People seem to be freaking out about the near future. I don’t know why as a Christian. It is sadly ironic that Jesus said, “Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen” and yet so many people are freaking out. When publishers print “the-sky-is-falling” books, it sends the wrong message to God’s […]
Prewrath
5 Views that Deny the Church Will Face the Antichrist’s Great Tribulation
There are five views that deny the church will face the Antichrist: 1. Preterism 2. Historicism 3. Pretribulationism 4. Agnostic-Tribulationism 5. Pan-Tribulationism The Prewrath (as well as many post-tribs) affirm that the last generation of the church will face the Antichrist’s great tribulation just before Christ’s returns. See my book on this topic on Amazon: […]
A Reply to Jan Markell’s “Understanding the Times” Prophecy Conference and Ed Hindson Likening Prewrath to Beating Your Wife – Ep. 45
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/045_A_Reply_to_Jan_Markells__Understanding_the_Times__Prophecy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI first talked about Jan Markell’s sensational, pretrib, annual, Bible prophecy conference. It represents the typical pretrib conference that is not very helpful for people to learn about Bible prophecy. Second, I played a clip of pretrib teacher Dr. Ed Hindson from last year’s Markell’s conference. It […]
A Reply to Renald Showers on James 5:7–9, Imminency, and the Meaning of the Greek Perfect Tense – Ep. 44
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/044-A_Reply_to_Renald_Showers_on_James_57_9_Imminency_and_the_Meaning_of_the_Greek_Perfect_Tense.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to pretrib teacher Renald Showers and his misunderstanding of the Greek perfect tense-form and thus his interpretation of James 5:7–9 and how that affects his pretrib imminency. Specifically, I responded to the following statement by Renald E. Showers: “[T]he fact that the Greek verbs translated […]
5 Differences between Pretrib Bible Prophecy Conferences and Prewrath Bible Prophecy Conferences
1. Pretrib Bible Conferences rarely tell you the titles of the talks ahead of time. It’s a grab bag. Prewrath conferences list the actual titles of the talks on the flyer, so you know what you will actually learn before you arrive. 2. Pretrib Bible prophecy conferences generally do not focus on specific Bible passages. […]
No Signs but Signs – A Major Inconsistency on Imminency with Pretrib Teachers
Pretribulational eschatology teaches that the rapture is “signless” or “unannounced,” while the second coming will be preceded by signs and thus “announced.” There cannot be any intervening prophetic events or signs that will occur before the rapture. Hence, it can happen at any moment. If just a single, biblical, prophesied event happens before the rapture, […]
Dialogue between Jimmy DeYoung and Myself on Bible Prophecy this Weekend? [UPDATE]
So this is interesting. Here is a picture of a sign promoting a Bible Prophecy Conference with Jimmy DeYoung this entire weekend that is happening literally down the street from me. I could walk there. Yes, you know me so well people! I wonder if Jimmy DeYoung would be up to having a discussion on […]
The Emotional, Sentimental Attachment to the Tradition of an Imminent Pretrib Rapture – Ep. 42
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/042-Attachment_to_the_Tradition_of_an_Imminent_Pretrib_Rapture.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI talked about the pervasive emotional attachment that many pretrib believers have toward the notion of of imminency. I also read a pertinent selection from S. P. Tregelles’s The Hope of Christ’s Second Coming on sentiment and emotion. “Perhaps today!” is the expression that many of us have […]
Joseph Farah of WND Moving Away from His Pretrib View…
I am encouraged to learn that Joseph Farah recently announced that he is moving away from his pretrib view to evidently a prewrath view: As a new believer nearly 40 years ago, I accepted the idea that born-again Christians would be raptured out of this world long before the world got Revelation-style ugly. I defended […]
New Christian Zionists Seek Distance From ‘Wild, Crazy Popular Apocalypticism’ – Ep. 41
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/New_Christian_Zionists_Seek_Distance_From_Wild_Crazy_Popular_Apocalypticism.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI commented on the following article from the Christian Post, as well as talked about a couple of semi-related issues. New Christian Zionists Seek Distance From ‘Wild, Crazy Popular Apocalypticism’ There was a recent conference, “People of the Land: A Twenty-First Century Case for Christian Zionism” that […]
An Apt Reply to Those Who Think the Olivet Discourse is “Jewish” and Therefore Not Instruction for the Church
In the 19th century, S. P. Tregelles wrote the best book responding to the first generation of pretribulationism, The Hope of Christ’s Second Coming. It is filled with nuggets and is required reading for any prewrather. He had a lot to say to the pretrib notion that the Olivet Discourse was not instruction for the […]