This week I posted poignant statements from George Eldon Ladd from his book The Blessed Hope. I will post one more. Ladd points out a biblical absurdity within the traditional pretribulation interpretation that is related to the pretrib view that the Holy Spirit is the Restrainer (there have been exceptions to this of variant views […]
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Why the Great Commission Disproves Pretrib Imminence – Ep. 105
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_the_Great_Commission_Disproves_Pretrib_Imminence_-_Ep._105.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedJesus talks about the completion of this age in several of his end-time passages, using expressions such as the “end” (telos) and “end of the age” (synteleias tou aiōnos). The Olivet Discourse was occasioned by the question from his disciples about the end: “As he was sitting […]
Rapture Perspectives
We get new subscribers to the ministry and the Biblical Prophecy Program every week. For those who are new to the prewrath position, below is a written debate among myself, Craig Blomberg, and Michael Svigel. If you want to read a full-orbed book explaining the prewrath position, I have written Antichrist Before the Day of […]
(Documentary) THE SIGN | Rapture, September 23, Revelation 12
Earlier this summer I was interviewed for the upcoming documentary The Sign. It will air on AUDIENCE network on Thursday 9/14 at 8PM EST. Below is a teaser; the main trailer for the documentary will be out later this week if I am not mistaken. There were many prophecy teachers interviewed for this documentary. Although the […]
Does Acts 17:31 Support Imminence of Jesus’s Return? – Ep. 91
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Does_Acts_1731_Support_Imminence_of_Jesus_s_Return__-_Ep._91.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to the pretrib proof text Acts 17:31 that purports to support an any-moment rapture. “Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent, (31) because he has set a day on which he is going to judge […]
Why One’s View on Imminence Theology Matters – Ep. 90
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_One_s_View_on_Imminence_Theology_Matters_-_Ep._90.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedYour view of agreeing or disagreeing with a pretrib imminent rapture matters. I explained that there are implications to holding to imminence theology. We should, instead, take a biblical expectancy position toward Jesus’s return, which I explained what I mean by this. There are three features to […]
God has worked with Israel and the church at the same time in the past…
God has worked with Israel and the church at the same time in the past, he does in the present, and he will in the future. Here is a bit on the past. In the Past God worked with Israel during the church age in AD 70. Before the death of Jesus during the Old […]