ESCHATOS MINISTRIES

Alan Kurschner, Ph.D. is the founder of Eschatos Ministries, teaching Bible prophecy from a futurist, premillennial, prewrath perspective.

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Olivet Discourse

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

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Update on My Debate with Dr. Thomas Ice

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UPDATE: Here is the debate     I appreciate Dr. Ice for accepting the invitation to debate. Not many pretrib teachers are willing to engage on this level—come to think of it, he is the only one! I am very pleased with how the debate went. The audio will be posted on this site in […]

A Reply to Jim McClarty’s Critique of the Prewrath Position: He Gets the Prewrath Basics Wrong – Ep. 46

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Does Jesus Teach There Will Be a “Gap” of Time between the Rapture and the Day of the Lord’s Wrath? – Ep. 39

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A Reply to Pastor Greg Laurie’s Pretribulational Sermon on the Rapture and the Antichrist – Ep. 38

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/038_A_Reply_to_Greg_Lauries_Pretribulational_Sermon_on_the_Rapture_and_the_Antichrist.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI 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 […]

Will the Church or an Angel Fulfill the Gospel Prophecy in Matthew 24:14? – Ep. 32

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Will_the_Church_or_an_Angel_fulfill_Matt_24.14.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI 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 […]

Matthew 24:31 Refers to the Rapture Because Paul’s Rapture Teaching Parallels Jesus’ Teaching of the Gathering of the Elect – Ep. 28

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Matthew 24:31 Refers to the Rapture Because of a Cause and Effect Action in the Sky – Ep. 25

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/025-Mt_24.31_Rapture_Cause_and_Effect.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThis 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 […]

The Apostle Paul’s Source for His Eschatology on the Second Coming in His Thessalonian Letters Is Drawn from Jesus’ Olivet Discourse – Ep. 24

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/024-Parallels_between_Jesus_and_Paul.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI 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 […]

Partial Preterism Absent in at Least the First Two Centuries of the Church

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Futurism was the singular voice in the orthodox early church—a historical fact that partial preterists don’t like very much. Full Preterism was condemned in the Bible and the early church as a heresy. It is still considered heresy today in orthodox Christianity, because the resurrection and Jesus’ return is still in the future. It was […]

5 Reasons the Bible Teaches a Literal, Personal Antichrist, Not Figurative, Impersonal – Ep. 22

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/022-5_Reasons_why_the_Antichrist_is_Literal.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI 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 […]

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