Wesley Norris: [It is] blasphemous to put the revealing of Antichrist before Jesus and the Church. The apostle Paul: Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him… For [the day of the Lord] will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is […]
Rebuttals
Antichrist and Alka-Seltzer™ for Wesley
Eschatology matters, folks, as the following prerib rant demonstrates from a Wesley Norris who essentially calls Jesus and Paul’s warnings to the church blasphemous. If you can’t argue against it biblically, try calling it blasphemous! (I don’t mean to minimize Wesley’s slanderous accusation against God’s Word). See also Ryan Habbena’s response in the link (source […]
Apostates Such as Brian McLaren Are Not Content With Just Denying the Faith…
they feel the need to oppose the faithful: http://standupforthetruth.com/2012/05/brian-mclaren-wants-end-time-believing-christians-robustly-confronted/ (h.t. Amanda Hadaway)
The Number of the Beast, and a Response to Walid Shoebat
New Testament scholar Daniel Wallace provides a brief note on the possibility of the number of the beast being 616, not 666, here. Wallace also refutes Walid Shoebat’s sensational and fallacious claim about a New Testament manuscript and a supposed Arabic insertion, here. Also, James White one of today’s most effective Christian apologists on Islam […]
Imminency versus Prophecy
Doug Eigsti has written an extensive article refuting pretribulational imminency entitled, “Imminency versus Prophecy.” You can download the article as a PDF here. See page 4–5 for the contents and purpose of the article.
“First of the ‘Left Behind’ series about to get an expensive remake”
Remember those kookie Left Behind books and movies depicting millions of believers vanishing and leaving the world wondering where they went? Through and through it is really, really flawed theology. But it gets worse. Its producer, Cloud Ten Pictures, a Christian film company in Ontario, plans on dumping about $15 million into this pablum “Christian” film […]
A Reply to Ken Gentry’s Preterism
Steve Hays makes some salient points against preterism here. One point that is often overlooked by preterists is: iii) Gentry says the futurist interpretation renders the prophecies of Revelation irrelevant to the 1st century generation of readers. But by parity of argument, the preterist interpretation renders the prophecies irrelevant to later generations. If what was […]
Dwight Douville of Calvary Chapel Appleton Says “No” to Prewrath Dialogue for their 2012 Great Lakes Prophecy Conference
I am hearing from more and more Calvary Chapel prewrathers, which is encouraging. They are desirous to see a prewrath voice at some of the Calvary Chapel conferences. The problem is the leadership is not open to having dialogue with the prewrath position, the pretribulational position is the only one allowed, unfortunately. And recently, I […]
Chuck Smith Tells 8,000 Calvary Chapel Goers They Will Not Have to Suffer Because the “Imminent Rapture” is Soon
Chuck Smith, the founder of Calvary Chapel, this past week spoke at a Calvary Chapel Bible prophecy conference attended by 8,000 persons. His message to them was basically, “Look at the precarious world, you will escape the coming tribulation by being raptured soon…is it not a comfort!” You can read the article here. He makes […]
Do the Twenty Four Elders in Revelation 4:4 “Represent” the Church?
In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads. (Rev 4:4 NET) In the fourth chapter of Revelation, we are introduced to a magnificent scene in the throne room of heaven. John witnesses […]
Samuel Waldron and John MacArthur on the Millennnial Debate
Jesse Johnson has some helpful comments on: Waldron vs. MacArthur in a Millennial Showdown.