Habbena from last year’s Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference, May 7–8, 2021 in Inver Grove Heights Minnesota. The theme of the conference was The Celestial Disturbances. Dr. Alan Kurschner and Pastor Ryan Habbena were the speakers for the conference. “Then I looked […]
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This is session 5 of 6, “Paul: Disturbances and Labor Pains” delivered by Dr. Alan Kurschner from last year’s Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference, May 7–8, 2021 in Inver Grove Heights Minnesota. The theme of the conference was The Celestial Disturbances. Dr. Alan Kurschner and Pastor Ryan Habbena were the speakers for the conference. In this […]
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This is session 4 of 6, “Peter: Bookends to the Church Age” delivered by Dr. Alan Kurschner from last year’s Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference, May 7–8, 2021 in Inver Grove Heights Minnesota. The theme of the conference was The Celestial Disturbances. Dr. Alan Kurschner and Pastor Ryan Habbena were the speakers for the conference. In […]
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This session, “Luke: ‘When These Things Begin,’” was delivered by Ryan Habbena is the third session of six from last year’s Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference, May 7–8, 2021 in Inver Grove Heights Minnesota. The theme of the conference was The Celestial Disturbances. Dr. Alan Kurschner and Pastor Ryan Habbena were the speakers for the conference. […]
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This session, “Matthew: ‘Immediately After,” was delivered by Ryan Habbena and is the second session of six from last year’s Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference, May 7–8, 2021 in Inver Grove Heights Minnesota. The theme of the conference was The Celestial Disturbances. Dr. Alan Kurschner and Pastor Ryan Habbena were the speakers for the conference. “Immediately […]
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This session, “Joel: ‘Before the Day of the Lord’” delivered by Dr. Alan Kurschner, is the first session of six from last year’s Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference, May 7–8, 2021 in Inver Grove Heights Minnesota. The theme of the conference was The Celestial Disturbances. Dr. Alan Kurschner and Pastor Ryan Habbena were the speakers for […]
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Dr. Kurschner explains what tune Jan Markell and other pretribulationists are changing, and why. It is a positive change but for the wrong reasons. Links mentioned in program: See episode 524 and 564: https://am980themission.com/content/all/crosswalk-podcast https://www.alankurschner.com/?s=jan+markell
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In the last session of the Abomination of Desolation conference, Ryan Habbena talked about “The Third Temple: When, Where, and How?” This is part 6 of 6 sessions from the Minnesota Bible prophecy conference on the Abomination of Desolation, Oct 1–2, 2021, at Conquering King Fellowship in Inver Grove Heights The speakers were Alan Kurschner […]
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1260 Days, 42 Months, and Time, Times, and a Half Time in the Book of Revelation. Topics include: – The Meaning of John’s measuring – A Literal temple in Jerusalem – Trampling on holy Jerusalem for 42 months – Do the two witnesses represent the church? – When do the two witnesses minister? – The […]
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Dr. Alan Kurschner gives a lecture on “Antichrist Takes His Seat in the Temple of God – 2 Thessalonians 2” This is part 4 of 6 sessions from the Minnesota Bible prophecy conference on the Abomination of Desolation, Oct 1–2, 2021, at Conquering King Fellowship in Inver Grove Heights The speakers were Alan Kurschner and […]
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There will be 1,290 days – Daniel 11–12 , Session 3 of 6 | Ryan Habbena This is part 3 of 6 sessions from the Minnesota Bible prophecy conference on the Abomination of Desolation, Oct 1–2, 2021, at Conquering King Fellowship in Inver Grove Heights The speakers were Alan Kurschner and Ryan Habbena. […]
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When You See the Abomination of Desolation – Olivet Discourse | Abomination of Desolation Conference, Session 2 of 6 | Ryan Habbena This is part 2 of 6 sessions from the Minnesota Bible prophecy conference on the Abomination of Desolation, Oct 1–2, 2021, at Conquering King Fellowship in Inver Grove Heights The speakers were Alan […]
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The Desolator – Daniel 8–9 | Conference Session 1 of 6 | Alan Kurschner *There were just a few audio blips in this first recording. This is part 1 of 6 sessions from the Minnesota Bible prophecy conference on the Abomination of Desolation, Oct 1–2, 2021, at Conquering King Fellowship in Inver Grove Heights The […]
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Dr. Kurschner continued his series on millennial viewpoints with outlining thematic (pre) millennialism. This is a view that has been around for a few decades but is gaining attention quickly. This series helps to inform listeners so we do not talk past each other in our discussion on the millennial topic, which often happens! […]
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Dr. Kurschner opened up this program with some exciting ministry updates, and then he continued his series on millennial viewpoints with outlining four beliefs within the eschatological framework of amillennialism. This series will help inform all points of view so we do not talk past each other in our discussion on this topic, which often […]
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Dr. Kurschner continued his series on millennial viewpoints with outlining seven beliefs within the eschatological framework of postmillennialism. This series will help inform all points of view so we do not talk past each other in our discussion on this topic, which often happens! Next week, amillennialism will be outlined.
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Dr. Kurschner continued his series on millennial viewpoints with defining nine traits of premillennial theology. This series will help inform all points of view so we do not talk past each other in our discussion on this topic, which often happens!
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Dr. Kurschner began a millennial series with this first episode explaining what the millennial debate is about in the first place. He explains the difference between the two major millennial rubrics: (1) the temporal view (premillennialism, amillennialism, postmillennialism) and the non-temporal view (thematic millennialism). Next week, he will describe premillennialism.
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Dr. Alan Kurschner discussed the link between John 14 and Revelation 21 explaining why the Bride in the New Jerusalem will descend to earth just before the Millennium begins—and not at the end of the millennium as many interpreters believe. Links mentioned in the program: https://amzn.to/3BcP4Wy https://www.alankurschner.com/partner
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Dr. Kurschner critiqued the post-tribulation argument that claims “at the last day” and its association with the resurrection in John 6:39–40 supports a posttrib rapture. “Now this is the will of the one who sent me—that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at […]
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Dr. Alan Kurschner responded to a popular posttribulation view that has God’s eschatological wrath of the trumpet judgements in the book of Revelation occurring before the resurrection and the rapture, which they place at the seventh trumpet. This view contradicts not only the narrative in the book of Revelation but the clear teachings of Jesus […]
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Dr. Kurschner begins with TWO BIG announcements! Then he addressed the question of where do believers go immediately after the rapture, commenting on an overlooked passage in Isaiah 26:19–21 concerning this question. He argues that heaven is where the “inner rooms” are located and the place where the Lord comes out to punish the wicked […]
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Dr. Kurschner explained that fire is the basic element of God’s wrath, which is explicitly expressed in the first three trumpet judgments in the book of Revelation. While the ungodly will suffer eternal fire in hell, they will also experience the fiery wrath of God in the earthly judgments of the trumpets, which Paul points […]
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*Correction: At 19:33, I meant to say “last trump” not “the seventh trumpet.” In this episode I gave the MAIN reason why the seventh trumpet in the book of Revelation cannot be identified with Paul’s reference of the “last trump” in 1 Corinthians 15. Posttribulationists interpret the last trump as the seventh trumpet, and they […]
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Announcement! Starting with this episode, there will be a video version of the podcast (see below). The audio will remain the same, but if you want to view it in video you can view it below or subscribe to the youtube channel. Dr. Kurschner gave good reasons to believe that the scene of the great […]
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I answered Bob Wilkin’s article “The Rapture in Matthew 24? Nine Proofs” in Grace in Focus magazine. He summarizes pretribulational John Hart’s view that the pretribulation rapture begins at Matthew 24:36 and not before it. They are not truly “proofs” but more like assertions. The fatal flaw of his position is he misses the linguistic […]
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Chris White was my co-producer for the prewrath documentary Seven Pretrib Problems and the Prewrath Rapture. He had me on his podcast Bible Prophecy Talk to have a post-documentary discussion about the documentary as a whole and key points that we were happy to include in the documentary. Enjoy the discussion! […]
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This episode features the cross-examination and closing statements from the Preterism vs. Futurism debate. Dr. Brock D. Hollett vs. Samuel M. Frost Saturday, Sept 19, 2020 Hope Bible Church of Tampa 5706 N. Hesperides Street Tampa, Florida 33614 Thesis: The Abomination of Desolation in Matthew 24:15 Is Future Affirmative: Dr. Brock D. Hollett Negative: Samuel […]
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This episode features the rebuttals from the Preterism vs. Futurism debate. The next episode will feature the cross-examination periods and closing statements. Dr. Brock D. Hollett vs. Samuel M. Frost Saturday, Sept 19, 2020 Hope Bible Church of Tampa 5706 N. Hesperides Street Tampa, Florida 33614 Thesis: The Abomination of Desolation in Matthew 24:15 Is […]
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This episode features the opening statements of the debate participants. The next episode will feature the rebuttal periods. Then the third installment will be the cross-examination periods and the closing statements. Dr. Brock D. Hollett vs. Samuel M. Frost Saturday, Sept 19, 2020 Hope Bible Church of Tampa 5706 N. Hesperides Street Tampa, Florida 33614 […]
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Recently, I was interviewed by Andy Olson on Echo Zoe Radio about the prewrath documentary that was recently produced, Seven Pretrib Problems and the Prewrath Rapture. Outline of the Discussion The Precursor Problem The Scripture describes events that will happen before the Rapture of the Church and the Day of the Lord. The Olivet Discourse Problem […]
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Dr. Kurschner referenced an article concerning Google’s research on “SkinMarks,” a smart tattoo and prototype to ultimately to what will be the mark of the beast (666). He discussed how other eschatologies dismiss the literal and future interpretation at their own peril as “symbolic” (historicism-idealism) or “in the past” (preterism) or “we will be raptured […]
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Dr. Kurschner explained a key link in the book of Revelation that demonstrates that the church will undergo the persecution of the Beast and Babylon the Great. A favorite Pauline term to describe members of the church is saints (hagios), which means, “to being dedicated or consecrated to the service of God” (e.g. Rom 1:7; […]
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Dr. Kurschner explained how to use an effective strategy on your pretribulational friends concerning 2 Thessalonians 2:3. Many pretribulation interpreters attempt to argue that Paul in 2 Thess 2:3 teaches that the “apostasy” and “the revelation of the man of lawlessness” will happen “during” the day of the Lord and not before it. But the […]
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Dr. Kurschner explained another good reason to understand the bowl judgments to occur after the trumpet judgments, rather than have them occurring at the same time or, for some interpreters, identifying them with each other. Recapitulatory interpreters argue that the three instances of the storm theophanies at the end of each septet, the seventh seal, seventh […]
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Dr. Kurschner gave another reason why the bowls judgments in the book of Revelation occur after the trumpet judgments. “Then I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final [eschatas] plagues (they are final because in them God’s anger is completed [etelesthē]).” (Rev 15:1) The seven bowl judgments are […]
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Dr. Kurschner continued to give reasons why the bowl judgments will follow after the trumpet judgments, against the recapitulation view. He focused on the limited scope description of the ‘one third’ statements in contrast to a much wider scope described in the bowl judgments. For example: Rev 8:9: “A third of the sea became blood, […]
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Dr. Kurschner explained a point on the qualified language of the trumpet judgments in contrast to the unqualified or unabated language of the bowl judgments. The Greek word for “bowl” in the Book of Revelation is φιάλη, which refers to “a broad, shallow bowl,” where the contents of it can be emptied swiftly. Some translations […]
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Dr. Kurschner continues a series giving reasons why the bowl judgments follow after the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and not before as the recapitulation framework would have it. In Part 2, he argues that the identity of the “third woe” is the series of bowl judgments, especially the seventh and final bowl. ‘The third […]
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Dr. Kurschner started a mini-series giving reasons why the bowl judgments follow after the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and not before as the recapitulation framework would have it. His first reason in this first part focused on the pronouncement of the reclamation of the kingdom of Jesus. (*One correction: I said in the program, […]
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This is the Q & A Session of the 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference at Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio. This session features the panel discussion, where Charles Cooper, Dr. Alan Kurschner, Mike Clapham and John Haller respond to and provide insight on audience-submitted questions on a variety of topics. These men are striving to […]
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This is Session 4 of the 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference at Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio. Dr. Alan Kurschner critiques pretribulation imminence theology. He first defines imminence theology and then explains why understanding this debate matters to all Christians. Then he critiques the three types of defenses for imminence: ecclesiastical, proof textual, and psychological. […]
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This is Session 3 of the 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference at Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio. Charles Cooper takes an in-depth look in the book of Revelation at the significance of the seals, trumpets, and bowls in relation to the rapture and the Day of the Lord, arguing persuasively for prewrath that God’s end-time […]
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This is Session 2 of the 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference at Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio. Dr. Alan Kurschner addresses the timing and placement of the rapture and resurrection in relation to the Antichrist’s great tribulation. He identifies nine biblical passages that locate the rapture and resurrection after the great tribulation, which occurs before […]
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Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio kicked off its 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference in Session 1 with Charles Cooper and his magnificent teaching (or shall I say preaching!) on the glorious appearing of Jesus and the Day of the Lord.
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Dr. Kurschner demonstrated grammatical parallels in other New Testament passages to the grammatical construction found in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. This evidence clearly supports the prewrath position and contradicts pretribulationism. Pretribulational interpreters attempt to argue that Paul in 2 Thess 2:3 teaches that the “apostasy” and “the revelation of the man of lawlessness” will happen “during” […]
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Dr. Kurschner described a salient point that contradicts the traditional pretribulation view concerning Jesus’s illustrations of Noah, Lot, and the thief, which refer to the second coming. “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, they were drinking, […]
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The post Jesus’s Use of the Noah, Lot, and Thief Illustrations Contradicts the Pretribulation Rapture – Ep. 146 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
A fundamental presupposition of pretribulationism views the rapture event as disconnected from the second coming. Pretribulationism claims that the rapture occurs before Daniel’s 70th week begins, i.e. the seven-year period, while the second coming occurs after the seven years is complete. Thus, it necessarily disconnects the rapture from the second coming and is used as […]
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The post Will Jesus Come FOR HIS CHURCH at the Rapture, But WITH HIS CHURCH at the Second Coming? – Ep 145 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
What is the symbolic meaning of the seven-sealed scroll in the book of Revelation? Dr. Kurschner first described three common interpretations. Then he explicated his new view, which is the most plausible, called a certificate of debenture (i.e. debt). The nature of the first four seals, fifth seal, and the sixth seal support this interpretation, […]
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When Jesus returns in the clouds at his second coming (parousia), the resurrection of the dead in Christ will take place first. They will be walking on the earth among mortals as a witness to God’s power and glory. After this those alive in Christ will receive their resurrected bodies. Then some point after this […]
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This episode was originally delivered at a Bible prophecy conference on April 1, 2017 at Hope Bible Church in Tampa, Florida. I discussed two very common pretribulational proof texts as well as an alternative interpretation other than pretrib on how we should live in light of Jesus’s coming. “So be patient, brothers and sisters, until […]
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The post A Reply to Two Common Pretrib Proof Texts (James 5:7–9, Titus 2:13) – Ep. 142 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
This episode was originally delivered at a Bible prophecy conference on April 1, 2017 at Hope Bible Church in Tampa, Florida. I discussed topics such as defining imminence, the pretribulational theological system that is framed on imminence teaching, and why critiquing imminence theology matters.
