Jesse Johnson is the Teaching Pastor at Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, VA. He represents the John MacArthur/The Master’s Seminary wing of the pretribulational camp. He has made recent pretrib claims about the book of Revelation that cannot be supported by Scripture. They are your typical assumptions that pretribs make about elements in Revelation. One […]
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The 1611 King James Bible Agrees with the Prewrath Position
If you are a Pretribulationist King James Version Only Advocate this post may be disturbing news. A few years back I examined a facsimile of the original King James Version—1611 edition. I was looking at instances of textual variant notes found in the King James Version; there are 2,193 instances. (Yes, the early 17th century […]
THE BIBLICAL PROPHECY PROGRAM is the #1 Bible Prophecy Audio Program in the Country! | Podcast, iTunes, Eschatology
In the last few months, iTunes, the standard podcast directory, has The Biblical Prophecy Program as the most popular, weekly, audio Bible prophecy program! And it happens to be…prewrath! Beating out all the audio pretrib, preterist, and other Bible-prophecy related programs. Why has The Biblical Prophecy Program become the most popular audio Bible prophecy program […]
What Is the ‘Hour of Testing’ in Revelation 3:10? The Antichrist’s Great Tribulation or the Day of the Lord’s Wrath? – Ep. 59
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/What_Is_the_Hour_of_Testing_in_Revelation_310.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to pretrib teacher and pastor Jesse Johnson and his claim in an article he wrote about Revelation 3:10 supporting a pretrib rapture. “Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is […]
Popping the Revelation 3:10 Pre-Trib Rapture Balloon: A Response to Jesse Johnson – Ep. 58
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Popping_the_Revelation_3.10_Pretrib_Rapture_Balloon_-.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to pretrib teacher and pastor Jesse Johnson and his claim in an article he wrote about Revelation 3:10 supporting a pretrib rapture. “Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to […]
What does “escape” refer to in Luke 21:36…the Antichrist’s great tribulation or the day of the Lord’s wrath?
“But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”” (Luke 21:36 ESV) I have been asked to comment on this verse. Luke 21:36 refers to an escape from the impending day of the […]
Jesus, the Kingdom and the Promised Land, a Response to N.T. Wright’s Supersessionism on Israel
In ancient Judaism the kingdom of David/Israel was seen as the material expression of YHWH’s kingdom on earth. What’s more, because of this, both idyllic and restorative conceptions can easily coexist. I assert, therefore, that a more robust understanding of ancient Judaism’s, and likewise early Christianity’s, conception of the kingdom of God should take into […]
VIDEO | Will People Get Saved after the Rapture during the Day of the Lord’s Wrath?
Will people such as Gentiles get saved after the rapture during the day of the Lord’s wrath? And if so will those who are saved experience the day of the Lord’s wrath? I first responded to the pretribulational theological interpretation of this question before I answered with my prewrath response. I also addressed how the […]
The Gathering of the ‘Elect’ in Matthew 24:31 Does Not Refer to Israel — It Refers to All Believers from All the Nations – Ep. 56
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/056-The_Gathering_of_the_Elect_in_Matthew_24.31_Does_Not_Refer_to_IsraelIt_Refers_to_All_Believers_from_All_the_Nations.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to the pretribulational claim that the gathering of the elect in Matthew 24:31 refers to the salvation of Israel. For example, Thomas Ice thinks the term “elect” in Matthew’s Olivet Discourse refers to Jews who will be gathered. He links v. 31 to Deuteronomy 30:4. […]
Review of My Radio Debate on Eschatology with Tommy Ice – Ep. 55
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Review_of_My_Radio_Debate_on_Eschatology_with_Tommy_Ice.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedIn this episode I reviewed my recent radio debate on the rapture with Tommy Ice. I responded to Ice’s deeply mistaken view that church instruction in Jesus’ ministry began with the Upper Room Discourse and not before. I argued that the Olivet Discourse is a teaching for […]
Radio Debate on Moody Radio! Prewrath vs. Pretribulationism
You can listen now to the radio debate I had today with Dr. Tommy Ice on Moody Radio’s UP FOR DEBATE with Julie Roys. It went great. I came into the debate with the strategy of focusing on and demonstrating that Jesus’ Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24-25 is for the church, and not relegated to […]