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VIDEO DEBATE: On the Religious Identity of the Antichrist
Chris White: Opening Arguments: 1:16 Joel Richardson: Opening Arguments: 31:33 Chris White: 1st Response: 1:02:17 Joel Richardson: 1st Response: 1:17:16 Chris White: 2nd Response: 1:32:19 Joel Richardson: 2nd Response: 1:42:26 Chris White: Questions and Closing: 1:52:20 Joel Richardson: Questions and Closing: 2:03:14 This is a debate on the doctrine of the Antichrist moderated by […]
NEW Website Expansion for Eschatos Ministries!
I have exciting news! Today, Eschatos Ministries launches the first of eight expansion websites, the first is devoted to examining pretribulation rapture theology. Here is the new domain: www.pretribulationism.com I will be posting articles and videos that critically examine pretribulation rapture theology. The website that you are on right now (www.AlanKurschner.com) will serve as the […]
Don’t Be Tantalized by the Book of Enoch
I tend to agree with Steve Hays in his comparison of the Enochian literature with the New Testament Apocrypha: I consider the Intertestamental literature on the nephilim to be exegetically worthless. Gen 6:1-4 is very intriguing. Part of what makes it so intriguing is that it’s terse and enigmatic. So that fuels pious speculation. An […]
Why Premillennialism Matters (Video)
Why premillennial theology matters is an issue that every student of biblical prophecy needs to be aware of. Premillennialism teaches that at Jesus’s second coming he will deliver the righteous and judge the ungodly. Then the righteous will enter into a period—the millennium—of peace and righteousness where Jesus establishes on earth his physical reign […]
The Greek in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Disproves the Pretribulation Rapture (Video)
Second Thessalonians chapter two has been the nemesis for pretribulationism. Or what I refer to as the 800-pound gorilla in the Bible of the pretribulationist. This biblical passage has convinced more ex-pretribulationists that their pretrib theology is wrong than any other Bible passage. The reason for this is straightforward: The fundamental premise of pretribulationism is […]
‘In the twinkling of an eye’
I cannot tell you how many times I have heard people cite “in the twinkling of an eye” as support for an imminent return of Jesus. I have chalked it up to that adage that if you hear something said over and over again, you begin to believe it, and over time it is reflexive […]
What Are the ‘Bookends’ to the Church Age?
A prophecy to consider is found in the book of Joel. After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; your young men will see prophetic visions. Even on male and female servants I will pour […]
Did Jerome in the Latin Vulgate Understand Discessio in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 as ‘Defection’ or ‘Physical Departure’?
(This is a guest post by Dr. Dean Furlong) Latin Vulgate: “ne quis vos seducat ullo modo quoniam nisi venerit discessio primum et revelatus fuerit homo peccati filius perditionis” (2 Thess 2:3) I want to thank Dr. Alan Kurschner for inviting me to write a guest post on Jerome’s translation of the Greek word […]
‘Mysteries’ that Extend the Church Age into the Seventieth Week
I want to respond to an issue that often comes up. Pretribulationists argue that since certain “mysteries” were absent from the Old Testament but revealed in the church age, therefore, this is evidence for the church/Israel temporal separation.[1] But this hermeneutic principle does not work because there are several biblical truths that clearly reveal mysteries […]
How Did the Syriac Version Translate the Greek ‘Apostasia’ in 2 Thess 2:3?
Many pretribulationists believe that the Greek word apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 means “a physical departure” (i.e. the rapture). This claim has been thoroughly debunked many times (see the two articles at the end of this post). In Koine Greek, the word never means “a physical departure,” but rather “a non-physical departure,” either a political […]