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Hermeneutics
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why the Bowls Follow AFTER the Trumpet Judgements: The FINAL Storm Theophany (Part 6) – Ep. 158
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/158-The_FINAL_Storm_Theophany.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner explained another good reason to understand the bowl judgments to occur after the trumpet judgments, rather than have them occurring at the same time or, for some interpreters, identifying them with each other. Recapitulatory interpreters argue that the three instances of the storm theophanies at the […]
(Commentary Notice) Revelation – Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
Revelation – Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament by Buist M. Fanning Get it at Amazon Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament features today’s top New Testament scholars and brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful analysis and interpretation […]
A Response to Pastor J. D. Farag’s Misinformation on 2 Thess 2:3 Claiming that ‘Apostasia’ Refers to the Rapture (Video)
(*Send the following article to those who follow J. D. Farag) In the video below at 24:25, pastor J. D. Farag claims that since the Geneva Bible renders the Greek word apostasia as “departure” then that is proof that it is referring to “the rapture.” This is not only wrong on his part but it […]
The Narrative Logic to the Seals of the Book of Revelation
The first four seals prove the wicked deserve God’s wrath, the fifth seal promises God’s wrath, the sixth seal portends God’s wrath, the two remnants are protected from God’s wrath, and the seventh seal pronounces God’s wrath. Related to this consecutive-narrative logic is the notion of a certificate of debenture: The Seven Sealed Scroll […]