Yesterday, I critiqued the pretribulation belief that claims the revelation (apokalypsis) of Christ will occur, not at the rapture, but when Jesus comes “with his saints” for the battle of Armageddon. Similarly, pretribulationists make the same claim about the appearing of Christ, that it will not take place at the rapture but at the end […]
Preterism
Preterism’s Inadequate Explanation of the Great Tribulation in the Book of Revelation
While I disagree with Greg Beale’s historicism of the great tribulation (I am a futurist), he makes the following good point concerning preterism’s inadequate interpretation on the great tribulation in the book of Revelation: “Some preterists believe that the great tribulation was to take place before and during the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. […]
A Reply to Jeff Durbin’s Mishandling the ‘Left Behind’ Passage
In this video at the time stamp 55:00, preterist Jeff Durbin mishandles the context of the “Left Behind” passage in Jesus’s Olivet Discourse. He claims that it is the righteous who are left behind and the wicked taken to judgment. He has it completely backwards as the context will clearly show. (Incidentally, I don’t suspect […]
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 […]
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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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Situating_Pretribulational_Imminence_Theology_-_Ep._141.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThis episode was originally delivered at a Bible prophecy conference on April 1, 2017 at Hope Bible Church in Tampa, Florida. I discussed topics such as defining imminence, the pretribulational theological system that is framed on imminence teaching, and why critiquing imminence theology matters. […]
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
A New Approach to the Millennial Debate in the Book of Revelation – Ep. 139
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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 […]
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More Responses to Preterism, and Why the Abomination of Desolation Did Not Occur in AD 70 (Video)
Joel continues his discussion with Dr. Brock Hollett, a former leading hyper-preterist who came to embrace the biblical truth of premillennialism. Ex-preterist theologian Dr. Brock Hollett has authored Debunking Preterism: How Over-Realized Eschatology Misses the Not Yet of Bible Prophecy. Dr. Brock D. Hollett formerly embraced preterism while earning his Master of Divinity at Midwestern […]