Renald Showers cites Dan 12:7 to argue that the great tribulation mentioned by Jesus in his Olivet Discourse will last 3.5 years: “Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky and made an oath by […]
Hermeneutics
A Prewrath Sermon on the Classic Rapture Passage (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18)
“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this […]
Preview of the Next Issue of Biblical Prophecy Magazine
The second issue of the Biblical Prophecy Magazine will be released next month! It is published three times a year. Be sure to subscribe to it if you are not already. Eschatos Ministry Partners receive free issues. I am super excited about this issue because there is important original argumentation for the prewrath viewpoint as […]
Conference Video Now Available!
The six video sessions from last weekend’s Bible prophecy conference on The Abomination of Desolation are now available. Here are the instructions: 1) If you signed up for the livestream last weekend then use the same log in as you did for the live stream: go to “E-Store” in the menu and click on “My […]
Chapter Notice on James Barr’s Critique of the ‘Illegitimate Totality Transfer’ Word-Concept Fallacy
I am happy to announce my chapter publication in the recent academic volume James Barr Assessed: Evaluating His Legacy over the Last Sixty Years. It was published this month in Brill’s Biblical Interpretation Series. My particular chapter is titled “James Barr on the ‘Illegitimate Totality Transfer’ Word-Concept Fallacy.” Brill’s volumes are pricey but you can […]
9 Beliefs of Premillennialism – Ep. 176
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/9_Beliefs_of_Premillennialism_-_Ep._176.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. 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!
A Survey on the Millennial Viewpoints – Ep. 175
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/A_Survey_on_the_Millennial_Viewpoints_-_Ep._175_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. 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 […]
The ‘Ezekiel 38–39 / Gog Magog’ Battle Takes Place AT THE END of the Millennium (Video)
In his podcast Bible Prophecy Talk, Chris White makes a case that the Gog Magog battle described in Ezekiel 38–39 will take place at the end of the Millennium—not before the millennium as is commonly believed. You can also watch video playlist of his series on this topic:
‘At the Last Day’ in John 6:39–40 – A Response to Posttribulationism – Ep. 173
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/173_On_the_Last_Day_in_John_6.39_40_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. 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 […]
God’s Eschatological Wrath Begins AFTER the Resurrection and Rapture – Ep. 172
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/172-Gods_Eschatological_Wrath_Begins_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. 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 […]
Who’s ‘Wrath’ Is in View in Daniel 8:19?
J. Paul Tanner in his help commentary on Daniel, writes, [T]he word for “wrath” does occur one other time in Daniel, namely Dan 11:36 [fn: Quite often, “wrath” [or “indignation”] (zꜥm) refers to God’s wrath (e.g., Isa 26:20; Ezek 22:24), but in view of the context of Daniel, the reference in v. 19 appears to […]