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Why premillennial theology matters is an issue that every student of biblical prophecy needs to be aware of. Premillennialism teaches that at Jesus’s second coming he will deliver the righteous and judge the ungodly. Then the righteous will enter into a period—the millennium—of peace and righteousness where Jesus establishes on earth his physical reign of […]
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I discussed my completion of my PhD program and dissertation earlier this year. I gave a bare-bones summary of the goal and lines of argumentation that I used in the dissertation, in particular, a new methodological approach to the millennial debate in the Book of Revelation through a robust Greek linguistic theoretical framework. I am […]
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I addressed a pretrib objection to my arguments describing how God will work with Israel and the church simultaneously in the future during part of the seventieth week. A few traditional dispensational pretribbers such as Renald Showers have recognized the weight of the counterexamples that demonstrate that God does indeed work with Israel the church […]
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The post Does God Work With Israel and the Church During the ‘Gap’ but Not During the Seventy Weeks of Daniel? – Ep. 138 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
Having established a biblical-theological pattern that God has worked with both Israel and the church simultaneously in the past and in the present. It should not be unexpected then that God will work with both Israel and the church at the same time in the future—particularly during the seven-year period. There is a striking juxtaposition […]
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God works with Israel at this present time during the church age. I considered two significant activities that God is doing with Israel during the church age to prepare them for salvation. Making Israel Jealous and Saving a Remnant In Rom 9–11, the apostle Paul articulates his faith that God has not nullified his promises […]
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God has worked with Israel and the church simultaneously in the past. I described three prophecies that were given to Israel, and about Israel, that have been fulfilled in the past during the church age. The point of this was two-fold: (1) to demonstrate that God does indeed work with Israel and the church at […]
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Where does pretribulationism get the belief that God does not work with Israel and the church at the same time? To answer this question, we must turn to one of the most important and fundamental prophecies recorded in the Bible, which is found in the book of Daniel: Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your […]
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The post A Response to THE MOST COMMON Argument for Pretribulation Dispensationalism (Daniel 9:24–27) – Ep. 134 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
The topic today is on the theological system of revised (Ryrie) dispensationlism, which pretribulationists affirm and thus believe that God does not work with Israel and the church at the same time. It maintains a sharp separation between the church and Israel to the point that not only are there two distinct entities—which I agree— […]
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In this episode I responded to the flawed nature of four criteria that pretribulation interpreters use to determine if a Scriptural passage teaches imminence. Wayne A. Brindle gives four general criteria that have been used to establish imminence theology in pretribulation literature.[1] Incidentally, Brindle does not give any explanations for his four criteria for imminence. […]
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In this episode I critiqued more of Chris Steinle’s denial of the rapture event. He reads other contextual notions back into Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 4, attempting to make Paul say that God’s people will be “plundered” not raptured. I explain what he means by this and then I responded to it. In this […]
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In this episode I slogged through a section in Chris Steinle’s chapter in a book he co-authored with Doug Hamp, so-called, Reclaiming the Rapture: Restoring the Doctrine of the Gathering of the Commonwealth of Israel. I picked up my series where I left off in Episodes 114–117. Steinle argues fallaciously that Paul’s usage of harpagēsometha in […]
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Pretrib Christians have a choice between taking the red pill and the blue pill, where many in recent times are taking the former. This is encouraging to learn. I commented on this phenomenon of pretribbers and pretrib pastors taking the red pill and embracing prewrath. I talked about this metaphor and how it relates to […]
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Does Matthew 24:30 refer to the battle of Armageddon in Revelation 19? I responded to this standard pretrib interpretation and explained the most problematic point with this view, which violates the narrative logic of both the Olivet Discourse and the book of Revelation. In particular the Noahic illustration and the trumpets and bowl judgments exposes […]
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James contains a key passage on the delay of Jesus’s second coming and how to live in light of it. He received his teaching from the oral tradition of Jesus’s instruction of the Olivet Discourse, since there are several direct links with it. James’s teaching on the delay of the parousia and the interval period […]
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Peter’s teaching on the delay of the parousia is consistent with Jesus’s teaching. This is not surprising since Peter was one of the main disciples that Jesus taught the Olivet Discourse to directly. In this episode, I covered what Peter taught on how we should order our lives during the delay. I also explained that […]
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The Olivet Discourse is about the delay of Jesus’s Coming, not his nearness. Many interpreters miss this main point. Further, there is the question of what is Jesus trying to teach with his delay of his parousia? Jesus teaches that we will know the season of his return because certain events (esp. the great tribulation) […]
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There is a huge inconsistency in the theology of amillennialism that claims that the binding of Satan depicted in Rev 20:1–3 describes Jesus’s victory on the cross. The problem then is how can amillennialism claim on one hand that the binding of Satan is the victory of Jesus on the cross, but on the other […]
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Many interpreters assume that the English rendering “has come” in Rev 6:17 refers to either past or present tense referring to God’s wrath. “because the great day of their wrath has come [ēlthen], and who is able to withstand it?” (Rev 6:17) I have explained before that the context—Greek verbs do not indicate temporal reference—determines […]
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What is the millennial debate is not about, and what it is about? Many interpreters frame the wrong question when they engage the millennial debate. I talked about how we got chapter breaks and how to avoid them, especially the Revelation 20 chapter break. This helped to set up my main topic by explaining that […]
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Pretrib teacher Andy Woods recently evaded key arguments against his interpretation which claims “the apostasy” [apostasia] in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 refers to the rapture, and thus the pretribulation rapture. He was interviewed by Gary Stearman on Prophecy Watchers. “Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion […]
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Recently, I was interviewed on Joel Richardson’s The Underground program where I described the biblical arguments for the ones who are taken in Matthew 24:40–41 represent the righteous and those who are left are the wicked. One of the main points I communicated was interpreters who view the wicked being taken and not the righteous […]
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The prewrath position resolves a key problematic issue for pretribulational and posttribulational eschatology. In my experience this key exegetical point in prewrath eschatology has made sense for many who are ex-pretribbers and ex-posttribbers. It is a point that prewathers should highlight when they talk with their pretrib and posttrib friends. Both pretrib and posttrib eschatology […]
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There are many Christians, for reasons discussed in the episode, believe that the Bible does not intend to describe the future events surrounding the second coming of Christ. It is “unknowable” they will claim. Therefore, the implication is that we should not spend time and effort in studying biblical prophecy. The answer to this quesiton […]
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This episode I responded to Chris Steinle on his root fallacy of the Greek word harpagēsometha in the rapture passage 1 Thess 4:17. I explained the phonological dynamics behind the lexical form of the Greek word harpazō and its form harpagēsometha. When certain letters interact with each other you get a variety of changes. Lexicographers recognize […]
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This episode I responded to Chris Steinle on his interpretation of the beginning of 1 Thess. 4:17. I pointed out some errors and lexical fallacies and suggested some better resources as is provided in the links below. Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 3 – Ep. 116 The […]
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This episode I responded to Chris Steinle on his interpretation of “from heaven” that he comments on from his chapter “Reclaiming the 1st Thessalonians Rapture Narrative” in his co-authored book with Douglas Hamp, Reclaiming the Rapture: Restoring the Doctrine of the Gathering of the Commonwealth of Israel. He reads the notion that Jesus is immediately […]
