Postribulationists argue that after God’s people are caught up to the clouds to meet Christ in the rapture, they will immediately “escort” Christ back to earth, i.e., they are not taken to heaven before the throne of God. Their main argument they use is the term apantēsis (meeting) in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 requires this “immediate […]
Posttribulationism
Accomando Fails to Have a Civil and Biblical Discussion
I have been responding to John Accomando’s statements on his posttribulationism, hoping that he would engage and we can have a God-honoring, beneficial discussion. He has not responded to anything, as far as I know, I have written. Sadly, I received this note that Accomando passed on to me from someone: Jeffrey, Feel free to […]
Answering a Few Posttribulational Questions…
Someone who is struggling between posttrib and prewrath from a facebook group asked a few honest questions. I don’t intend my answers to be exhaustive, but I do want to make a few brief comments. She asks: The prewrath and post trib views are similar in many important ways. One of the issues why I […]
Will the Church Be Persecuted by Antichrist for Three and One-Half Years Before the Rapture?
John Accomando writes, [D]oes Scripture teach that we’ll be here for the full 3.5 years? Yes: Daniel 7:25- “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a […]
Posttribulationism and the “Word-Concept” Fallacy
John Accomando asserts the following: More than once, the vials are called “the wrath of God”, whereas the trumpets are not. It’s usually assumed that the “wrath” begins shortly after the 6th seal, just because the word “wrath” is being used, but “the wrath of the Lamb” seems to be very specific. Also, upon further […]
Revelation 15:1 Seven Angels Who Have Seven Final [Eschatos] Plagues
Then I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final [eschatas] plagues (they are final because in them God’s anger is completed [etelesthē]). (Rev 15:1) John Accomando asserts: Revelation 15:1 doesn’t say that the vials “finish” the wrath of God. The Greek word is “teleō”, which also means “to […]
Revelation 16:15 “Look! I will come like a thief! . . .”
“(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)” (Rev 16:15 NET) Posttribulationists frequently use Revelation 16:15 to support their position. They argue that Rev 16:14–16 indicates that […]
Responding to Common Postrib Arguments
I was directed to some posttribulational comments by someone named John Accomando on a facebook group. I would like to respond to some of his objection to prewrath in a series. The first claim I will respond to in my next post is asserted by Accomando: What is the “icing on the cake” for me […]
Why I Am Not A Posttribulationist
I will be writing up three “Why I am not a…” articles on posttribulationism, midtribulationism, pretribulationism. This will be the first one. I am not going to give my argumentation in these articles since that would requires scores of pages, so I refer the reader to my forthcoming book, Antichrist Before the Day of the […]
“But in the days when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet…” —Revelation 10:7
I have argued previously that the day of the Lord will not be a simple, literal 24-hour day, as many postribulationists claim. The day of the Lord will be a complex-whole when God works out his purposes of deliverance of his people and judgment upon the ungodly over an extended period of time, beginning with […]
Does the Parable of the Wheat and Weeds in Matthew 13 Teach a Sequence?
This parable is often cited as a prooftext from posttribulationists to support the notion that the church will be here on earth protected in the day of the Lord’s wrath, then afterwards be raptured. Does the parable of the Wheat and Weeds (Tares) intend to teach a sequence of events? For example it says: “First […]