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 […]
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Why the Binding of Satan Is NOT Equated with Jesus’s Victory on the Cross – Ep. 124
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_the_Binding_of_Satan_Is_NOT_Equated_with_Jesuss_Victory_on_the_Cross_-_Ep._124.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThere is a huge inconsistency in the theology of amillennialism that claims that the binding of Satan depicted in Rev 20:1–3 describes Jesus’s victory on the cross. The problem then is how can amillennialism claim on one hand that the binding of Satan is the victory of […]
Hell is a real, conscious place of torment – a brief reply to annihilationism
I want to make a brief note responding to the annihilationist claim that unbelievers will not suffer conscious torment after judgment day (i.e. they will cease to exist all-together). They will be “annihilated,” it is claimed. The problem with this view is that Rev 19:20 contradicts this notion: “And the beast was captured, and with […]
“I stopped believing in God after pastoring a megachurch”
The point below made by Steve Hays can also be said of believers in the church who do not have a solid biblical foundation in eschatology and thus will be unprepared when the Antichrist’s great tribulation arrives. https://triablogue.blogspot.com/2018/09/i-stopped-believing-in-god-after.html I don’t know if this is worth commenting on, but it’s getting lots of buzz: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-nE-zrIhKc A […]
Models of Premillennialism (Book Notice)
Models of Premillennialism by Sung Wook Chung and David Mathewson Purchase the book on kindle or paperback The meaning of “the millennium”–the thousand-year reign of Christ spoken of in Revelation 20–has been controversial for much of the church’s history, and even the main perspectives on the matter turn out to be more variegated than […]
The Antichrist Cannot Kill Your Soul. So Stop Being Afraid.
Let’s face it, here is the main reason why many pretribs reject prewrath. . . One of the main reasons, which is unstated, why many pretribulationists reject prewrath is an emotional one: they do not want to think that they may have to face the Antichrist. “But Alan, you cannot read their hearts!” Actually, I […]
What is the difference between a Christian being martyred today and a Christian being martyred by the future Antichrist?
There are two levels where this question is answered, the corporate and individual level. Corporately The church has been persecuted for about 2,000 years by many antichrists (plural). This is a historical fact that is undeniable with the myriads of accounts of believers dying for their faith all around the world up to this very […]
Why Prewrath Appeals to Many Pretribers and Posttribers – Ep. 119
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_Prewrath_Appeals_to_Many_Pretribers_and_Posttribers_-_Ep._119.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThe prewrath position resolves a key problematic issue for pretribulational and posttribulational eschatology. In my experience this key exegetical point in prewrath eschatology has made sense for many who are ex-pretribbers and ex-posttribbers. It is a point that prewathers should highlight when they talk with their pretrib […]
Israel, the Church, and the Middle East: A Biblical Response to the Current Conflict (Book Notice)
Israel, the Church, and the Middle East: A biblical response to the current conflict by Darrell L. Bock (Editor), Mitch Glaser (Editor), Joel C. Rosenberg (Foreword) The relationship between the church and Israel has been the source of passionate debate among Christians throughout much of church history. In recent years the traditional pro-Israel […]
Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 4 – Ep. 117
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A BIG Difficulty in the Plot Line within the Amillennial Narrative in the Book of Revelation
Robert W. Wall writes: W. Hendricksen locates Satan’s imprisonment between the two advents of Christ, when the church is able to evangelize the nations with complete freedom (Conquerors, pp. 185–90). This interpretation draws upon elements of Revelation 12–13, where Satan is unable to destroy the church. Further, it corresponds well to the subsequent vision of […]