Alan Kurschner, Ph.D. is the founder of Eschatos Ministries, teaching Bible prophecy from a futurist, premillennial, prewrath perspective.
Why premillennial theology matters is an issue that every student of biblical prophecy needs to be aware of. Premillennialism teaches that at Jesus's second coming he will deliver the righteous and judge the ungodly. Then the righteous will enter … [Continue reading] about Why Premillennial Theology Matters – Ep. 140
I discussed my completion of my PhD program and dissertation earlier this year. I gave a bare-bones summary of the goal and lines of argumentation that I used in the dissertation, in particular, a new methodological approach to the millennial debate … [Continue reading] about A New Approach to the Millennial Debate in the Book of Revelation – Ep. 139
I addressed a pretrib objection to my arguments describing how God will work with Israel and the church simultaneously in the future during part of the seventieth week. A few traditional dispensational pretribbers such as Renald Showers have … [Continue reading] about Does God Work With Israel and the Church During the ‘Gap’ but Not During the Seventy Weeks of Daniel? – Ep. 138
[Update: Durbin has contacted me explaining he is not in a position to debate at this time for health reasons that he is going through. So keep him in your prayers to bring his health back. I told him that we are happy to keep the invitation open in … [Continue reading] about A Debate with Pastor Jeff Durbin on His Preterism / Postmillennialism Is Not Going to Happen [Update]
Six years ago, I did a six-part series responding to John F. Hart's (and other pretrib teachers') unfounded and strained interpretation that the parousia in Matt 24:36–44 is a completely different parousia than the one depicted in Matt 24:27, 30–31. … [Continue reading] about Does Matthew 24:36–44 Refer to the Pretribulation Rapture?
Sometimes I am surprised to learn that pretrib teachers continue to perpetuate the lexical error that the Greek noun apostasia can refer to the sense of a "physical departure." For example, just recently, Arnold Fruchtenbaum of Ariel Ministries … [Continue reading] about A Brief Reply to Arnold Fruchtenbaum on the Meaning of the Greek Noun Apostasia
According to pretrib logic, Israel is raptured at Rev 7:4. Of course I am being facetious with the title of this post, using absurdity to illustrate absurdity. The mere word Israel (Ἰσραήλ) is not found between Rev 7:4 and 21:12, so according to … [Continue reading] about Is Israel Raptured at Revelation 7:4?
"Eventually, it intends to open the Calibra Wallet up to additional services, so that people can pay bills, buy goods by scanning a code or accessing public transport." Yea, right --> "Account information from Calibra will not be shared with … [Continue reading] about Facebook’s Planned Global Currency
Having established a biblical-theological pattern that God has worked with both Israel and the church simultaneously in the past and in the present. It should not be unexpected then that God will work with both Israel and the church at the same time … [Continue reading] about God Will Work With Israel and the Church Simultaneously in the FUTURE – Ep. 137
Pop pretribbers are often heard invoking the virtuous platitude, "I'm not looking for the Antichrist, I’m looking for Jesus Christ." It is intended to convey that pretribs are "truly" watchful for Jesus's return because they think they will not … [Continue reading] about Virtue Signaling Pretribbers
I typically promote the books from the e-store, but there are helpful, instructive teaching aids as well such as the easy-reading e-charts. Go to that page and click on the charts to enlarge it for detail. There are also e-pamphlets (tri-fold), … [Continue reading] about Use Prewrath Charts in Your Bible Prophecy Studies . . .