A reminder that I am teaching a course on the Second Coming in North Jersey starting this Thursday. Here is the info: http://www.jesusbibleinstitute.org/
Olivet Discourse
The Futurism of the Beginning of Birth Pangs – Matthew 24:4–8
(4) Watch out that no one misleads you. (5) For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many. (6) You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. (7) […]
The Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24–25) is for the Church, Not the Jews
Classical pretribulationism minimizes the application of the Olivet Discourse for the church. The motivation for this claim recognizes the implication that the church would encounter Antichrist’s great tribulation. They must then posit a secret rapture that occurs before the events in Matthew 24 because their theology teaches that Christ can come back at any moment […]
A Critique of Eric Douma’s Eschatology
Over at the Prewrath Resource Institute’s blog, I am responding to Eric Douma’s pretribulational claims. I am doing a series challenging his teaching on the day of the Lord because it is seriously flawed. I am also responding to him because his arguments represent other pretribulational teachers. I will update the links here until my […]
Eutheos (Immediately) in Matthew 24:29 Undermines Historicism
“Immediately (eutheos) after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” (Matt 24:29). Historicism is the eschatological position that says the thrust of prophecy in the Olivet Discourse and […]
The Three Letter Word Oun (Therefore) in Matthew 24:15 Refutes Pretribulationism
“Therefore (oun) when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),” (Matt 24:15 NASB) There is a segment of pretribulationists who cast the entire Olivet Discourse (Mt 24-25) into the “Jewish Basket,” thereby claiming that Jesus’ words should not be […]