This weekend’s conference in Ohio I will be speaking with Charles Cooper. I am giving two talks. The first will be on the nature of the rapture and resurrection and locating nine passages that depict the rapture or resurrection occurring after the Antichrist’s great tribulation. My second talk will be on responding to pretribulation imminence […]
Bible Prophecy Is Not a Game
The world glorifies murder and violence. Look no further than the recent movie Joker. T. J. Lewis writes: Parents: JOKER IS NOT A KID MOVIE and I’m not comfortable saying it’s okay for teens either. I saw both (including a baby) in the theatre last night, despite AMC having signs warning “this is not a […]
The Greek GRAMMAR in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Supports Prewrath – Ep. 147
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Greek_GRAMMAR_in_2_Thessalonians_23_Supports_Prewrath_-_Ep._147.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. 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 […]
Are the 144,000 Israelites ‘Saved’ in Revelation 7?
I view the 144,000 Israelites in Rev 7:4–8 as sealed in the sense of God choosing them to be saved when the end of the seven-year period is completed, fulfilling Daniel’s 70 week prophecy of the nation of Israel when they recognize Jesus as Messiah. They are also sealed in the sense of protection from the impending […]
The Meaning of Rosh Hashanah (Video)
“Before Rosh Hashanah begins tonight, we wanted to tell you what it is, how it is celebrated, and what it means for believers in Yeshua!” “The LORD spoke to Moses: ‘Tell the Israelites, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you must have a complete rest, a memorial announced by loud […]
Pseudo-Ephraem Is NOT a Pretribulation Document
Pretribulationists are fond to cite Pseudo-Ephraem as support for a pretrib rapture. Charles Cooper has written the following article (Pseudo-Ephraem), which reveals that the author actually places the return of Jesus for the Church after the Antichrist has already arrived, not before. This document is also a teachable example for pretribs. The MO for how […]
The SAME DAY Noah Entered the Ark, the Flood Began – NOT Seven Days Later!
On occasion I hear some pretrib teachers attempt to argue for a gap of time between the rapture and the beginning of the 70th week of Daniel, which they wrongly equate with the Day of the Lord’s wrath. They do this to try to get around the “Before the Day of the Lord” passages […]
Pretrib J. D. Farag’s Feeble Faith CONTRASTED with the Bold Faith of Iranian Women
All prewrath is teaching is that there will be an unprecedented persecution of Christians just before Jesus returns. And yet, this message is so offensive to many pretribs that they feel compelled to write books against prewrath, calling it heresy, “Satanic,” and even likening our persecution theology to wife beating! Of course there are more […]
Lancaster Conference Audio Available! – Is There a ‘Gap’ between the Rapture and the Day of the Lord?
This past weekend I was in Lancaster, PA and delivered a teaching at the Zion’s Hope Ministry National Bible Prophecy Conference. If you are an Eschatos Partner you receive full access to all of the E-store’s digital products, including audio. Just be sure to use the coupon code “partner” at check out. If you attended […]
The Background to the Sealing of the 144,000: Ezekiel 9 and Exodus 12
The 144,000 faithful Israelites in Revelation 7:1–8 are protected on earth with a seal of God from the impending wrath that will be poured out on the world through the trumpet and bowl judgments when the seventh seal is opened. The likely thematic background for this sealing from impending divine wrath is found in Ezekiel […]
Is the Eighth King ‘Of the SEVEN’ or ‘Of the SEVENTH’? (Revelation 17:11)
This is a brief lexical note. Revelation 17:11 uses the cardinal number ἑπτά, hepta (“seven”) and not the ordinal number ἕβδομος, hebdomos (“seventh”). So the eighth king will come “from (or of) the seven” and not “from the seventh.” καὶ τὸ θηρίον ὃ ἦν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν καὶ αὐτὸς ὄγδοός ἐστιν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἑπτά […]