Reading Revelation in Context: John’s Apocalypse and Second Temple Judaism (Editor), John K. Goodrich (Editor), Jason Maston (Editor), Loren T. Stuckenbruck (Foreword) Get it at Amazon Reading Revelation in Context brings together short, accessible essays that compare and contrast the visions and apocalyptic imagery of the book […]
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Why the Bowls Follow AFTER the Trumpet Judgements: A Response to Recapitulation on the Reclamation of the Kingdom (Part 1) – Ep. 153
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A Reply to Arnold Fruchtenbaum on the Identity of the Fifth Seal Martyrs
Arnold Fruchtenbaum claims: “[T]here is nothing in the context of the fifth seal to indicate [that the saints are martyred because they would not bow down to the Antichrist].”* On the contrary, Fruchtenbaum omits an important cohesive tie: “Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those […]
A Reply to Arnold Fruchtenbaum on the Day of the Lord
Arnold Fruchtenbaum claims, “The sixth seal does portray a cosmic disturbance, but nowhere does it say that it is that cosmic disturbance which kicks off the day of the Lord” (emphasis mine)* On the contrary, a little good ol’ fashion comparing Scripture with Scripture will easily refute such a claim: “Now when the Lamb opened […]
The Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls in Relation to the Rapture and the Day of the Lord – Ep. 150
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Why Ezekiel and John’s Dimensions of the New City DO NOT Conflict With Each Other
There are similarities between Ezekiel and John’s descriptions of the new city. However, many interpreters believe they conflict on the issue of the measurements of the size of the new city. Janet Willis has shown with clarity in her What On Earth Is Heaven Like? A Look at God’s City: New Jerusalem that interpreters have […]
9 Passages that Locate the Rapture and Resurrection AFTER the Great Tribulation – Ep. 149
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/9_Passages_that_Locate_the_Rapture_and_Resurrection-_Ep.149.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThis is Session 2 of the 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference at Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio. Dr. Alan Kurschner addresses the timing and placement of the rapture and resurrection in relation to the Antichrist’s great tribulation. He identifies nine biblical passages that locate the rapture and […]
The Awestruck Appearing of Jesus and the Day of the Lord – Ep. 148
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Awestruck_Appearing_of_Jesus_and_the_Day_of_the_Lord_-_Charles_Cooper_-_Ep._148.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedFellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio kicked off its 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference in Session 1 with Charles Cooper and his magnificent teaching (or shall I say preaching!) on the glorious appearing of Jesus and the Day of the Lord.
Preterism’s Inadequate Explanation of the Great Tribulation in the Book of Revelation
While I disagree with Greg Beale’s historicism of the great tribulation (I am a futurist), he makes the following good point concerning preterism’s inadequate interpretation on the great tribulation in the book of Revelation: “Some preterists believe that the great tribulation was to take place before and during the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. […]
The Background to the Sealing of the 144,000: Ezekiel 9 and Exodus 12
The 144,000 faithful Israelites in Revelation 7:1–8 are protected on earth with a seal of God from the impending wrath that will be poured out on the world through the trumpet and bowl judgments when the seventh seal is opened. The likely thematic background for this sealing from impending divine wrath is found in Ezekiel […]
Is the Eighth King ‘Of the SEVEN’ or ‘Of the SEVENTH’? (Revelation 17:11)
This is a brief lexical note. Revelation 17:11 uses the cardinal number ἑπτά, hepta (“seven”) and not the ordinal number ἕβδομος, hebdomos (“seventh”). So the eighth king will come “from (or of) the seven” and not “from the seventh.” καὶ τὸ θηρίον ὃ ἦν καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν καὶ αὐτὸς ὄγδοός ἐστιν καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἑπτά […]