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 Baptist Theological Seminary in 2000 because the preterist perspective seemed to provide him with coherent arguments regarding the time statements of […]
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The Problem with Interpreting Matt 24:30 as ‘Armageddon’ – Ep. 128
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Problem_with_Interpreting_Matt_2430_as_Armageddon_-_Ep._128.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDoes Matthew 24:30 refer to the battle of Armageddon in Revelation 19? I responded to this standard pretrib interpretation and explained the most problematic point with this view, which violates the narrative logic of both the Olivet Discourse and the book of Revelation. In particular the Noahic […]
6 Reasons Why You Will NOT Take the Beast’s Mark
1. You trust God’s teaching that suffering, persecution, and martyrdom are temporary, while the life beyond this one will be eternal with Christ. You love Christ more than your earthly possessions and your physical life. 2. You possess the Spirit of discernment that will enable you to discern the deception of Satan and the beast’s […]
6 Reasons Why You WILL Take the Beast’s Mark
1. You will fear the person who can kill your physical life more than the person who can kill your soul. 2. You will not possess the Spirit of discernment and consequently be deceived by Satan and the beast’s system. 3. You were taught all your life that you would not be here when the […]
James on the DELAY of Jesus’s Second Coming (Parousia) – Ep. 127
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/James_on_the_DELAY_of_Jesuss_Second_Coming_Parousia_-_Ep._127.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedJames contains a key passage on the delay of Jesus’s second coming and how to live in light of it. He received his teaching from the oral tradition of Jesus’s instruction of the Olivet Discourse, since there are several direct links with it. James’s teaching on the […]
God will protect our soul IN the world, not FROM the world, during the Antichrist’s great tribulation
One of the most common reasons Christians are embracing the prewrath position is because of the distinction that is made between the Antichrist’s great tribulation and the day of the Lord’s wrath. Christians will be removed (raptured) from the latter but not the former. This point has caused the light bulb to go off in […]
The OTHER Unforgivable Sin Mentioned in the Bible . . .
Here is the unforgivable sin that is mentioned in the Bible: “I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin” (because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit’).” […]
A Quick Debunking of Failed Date-Setter Mark Biltz’s New Book: Decoding the Antichrist and the End Times
Failed date-setter Mark Biltz—who is addicted to bible prophecy even though he refuses that he was wrong on his date-setting—has come out with another bible prophecy book that will lead God’s people astray. His new book is called, Decoding the Antichrist and the End Times: What the Bible Says and What the Future Holds. (Incidentally, […]
Peter on the DELAY of Jesus’s Coming – Ep. 126
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Peter_on_the_DELAY_of_Jesuss_Coming_Jan_Markell_Ep_126.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedPeter’s teaching on the delay of the parousia is consistent with Jesus’s teaching. This is not surprising since Peter was one of the main disciples that Jesus taught the Olivet Discourse to directly. In this episode, I covered what Peter taught on how we should order our […]
If the Olivet Discourse Is Not a Church Teaching, Then Why Did Paul Link 30 Ties from It for His Own Thessalonian Church Instruction?
If the Olivet Discourse Is Not a Church Teaching, Then Why Did Paul Link 30 Ties from It for His Own Thessalonian Church Instruction? For more charts, click here…
Will all the inhabitants of the nations be destroyed at the battle in Rev 19?
Craig A. Blaising writes: [Fowler White] argues that a sequential interpretation of 19:11—20:3 is not logically coherent, that its “credibility. . . suffers considerably” because at the Parousia, Christ will destroy all the in inhabitants of all the nations except the redeemed (“Reexamining the Evidence for Recapitulation in Rev. 20:1–10,” 325). Thus, he concludes, there […]