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On Doug Hamp’s the Awakening Report, Chris Steinle claimed that the Greek word harpagēsometha behind the English “suddenly caught [up]” in 1 Thess 4:17 is not derived from the Greek harpazo and consequently does not actually refer to a rapture. It refers to another word (which we will address in another episode) that fits with a resurrection meaning. […]
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Historicism is the eschatological position that says the thrust of prophecy in the Olivet Discourse and Revelation are fulfilled in the span of the church age. So for example, they would say that the great tribulation was not fulfilled in the first century, nor is it to be fulfilled in the future. Instead, it spans […]
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Pretribs think that “the last hour” in 1 John 2:18 implies an imminent rapture. I gave three reasons why it does not. Does ‘the Last Hour’ in 1 John 2:18 Support an Imminent Rapture? – Ep. 112 “Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now […]
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The key issue to the structure of Matthew’s Olivet Discourse is the relationship between vv. 9–14 and verse 15ff. I first talked about the disciples’ questions about the sign to the parousia (second coming) and the end of the age, which opens up the discourse. Then I focused on the implications of the conjunction oun […]
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The Pretrib Contradiction exposes the weakness of pretribulation rapture theology. I explained two aspects to this contradiction. First, I talked about how the fifth seal relates (or does not relate) to Paul’s promise in 1 Thess 5:9 about believers not having to experience the day of the Lord’s wrath. Second, I highlighted elements in the […]
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Find out how pretrib teacher Dave Hunt responded to Joel 2:30–31 when asked about it. In this episode I explained why Joel 2:30-31 is the simplest and most effective way to teach prewrath. I consider it an anchor passage, or an “interpretive key,” as it helps to compare Scripture with Scripture by learning about the […]
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Pretribulational proponents believe that the beginning of birth pangs that Jesus mentions in his Olivet Discourse refers to when the day of the Lord’s wrath begins. Listen to find out how Paul and Jesus use the birthing metaphor in different ways. In an attempt to make the “beginning of birth pangs” in Matthew 24:8 describe […]
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In this episode I addressed another prophecy that undermines pretribulational imminence doctrine. Now when they are saying, ‘There is peace and security,’ then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape. But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to […]
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The post The Prophecy ‘There Is Peace and Security’ Contradicts Pretribulational Imminence Theology – Ep. 107 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
The prophecy in Matthew 24:14 contradicts pretrib imminence theology. Listen and find out why. “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come” (Matt 24:14). The Great Commission is also linked to another event mentioned in the […]
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The post Why Matthew 24:14 Disproves an Any Moment Rapture – Ep. 106 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
Jesus talks about the completion of this age in several of his end-time passages, using expressions such as the “end” (telos) and “end of the age” (synteleias tou aiōnos). The Olivet Discourse was occasioned by the question from his disciples about the end: “As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came […]
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At a recent pretrib Bible prophecy conference, Andy Woods relied on the flawed research of H. Wayne House’s Greek statements, and worse, Woods used it with fallacious reasoning to attempt to argue that the “apostasy” Paul mentions in 2 Thess 2:3 refers to the rapture. I exposed this deeply groundless way of interpreting Scripture by […]
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Here I talked about the recent annual Evangelical Theological Society conference and the Society of Biblical Literature conference in New England. It was a long, but productive week.
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There are exciting projects brewing behind the scenes at Eschatos Ministries. I talked about four such projects. Listen and find out what is going on!
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“Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed– in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” I explained several reasons why many interpreters […]
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Revelation 3:20 is used as a proof-text by some pretribbers for imminence. In our 100th episode I showed why this is not the case. “Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and […]
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I responded to another pretrib proof text for imminence that is supposed to prove the doctrine of an any-moment rapture. “For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes” (1 Corinthians 11:26). Many pretribulationists think this verse indicates an imminent rapture since Paul does not […]
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Today I discussed another prophecy that contradicts pretrib imminence. Among the points I explained was how date-setters create their own self-fulfilling prophecy. This passage contains an unequivocal prophecy that must happen before Jesus returns: scoffers will arise and mock Christians for their belief in Jesus’ promised return. This fact alone contradicts imminence theology. In addition, […]
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The post Another Prophecy that Contradicts Pretribulation Imminence: ‘Where Is His Promised Return?’ – Ep. 98 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I responded to the failed September 23rd rapture prediction of Scott Clarke, Mark Biltz, Michael Rood, and David Meade. There is no repentance from them for their false teachings and misleading the people of God. My focus was on Scott Clarke and my admonishment of his teaching. I also talked about my interview (or non-interview) […]
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The post Afterthoughts on Scott Clarke’s Failed Rapture Prediction and the Gospel-LESS ‘The Sign’ Documentary – Ep. 97 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I addressed a prophecy recorded in the book of Revelation that contradicts imminence theology: “Then the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak to me again, ‘Go and take the open scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.’ So I went to the […]
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The post Jesus Could Not Have Returned Before John Prophesied Again – Ep. 96 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
We addressed another prophecy that applied to the apostle Paul which undermines the pretrib teaching of imminence of Jesus’ return. “The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.” (Acts 23:11; cf. Acts 19:21) The […]
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There are five good reasons why a solar eclipse will not be part of the future eschatological celestial disturbance event that heralds our Lord. Listen and find out what these reasons are! “I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth– blood, fire, and columns of smoke. The sunlight will be turned […]
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The post 5 Reasons Why a Solar Eclipse Will NOT Be Part of the End-Time Celestial Disturbances – Ep. 94 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I am re-posting an interview that Joel Richardson had with me recently on his The Underground. We addressed the very deep-seated assumption that many hold where Revelation 19 and its depiction of Jesus on a horse in the sky at the battle of Armageddon describes the beginning of the second coming of Christ. Amillennialists, pretribulationists, posttribulationists, and other […]
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The post Why Revelation 19 and Its Battle of Armageddon Does NOT Describe the BEGINNING of the Second Coming of Christ – Ep. 93 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
Jesus’s return was not imminent during the life of Peter. “I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old [gėraskō], you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do […]
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I responded to the pretrib proof text Acts 17:31 that purports to support an any-moment rapture. “Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent, (31) because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom […]
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Your view of agreeing or disagreeing with a pretrib imminent rapture matters. I explained that there are implications to holding to imminence theology. We should, instead, take a biblical expectancy position toward Jesus’s return, which I explained what I mean by this. There are three features to biblical expectancy if the Christian is going to […]
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I talked about a deep-seated pretrib assumption that identifies the truth that the rapture occurs before the day of the Lord with the pretribulational rapture itself. It is not the same thing. The problem as I pointed out in this episode is that prewrath also believes that the rapture occurs before the day of the […]
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The post How Would It Prove Pretrib If APOSTASIA Refers to the Rapture? – Ep. 89 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
“Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion [apostasia] comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.” (2 Thess 2:3 NET) In this episode, I first explained the larger context to the question of what is the apostasia (“apostasy”). Then I surveyed […]
