Pretribulationism believes that Jesus is coming back quietly to secretly rapture the church, and the world is going to wonder where all the missing people have gone. Only believers will be able to hear and see Jesus when he returns. That may be good fantasy for novels but it is not biblical reality. Just the […]
Thessalonians
The Order of Events When Christ Arrives on the Clouds at His Second Coming
An excerpt from Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord (1 Thess 4:17) The dead in Christ will receive their […]
A Note on “Temple” (Naos) in 2 Thessalonians 2:4
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple (naos) of God, […]
An Immediate Descent to Earth? 1 Thessalonians 4:17
Postribulationists argue that after God’s people are caught up to the clouds to meet Christ in the rapture, they will immediately “escort” Christ back to earth, i.e., they are not taken to heaven before the throne of God. Their main argument they use is the term apantēsis (meeting) in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 requires this “immediate […]
Another Striking Parallel Between Jesus and Paul Documented
I have documented over 25 parallels between Jesus and Paul’s eschatological teaching, demonstrating clearly that Paul is dependent on Jesus’ Olivet Discourse, contra preterism and pretribulationism. Up to this point, I have overlooked another parallel, a conceptual and verbal parallel: “meeting” (apantesis). In Paul’s teaching, he is referring to the rapture when he mentions “meeting” the […]
New Prewrath Pamphlet Available! Jesus and Paul Teach the Same Second Coming
Click here and scroll down to purchase it. This pamphlet is ideal for a bible study on the parallels between Jesus and Paul’s teaching on the second coming. In addition, the vast majority of preterists and pretribulationists deny that Jesus and Paul are teaching on the same subject. But the the overwhelming parallels between their […]
Beware of Antichrist “Risers”
“Risers” is a term I am coining to describe those who are preoccupied with deciphering the conditions that will exist for the “rise of Antichrist.” Conditions such as Antichrist’s religion or ethnicity or where he will “rise” from (show me his birth certificate!). Risers spend very little time on what the Bible teaches about the […]
What Does “The Apostasy” Refer to in 2 Thessalonians 2:3?
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy [ho apostasia] comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction (2 Thess 2:3 NASB) Paul wrote his second letter to the Thessalonians because he learned that they were deceptively being taught by some that […]
Jesus and Paul Use the Metaphor of “Birth Pangs” for Opposite Purposes
“All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.” (Matt 24:8) “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) In an attempt to make the “beginning of birth pangs” in […]