Hosted by Chosen People Ministries Description For centuries, one of the most repeated accusations from the Jewish community against Messianic Judaism is that the New Testament contains blatant antisemitic statements. Those who believe that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah disagree. Tonight’s debate is between two of the most famous Jewish personalities in their respective […]
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What Event Will Happen BETWEEN the Resurrection and the Rapture? – Ep. 143
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/What_Event_Will_Happen_BETWEEN_the_Resurrection_and_the_Rapture__-_Ep._143.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedWhen Jesus returns in the clouds at his second coming (parousia), the resurrection of the dead in Christ will take place first. They will be walking on the earth among mortals as a witness to God’s power and glory. After this those alive in Christ will receive […]
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.” […]
God Works With Israel and the Church Simultaneously in the PRESENT – Ep. 136
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/136-God_Works_With_Israel_and_the_Church_Simultaneously_in_the_PRESENT.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedGod works with Israel at this present time during the church age. I considered two significant activities that God is doing with Israel during the church age to prepare them for salvation. Making Israel Jealous and Saving a Remnant In Rom 9–11, the apostle Paul articulates his […]
Responding to Objections of Michael as the Restrainer
(Update: I have no earthly clue why, but the thread at the prewrath rapture view facebook group seems to have been deleted. Evidently, interacting with someone who objects to the Michael-Restrainer interpretation is not acceptable. So my comments below are responding to someone without a source since it has been deleted. Another reason I don’t […]
A public debate challenge for Andy Woods to defend his new book: The Falling Away: Spiritual Departure or Physical Rapture?: A Second Look at 2 Thessalonians 2:3
Andy Woods has recently written a booklet (54 pages): The Falling Away: Spiritual Departure or Physical Rapture?: A Second Look at 2 Thessalonians 2:3. He interprets the Greek word apostasia (the apostasy/falling away) as referring to the rapture. “Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes […]
Issues of Interpretation and Commentary on Matthew 24–25 – Jesus’s Olivet Discourse
I am asked frequently if I can recommend a commentary on Matthew’s Olivet Discourse. The problem is that (1) many commentaries on Matthew, in particular chapters 24–25, come from a historicist view, an interpretation that skews Matthew’s message and consequently distorts the application for the church today; (2) some commentaries come from a preterist view and/or […]
What is the difference between a Christian being martyred today and a Christian being martyred by the future Antichrist?
There are two levels where this question is answered, the corporate and individual level. Corporately The church has been persecuted for about 2,000 years by many antichrists (plural). This is a historical fact that is undeniable with the myriads of accounts of believers dying for their faith all around the world up to this very […]
Why Paul’s ‘Last Trump’ Is Not the Seventh Trumpet in the Book of Revelation
The following are a few general observations why Paul’s ‘last trump’ in 1 Cor 15:52 is not the referent to the seventh trumpet in the Book of Revelation. I have an entire chapter devoted to this topic in my forthcoming book responding to posttribulationism. But for now here are some general comments in no particular […]
(VIDEO) Reading 1 Corinthians 15 in a Jewish Cemetery on Resurrection Day
Reading 1 Corinthians 15 in a Jewish Cemetery on Resurrection Day | Easter 2018 “Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless […]
(VIDEO) What You Need to Know about the New Jerusalem
Doug Hamp gives a lucid biblical theology of the New Jerusalem: its nature, history, purpose, size, shape, location, and its timing of when it descends to earth, before or after the millennium. (Incidentally, toward the end of the video he puts a plug in for his book against Calvinism, which I would not agree with, […]