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The post THE Apostasy Within the Church Will Come Through the Antichrist’s Mark of the Beast – Ep. 88 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I responded to what is arguably the most desperate argument defending that the Greek noun apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 refers to the rapture. Those who argue for this, claim that because some early sixteenth English translations use the English term “departure” (e.g. Coverdale, Tyndale, Geneva Bible) that means the translators thought that the Greek […]
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The post Do NOT Read Back 16th Century English Translations into Apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 to Mean a Physical Departure! – Ep. 87 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I responded to this most common argument by those who think that the Greek noun apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 refers to the rapture. I explained that they have to define a noun by its cognate verb meaning. In lexical semantics this is called the cognate fallacy. A word-study error to avoid! It is a […]
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The post The Greek Noun Apostasia Never Means a ‘Physical-Spatial Departure,’ e.g. the Rapture in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (Part 3) – Ep. 86 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
We talked about lexical specifics showing that there is no evidence in Koine Greek literature where the Greek noun apostasia means a “physical or spatial departure.” There are some pretrib teachers who think apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 refers to “the rapture.” They assume that apostasia can mean a physical departure. But there is no […]
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“Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the apostasia (apostasia) comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction” (2 Thessalonians 2:3). In this episode I talked about how pretrib teachers such as Thomas Ice, H. Wayne House, Gary Stearman from Prophecy Watchers, Pastor […]
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The post The Greek Noun Apostasia Never Means a ‘Physical-Spatial Departure,’ e.g. the Rapture in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (Part 1) – Ep. 84 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
Listen and find out what is “The Imminence Question.” Related to this I gave an outline of the most fundamental theological presupposition of pretribulationism which says that God does not work with Israel and the Church at the same time. Then I gave an outline of reasons why the Olivet Discourse was intended for the […]
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In this episode I gave a few reasons why I believe the reference to the “Son of Man comes” in Matthew 10:23 refers to Jesus’ future second coming, not his first coming. “Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the […]
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The post Why Jesus’ Prophecy in Matthew 10:23 Refers to His Second Coming, NOT to His First Coming – Ep. 82 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I responded to a common proof text of supersessionism (aka replacement theology). They teach that because 1 Peter 2:9-10 contains Old Testament references that were originally applied to Israel they should now be re-interpreted to be replaced by the Church being the “New Israel.” And consequently, they infer that God no longer has a future […]
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The post First Peter 2:9–10 Refers to JEWISH Believers, Not the Church as the ‘New Israel’ – Ep. 81 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I started off announcing a Florida Bible Prophecy Conference on April 1–2, where I will be speaking with Marvin Rosenthal and Steve Hogan. Click here for the upcoming Florida Bible Prophecy Conference Chris White interviewed me a few years ago on his program to respond to pretrib teacher Jimmy DeYoung on certain pretrib objections to […]
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The post Back to the Basics of Prewrath Teaching – Ep. 80 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
Chris White interviewed me a few years ago on his program to respond to pretrib teacher Jimmy DeYoung on certain pretrib objections to prewrath. I played a brief clip from this interview covering the common pretrib claim that the traditional Jewish Wedding imagery supports a pretribulational rapture. Listen and find out why this argument fails […]
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I intend to discuss Revelation 3:10 more in depth in a future episode, but in this brief episode I wanted to drive home a single point why this verse does not support pretribulationism and why it cannot be used as an objection against prewrath. Chris White interviewed me a few years ago on his program […]
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Chris White interviewed me a few years ago on his program to respond to pretrib teacher Jimmy DeYoung on certain pretrib objections to prewrath. I played a brief clip from this interview covering the common pretrib claim that John 14:1–3 teaches a pretrib rapture to which I replied. I discussed the pretrib assumption that disconnects […]
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Chris White interviewed me a few years ago on his program to respond to pretrib teacher Jimmy DeYoung and Brannon Howse on certain pretrib objections to prewrath. I played a brief clip from this interview covering the common pretrib objection that argues that the pretribulational rapture occurs at Revelation 4:1. “After these things I looked, […]
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Chris White interviewed me a few years ago on his program to respond to pretrib teacher Jimmy DeYoung and Brannon Howse on certain pretrib objections to prewrath. I played a brief clip from this interview covering the common pretrib objection that argues since there is absence of the word ‘Church’ (Ekklēsia) in Revelation 4–21 that […]
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Today’s episode I discussed whether the Parable of the Wheat and Tares (Weeds) supports a posttribulational rapture. There are at least three common questions that arise when people study the parable of the Wheat and the Weeds in Matthew 13. The first question is whether we are able to identify the wheat and weeds. A […]
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Calvary Chapel pretrib Pastor Dave Love does not think that the Gospel is powerful enough and sufficient to save a sinner from God’s wrath. Only “saints” that are pretribulationally raptured before the seven-year period will be exempt from God’s wrath! Those “tribulational saints” who “grew up in a church” and accept the Gospel after the […]
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The post Refutation of Dave Love’s Purgatory Interpretation of the Fifth Seal in the Book of Revelation – Ep. 73 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
Today I replied to Calvary Chapel’s Pastor Dave Love’s so-called critique of the prewrath position, particularly on the seals. I critiqued his misunderstanding of the imagery of the seven seals that he thinks is staggered inside the scroll, rather than all on the outside of it. For some reason he thinks this argues for a […]
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The post A Reply to Calvary Pastor Dave Love’s Flawed Pretrib Theology – Ep. 72 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
In this episode I read the primary literature of quotes from seven early church fathers who explicitly taught that that the Church would suffer at the hands of the Antichrist before Jesus returns: On Antichrist’s Persecution of the Church: Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus, and Cyprian. Not every early […]
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The post On Antichrist’s Persecution of the Church: Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus, Cyprian | Early Church Fathers – Ep. 71 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
We discussed how the very Early Church affirmed Jesus’ teaching that the Church would face the persecution of the Antichrist before the return of Jesus and the resurrection. The earliest Church document outside of the New Testament—the Didache—establishes this point. The core teaching of prewrath goes back to apostolic times, teaching that the Antichrist’s persecution […]
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The post The Earliest Christian Document Outside of the New Testament (the Didache) Explicitly Teaches that the Church Will Face the Antichrist – Ep. 70 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I replied to Andy Woods who thinks the prewrath position contradicts itself. He thinks prewrath believes the great tribulation will be the worse time ever for the world. And yet the Day of the Lord’s wrath with its trumpet and bowl judgments should be worse. He cited an article by George W. Zeller to make […]
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The post A Reply to Pretrib Pastor Andy Woods Claiming Prewrath Contradicts Itself If “the great tribulation is the greatest time of trouble that the world has ever known” – Ep. 69 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
In Matthew’s version of the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24–25), I talked about three temptations for the Church that will be prevalent during the Antichrist’s great tribulation. I focused on Matthew’s Olivet Discourse showing that these three temptations should not be taken lightly by believers. They will be real, concrete temptations that will cause many in […]
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The post How to Prepare for Jesus’ Second Coming: THREE Temptations to Apostatize in Matthew’s Olivet Discourse – Ep. 68 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
This was a hard-hitting program. Paul’s Thessalonian epistles are typically ignored by pastors and other Christians because, in my opinion, of its direct teaching that contradicts the interpreters’ eschatology. I first discussed his first epistle to the Thessalonians and its message of the return of Jesus and why the Thessalonians were confused about eschatology, including […]
