Thomas Ross of Mukwonago Baptist Church in Mukwonago, Wisconsin has written a critique of the prewrath position. One particular point that Ross asserts is the following: Furthermore, the fact that God’s wrath “is come” in Revelation 6:17 is an aorist indicative indicates that past time is the strong basic predisposition, so that the fundamental tendency for interpretation […]
Book of Revelation
How to Prepare for Jesus’ Second Coming: DON’T Take the Mark of the Antichrist – Ep. 66
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How to Prepare for Jesus’ Second Coming: 4 Views that Militate Against Biblical Readiness – Ep. 65
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Revelation 1:18 and the God of Death who Holds Its Keys
“I was dead, but look, now I am alive—forever and ever—and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!” (Rev 1:18) Steve Hays writes, “There’s probably a connotation to this verse that’s lost on modern readers. We think of “death” as an abstract term for the cessation of life. The physical condition of the […]
Accommodation Principle of Interpreting Apocalyptic Prophecy | Book of Revelation
“[S]ome aspects of the original prophecy may be described in terms appropriate for the understanding of the hearers of its time—e.g., wars involving horses and swords, rather than future weapons totally unknown at the time of writing. Such adaptations to the understanding of the original hearers, however, do not change the essential meaning of the […]
The Trumpet Judgments Cannot Begin Until the Scroll is Opened with the Breaking of the Final Seventh Seal
Here are the reasons I believe this to be the case.
My Review of the Rapture Debate between Pre-Trib Doug Stauffer and Post-Trib Joe Schimmel – Ep. 61
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/061-My_Review_of_the_Rapture_Debate_between_Pre-Trib_Doug_Stauffer_and_Post-Trib_Joe_Schimmel.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI gave my review of the rapture debate between Pre-Trib Doug Stauffer and Post-Trib Joe Schimmel that occurred at the Pikes Peak Prophecy Summit in Colorado hosted by Prophecy in the News. I addressed the following issues that was covered in the debate, in no particular order: […]
VIDEO: The 144,000 Jews in the Book of Revelation Are NOT ‘Jewish Evangelists’
I talked about the pretrib assumption that interprets the 144,000 Jews in Revelation 7 as ‘evangelists.’ They are not. They are sealed by angels to protect them from the impending day of the Lord’s wrath that will soon come upon the world at the opening of the seventh seal. This remnant of Jews will be […]
An Invitation for Pretrib Pastor Jesse Johnson to Publicly Debate on Whether Revelation 6 and Its Six Seals Will Occur Before the Day of the Lord
Jesse Johnson is the Teaching Pastor at Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, VA. He represents the John MacArthur/The Master’s Seminary wing of the pretribulational camp. He has made recent pretrib claims about the book of Revelation that cannot be supported by Scripture. They are your typical assumptions that pretribs make about elements in Revelation. One […]
What Is the ‘Hour of Testing’ in Revelation 3:10? The Antichrist’s Great Tribulation or the Day of the Lord’s Wrath? – Ep. 59
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/What_Is_the_Hour_of_Testing_in_Revelation_310.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to pretrib teacher and pastor Jesse Johnson and his claim in an article he wrote about Revelation 3:10 supporting a pretrib rapture. “Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is […]
Popping the Revelation 3:10 Pre-Trib Rapture Balloon: A Response to Jesse Johnson – Ep. 58
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Popping_the_Revelation_3.10_Pretrib_Rapture_Balloon_-.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to pretrib teacher and pastor Jesse Johnson and his claim in an article he wrote about Revelation 3:10 supporting a pretrib rapture. “Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to […]