The first four seals prove the wicked deserve God’s wrath, the fifth seal promises God’s wrath, the sixth seal portends God’s wrath, the two remnants are protected from God’s wrath, and the seventh seal pronounces God’s wrath. Related to this consecutive-narrative logic is the notion of a certificate of debenture: The Seven Sealed Scroll […]
prewrath eschatology
A Refutation of Bill Salus’s Pretrib ‘Gap’ Theory (Video)
In the last couple of decades prewrath has had such a huge impact on pretribulationism that many pretrib teachers have changed its fundamental timeline. Many pretrib teachers now, including Bill Salus, have jettisoned the traditional view that the rapture occurs the same day that Daniel’s seventieth week begins (i.e. the seven-year period), which they erroneously […]
Is an ‘Imminent Rapture’ a Sanctifying Agent?
Answer: First, the Bible never teaches an imminent return of Jesus, let alone that God uses it to sanctify believers. Imminent death, yes, but not an imminent rapture. Second, Jesus in his Olivet Discourse teaches quite the opposite. He teaches that because his return is delayed with intervening events, he warned of the temptation for […]
God Will Work With Israel and the Church Simultaneously in the FUTURE – Ep. 137
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/God_Will_Work_With_Israel_and_the_Church_Simultaneously_in_the_FUTURE__Ep._137.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedHaving established a biblical-theological pattern that God has worked with both Israel and the church simultaneously in the past and in the present. It should not be unexpected then that God will work with both Israel and the church at the same time in the future—particularly during […]
Craig Blaising on Premillennialism in a nutshell
Christ comes in 19:11 and judges the nations who fornicated with Babylon, who consolidated their loyalty with the beast, and who gathered to war against Christ. He casts the beast and false prophet into the lake of fire. He imprisons the devil. He raises the martyrs murdered by Babylon and the beast. He and his […]
Pretribulational teachers add ANOTHER dispensation to human history in order to protect imminence theology against prewrath eschatology
All theologians believe the Bible teaches that human history is made up of a variety of dispensations where God works in a special redemptive mode and epoch. What is debated, however, is the number of dispensations and the nature of them. I believe Paul outlines at least four fundamental dispensations (oikonomia) in human history in […]
Why the prewrath position is not going away. . .
I want to comment on some encouraging observations regarding prewrath in recent years. I have seen the prewrath position become the fastest growing eschatological position in evangelical circles. It has been around for three decades, but it took time for it to gain momentum. My involvement began in the early 90s when prewrath was just […]
Why Do Posttribbers Refuse to Deal with Matt 24:31?
I ask this with all sincerity. I am not trying to be pugnacious. It’s an honest question. The last couple of days have been interesting. Last week Joel Richardson’s interview with me was posted where we discussed the question of who is left behind in Matt 24. The main point I wanted to communicate is […]
Revelation 19 Does NOT Depict the Start of the Second Coming (Video)
As many are aware prewrath eschatology teaches that the second coming (parousia) of Jesus begins—not in Rev 19— but rather between the opening of the sixth and seventh seals in Rev 7 with the rapture and resurrection occurring with the innumerable multitude of believers appearing in heaven out of the period of the great tribulation. […]
The Fifth Seal and ‘The Pretrib Contradiction’ – Ep. 110
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Fifth_Seal_and__The_Pretrib_Contradiction___Ep._110.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThe Pretrib Contradiction exposes the weakness of pretribulation rapture theology. I explained two aspects to this contradiction. First, I talked about how the fifth seal relates (or does not relate) to Paul’s promise in 1 Thess 5:9 about believers not having to experience the day of the […]