Unfortunately, MOST translations do not render the Greek adverb _protos_ into English in 2 Thess 2:3. Translators, presumably, omit that rendering because the conditional statement already makes that point of “Event A Happens before Event B.” But translations should render the Greek term “first” to drive home the point that Paul himself is stressing: that […]
Thessalonians
What Event Will Happen Between the Resurrection and the Rapture?
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/What_Event_Will_Happen_Between_the_Resurrection_and_the_Rapture.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner explained how the enigmatic passage in Matthew 27:52–53 is eschatological illuminating to 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18. When Jesus returns it will not unfold how the Left Behind movies portray it, nor will it be how amillennialists portray it as some amorphous, instantaneous event where everything […]
4 Reasons Why Premillennialism Matters
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Three Old Covenant Dispensation Prophecies Fulfilled DURING the Church Age
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The Fifth Seal Is Not God’s Wrath
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Fifth_Seal_Is_Not_Gods_Wrath.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner discusses the weakness of pretribulation rapture theology concerning how the fifth seal relates (or does not relate) to Paul’s promise in 1 Thessalonians 5:9 about believers not having to experience the day of the Lord’s wrath. Second, he highlighted elements in the fifth seal […]
Why the Structure of Matthew’s Olivet Discourse Matters
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_the_Structure_of_Matthews_Olivet_Discourse_Matters.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner talked about the key issue to the structure of Matthew’s Olivet Discourse: the relationship between vv. 9–14 and verse 15ff. He first talked about the disciples’ questions about the sign of the parousia (second coming) and the end of the age, which opens up […]
The Church WILL Face the Mark of the Beast
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Church_WILL_Face_the_Mark_of_the_Beast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner explained the larger context to the question of what is the nature of the apostasia (“apostasy”). Then he surveyed four views on the identification of the apostasy. “Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion […]
1 Peter 2:9–10 Refers to JEWISH Believers
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/1_peter_and_jewish_believers_audience.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Dr. Alan Kurschner responded to a common proof text of supersessionism (aka replacement theology). They teach that because 1 Peter 2:9-10 contains Old Testament references that were originally applied to Israel, they should now be re-interpreted to be replaced by the Church being the “New Israel.” […]
Correction a Big Misunderstanding On 2 Thessalonians 2:8
Just like Jesus militated (katargeō) Satan’s authority on the cross (i.e., Satan was not immediately destroyed), Jesus will militate (katargeō) Antichrist’s authority at the beginning of the day of the Lord, and then later destroy him at Armageddon. Many interpreters construe 2 Thess 2:8 as some punctiliar event as if in the first second Jesus […]
The Rapture (Video)
NEW ISSUE of Biblical Prophecy Magazine Announcement!
The next issue of Biblical Prophecy Magazine will be released at the end of next week. If you are not subscribed, what are you waiting for? If you would like a free subscription, become a Ministry Partner. This next issue will have two original-research articles that contribute to prewrath eschatology! […]