Christ comes in 19:11 and judges the nations who fornicated with Babylon, who consolidated their loyalty with the beast, and who gathered to war against Christ. He casts the beast and false prophet into the lake of fire. He imprisons the devil. He raises the martyrs murdered by Babylon and the beast. He and his […]
Rebuttals
Will all the inhabitants of the nations be destroyed at the battle in Rev 19?
Craig A. Blaising writes: [Fowler White] argues that a sequential interpretation of 19:11—20:3 is not logically coherent, that its “credibility. . . suffers considerably” because at the Parousia, Christ will destroy all the in inhabitants of all the nations except the redeemed (“Reexamining the Evidence for Recapitulation in Rev. 20:1–10,” 325). Thus, he concludes, there […]
Correcting a Common Platitude. . .
We are often told “we should live as if Jesus could return today.” “Perhaps today!” This is a slogan that is commonly heard in various Christian circles. A version of this is found in the popular hymn: Jesus may come today Glad day, glad day! And I would see my friend; Dangers and troubles would […]
The Olivet Discourse Is about the DELAY of Jesus’s Coming, Not His Nearness – Ep. 125
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Olivet_Discourse_Is_about_the_DELAY_of_Jesuss_Coming_Not_His_Nearness_-_Ep._125.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThe Olivet Discourse is about the delay of Jesus’s Coming, not his nearness. Many interpreters miss this main point. Further, there is the question of what is Jesus trying to teach with his delay of his parousia? Jesus teaches that we will know the season of his […]
Why the Binding of Satan Is NOT Equated with Jesus’s Victory on the Cross – Ep. 124
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_the_Binding_of_Satan_Is_NOT_Equated_with_Jesuss_Victory_on_the_Cross_-_Ep._124.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThere is a huge inconsistency in the theology of amillennialism that claims that the binding of Satan depicted in Rev 20:1–3 describes Jesus’s victory on the cross. The problem then is how can amillennialism claim on one hand that the binding of Satan is the victory of […]
Clarifying a Question on Revelation 6:17 – Ep. 123
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Clarifying_a_Question_on_Revelation_617_-_Ep._123.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Many interpreters assume that the English rendering “has come” in Rev 6:17 refers to either past or present tense referring to God’s wrath. “because the great day of their wrath has come [ēlthen], and who is able to withstand it?” (Rev 6:17) I have explained before […]
Witnessing to Jews . . .
One of the sore points in Jewish evangelism is the position that Jews are damned unless they believe in Jesus (i.e. the messianship, deity, and Incarnation of Jesus). Of course, that’s not unique to Judaism. That’s standard exclusivism, which applies to non-Christians generally. And there wouldn’t be much point evangelizing Jews if it didn’t matter […]
What Is the Millennial Debate Really About? – Ep. 122
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/What_Is_the_Millennial_Debate_Really_About__Ep._122.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedWhat is the millennial debate is not about, and what it is about? Many interpreters frame the wrong question when they engage the millennial debate. I talked about how we got chapter breaks and how to avoid them, especially the Revelation 20 chapter break. This helped to […]
Andy Woods ‘Replies’ to Me . . .
Just a quick note for those who were wondering if Andy Woods was interested in meaningful interaction with my podcast episode yesterday where I argued that Woods was making up a meaning for the Greek word apostasia, believing that it could mean a rapture in 2 Thess 2:3. Woods claimed that the Greek word could […]
What Andy Woods Is Not Telling You about ‘the Apostasy’ in 2 Thess 2:3 – Ep. 121
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/What_Andy_Woods_Is_Not_Telling_You_about_the_Apostasy_in_2_Thess_23_-_Ep._121.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedPretrib teacher Andy Woods recently evaded key arguments against his interpretation which claims “the apostasy” [apostasia] in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 refers to the rapture, and thus the pretribulation rapture. He was interviewed by Gary Stearman on Prophecy Watchers. “Let no one deceive you in any way. For […]
Does 1 Peter 1:13 Teach an ‘Any Moment’ Rapture?
Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Pet 1:13) Pretrib interpreters read this verse and assume that since Peter says “set your hope” on the grace that they will received at […]