Over at the Prewrath Resource Institute’s blog, I am responding to Eric Douma’s pretribulational claims. I am doing a series challenging his teaching on the day of the Lord because it is seriously flawed. I am also responding to him because his arguments represent other pretribulational teachers. I will update the links here until my […]
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A Few Responses to Mike Stallard
I want to briefly respond to a few objections that pretribulationist Mike Stallard had made against the prewrath position. I have heard similar objections by others, so I hope my response here will be instructive. On the Celestial Disturbances In 2002 at the Pre-Trib Study Group, Mike Stallard wrote, “An Analysis of the Use […]
Defending Premillennialism
Fred Butler is writing on God’s land promise to Israel as part of a series on “Defending Premillennialism.” The most recent installment is here, and it looks like he will have new ones soon.
Why Israel’s Salvation Matters – Michael Brown
For those who do not know, Michael Brown is a messianic Jew who is an Old Testament scholar. He is noted for his effective Jewish apologetic ministry, including debating first rank rabbis. He is also posttribulational (I do not know if he has examined the prewrath viewpoint). The substance of the video begins at 14 […]
Israel Ostracized
I found the following piece by David Swindle interesting. He provides this alarming anecdote on a trend of anti-Semitism creeping into the political right. I note this because I think there is an unfortunate corresponding trend making inroads into the evangelical church. Something to be mindful of. And on the opposite side of the […]
From the Inbox
Anthony asked: Hi Alan, I have been searching for the answer to the following question: Why is it of utmost importance that believers understand the times we live in and know with as much certainty as possible the timing and sequence of prophetic events the will (are) unfolding? Time and time again, I speak with […]
Explanation of Prewrath by Chris White
Eutheos (Immediately) in Matthew 24:29 Undermines Historicism
“Immediately (eutheos) after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” (Matt 24:29). Historicism is the eschatological position that says the thrust of prophecy in the Olivet Discourse and […]
The Day of the Lord is Not a Literal 24 Hour Day
There are some who maintain that the Day of the Lord will be a literal twenty-four hour day, mostly those holding to a variant of posttribulationism, as well as amillennialism. They require that all the events associated with God’s eschatological wrath must occur within a single day when Christ comes back. This forced “accordion” interpretation […]
Premillennialism on Revelation 20:1–6
[See also www.alankurschner.com/3 ] Inevitably, when the discussion of premill versus amill is broached, the text “Revelation 20:1-6” is invoked. This is unfortunate because that is not where the passage begins, so the amill proponent (and sadly the premill can do this as well) dives right in the middle of the context. The immediate passage […]
The Fourth Seal of Revelation
“(7) Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come!” (8) So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the […]