WHAT IS PREWATH? by ALAN KURSCHNER Many of us were told that the church will be “raptured out of here before the Antichrist’s arrival.” The Bible, however, teaches the church will first experience the Antichrist’s great tribulation. Then, at some unknown day and hour, Antichrist’s persecution will be cut short by the return of Christ […]
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5 Reasons Why Revelation 19 and Its Battle of Armageddon Does NOT Describe the BEGINNING of the Second Coming of Jesus
See also this article: https://www.alankurschner.com/2020/04/05/the-second-coming-does-not-begin-with-armageddon/ I was interviewed by Joel Richardson recently on his The Underground. We addressed the very deep-seated assumption that many hold where Revelation 19 and its depiction of Jesus on a horse in the sky at the battle of Armageddon describes the beginning of the second coming of Christ. Amillennialists, pretribulationists, posttribulationists, and […]
Update on My Debate with Dr. Thomas Ice
UPDATE: Here is the debate I appreciate Dr. Ice for accepting the invitation to debate. Not many pretrib teachers are willing to engage on this level—come to think of it, he is the only one! I am very pleased with how the debate went. The audio will be posted on this site in […]
VIDEO: Bits of Biblical Prophecy to Go!
This is the first video of an informal series on various topics of Bible prophecy. I will be taking Q&A as well as sharing issues of biblical prophecy that I am working through.
A Reply to David Reagan’s So-Called Critique of the Prewrath Position (Part 3 of 3) – Ep. 21
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/021-Response_to_Reagan_part_3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed(I am posting this week’s program a couple of days early.) In this program I concluded my series responding to Dr. David Reagan of Lamb & Lion Ministries. I first responded to his objection that prewrath teaches an additional 30-day period after the seven-year period. Reagan says […]
A Reply to David Reagan’s So-Called Critique of the Prewrath Position (Part 2 of 3) – Ep. 20
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/020-Response_to_Reagan_Part_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI was hoping to finish up David Reagan’s article today but we will have to do a Part 3 next week. In Part 2, I first addressed his misunderstanding of the structure of Matthew 24 explaining that vv. 9–14 is developed in vv. 15–31. In other words, […]
James 5:7–9 – A Pretrib Imminent Rapture or An Expectant Second Coming of Christ? – Ep. 10
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/010-James_5.7-9.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI examined James 5:7–9 arguing that this very popular pretribulational prooftext does not teach that the rapture is “imminent.” Instead, James is teaching that the Lord’s return—his second coming (parousia)—is expectant. The pretribulational definition of imminence is that there cannot be any prophesied events that must occur […]
Does the Bible Teach the Rapture? An Explanation of 1 Thessalonians 4:17 – Ep. 4
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/004-Does_the_Bible_Teach_the_Rapture.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to those who deny that the Bible teaches the rapture by giving biblical evidence for the rapture in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. I first described the context of this verse in Thessalonians 4:13-16, leading up to verse 17. Second, I expounded on verse 17 and the […]
Three Views of the Rapture – Pre-Tribulationism (Michael Svigel), Pre-Wrath (Alan Kurschner), and Post-Tribulationism (Craig Blomberg)
We have a lot of new readers on this blog, so I thought it would be helpful to re-post an interview where I represented the pre-wrath position. Michael Svigel represented pre-tribulationism, and Craig Blomberg represented post-tribulationism. There was a final Q&A section. Mike Svigel – Pretribulationism Alan Kurschner – Prewrath Craig Blomberg – Posttribulationism Questions and […]
Four Reasons the Biblical Celestial Disturbance Event Supports the Pre-Wrath Rapture – Ep. 2
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/002-celestial_disturbances.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedIn episode 2, I traced four key biblical accounts of the celestial disturbance events in Joel 2:30-31, Matthew 24:29, Luke 21:25–28, and the sixth seal in Rev 6:12–17. I explained the consistency between Joel, Jesus, and the book of Revelation. The celestial disturbance event demonstrates the biblical […]
A Response to Post-tribulationism on the Chronology of the Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls
I have posted the following article in the past, but I hate for it to get buried in the archives since I consider it a very effective argument against viewing the seals, trumpets, and bowls as happening at the same time. I have received positive feedback on it, including some posttribs rethinking their view of […]