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This episode warned of the future mark of the Antichrist and its consequences for taking it. The Bible’s warning in Revelation 13–14 is for the Church. This will be a real, future event that individuals living at this time will have to face—it could be this generation. If you take the mark of the beast, […]
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I started a series talking about how to prepare for Jesus’ second coming in a biblical fashion. Today I described four views that militate against this readiness. 1. Pretribulationism: The warnings are relegated to “tribulation saints.” We will be raptured out of here so we do not have to concern ourselves with Jesus’ warnings. 2. […]
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On the program, I discussed a couple of issues. First, I talked about the pretrib theological expression “secret rapture.” I explained what that means in pretrib parlance and why it is an unbiblical concept. By “secret,” pretribulationists are referring to Jesus’ purported unperceived snatching of saints at the rapture, not “secret” in the sense of […]
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The post A Very Brief History of the “Secret Rapture” Pretribulation Theory – Ep. 64 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I defined what is meant by pretrib “imminence.” I also noted what it does not mean. In addition, I cited first-hand noted pretrib statements on what imminence means: John Nelson Darby: “No events, no earthly circumstances, intervene or modify the direct summons [to be raptured]….[T]here is no event, I repeat, between us and [being raptured […]
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The post What Is Pretribulational Imminency? (aka ‘Imminent,’ ‘Imminence,’ ‘Any Moment Rapture’) – Ep. 63 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
In this episode I gave an overview of my forthcoming book responding to pretrib imminence theology. I read the Introduction to the book which included the contents of the book as well. It will be a comprehensive critique of the flawed doctrine of the imminency of Jesus’ return. I also encouraged listeners to contribute to […]
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The post An Overview of My Forthcoming Book on Critiquing Pretribulational Any-Moment Rapture Theology – Ep. 62 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I gave my review of the rapture debate between Pre-Trib Doug Stauffer and Post-Trib Joe Schimmel that occurred at the Pikes Peak Prophecy Summit in Colorado hosted by Prophecy in the News. I addressed the following issues that was covered in the debate, in no particular order: -the format of the debate -Stauffer’s King James […]
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I talked about the important transitional verse of Thessalonians 5:1: “Now on the topic of times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you.” I explained the relationship between the previous rapture passage in 1 Thessalonians 4 and Paul’s continued discussion in chapter 5. Paul has the […]
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The post 1 Thessalonians 5:1 – On Chapter Breaks, the Day of the Lord, Peri De, and Times and Seasons – Ep. 60 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I responded to pretrib teacher and pastor Jesse Johnson and his claim in an article he wrote about Revelation 3:10 supporting a pretrib rapture. “Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to […]
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The post What Is the ‘Hour of Testing’ in Revelation 3:10? The Antichrist’s Great Tribulation or the Day of the Lord’s Wrath? – Ep. 59 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I responded to pretrib teacher and pastor Jesse Johnson and his claim in an article he wrote about Revelation 3:10 supporting a pretrib rapture. “Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those […]
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The post Popping the Revelation 3:10 Pre-Trib Rapture Balloon: A Response to Jesse Johnson – Ep. 58 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I asked one question for those who think the wicked are “taken” and the righteous are “left” in Matthew 24. I have never received an answer from those interpreters. There is clear evidence to the answer of this question: those who are taken are the righteous and those left are the wicked. Listen to find […]
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The post I Have Just One Question for Those Who Think the Wicked Are ‘Taken’ and the Righteous are ‘Left Behind’ – Ep. 57 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I responded to the pretribulational claim that the gathering of the elect in Matthew 24:31 refers to the salvation of Israel. For example, Thomas Ice thinks the term “elect” in Matthew’s Olivet Discourse refers to Jews who will be gathered. He links v. 31 to Deuteronomy 30:4. I gave three reasons why he is wrong […]
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The post The Gathering of the ‘Elect’ in Matthew 24:31 Does Not Refer to Israel — It Refers to All Believers from All the Nations – Ep. 56 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
In this episode I reviewed my recent radio debate on the rapture with Tommy Ice. I responded to Ice’s deeply mistaken view that church instruction in Jesus’ ministry began with the Upper Room Discourse and not before. I argued that the Olivet Discourse is a teaching for the church and should not be relegated to […]
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In today’s program, I explained why pretribulation teachers are not obeying Jesus’ Great Commission: “teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matt 28:20). I continued to work through Jim McClarty’s article critiquing prewrath, responding to his arguments point by point. […]
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Premillennialism teaches that at Jesus’ second coming he will deliver the righteous and judge the ungodly. Then the righteous will enter into a period—the millennium—of peace and righteousness where Jesus establishes on earth his physical reign of all nations—including a restored nation of Israel who recognizes him as the Messiah. All nations will worship Jesus […]
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The post 4 Reasons Why the Millennial Debate is Important – Ep. 53 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
Chris Arzen of Iron Sharpens Iron Radio gave me permission to play this excellent interview he had with Barry Horner on topics such as the premillennialism, future Israel, and the Rapture. Here is a list of all the topics discussed: -What is Historic Premillennialism? -What is the nature of the millennium? -Revelation 19–20 -Zechariah 14 […]
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I responded to the pretribulational tenet that the future seven-year period (i.e. the “70th week of Daniel”) is entirely God’s wrath. I used Jim McClarty’s critique of the prewrath position as my entry point of discussion. I demonstrated that the seven-year period is divided up into several periods, because Jesus divides it up in several […]
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The post Is the Whole Seven Years God’s Wrath? – Ep. 51 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I continued my response to Jim McClarity’s critique of the prewrath position, in particular his objection that Matthew 24 applies to the church. I addressed the following topics: -The disciples were representatives of the church -The Great Commission’s relation with Matthew 24 -The resurrection/rapture in Matthew 24 -Jesus’ use of Jewish culture in Matthew 24 […]
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The post A Reply to Jim McClarty’s Selective Use of Passages to Fit His Unbiblical Construct of a Pretrib Rapture: Matthew 24, Israel, and the Church – Ep. 50 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I responded to Jim McClarty’s critique of the prewrath interpretation of one taken and one left behind. First, I recapped previously argued points from episode 9 where I gave a half dozen reasons to show that the ones who are taken are taken for deliverance and the ones who are left are left for judgment. […]
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The post One Taken and One Left Behind, and the Meaning of ‘Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather’ in Luke 17:37 – Ep. 49 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I gave my post-debate commentary on my eschatology debate with Thomas Ice. I discussed the following topics that were covered in the debate and expanded on them here: -The celestial disturbances in Joel 2, Matthew 24, Luke 21, and Revelation 6 -Comparing Scripture with Scripture -What is the mystery of the church? -When did “church […]
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The post My Post-Debate Commentary and Why Tommy Ice Failed to Support His Pretribulational Rapture – Ep 48 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
In this episode I posted the entire audio of the debate for The Biblical Prophecy Program™. The debate is also posted at the main debate page with audio and video found here: CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO OF DEBATE In this episode I prefaced the debate with some general commentary. But on next week’s program […]
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The post My Eschatology Debate with Pretrib Thomas Ice on the Antichrist, Rapture, and Second Coming – Ep. 47 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I replied to pretribulational teacher Jim McClarty’s critique of the prewrath position. This is the first episode of a series responding to an article he wrote against the prewrath position. I first described how good men of God can have blind spots and in this case I believe his blind spot is pretribulationism, as demonstrated […]
