Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus. Pretribulationism teaches that the blessed hope is about escaping persecution, particularly the end-time persecution. The Bible does not teach this. The blessed hope is the glorious appearing of our Lord, not an escapist, imminent […]
Rebuttals
Review of My Radio Debate on Eschatology with Tommy Ice – Ep. 55
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Review_of_My_Radio_Debate_on_Eschatology_with_Tommy_Ice.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedIn this episode I reviewed my recent radio debate on the rapture with Tommy Ice. I responded to Ice’s deeply mistaken view that church instruction in Jesus’ ministry began with the Upper Room Discourse and not before. I argued that the Olivet Discourse is a teaching for […]
Radio Debate on Moody Radio! Prewrath vs. Pretribulationism
You can listen now to the radio debate I had today with Dr. Tommy Ice on Moody Radio’s UP FOR DEBATE with Julie Roys. It went great. I came into the debate with the strategy of focusing on and demonstrating that Jesus’ Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24-25 is for the church, and not relegated to […]
Why Pretribulation Teachers Refuse to Obey Jesus’ Great Commission: “teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Matthew 28:20 – Ep. 54
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_Pretribulation_Teachers_Refuse_to_Obey_Jesus_Great_Commission__teaching_them_to_obey_everything_I_have_commanded_you_Ep._54.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedIn today’s program, I explained why pretribulation teachers are not obeying Jesus’ Great Commission: “teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matt 28:20). I continued to work through Jim McClarty’s article critiquing […]
4 Reasons Why the Millennial Debate is Important – Ep. 53
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Reasons_Why_the_Millennial_Debate_is_Important_i.e._Why_Premillennial_Theology_Matters.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedPremillennialism teaches that at Jesus’ second coming he will deliver the righteous and judge the ungodly. Then the righteous will enter into a period—the millennium—of peace and righteousness where Jesus establishes on earth his physical reign of all nations—including a restored nation of Israel who recognizes him […]
Who Is Saying ‘Peace and Security’ in 1 Thessalonians 5:3?
I replied to a pretrib objection to the prewrath position that says 1 Thess.5:3 contradicts prewrath: “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). This objection was easily answered as I […]
Is the Whole Seven Years God’s Wrath? – Ep. 51
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/051-Is_the_Whole_Seven_Years_Gods_Wrath.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to the pretribulational tenet that the future seven-year period (i.e. the “70th week of Daniel”) is entirely God’s wrath. I used Jim McClarty’s critique of the prewrath position as my entry point of discussion. I demonstrated that the seven-year period is divided up into several […]
A Reply to Jim McClarty’s Selective Use of Passages to Fit His Unbiblical Construct of a Pretrib Rapture: Matthew 24, Israel, and the Church – Ep. 50
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/050-A_Reply_to_Jim_McClartys_Selective_Use_of_Passages_to_Fit_His_Unbiblical_Construct_of_a_Pretrib_Rapture.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI continued my response to Jim McClarity’s critique of the prewrath position, in particular his objection that Matthew 24 applies to the church. I addressed the following topics: -The disciples were representatives of the church -The Great Commission’s relation with Matthew 24 -The resurrection/rapture in Matthew 24 […]
VIDEO | Pretribs Make the Same Categorical Error as the Thessalonians by Confusing Persecution with God’s Judgment
The Thessalonian believers in Paul’s second epistle were suffering because of persecution. They made the mistake of thinking that they were experiencing the day of the Lord’s wrath because of this. Paul writes back and reassures them that the day of the Lord’s wrath has not come, because two events must happen first: the […]
One Taken and One Left Behind, and the Meaning of ‘Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather’ in Luke 17:37 – Ep. 49
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/049-One_Taken_and_One_Left_Behind_and_the_Meaning_of_Where_the_dead_body_is_there_the_vultures_will_gather_in_Luke_17_37.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to Jim McClarty’s critique of the prewrath interpretation of one taken and one left behind. First, I recapped previously argued points from episode 9 where I gave a half dozen reasons to show that the ones who are taken are taken for deliverance and the […]
My Eschatology Debate with Pretrib Thomas Ice on the Antichrist, Rapture, and Second Coming – Ep. 47
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/047-My_Eschatology_Debate_with_Pretrib_Thomas_Ice_on_the_Antichrist_Rapture_and_Second_Coming.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedIn this episode I posted the entire audio of the debate for The Biblical Prophecy Program™. The debate is also posted at the main debate page with audio and video found here: CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO OF DEBATE In this episode I prefaced the debate with […]