And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. (Matt 24:14) More than a few missionary agencies have taken this prophecy as their mission verse, believing it will be the church itself fulfilling this prophecy to bring […]
Olivet Discourse
Another Striking Parallel Between Jesus and Paul Documented
I have documented over 25 parallels between Jesus and Paul’s eschatological teaching, demonstrating clearly that Paul is dependent on Jesus’ Olivet Discourse, contra preterism and pretribulationism. Up to this point, I have overlooked another parallel, a conceptual and verbal parallel: “meeting” (apantesis). In Paul’s teaching, he is referring to the rapture when he mentions “meeting” the […]
New Prewrath Pamphlet Available! Jesus and Paul Teach the Same Second Coming
Click here and scroll down to purchase it. This pamphlet is ideal for a bible study on the parallels between Jesus and Paul’s teaching on the second coming. In addition, the vast majority of preterists and pretribulationists deny that Jesus and Paul are teaching on the same subject. But the the overwhelming parallels between their […]
Beware of Antichrist “Risers”
“Risers” is a term I am coining to describe those who are preoccupied with deciphering the conditions that will exist for the “rise of Antichrist.” Conditions such as Antichrist’s religion or ethnicity or where he will “rise” from (show me his birth certificate!). Risers spend very little time on what the Bible teaches about the […]
Using a “House” Metaphor as the Method to Studying the Second Coming
We are finishing up our class on the Doctrine of the Second Coming at Jesus Bible Institute. The first day of class I used a house metaphor to describe how one should approach Scripture in studying the doctrine of the Second Coming. It is not the only method, but I think it is the best […]
Didache Pamphlet Available! The Dida-What? The Earliest Church’s Teaching on the Antichrist
This is the latest publication in the Prewrath Pamphlet Series. You can order it here. I have heard the objection to the prewrath position that it is a new interpretation. I gladly accept this charge that the prewrath position is new, but only in the sense that the label “prewrath” is new; and that […]
The Futurism of the Beginning of Birth Pangs – Matthew 24:4–8
(4) Watch out that no one misleads you. (5) For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many. (6) You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. (7) […]
Jesus and Paul Use the Metaphor of “Birth Pangs” for Opposite Purposes
“All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.” (Matt 24:8) “While people are saying, ‘There is peace and security,’ then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.” (1 Thess 5:3) In an attempt to make the “beginning of birth pangs” in […]
The Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24–25) is for the Church, Not the Jews
Classical pretribulationism minimizes the application of the Olivet Discourse for the church. The motivation for this claim recognizes the implication that the church would encounter Antichrist’s great tribulation. They must then posit a secret rapture that occurs before the events in Matthew 24 because their theology teaches that Christ can come back at any moment […]
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 Early Church Fathers on the Second Coming
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