Then I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final [eschatas] plagues (they are final because in them God’s anger is completed [etelesthē]). (Rev 15:1) John Accomando asserts: Revelation 15:1 doesn’t say that the vials “finish” the wrath of God. The Greek word is “teleō”, which also means “to […]
Posttribulationism
Revelation 16:15 “Look! I will come like a thief! . . .”
“(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)” (Rev 16:15 NET) Posttribulationists frequently use Revelation 16:15 to support their position. They argue that Rev 16:14–16 indicates that […]
Responding to Common Postrib Arguments
I was directed to some posttribulational comments by someone named John Accomando on a facebook group. I would like to respond to some of his objection to prewrath in a series. The first claim I will respond to in my next post is asserted by Accomando: What is the “icing on the cake” for me […]
Why I Am Not A Posttribulationist
I will be writing up three “Why I am not a…” articles on posttribulationism, midtribulationism, pretribulationism. This will be the first one. I am not going to give my argumentation in these articles since that would requires scores of pages, so I refer the reader to my forthcoming book, Antichrist Before the Day of the […]
“But in the days when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet…” —Revelation 10:7
I have argued previously that the day of the Lord will not be a simple, literal 24-hour day, as many postribulationists claim. The day of the Lord will be a complex-whole when God works out his purposes of deliverance of his people and judgment upon the ungodly over an extended period of time, beginning with […]
Does the Parable of the Wheat and Weeds in Matthew 13 Teach a Sequence?
This parable is often cited as a prooftext from posttribulationists to support the notion that the church will be here on earth protected in the day of the Lord’s wrath, then afterwards be raptured. Does the parable of the Wheat and Weeds (Tares) intend to teach a sequence of events? For example it says: “First […]
The Day of the Lord is Not a Literal 24 Hour Day
There are some who maintain that the Day of the Lord will be a literal twenty-four hour day, mostly those holding to a variant of posttribulationism, as well as amillennialism. They require that all the events associated with God’s eschatological wrath must occur within a single day when Christ comes back. This forced “accordion” interpretation […]