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The post A Reply to Jim McClarty’s Critique of the Prewrath Position: He Gets the Prewrath Basics Wrong – Ep. 46 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I first talked about Jan Markell’s sensational, pretrib, annual, Bible prophecy conference. It represents the typical pretrib conference that is not very helpful for people to learn about Bible prophecy. Second, I played a clip of pretrib teacher Dr. Ed Hindson from last year’s Markell’s conference. It was full of rhetoric claiming that prewrath teaching […]
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I responded to pretrib teacher Renald Showers and his misunderstanding of the Greek perfect tense-form and thus his interpretation of James 5:7–9 and how that affects his pretrib imminency. Specifically, I responded to the following statement by Renald E. Showers: “[T]he fact that the Greek verbs translated [“near”] (v. 8) and [“stands”] (v. 9) are […]
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The post A Reply to Renald Showers on James 5:7–9, Imminency, and the Meaning of the Greek Perfect Tense – Ep. 44 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I talked about my new Biblical Greek course that I am teaching, which you can find here: www.alankurschner.com/greek I announced this week that I am offering a Biblical Greek online course; or more specifically, I will be giving private tutoring one-on-one over skype or some other preferred live video software. So if you have ever […]
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The post Learn Biblical Greek Online | Private Tutoring Course in New Testament (Koine) Greek – Ep. 43 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I talked about the pervasive emotional attachment that many pretrib believers have toward the notion of of imminency. I also read a pertinent selection from S. P. Tregelles’s The Hope of Christ’s Second Coming on sentiment and emotion. “Perhaps today!” is the expression that many of us have probably heard as children if you grew up […]
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The post The Emotional, Sentimental Attachment to the Tradition of an Imminent Pretrib Rapture – Ep. 42 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I commented on the following article from the Christian Post, as well as talked about a couple of semi-related issues. New Christian Zionists Seek Distance From ‘Wild, Crazy Popular Apocalypticism’ There was a recent conference, “People of the Land: A Twenty-First Century Case for Christian Zionism” that promoted the “New Christian Zionism” with Joel Willits, […]
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I talked about the apostle Paul’s teaching of the temporal relationship between the rapture and the beginning of the day of the Lord’s wrath and its implications. Prewrath eschatology teaches that the rapture and the onset of the day of the Lord’s wrath will happen back-to-back on the very same day. The day Christ returns […]
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The post Does Paul Teach There Will Be a “Gap” of Time between the Rapture and the Day of the Lord’s Wrath? – Ep. 40 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I talked about the temporal relationship between the rapture and the beginning of the day of the Lord’s wrath and its implications. Prewrath eschatology teaches that the rapture and the onset of the day of the Lord’s wrath will happen back-to-back on the very same day. The day Christ returns arriving on the clouds to […]
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The post Does Jesus Teach There Will Be a “Gap” of Time between the Rapture and the Day of the Lord’s Wrath? – Ep. 39 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I replied to Harvest Christian Fellowship’s shallow sermon by Greg Laurie on his pretribulational rapture and Antichrist view. He believes the church will be raptured before the Antichrist emerges. He painfully confuses the event of the Antichrist’s great tribulation with the day of the Lord’s judgment. I pointed out a glaring inconsistency in his interpretation of […]
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The post A Reply to Pastor Greg Laurie’s Pretribulational Sermon on the Rapture and the Antichrist – Ep. 38 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
In part 2, I gave about 10 reasons against the concurrent-recapitulatory interpretation of the book of Revelation while arguing for the consecutive-progressive framework. Seals, Trumpets, Bowls – At the Same Time or One After the Other? Consecutive-Progressive The prewrath position interprets a sequential chronological framework for the seals, trumpets, and bowls. That is, the seal-trumpet-bowl […]
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The post Seals, Trumpets, Bowls: Concurrent-Recapitulation or Consecutive-Progressive? (Part 2 of 2) – Ep. 37 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
In part 1 of 2 parts, I gave some context to one of the most common interpretations for the posttrib view, where the seals, trumpets, and bowls occur roughly at the same time. Indeed, many posttribs believe the corresponding elements are the same events; i.e. the seventh trumpet is the seventh bowl. Over the years […]
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The post Seals, Trumpets, Bowls in the Book of Revelation: Concurrent-Recapitulation or Consecutive-Progressive? (Part 1 of 2) – Ep. 36 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
In part two, I explicated the lines of evidence that Colin R. Nicholl adduces that supports the “Restrainer” being Michael the archangel. 1. Contemporary Jewish literature viewed the characteristics of Michael having eschatological pre-eminence as the chief opponent of Satan and Restrainer of God’s people. 2. Michael is viewed as a celestial restrainer of God’s people […]
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The post Archangel Michael, the Restrainer Removed, 2 Thessalonians 2:6–7 (Part 2 of 2) – Ep. 35 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
In this first part of two parts, I explained the context to the Restrainer question. Who is the “Restrainer”? This question stems from Paul’s text in 2 Thessalonians 2:6–7. “And so you know what holds him back, so that he will be revealed in his own time. For the hidden power of lawlessness is already […]
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The post Archangel Michael, the Restrainer Removed, 2 Thessalonians 2:6–7 (Part 1 of 2) – Ep. 34 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I replied to pretrib teacher Dr. Mark Hitchcock’s grossly misrepresented explanation of the prewrath position in his workbook on the Book of Revelation in his three bullet points: PRE-WRATH “Approximately the last fourth of the tribulation is wrath.” “Believers will be raptured just before that point.” “The wrath begins in the sixth seal, so the […]
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The post Quick Reply to Pretrib Teacher Mark Hitchcock on Prewrath and the Book of Revelation – Ep. 33 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I talked about the nature of the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” I first explained the structure of Matthew 24 which situates Matthew 24:14 for its meaning. Verse 14 completes the […]
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I explained that the expressions the “day of the Lord” and the “second coming” (parousia) refer to the same event, the return of Christ. They are co-referential and thus can be used interchangeably. I cautioned against committing the word concept fallacy where one would require that a particular term must be present in a text […]
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The post The Expressions the “Day of the Lord” and the “Second Coming” Refer to the Same Event – Ep. 31 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I talked about Malachi’s prophecy of the coming of the prophet Elijah before the day of the Lord: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes” (Mal 4:5). There are several key precursors that will happen before the return of Christ: celestial disturbances, the apostasy, […]
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UPDATE HERE! I announced an upcoming debate on the rapture question between myself representing the prewrath position and Thomas Ice of the Pre-trib Research Center representing the pretrib position. The debate will be held at The Hope Center in Plano Texas, September 25th 2015, a Friday evening. The thesis of the debate is: The […]
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I described another reason why the reference of the “gathering of the elect” in Matthew 24:31 refers to the rapture. I explained the significance of this question particularly how it relates to the prewrath and pretribulational debate. If it does refer to the rapture then that means that the church will in fact encounter the […]
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The post Matthew 24:31 Refers to the Rapture Because Paul’s Rapture Teaching Parallels Jesus’ Teaching of the Gathering of the Elect – Ep. 28 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I played a brief clip from my Introduction session at the Bible Prophecy seminar from last Saturday in the Salt Lake City Area. I open up these seminars responding to various platitudes that we often hear others make that sound pious on the surface, but are not biblical reality. These platitudes are intended to discourage […]
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The post How to Reply to Platitudes Intended to Discourage Your Study of Eschatology – Ep. 27 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I talked about taking the gospel back to the street and loving the lost by warning them that the end is coming. Sinners need to repent and embrace Jesus as their savior before it is too late, lest they perish forever in hell. The doctrine of eschatology should sanctify the believer but it should also […]
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This is our 25th episode of The Biblical Prophecy Program™ and I talked about why I started this program and how it is distinguished from other Bible Prophecy programs. This program fills a void out there for solid, biblical prewrath teaching. I also explained why this program is growing and attracting a lot of serious […]
