I will address the interpretive criteria that pretrib interpreters have used in order to determine whether a biblical passage teaches imminence. Wayne A. Brindle gives four general criteria that have been used to establish imminence theology in pretribulation literature.[1] Incidentally, Brindle does not give any explanations for his four criteria for imminence. This is a […]
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Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 6 – Ep. 131
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Is_the_Meaning_of_Harpagesometha_in_1_Thess_417_Rapture_or_Plunder__Part_6_-_Ep._131.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedIn this episode I critiqued more of Chris Steinle’s denial of the rapture event. He reads other contextual notions back into Paul’s teaching in 1 Thessalonians 4, attempting to make Paul say that God’s people will be “plundered” not raptured. I explain what he means by this […]
Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 5 – Ep. 130
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Pretribbers Taking the ‘Red Pill’! – Ep. 129
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Pretribbers_Having_Red_Pill_Moments_-_Ep._129.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedPretrib Christians have a choice between taking the red pill and the blue pill, where many in recent times are taking the former. This is encouraging to learn. I commented on this phenomenon of pretribbers and pretrib pastors taking the red pill and embracing prewrath. I talked […]
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 […]
More Responses to Preterism, and Why the Abomination of Desolation Did Not Occur in AD 70 (Video)
Joel continues his discussion with Dr. Brock Hollett, a former leading hyper-preterist who came to embrace the biblical truth of premillennialism. Ex-preterist theologian Dr. Brock Hollett has authored Debunking Preterism: How Over-Realized Eschatology Misses the Not Yet of Bible Prophecy. Dr. Brock D. Hollett formerly embraced preterism while earning his Master of Divinity at Midwestern […]
Does the Parable of the Tares and Wheat Support Post-tribulationism?
The parable of the Tares (Weeds) and Wheat is sometimes invoked in the rapture debate, because traditionally posttribs have claimed that it supports their chronological position. Let’s back up and ask two questions first when people study the parable of the Wheat and the Weeds in Matthew 13. The first question is whether we are […]
Rapture & Wrath: Ready or Not? (Video)
Responding to Preterism, and a Story about a Well Known Preterist Skipping Over a Verse He Does Not Like (Video)
Ex-preterist theologian Dr. Brock Hollett has authored Debunking Preterism: How Over-Realized Eschatology Misses the Not Yet of Bible Prophecy. Dr. Brock D. Hollett formerly embraced preterism while earning his Master of Divinity at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2000 because the preterist perspective seemed to provide him with coherent arguments regarding the time statements of […]
The Problem with Interpreting Matt 24:30 as ‘Armageddon’ – Ep. 128
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Problem_with_Interpreting_Matt_2430_as_Armageddon_-_Ep._128.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDoes Matthew 24:30 refer to the battle of Armageddon in Revelation 19? I responded to this standard pretrib interpretation and explained the most problematic point with this view, which violates the narrative logic of both the Olivet Discourse and the book of Revelation. In particular the Noahic […]
6 Reasons Why You Will NOT Take the Beast’s Mark
1. You trust God’s teaching that suffering, persecution, and martyrdom are temporary, while the life beyond this one will be eternal with Christ. You love Christ more than your earthly possessions and your physical life. 2. You possess the Spirit of discernment that will enable you to discern the deception of Satan and the beast’s […]