I am following up my previous article “God has worked with Israel and the church at the same time in the past in AD 70” with an extract from an article last year: In the Present God also works with Israel and the church at the same time, not just in the past, but the […]
God has worked with Israel and the church at the same time in the past in AD 70
Here is a follow up to my article yesterday critiquing the pretribulation interpretation on Daniel’s 70 weeks’ prophecy. I posted the following last year, demonstrating that God has worked with both the nation of Israel and the church at the same time. God has worked with Israel and the church at the same time in […]
A Critique of the Pretribulation Interpretation on Daniel’s 70 Weeks’ Prophecy
Most pretribulationists make the deep-seated assumption that God does not work with Israel and the church at the same time throughout redemptive history. They believe that God has “postponed his dealings” with Israel during the church age and will resume them once again after the church is raptured. This theological framework impinges directly on their […]
Matthew 24:36 and a Textual Variant
Elijah Hixson writes, Today, then, seems to be a great opportunity to look at the variant in Matthew 24:36: Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι τῶν οὐρανῶν οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατὴρ μόνος. But concerning that day and hour, no one knows. Neither the angels of the […]
Preterist Gary DeMar Turns Down Debate Invitation
Refuting futurism is a big deal for preterist Gary DeMar. Much of his career has been devoted to such a task. So in the past, I have challenged preterist Gary DeMar to a public moderated debate, and recently I invited him again. He has turned down a debate. I know some of you are disappointed. […]
The Scofield Bible: Its History and Impact on the Evangelical Church (Book Notice)
Recently, I read The Scofield Bible: Its History and Impact on the Evangelical Church by R. Todd Mangum and Mark S. Sweetnam. Both scholars have done their research well in this book. Unlike other books that have attempted to write on the person C. I. Scofield, which is typically biased in approach, this book is […]
Eternal Israel: Biblical, Theological, and Historical Studies that Uphold the Eternal, Distinctive Destiny of Israel (Book Notice)
Eternal Israel: Biblical, Theological, and Historical Studies that Uphold the Eternal, Distinctive Destiny of Israel by Barry Horner In Eternal Israel author Barry Horner presents a variety of biblical, theological, and historical studies that argue for the distinctive, eternal destiny of Israel. Like Horner’s 2004 work Future Israel, […]
A Striking Way How Pretribbers Reason Like Flat Earthers
The following is a snippet from my forthcoming book critiquing pretribulation imminence theology. I am citing pretrib teacher Wayne A. Brindle’s four criteria of interpretation determining if a passage contains imminence teaching. I cite here his second criteria and then I comment on it: “2. The passage speaks of Christ’s return as ‘near,’ without stating […]
Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 3 – Ep. 116
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BOOK TRAILER: New Children’s Book on the Coming New Jerusalem!
Author and artist Janet L. Willis wrote the children’s book on the coming New Jerusalem, God’s Got a House and It’s Coming to Earth. It is full of beautiful artwork and more importantly an accurate portrayal of biblical truth of the coming kingdom. It is also consistent with the prewrath view on the day of […]
The Transcript of My 2015 Debate with Thomas Ice Is Now Available
I want to thank Doug Eigsti who tediously transcribed my 2015 debate with Thomas Ice! You can access the PDF transcript at this link where you will also find a link to the video or audio of the debate. My debate with Thomas Ice was on this question: “THE CHURCH WILL FACE THE ANTICHRIST BEFORE […]