In the last couple of decades prewrath has had such a huge impact on pretribulationism that many pretrib teachers have changed its fundamental timeline. Many pretrib teachers now, including Bill Salus, have jettisoned the traditional view that the rapture occurs the same day that Daniel’s seventieth week begins (i.e. the seven-year period), which they erroneously […]
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Does the Appearing (Epiphaneia) of Christ Occur Seven Years After the Pretrib Rapture?
Yesterday, I critiqued the pretribulation belief that claims the revelation (apokalypsis) of Christ will occur, not at the rapture, but when Jesus comes “with his saints” for the battle of Armageddon. Similarly, pretribulationists make the same claim about the appearing of Christ, that it will not take place at the rapture but at the end […]
Does the Revelation (Apokalypsis) of Christ Occur at Armageddon Seven Years After the Pretrib Rapture?
Pretribulationism claims when Jesus returns to resurrect and rapture the people of God, this coming “for the church” will not be known to the world. The revelation (apokalypsis) of Christ, on the other hand, it is argued, will be known to all the world at the end of the seventieth week of Daniel (i.e. seven […]
Video Sessions of the 2019 FBC Fall Bible Prophecy Conference
Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio kicked off its 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference in Session 1 with Charles Cooper and his introduction to the Day of the Lord in the Book of Revelation. In Session 2, Kurschner addresses the timing and placement of the rapture in relation to the Antichrist’s great tribulation. In Session 3, […]
The Greek GRAMMAR in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Supports Prewrath – Ep. 147
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Greek_GRAMMAR_in_2_Thessalonians_23_Supports_Prewrath_-_Ep._147.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner demonstrated grammatical parallels in other New Testament passages to the grammatical construction found in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. This evidence clearly supports the prewrath position and contradicts pretribulationism. Pretribulational interpreters attempt to argue that Paul in 2 Thess 2:3 teaches that the “apostasy” and “the revelation […]
The SAME DAY Noah Entered the Ark, the Flood Began – NOT Seven Days Later!
On occasion I hear some pretrib teachers attempt to argue for a gap of time between the rapture and the beginning of the 70th week of Daniel, which they wrongly equate with the Day of the Lord’s wrath. They do this to try to get around the “Before the Day of the Lord” passages […]
Lancaster Conference Audio Available! – Is There a ‘Gap’ between the Rapture and the Day of the Lord?
This past weekend I was in Lancaster, PA and delivered a teaching at the Zion’s Hope Ministry National Bible Prophecy Conference. If you are an Eschatos Partner you receive full access to all of the E-store’s digital products, including audio. Just be sure to use the coupon code “partner” at check out. If you attended […]
Why the Greek in John 7:51 and Mark 3:27 Supports Prewrath in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 that the Apostasy and the Antichrist Will FIRST [Proton] Happen BEFORE the Day of the Lord
Pretribulational interpreters attempt to argue that Paul in 2 Thess 2:3 teaches that the “apostasy” and “the revelation of the man of lawlessness” will happen “during” the day of the Lord and not before it. But the Greek does not support such an interpretation. Rather, we shall see it clearly supports the prewrath interpretation that […]
Jesus’s Use of the Noah, Lot, and Thief Illustrations Contradicts the Pretribulation Rapture – Ep. 146
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Jesus_Use_of_the_Noah_Lot_and_Thief_Ep._146.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner described a salient point that contradicts the traditional pretribulation view concerning Jesus’s illustrations of Noah, Lot, and the thief, which refer to the second coming. “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son […]
The Noahic, Lot, and Thief Illustrations CONTRADICT Pretribulationism
“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just […]
Book Notice: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Zondervan Critical Introductions to the New Testament
If you are looking for a helpful book for key bibliographical resources and research questions on Paul’s Thessalonians epistles, see Nijay K. Gupta’s new volume, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Zondervan Critical Introductions to the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2019. 320 pages. Here is a short review by Dr. William W. Klein, What do we […]