ESCHATOS MINISTRIES

Alan Kurschner, Ph.D. is the founder of Eschatos Ministries, teaching Bible prophecy from a futurist, premillennial, prewrath perspective.

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Dr. Alan Kurschner

“The Bible Teaches Imminence, Because the Bible Teaches Imminence”

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Bible_Teaches_Imminence_Because1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner responded to the flawed, circular nature of pretribulationism in determining if a Scriptural passage teaches imminence. He critiqued Wayne A. Brindle’s four general criteria that have been used to establish imminence theology in pretribulation literature.   Sign up to become a monthly Ministry Partner […]

Why Interpreting Matthew 24:30 as Armageddon Does Not Work

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Problem_with_Interpreting_Matt_24-30_as_Armageddon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner explained the problem with identifying Matthew 24:30 with the battle of Armageddon in Revelation 19. He responded to this standard pretrib interpretation and explained the most problematic point with this view, which violates the narrative logic of both the Olivet Discourse and the book […]

The Olivet Discourse Is Not About Jesus’s Nearness but about His Delay

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Olivet_Discourse_Is_Not_About_Jesuss_Nearness_but_about_His_Delay_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner explained that the Olivet Discourse is about the delay of Jesus’s Coming, not his nearness. Many interpreters miss this main point. Further, there is the significant question of what Jesus is trying to teach with his delay of his parousia.   Become a monthly […]

Ask Amillennialists THIS Question

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Ask_Amillennialists_THIS_Question.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner points out a massive inconsistency in the theology of amillennialism that claims that the binding of Satan depicted in Revelation 20:1–3 describes Jesus’s victory on the cross. “After these things he must be released for a brief period of time. . . . Now […]

Why the Great Tribulation Does NOT Span Over the Entire Church Age

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_the_Great_Tribulation_Does_NOT_Span_Over_the_Entire_Church_Age.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner discussed historicism, which is the eschatological position that says the thrust of prophecy in the Olivet Discourse and Revelation was fulfilled in the span of the church age. For example, they would say that the Great Tribulation was not fulfilled in the first century, […]

The Fifth Seal Is Not God’s Wrath

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Fifth_Seal_Is_Not_Gods_Wrath.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner discusses the weakness of pretribulation rapture theology concerning how the fifth seal relates (or does not relate) to Paul’s promise in 1 Thessalonians 5:9 about believers not having to experience the day of the Lord’s wrath. Second, he highlighted elements in the fifth seal […]

Why the Structure of Matthew’s Olivet Discourse Matters

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_the_Structure_of_Matthews_Olivet_Discourse_Matters.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner talked about the key issue to the structure of Matthew’s Olivet Discourse: the relationship between vv. 9–14 and verse 15ff. He first talked about the disciples’ questions about the sign of the parousia (second coming) and the end of the age, which opens up […]

Future Israel Book Is #1 on Amazon Kindle in Theology

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Does Revelation 3:20 Teach Imminence?

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Does_I_am_standing_at_the_door_and_knocking.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner critiqued the pretribulation proof text in Revelation 3:20. “Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me” (Rev 3:20). […]

The Church WILL Face the Mark of the Beast

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Church_WILL_Face_the_Mark_of_the_Beast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner explained the larger context to the question of what is the nature of the apostasia (“apostasy”). Then he surveyed four views on the identification of the apostasy. “Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion […]

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