Over two years ago I wrote the article below that defends a consecutive-progressive view of the septets in the book of Revelation. I also demonstrated the internal contradictions of the concurrent-recapitulation framework (i.e. “cycles”). Typically amillennialists, postmillennialists, and post-tribbers hold to this view. I have never received a meaningful response to my argumentation in the […]
The Book of Revelation Is Not Written in Some ‘Code’ Meant to Be ‘De-Coded’
Readers sometimes treat Revelation’s word pictures as a code designed to hide the author’s meaning from all but selected insiders. But the primary function of the imagery is to reveal, not to conceal. Word pictures offer a way of seeing the character of God, the world, and the community of faith. The writer portrays Jesus […]
Some Thoughts on the Final State for Individual and Cosmic Eschatology
I’d like to consider some potential objections to the Christian doctrine of the final state, then consider how to field those objections. Generally stated, are there aspects of the final state that are naturally impossible? There are things that even an omnipotent God can’t naturally do. That doesn’t mean he can’t do them; just that […]
A Reply to Pretrib Pastor Andy Woods Claiming Prewrath Contradicts Itself If “the great tribulation is the greatest time of trouble that the world has ever known” – Ep. 69
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/A_Reply_to_Andy_Woods_on_a_contradiction.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI replied to Andy Woods who thinks the prewrath position contradicts itself. He thinks prewrath believes the great tribulation will be the worse time ever for the world. And yet the Day of the Lord’s wrath with its trumpet and bowl judgments should be worse. He cited […]
DEBATE VIDEO: Pre-Wrath vs Pre-Tribulational Rapture | Bible Prophecy
It’s been over a year now since I debated Thomas Ice. I am glad the debate happened because thousands of people have either listened to the debate audio or watched the video. I have received numerous positive emails since then, including ex-pretribbers who thought I made a better biblical case for the rapture and Antichrist […]
4 Recent Prewrath Books
Revelation Deciphered by Nelson Walters The Last Shofar by Joseph Lenard and Donald Zoller Silence in Heaven: A New Paradigm for Understanding the Book of Revelation, An Appeal to the Church to Prepare for End-Time Persecution by Gordon Lawrence and Sandra Lawrence The Second Coming of Jesus Christ by Jeffrey Samuel Steinman […]
VIDEO | Covenant and Controversy: The City of the Great King – Jerusalem, Israel
A Reply to Pretrib Thomas Ross and His Faulty Understanding of the Aorist Greek Tense-Form in Revelation 6:17
Thomas Ross of Mukwonago Baptist Church in Mukwonago, Wisconsin has written a critique of the prewrath position. One particular point that Ross asserts is the following: Furthermore, the fact that God’s wrath “is come” in Revelation 6:17 is an aorist indicative indicates that past time is the strong basic predisposition, so that the fundamental tendency for interpretation […]
How to Prepare for Jesus’ Second Coming: THREE Temptations to Apostatize in Matthew’s Olivet Discourse – Ep. 68
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/How_to_Prepare_for_Jesus__Second_Coming_THREE_Temptations_to_Apostatize_in_Matthews_Olivet_Discourse_-_Ep._68.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedIn Matthew’s version of the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24–25), I talked about three temptations for the Church that will be prevalent during the Antichrist’s great tribulation. I focused on Matthew’s Olivet Discourse showing that these three temptations should not be taken lightly by believers. They will be […]
Bible Conference on the Jewish People and Israel in New Jersey – October 14-16, 2016
Coming up very soon, Chosen People Ministries and Zarephath Christian Church is sponsoring the PRAYING FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM CONFERENCE in Zarephath, NJ, October 14–16. The speakers include Michael Brown, Mitch Glaser, Rich Freeman. The deadline to register for the conference is October 11 (i.e. soon!). Here is the PDF brochure of the conference. […]
How to Prepare for Jesus’ Second Coming: Why Pastors AVOID Paul’s Thessalonian Epistles – Ep. 67
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/How_to_Prepare_for_Jesus__Second_Coming_Why_Pastors_AVOID_Pauls_Thessalonian_Epistles_-_Ep._67.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThis was a hard-hitting program. Paul’s Thessalonian epistles are typically ignored by pastors and other Christians because, in my opinion, of its direct teaching that contradicts the interpreters’ eschatology. I first discussed his first epistle to the Thessalonians and its message of the return of Jesus and […]