QUESTION: Someone recently asked a good question: If we assume [the 144,000 are Jews], Rev. 7 says they are sealed because they will be on earth during God’s wrath. According to Rev. 7, this sealing will happen right about the same time the rapture happens (the “great multitude”). Now these are the questions: (1) Will […]
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2 Reasons Why the Mark of the Beast Will Be a Physical-Literal Mark and Not Merely a Symbolic-Spiritual Truth
“He also caused everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast—that is, his name or his number. This calls for wisdom: Let the […]
INBOX Q&A: The Sixth Seal Earthquake and the Seventh Bowl Earthquake
Barry asked: How can the mountains and islands be moved from their places in the seals AND the bowls. Are they moved from their places twice? Or are the seals and the bowls different narratives of the same event? Good question. First, Rev 6:14 reads, “The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled […]
Daniel: Evangelical Exegetical Commentary (New Book) by J. Paul Tanner
Daniel: Evangelical Exegetical Commentary by J. Paul Tanner Get it on Amazon. In this volume from the Evangelical Exegetical Commentary, Paul Tanner argues that the book of Daniel is the Old Testament blueprint of the Bible’s overarching eschatological narrative. Tanner examines key aspects of the book of Daniel such as the revelation of Israel’s […]
The Seven Trumpet Judgments ARE God’s Wrath – Ep. 170
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Ep._170_Seven_Trumpet_Judgments_Gods_Wrath.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner explained that fire is the basic element of God’s wrath, which is explicitly expressed in the first three trumpet judgments in the book of Revelation. While the ungodly will suffer eternal fire in hell, they will also experience the fiery wrath of God in the […]
What Is the ‘Hour of Peirasmos (Testing)’ in Revelation 3:10?
“Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.” (Revelation 3:10) “hoti etērēsas ton logon tēs hypomonēs mou, kagō se tērēsō ek tēs hōras tou peirasmou tēs mellousēs […]
Zechariah 14:7 and a Response to Post-Tribulationists
The single verse that is often cited for support for viewing the day of the Lord as a twenty-four hour day interpretation is: “But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light” (Zech. […]
Chronology and the Book of Revelation (Video Roundtable)
I had technical difficulties at the beginning, but fixed it at 6:38.
Is the Book of Revelation Chronological? Prophecy Roundtable (Video)
This Thursday, I am participating in a prophecy roundtable on the question of the chronology of the book of Revelation and its rapture implications. See the info below.
The Seventh Trumpet Is Blown AFTER the Two Witnesses are Caught Up to Heaven
In this week’s episode of The Biblical Prophecy Program, I pointed out a contradiction in the posttribulation framework. Many posttribulationists view the catching up of the two witnesses to heaven as “representing” the rapture, and they identify the blowing of the seventh trumpet in the book of Revelation as Paul’s “last trump.” The salient problem, […]
Video: The Pretribulation Rapture Is a False Hope
I am not familiar with the host of this program, so I cannot vouch for his other teachings, but in this particular helpful critique of pretribulationism, he covers a lot of ground in this video. It’s worth watching all of it. Related articles: Does the Absence of the Word ‘Church’ (Ekklēsia) in Revelation 4–21 Support […]