In the last couple of decades prewrath has had such a huge impact on pretribulationism that many pretrib teachers have changed its fundamental timeline. Many pretrib teachers now, including Bill Salus, have jettisoned the traditional view that the rapture occurs the same day that Daniel’s seventieth week begins (i.e. the seven-year period), which they erroneously […]
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Does the Appearing (Epiphaneia) of Christ Occur Seven Years After the Pretrib Rapture?
Yesterday, I critiqued the pretribulation belief that claims the revelation (apokalypsis) of Christ will occur, not at the rapture, but when Jesus comes “with his saints” for the battle of Armageddon. Similarly, pretribulationists make the same claim about the appearing of Christ, that it will not take place at the rapture but at the end […]
Does the Revelation (Apokalypsis) of Christ Occur at Armageddon Seven Years After the Pretrib Rapture?
Pretribulationism claims when Jesus returns to resurrect and rapture the people of God, this coming “for the church” will not be known to the world. The revelation (apokalypsis) of Christ, on the other hand, it is argued, will be known to all the world at the end of the seventieth week of Daniel (i.e. seven […]
The Awestruck Appearing of Jesus and the Day of the Lord – Ep. 148
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Awestruck_Appearing_of_Jesus_and_the_Day_of_the_Lord_-_Charles_Cooper_-_Ep._148.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedFellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio kicked off its 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference in Session 1 with Charles Cooper and his magnificent teaching (or shall I say preaching!) on the glorious appearing of Jesus and the Day of the Lord.
Video Sessions of the 2019 FBC Fall Bible Prophecy Conference
Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio kicked off its 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference in Session 1 with Charles Cooper and his introduction to the Day of the Lord in the Book of Revelation. In Session 2, Kurschner addresses the timing and placement of the rapture in relation to the Antichrist’s great tribulation. In Session 3, […]
The Greek GRAMMAR in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Supports Prewrath – Ep. 147
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Greek_GRAMMAR_in_2_Thessalonians_23_Supports_Prewrath_-_Ep._147.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner demonstrated grammatical parallels in other New Testament passages to the grammatical construction found in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. This evidence clearly supports the prewrath position and contradicts pretribulationism. Pretribulational interpreters attempt to argue that Paul in 2 Thess 2:3 teaches that the “apostasy” and “the revelation […]
Are the 144,000 Israelites ‘Saved’ in Revelation 7?
I view the 144,000 Israelites in Rev 7:4–8 as sealed in the sense of God choosing them to be saved when the end of the seven-year period is completed, fulfilling Daniel’s 70 week prophecy of the nation of Israel when they recognize Jesus as Messiah. They are also sealed in the sense of protection from the impending […]
Pseudo-Ephraem Is NOT a Pretribulation Document
Pretribulationists are fond to cite Pseudo-Ephraem as support for a pretrib rapture. Charles Cooper has written the following article (Pseudo-Ephraem), which reveals that the author actually places the return of Jesus for the Church after the Antichrist has already arrived, not before. This document is also a teachable example for pretribs. The MO for how […]
The SAME DAY Noah Entered the Ark, the Flood Began – NOT Seven Days Later!
On occasion I hear some pretrib teachers attempt to argue for a gap of time between the rapture and the beginning of the 70th week of Daniel, which they wrongly equate with the Day of the Lord’s wrath. They do this to try to get around the “Before the Day of the Lord” passages […]
The Background to the Sealing of the 144,000: Ezekiel 9 and Exodus 12
The 144,000 faithful Israelites in Revelation 7:1–8 are protected on earth with a seal of God from the impending wrath that will be poured out on the world through the trumpet and bowl judgments when the seventh seal is opened. The likely thematic background for this sealing from impending divine wrath is found in Ezekiel […]
Why the Greek in John 7:51 and Mark 3:27 Supports Prewrath in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 that the Apostasy and the Antichrist Will FIRST [Proton] Happen BEFORE the Day of the Lord
Pretribulational interpreters attempt to argue that Paul in 2 Thess 2:3 teaches that the “apostasy” and “the revelation of the man of lawlessness” will happen “during” the day of the Lord and not before it. But the Greek does not support such an interpretation. Rather, we shall see it clearly supports the prewrath interpretation that […]