There are no published commentaries on the book of Revelation that I can recommend. Commentators either begin with flawed presuppositions about the framework of the book (e.g. amillennial, historical premillennial, pretribulational) or they are not asking the right questions (e.g. atomizing the text). One of these questions that is rarely investigated—and impinges on interpretive conclusions—is […]
Book of Revelation
Four Reasons the Biblical Celestial Disturbance Event Supports the Pre-Wrath Rapture – Ep. 2
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/002-celestial_disturbances.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedIn episode 2, I traced four key biblical accounts of the celestial disturbance events in Joel 2:30-31, Matthew 24:29, Luke 21:25–28, and the sixth seal in Rev 6:12–17. I explained the consistency between Joel, Jesus, and the book of Revelation. The celestial disturbance event demonstrates the biblical […]
Answering the Post-trib Interpretation of Revelation 16:15
“(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)” (Rev 16:15 NET) Posttribulationists frequently use Revelation 16:15 to support their position. They argue that Rev 16:14–16 indicates that […]
Debate on the Date of the Book of Revelation – Mark Hitchcock vs Hank Hanegraaff
Dr. Mark Hitchcock and Mr. Hank Hanegraaff debate the date of the Book of Revelation. The debate took place on December 10, 2007 at the annual Pre-Trib Study Group meeting in Dallas, TX. Dr. Hichcock will argue for the AD 95 date. Mr. Hanegraaff will argue for the AD 65 date. While the AD 95 […]
The Natural Progression to the Onset of the Day of the Lord’s Wrath
The prewrath position makes the most sense out of the seals in the book of Revelation. Prewrath places the resurrection and the rapture between the opening of the sixth and seventh seal (Rev 7:9–17). This happens just before the day of the Lord’s wrath begins at the opening of the seventh seal containing the judgment […]
The Figurative Use of “Armageddon”
Armageddon is a step closer to reality. USA today has a report that should disturb anyone concerned about the mad mullahs of Tehran getting their hands on nuclear weapons. Their avowed goal is Armageddon, that could usher in the 12th Mahdi. More here… We see these news items almost every day using the figurative use […]
I Can Already Hear the Pretribber Teachers and Pastors Saying, ‘Don’t Worry, You’ll Be Raptured Before This Takes Place!’
http://www.infowars.com/the-mark-scientist-claims-human-microchip-implants-will-become-not-optional/print/ Thankfully, more and more Christians everyday are ignoring this illusory mantra and listening to what the Bible clearly teaches on this issue. And then we have the preterist and historicist amillers and postmillers doubling down on their stone-age hermeneutic claiming that the mark of the Beast is only “symbolic.” Let’s block out these false […]
Beheaded Martyrs Participating in the “First” Resurrection – Sequential or Thematic?
http://theorangemailmanmyblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/25/the-first-resurrection-timing-often-misunderstood/ I also made a couple of additional comments in the combox of this post.
A Refutation of Preterism’s Kenneth Gentry’s Early Neronic Dating of the Book of Revelation
Notwithstanding Mark Hitchcock’s pretribulationism, his Ph.D dissertation is a refutation of the early dating of the Book of Revelation argued by preterists. You can download it here for free: http://www.pre-trib.org/data/pdf/hitchcock-dissertation.pdf
Preterism’s Literalistic Interpretation of Jesus is Coming “Soon” (En Tachei)
“The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon [en tachei] take place.” (Rev 1:1) Gary DeMar and other preterist interpreters inveigh against futurists for being “literalistic” in their interpretations. Yet, I actually find many of their interpretations literalistic, as in this case, interpreting “soon” […]
Seals, Trumpets, Bowls – At the Same Time or One After the Other? i.e. Concurrent-Recapitulation or Consecutive-Progressive?
I am writing a book responding to posttribulationism. It will be the first prewrath book that substantively engages the posttribulational view. Even though my book Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord responds to relevant points on posttribulationism, this forthcoming book will be completely devoted to the posttrib interpretation. My hope is that it will […]