I wrote this piece about three years ago and I want to repost it because it is important in that it refutes the most common interpretation of the Olivet Discourse on the issue of the relationship between the abomination of desolation and the parousia of Christ. https://www.alankurschner.com/2011/12/04/eutheos-immediately-in-matthew-2429-undermines-historicism/
Historicism
Seals, Trumpets, Bowls – At the Same Time or One After the Other? i.e. Concurrent-Recapitulation or Consecutive-Progressive?
I am writing a book responding to posttribulationism. It will be the first prewrath book that substantively engages the posttribulational view. Even though my book Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord responds to relevant points on posttribulationism, this forthcoming book will be completely devoted to the posttrib interpretation. My hope is that it will […]
Five Views that Dismiss Jesus and Paul’s Warning to the Church
In the context of the church that will encounter the Antichrist’s great tribulation, Jesus warns, “Remember, I have told you ahead of time” (Matt 24:25). And in the context of the Antichrist, Paul warns the church, “Let no one deceive you in any way” (2 Thess 2:3). The prewrath position (and most posttribs) is the […]
A Futurist Interpretation of Luke 21:20–24
(20) “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. (21) Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it, (22) because these are days of vengeance, […]
The Case For A Literal, Personal, Antichrist Figure
(See also my discussion of this topic on the program) I use the term “Antichrist” since it the most common term to refer to the eschatological antagonist who will oppose God and his people just before the Lord returns. Biblical writers have used other terms to describe this figure, to name a few, “beast,” “little […]
The Futurism of the Beginning of Birth Pangs – Matthew 24:4–8
(4) Watch out that no one misleads you. (5) For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many. (6) You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. (7) […]
Eutheos (Immediately) in Matthew 24:29 Undermines Historicism
“Immediately (eutheos) after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” (Matt 24:29). Historicism is the eschatological position that says the thrust of prophecy in the Olivet Discourse and […]
The Early Church Fathers on the Second Coming
https://www.alankurschner.com/product/what-did-the-early-church-fathers-teach-on-the-second-coming/