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The post Matthew 24:31 Refers to the Rapture Because of a Cause and Effect Action in the Sky – Ep. 25 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I talked about the incredibly consistent teaching between Jesus’ Olivet Discourse and Paul’s Thessalonian letters on the doctrine of the second coming. I listed thirty parallels between Jesus and Paul. The pretribulational rapture position wrongly dichotomizes this teaching between Matthew 24 and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Their system (tradition) requires their interpretation, otherwise that would […]
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I talked about Paul’s use of the term “temple” (naos) in 2 Thessalonians 2:4. Does Paul have in mind a literal, physical temple? Or is he referring to a figurative, spiritual sense? I argued the former, the literal, physical sense. I first explained that naos does not require some large Solomaic-like structure. Instead, it can refer to […]
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The post Why the Bible Teaches a Literal, Physical Temple (Naos) in 2 Thessalonians 2:4, Not a Figurative, Spiritual Temple – Ep. 23 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I adduced five reasons why I believe the Bible teaches a literal, personal Antichrist figure, not a figurative, impersonal Antichrist. The Bible uses many descriptions and titles for this eschatological Antichrist figure. The term “Antichrist” is the most popular term. Historicists (most) and Idealists deny a literal personal Antichrist, construing instead an impersonal embodiment such […]
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(I am posting this week’s program a couple of days early.) In this program I concluded my series responding to Dr. David Reagan of Lamb & Lion Ministries. I first responded to his objection that prewrath teaches an additional 30-day period after the seven-year period. Reagan says there is no “Scripture basis for it,” but […]
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The post A Reply to David Reagan’s So-Called Critique of the Prewrath Position (Part 3 of 3) – Ep. 21 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I was hoping to finish up David Reagan’s article today but we will have to do a Part 3 next week. In Part 2, I first addressed his misunderstanding of the structure of Matthew 24 explaining that vv. 9–14 is developed in vv. 15–31. In other words, vv. 9–14 does not describe what will happen […]
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The post A Reply to David Reagan’s So-Called Critique of the Prewrath Position (Part 2 of 3) – Ep. 20 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
No mincing words on today’s program. I responded to the first half of David Reagan’s shallow pretrib “critique” of the prewrath position. I first talked about “the lie.” The Lie is Reagan’s continued falsehood that prewrath teaches the rapture will happen “3/4th” into the “tribulation period.” I then walked through point by point refuting his […]
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The post A Reply to David Reagan’s So-Called Critique of the Prewrath Position (Part 1 of 3) – Ep. 19 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I explained Jesus’ reply to his disciples’ question about what is the sign to his coming and the end of the age. Jesus warned that there will be false signs from false messianic claimants. Jesus—the Son of Man—described that his return will be unmistakable and universal using poignant imagery and a proverb. In essence, Jesus […]
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I described the prewrath position by outlining 15 essential tenets that someone must affirm in order to hold to a prewrath position. They are core minimum beliefs. If someone denies any of these definitional points they cannot be said to be prewrath in a meaningful sense of the term. I prefaced the program with two […]
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I described a helpful approach to studying the doctrine of the second coming. The books of the Bible have been progressively revealed to God’s people in history with the book of Revelation as the very last book that was written to complete the Bible. So instead of starting with the book of Revelation, I suggest […]
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The post The “House” Metaphor as a Helpful Approach to Studying the Doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ – Ep. 16 appeared first on ESCHATOS MINISTRIES.
I played my interview from View From the Bunker hosted by Derek Gilbert. He asked me about fifteen questions, many of them that pretribulationists frequently ask of the prewrath position. The following are questions and topics we discussed: -How is prewrath different from the pre-trib, mid-trib, and post-trib view? -Clarified the expression “great tribulation” -Explained […]
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I talked about my interview on Michael Brown’s The Line of Fire Program this past week. I played the entire clip from his show. First, I responded to a couple of misrepresentations that Michael Brown and Craig Keener gave on a past program and corrected that misunderstanding. Then I commented on a couple of points […]
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I responded to the very common pretribulational claim that the seals in the book of Revelation express the day of the Lord’s wrath. They argue this namely because it says that Jesus himself opens the seals. I refuted this notion by actually examining the biblical texts in Revelation 6. First Four Horsemen Seals I began […]
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I talked about the very common word fallacy called the “word-concept” fallacy. I explained why it is important to understand this fallacy of biblical interpretation because it impinges upon our theology of biblical prophecy. I then defined the word-concept fallacy, that it is an assumption that studying a single word or phrase corresponds to having […]
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I contrasted the stark features between an upcoming pretrib prophecy conference and a prewrath prophecy conference. The differences are telling. I talked about a material feature that the pretrib conference is promoting to get you to attend their conference! I also could not find anywhere on their conference page about biblical topics that will be […]
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I examined James 5:7–9 arguing that this very popular pretribulational prooftext does not teach that the rapture is “imminent.” Instead, James is teaching that the Lord’s return—his second coming (parousia)—is expectant. The pretribulational definition of imminence is that there cannot be any prophesied events that must occur before the rapture. So the question is does […]
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Background to the Noahic and “Left Behind” Passage in Matthew 24:37–41 In the first part of the program I gave some background on this issue, explaining why two different groups of pretribulationists hold to opposite viewpoints about this issue and passage. I also explained that there are Christians who are saying, “I want to be […]
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Where Do Believers Go after the Rapture? I first explained that after the rapture God’s people will be escorted, not to earth, but to the throne of the Father in heaven. I provided four biblical passages that demonstrate this: 2 Corinthians 4:14 John 14:1–3 Revelation 7:13–15 Isaiah 26:19–21 However, God’s people will eventually descend to […]
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I talked about the issue of the identify of the 24 elders in Revelation 4–5. Pretribulationism argues that the body of twenty-four elders “represent” the church and therefore the rapture will happen before the “tribulation period.” I responded to a couple of their key arguments and showed that they are not very good arguments, including […]
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I first talked about the “Hebrew Roots” movement. I explained that the old covenant has been abrogated by Christ at his first coming and that new covenant believers are under the new law of Christ, not the Mosaic law, or even part of the Mosaic law such as the sabbath. In the show I said […]
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I explained that the Bible gives at least three reasons for the rapture. Many people associate “the rapture” with some secret event where millions of people suddenly disappear leaving behind their underwear and pantyhose. That notion is a glory-robbing interpretation from God’s real purposes for the rapture. The rapture will be a universal, visible event […]
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I responded to those who deny that the Bible teaches the rapture by giving biblical evidence for the rapture in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. I first described the context of this verse in Thessalonians 4:13-16, leading up to verse 17. Second, I expounded on verse 17 and the larger rapture concept itself describing the specific sequence […]
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I talked about what the millennial debate is not about, and what it is about. Many interpreters frame the wrong question when they engage the millennial debate. This allowed me to introduce the most fundamental principle of interpreting the Bible, which is to ignore chapter breaks. I also gave a brief history on who introduced […]
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In episode 2, I traced four key biblical accounts of the celestial disturbance events in Joel 2:30-31, Matthew 24:29, Luke 21:25–28, and the sixth seal in Rev 6:12–17. I explained the consistency between Joel, Jesus, and the book of Revelation. The celestial disturbance event demonstrates the biblical distinction between the Antichrist’s great tribulation and the […]
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In episode 1 of The Biblical Prophecy Program™ I introduced the program and described the helpful resources that are available at Eschatos Ministries, as well as what the show’s format will be. I gave some background on myself and where I am today. I also talked about the mission and the urgent message of Eschatos […]
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