There is a bit of irony that John MacArthur (who I respect) is an adamant cessationist, because MacArthur is a staunch pretribulationist, the very view that, it is argued, finds its origins in the utterances of charismatic-visionary Margaret MacDonald or possibly the charismatic Edward Irving (early 19th century). Accordingly, it has been argued that one […]
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Dog Whistle Rapture
Pretribulationism believes that Jesus is coming back quietly to secretly rapture the church, and the world is going to wonder where all the missing people have gone. Only believers will be able to hear and see Jesus when he returns. That may be good fantasy for novels but it is not biblical reality. Just the […]
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A Rapture Dialogue Invitation
Recently, I was invited to participate in a dialogue of Q&A on the rapture and the second coming. The participants were myself representing the prewrath perspective, and Craig Blomberg (Denver Seminary) representing the posttrib perspective, and Michael J. Svigel (Dallas Theological Seminary) representing the pretrib perspective. I will post on this blog each participant’s Q&A when […]
How Far Can You Go and Still Be Able to Repent? A Plea to John MacArthur
The question about whether you can take the mark of the beast and still be able to repent later, makes no earthly sense to me. And yet there are pretribulational teachers who think this is a meaningful question. “How far can you go” is in the same vein of the frequent question that youth pastors […]
The Didache, the Antichrist, and the Resurrection
The Didache—written during the first generation after Christ—is the earliest statement in church history depicting the relationship between the Antichrist and the church. It states explicitly that the Antichrist will arrive before the resurrection. CHAPTER 16 Warning that the end is at hand 1 “Watch” over your life: “let your lamps” be not quenched “and […]
Pretribulationism Says You Should Ignore This Warning…
A third angel followed the first two, declaring in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, that person will also drink of the wine of God’s anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will […]
A New Prewrath Pamphlet Published! – Expectant Not Imminent — The Return of Jesus
This pamphlet is long over due! I am pleased to announce the most recent publication of this pamphlet in the Prewrath Pamphlet Series™. How many times have we heard, “Jesus may come at any moment.” Imminence is the holy grail of pretribulationism; however, on closer examination it is based on a tradition, not Scripture. In addition, […]
The Order of Events When Christ Arrives on the Clouds at His Second Coming
An excerpt from Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord (1 Thess 4:17) The dead in Christ will receive their […]
A Literal ‘Antichrist’
An excerpt taken from my book Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: There is a broad and narrow sense of the term “antichrist.” The broad theological sense is defined by the apostle John, who writes, “Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: […]
Are the Seven Seals of Revelation’s Scroll the Wrath of God Because Jesus Opens Them Up?
Pretribulationists claim that the seals are part of the day of the Lord’s wrath because it is Jesus who opens them up. In fact, just recently, a prewrather called into Brannon Howse’s Worldview Weekend Radio program with Jimmy DeYoung as his guest. The prewrath caller explained the biblical distinction between the Antichrist’s great tribulation and […]