Answer: First, the Bible never teaches an imminent return of Jesus, let alone that God uses it to sanctify believers. Imminent death, yes, but not an imminent rapture. Second, Jesus in his Olivet Discourse teaches quite the opposite. He teaches that because his return is delayed with intervening events, he warned of the temptation for […]
Olivet Discourse
A Proposed Itinerary of WHERE Jesus Will Be AFTER the Rapture
I have been asked many times concerning the location of Jesus’s activities after the rapture. It is a common question in prewrath discussions. Robert Van Kampen’s The Sign has a helpful explication of this period. To be sure, in the last 30 years since its publication prewrath has refined this topic. Let me comment on […]
Will Jesus Come FOR HIS CHURCH at the Rapture, But WITH HIS CHURCH at the Second Coming? – Ep 145
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Ep_145_Will_Jesus_Come_FOR_HIS_CHURCH_at_the_Rapture.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedA 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 […]
OHIO Bible Prophecy Conference – Oct 11–13
*Please direct any questions about the conference to the church. PDF: Prewrath Conference 2019 Register HERE Live Stream HERE Register HERE Live Stream HERE
Preterist Gary DeMar of American Vision Turns Down Public Debate Invitation
Recently, preterist theologian Gary DeMar of American Vision was invited to debate ex-preterist and now-futurist Dr. Brock Hollett, who is the author of Debunking Preterism: How Over-Realized Eschatology Misses the Not Yet of Bible Prophecy. The topic would have been on the coming of the Son of Man in Matthew 24:30 and whether that is […]
Situating Pretribulational Imminence Theology – Ep. 141
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Bible Prophecy Conference Audio Now Available!
These teachings on Understanding the Book of Revelation were originally delivered at the Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference, July 13, 2019 in Eagan Minnesota. Understanding the Book of Revelation
Does God Work With Israel and the Church During the ‘Gap’ but Not During the Seventy Weeks of Daniel? – Ep. 138
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Does_God_Work_With_Israel_and_the_Church_During_the_Gap__-_Ep_138.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI 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 […]
A Debate with Pastor Jeff Durbin on His Preterism / Postmillennialism Is Not Going to Happen [Update]
[Update: Durbin has contacted me explaining he is not in a position to debate at this time for health reasons that he is going through. So keep him in your prayers to bring his health back. I told him that we are happy to keep the invitation open in the future when he feels he […]
Does Matthew 24:36–44 Refer to the Pretribulation Rapture?
Six years ago, I did a six-part series responding to John F. Hart’s (and other pretrib teachers’) unfounded and strained interpretation that the parousia in Matt 24:36–44 is a completely different parousia than the one depicted in Matt 24:27, 30–31. I am re-posting my series below. Pretribs cannot agree with themselves whether Matt 24:36–44 refers […]
God Will Work With Israel and the Church Simultaneously in the FUTURE – Ep. 137
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/God_Will_Work_With_Israel_and_the_Church_Simultaneously_in_the_FUTURE__Ep._137.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedHaving 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 […]