One of the stock objections to prewrath from pretribbers is that placing intervening events before the rapture “diminishes” eagerness and hope for Jesus’ return. This objection is easily refuted. I have responded to this objection in my book Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Return of […]
Refutation of Dave Love’s Purgatory Interpretation of the Fifth Seal in the Book of Revelation – Ep. 73
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Metaphorical ‘Safe-Space’ for Those Who Deny Jesus’ Literal Return
There is a trend out there for certain “progressive” evangelicals who are triggered by literal interpretations of biblical prophecy. In knee-jerk fashion, they will read practically all prophetic portrayals of the future as “metaphor” or “symbolism.” Shouting “metaphor” in theology is like shouting “racism” in politics. It is intended to shut down discussion and not […]
A Reply to Calvary Pastor Dave Love’s Flawed Pretrib Theology – Ep. 72
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/A_Reply_to_Calvary_Pastor_Dave_Loves_Flawed_Pretrib_Theology_-_Ep._72.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedToday I replied to Calvary Chapel’s Pastor Dave Love’s so-called critique of the prewrath position, particularly on the seals. I critiqued his misunderstanding of the imagery of the seven seals that he thinks is staggered inside the scroll, rather than all on the outside of it. For […]
Matt Waymeyer on Eschatological Agnosticism | Amillennialism, Premillennialism
Matt Waymeyer has written a a book called Amillennialism and the Age to Come: A Premillennial Critique of the Two-Age Model (Kress Biblical Resources, 2016). (Available from Amazon and Kress.) In the preface he makes a good point about a false dichotomy, something that I have written voluminously on in print, audio, and this blog. […]
Public Debate Challenge for BILLY CRONE to Defend His Pretribulational Imminent Rapture
Billy Crone is a pretrib teacher who dogmatically claims that the Bible teaches the imminent return of Jesus. I am putting out this public debate challenge to Mr. Crone asking him to defend his claims in a public moderated debate with myself. He can take the affirmative: The Bible teaches the imminent return of Jesus. […]
THE ESCAPE
“But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21:36 NET) Frequently I come across pretrib literature that argues that “escape” in Luke 21:36 is teaching a pretribulational rapture. The articles are typically surface level, […]
The Bible DOES Teach the Imminent Rapture of the Church…
when the great tribulation and the celestial disturbance event happens first: “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not […]
An Ominous Remark from Hitler (or Satan) about the Coming Antichrist?
A few years back I posted about the alleged last words of Hitler that seem to ominously warn about the coming Antichrist. This post has had a lot of hits over the years, so I am posting it here again so you can see my remarks on it: “For the Coming Man” – Hitler’s Last […]
On Antichrist’s Persecution of the Church: Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus, Cyprian | Early Church Fathers – Ep. 71
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The Dida-What?
Last week on The Biblical Prophecy Program, I did an episode on “The Earliest Christian Document Outside of the New Testament (the Didache) Explicitly Teaches that the Church Will Face the Antichrist.” I completely forgot to mention that we have available in the Store an e-pamphlet of the Didache. […]