I expect pop pretrib teachers such as Thomas Ice, Tim Lahaye, and others to misrepresent the prewrath position—they do it all the time, and don’t care. They do it on purpose and we know this because they have been repeatedly corrected in private emails and in public on the Internet. This is why Thomas Ice […]
Second Coming
Correcting a Common Amillennial Objection Against Premillennialism
A person recently objected to my premillennialism by asserting: The problem (one of them) with premill as I see it, is that the clear NT passages appear to teach unequivocally that when Jesus returns, there is the last judgement and then the final new heavens and the new earth. The problem with this objection is […]
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 […]
A Message for Robert Courson
The following article is making its rounds on the Internet. Jesus Christ is coming soon — suddenly and silently — to “rapture” his church; the anti-Christ will ascend to dominate world power and the wrath of God will be unleashed upon sinful man during the tribulation period, he said. – Robert Courson http://www.commercial-news.com/local/x2117435464/Book-warns-people-to-be-prepared Robert Courson is steeped […]
The First Coming of Christ Was “Secret” — But the Second Coming Will be Spectacular
In the first coming of Christ, the celestial sign announcing the coming of the Lord was peaceful (Matt. 2:2, 7, 9–10). In the second coming of Christ, the celestial sign announcing the coming of the Lord will bring upheaval (Joel 2:30–31; Matt. 24:29). Another contrast is the Shekinah sign of Christ: At the first coming […]
The Order of Events When Christ Arrives on the Clouds at His Second Coming
An excerpt from Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord (1 Thess 4:17) The dead in Christ will receive their […]
Be Careful of Platitudes on Biblical Prophecy
This past weekend I was in Iowa speaking at a prophecy seminar. We had the most amazing fellowship and teaching time. The people of God were edified and I was humbled by their teachable spirit. One of the most common questions and comments that came up during the seminar was why so many in the […]
“What Only Matters is that Jesus IS Returning!”
This mantra sounds nice and pious, but it is certainly not biblical reality. What is implied in this slogan is all these other “side” issues regarding the timing of the rapture, great tribulation, Antichrist were not concerns for the biblical writers. It may come as a surprise to many to learn that the biblical writers […]