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. Incidentally, during these six years I have never received […]
Pretribulationism
Craig Blaising on Premillennialism in a nutshell
Christ comes in 19:11 and judges the nations who fornicated with Babylon, who consolidated their loyalty with the beast, and who gathered to war against Christ. He casts the beast and false prophet into the lake of fire. He imprisons the devil. He raises the martyrs murdered by Babylon and the beast. He and his […]
Correcting a Common Platitude. . .
We are often told “we should live as if Jesus could return today.” “Perhaps today!” This is a slogan that is commonly heard in various Christian circles. A version of this is found in the popular hymn: Jesus may come today Glad day, glad day! And I would see my friend; Dangers and troubles would […]
The Olivet Discourse Is about the DELAY of Jesus’s Coming, Not His Nearness – Ep. 125
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Olivet_Discourse_Is_about_the_DELAY_of_Jesuss_Coming_Not_His_Nearness_-_Ep._125.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThe Olivet Discourse is about the delay of Jesus’s Coming, not his nearness. Many interpreters miss this main point. Further, there is the question of what is Jesus trying to teach with his delay of his parousia? Jesus teaches that we will know the season of his […]
Clarifying a Question on Revelation 6:17 – Ep. 123
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Clarifying_a_Question_on_Revelation_617_-_Ep._123.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Many interpreters assume that the English rendering “has come” in Rev 6:17 refers to either past or present tense referring to God’s wrath. “because the great day of their wrath has come [ēlthen], and who is able to withstand it?” (Rev 6:17) I have explained before […]
Andy Woods ‘Replies’ to Me . . .
Just a quick note for those who were wondering if Andy Woods was interested in meaningful interaction with my podcast episode yesterday where I argued that Woods was making up a meaning for the Greek word apostasia, believing that it could mean a rapture in 2 Thess 2:3. Woods claimed that the Greek word could […]
What Andy Woods Is Not Telling You about ‘the Apostasy’ in 2 Thess 2:3 – Ep. 121
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/What_Andy_Woods_Is_Not_Telling_You_about_the_Apostasy_in_2_Thess_23_-_Ep._121.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedPretrib teacher Andy Woods recently evaded key arguments against his interpretation which claims “the apostasy” [apostasia] in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 refers to the rapture, and thus the pretribulation rapture. He was interviewed by Gary Stearman on Prophecy Watchers. “Let no one deceive you in any way. For […]
Does 1 Peter 1:13 Teach an ‘Any Moment’ Rapture?
Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Pet 1:13) Pretrib interpreters read this verse and assume that since Peter says “set your hope” on the grace that they will received at […]
Revelation 6:16–17 Is NOT a ‘Summary Statement’ of God’s Wrath
“They said to the mountains and to the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?’” (Rev 6:16–17) A host of […]
The ‘Thousand Years’ Reference in Revelation 20 Indicates a Period of Time
Last week I responded to an objection that the thousand years reference in the book of Revelation is not literal. I want to address a similar objection. But this time it is not an objection by amillennialists. Premillennialists and amillennialists agree with each other that the thousand years reference denotes a temporal period, that is, a […]
Answering a Common Amillennial Objection to Premillennialism on When Death Is Eliminated in Relation to the Millennium
Leaving aside the question of the timing of the millennium for this article, though it is related to this issue here, amillennialists, such as Sam Storms, adduce a common objection against premillennialism. He and other amillennialists cite 1 Cor 15:25–26 as evidence for amillennialism: “For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under […]