If you are looking for a resource on the Greek text on the book of Revelation, I cannot recommend more Revelation: A Handbook on the Greek Text. Revelation: A Handbook on the Greek Text (Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament) David L. Mathewson is Associate Professor of New Testament […]
Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 2 – Ep. 115
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Where Is the Rapture in the Book of Revelation?
Prewrath makes a convincing argument that Rev 7:9–17 portrays the result of the raptured and resurrected people of God. There is, however, another passage in the Apocalypse that I believe pictures the rapture in action using harvest imagery: “Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of […]
(VIDEO) Reading 1 Corinthians 15 in a Jewish Cemetery on Resurrection Day
Reading 1 Corinthians 15 in a Jewish Cemetery on Resurrection Day | Easter 2018 “Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless […]
A BIG Difficulty in the Plot Line within the Amillennial Narrative in the Book of Revelation
Robert W. Wall writes: W. Hendricksen locates Satan’s imprisonment between the two advents of Christ, when the church is able to evangelize the nations with complete freedom (Conquerors, pp. 185–90). This interpretation draws upon elements of Revelation 12–13, where Satan is unable to destroy the church. Further, it corresponds well to the subsequent vision of […]
Why Pope Francis Will Not Have an Address in the Holy City of the New Jerusalem
In an interview, Pope Francis is alleged to have said: “They are not punished, those who repent obtain the forgiveness of God and enter the rank of souls who contemplate him, but those who do not repent and cannot therefore be forgiven disappear. There is no hell, there is the disappearance of sinful souls.” Source […]
THE FEASTS OF THE LORD by Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal
With all the Jewish feasts this season, I’d like to recommend this oldie but goodie. The Feasts of the Lord: God’s Prophetic Calendar from Calvary to the Kingdom By Kevin Howard and Marvin Rosenthal Isreal’s feasts are infinitely more important than just a series of cultural observances. These feasts are appointed by the Lord, […]
Satan’s Present Activity Does Not Describe Revelation 20:1–3 | Grant Osborne’s Revelation Commentary
Grant R. Osborne. Revelation. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2002 Osborn’s commentary on Revelation is a helpful commentary to own since he interprets from a premillennial and futurist approach. His Arminianism, however, is evident and ends up skewing some of his interpretations, and his Posttribulationist beliefs are misguided. Despite […]
Recommended New Testament Greek Grammars
The following are New Testament Greek grammars that I recommend. This includes both beginning and intermediate biblical Greek grammars. See also here my list of recommend Greek New Testament lexicons/dictionaries. *Links are to Amazon New Testament Greek Grammars Reading Koine Greek: An Introduction and Integrated Workbook by Rodney J. Decker Intermediate Greek […]
What Does Prewrath Teach?
WHAT IS PREWATH? by ALAN KURSCHNER Many of us were told that the church will be “raptured out of here before the Antichrist’s arrival.” The Bible, however, teaches the church will first experience the Antichrist’s great tribulation. Then, at some unknown day and hour, Antichrist’s persecution will be cut short by the return of Christ […]
Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 1 – Ep. 114
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Is_the_Meaning_of_harpagesometha_in_1_Thess_417_Rapture_or_Plunder.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedOn Doug Hamp’s the Awakening Report, Chris Steinle claimed that the Greek word harpagēsometha behind the English “suddenly caught [up]” in 1 Thess 4:17 is not derived from the Greek harpazo and consequently does not actually refer to a rapture. It refers to another word (which we will address in […]