Six years ago, I did a six-part series responding to John F. Hart’s (and other pretrib teachers’) unfounded and strained interpretation that the parousia in Matt 24:36–44 is a completely different parousia than the one depicted in Matt 24:27, 30–31. I am re-posting my series below. Pretribs cannot agree with themselves whether Matt 24:36–44 refers […]
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A Brief Reply to Arnold Fruchtenbaum on the Meaning of the Greek Noun Apostasia
Sometimes I am surprised to learn that pretrib teachers continue to perpetuate the lexical error that the Greek noun apostasia can refer to the sense of a “physical departure.” For example, just recently, Arnold Fruchtenbaum of Ariel Ministries stated: “However, the Greek word simply means ‘departure’. This could refer to a moral departure but it […]
Is Israel Raptured at Revelation 7:4?
According to pretrib logic, Israel is raptured at Rev 7:4. Of course I am being facetious with the title of this post, using absurdity to illustrate absurdity. The mere word Israel (Ἰσραήλ) is not found between Rev 7:4 and 21:12, so according to pretrib logic, if you apply the same standard to the word church, then you need […]
Facebook’s Planned Global Currency
“Eventually, it intends to open the Calibra Wallet up to additional services, so that people can pay bills, buy goods by scanning a code or accessing public transport.” Yea, right –> “Account information from Calibra will not be shared with Facebook to improve things such as ad targeting, except for ‘limited cases’ where this data […]
God Will Work With Israel and the Church Simultaneously in the FUTURE – Ep. 137
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/God_Will_Work_With_Israel_and_the_Church_Simultaneously_in_the_FUTURE__Ep._137.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedHaving established a biblical-theological pattern that God has worked with both Israel and the church simultaneously in the past and in the present. It should not be unexpected then that God will work with both Israel and the church at the same time in the future—particularly during […]
Virtue Signaling Pretribbers
Pop pretribbers are often heard invoking the virtuous platitude, “I’m not looking for the Antichrist, I’m looking for Jesus Christ.” It is intended to convey that pretribs are “truly” watchful for Jesus’s return because they think they will not have to first encounter the Antichrist before the rapture. This cutesy slogan sounds pious and virtuous, […]
Use Prewrath Charts in Your Bible Prophecy Studies . . .
I typically promote the books from the e-store, but there are helpful, instructive teaching aids as well such as the easy-reading e-charts. Go to that page and click on the charts to enlarge it for detail. There are also e-pamphlets (tri-fold), which you can print off and freely distribute as many as you like. And […]
A Response to John Hart’s Flawed Comparison between Jesus and Paul’s Use of the ‘Birth Pangs’ Metaphor
[*There will be no episode of The Biblical Prophecy Program today since I have a respiratory virus and talking causes coughing fits. But in lieu of the program I wanted to write up a reply to the following claim by John Hart.] Source “All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.” […]
Does God Wrath Begin Before the Seventh Seal Is Opened? A Reply to Posttribulationism
I need to post the following article I wrote back a while ago every so often, because it is very common to hear from posttribbers that the seals, trumpets, and bowls “overlap” with each other thereby making the eschatological wrath of God begin before the seventh seal is opened. I am convinced that most posttribbers […]
Jan Markell, I will be NEAR your hometown, Maple Grove, MN, next month, so let’s have a debate. . .
[Update: Jan Markell wrote me and declined the debate offer for personal reasons. I told her that I am happy to leave open the offer for the future if she is interested then. So that is where we are at.] Recently, Jan Markell had hyper-dispensationalist Doug Stauffer on her program, who has a lot […]
Cohesive Chain of the Celestial Disturbances That Signal the Coming Day of the Lord’s Wrath
Joel 2:30–31 “I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth– blood, fire, and columns of smoke. The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the LORD comes– that great and terrible day!” Isa 13:6–13 “Wail, for the LORD’s day […]