Alan Kurschner, Ph.D. is the founder of Eschatos Ministries, teaching Bible prophecy from a futurist, premillennial, prewrath perspective.
Dr. Kurschner described a salient point that contradicts the traditional pretribulation view concerning Jesus's illustrations of Noah, Lot, and the thief, which refer to the second coming. “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in … [Continue reading] about Jesus’s Use of the Noah, Lot, and Thief Illustrations Contradicts the Pretribulation Rapture – Ep. 146
“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and … [Continue reading] about The Noahic, Lot, and Thief Illustrations CONTRADICT Pretribulationism
If you are looking for a helpful book for key bibliographical resources and research questions on Paul's Thessalonians epistles, see Nijay K. Gupta's new volume, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Zondervan Critical Introductions to the New Testament. Grand … [Continue reading] about Book Notice: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, Zondervan Critical Introductions to the New Testament
On September 20th in Lancaster, PA, I will be speaking at the Zions Hope Ministry Bible prophecy conference (only the land portion). See here for details. For any questions, please direct them to Zions Hope. I will be giving a presentation on … [Continue reading] about Speaking in Lancaster PA this Month!
To follow up with an additional point to my response to Prophecy Watchers promoting unbiblical teaching (here). Steve Cioccolanti claims the Bible teaches that the number eleven is "chaos." Of course, he just pulls this out from—not the Bible—but … [Continue reading] about A Reply to Steve Cioccolanti’s Unbiblical Gibberish and a Statistical Explanation of the Numbers ‘1’, ’11’, ‘111’ and ‘1111’
God help us. The Church is utterly unprepared for the soon-arrival of the Antichrist's great tribulation, thanks to foolish distractions such as this from Prophecy Watchers. … [Continue reading] about This Is Why PROPHECY WATCHERS Is Distracted and Deceived from Sound Biblical Prophecy (Video)
This is a helpful summary of what prewrath teaches on Revelation 6–7. While I view the fourth seal as the cause of the persecution and resultant martyrdom of the saints depicted in the fifth seal during the Antichrist's great tribulation, David … [Continue reading] about David Rosenthal on Revelation 6–7 (Prewrath Video)
The core teaching of the prewrath position that the church would face the Antichrist before the day of the Lord's wrath is not new. In fact, every early church father who wrote on this topic believed this. What is new is some of the refinements of … [Continue reading] about Is Prewrath New?
In this video at the time stamp 55:00, preterist Jeff Durbin mishandles the context of the "Left Behind" passage in Jesus's Olivet Discourse. He claims that it is the righteous who are left behind and the wicked taken to judgment. He has it … [Continue reading] about A Reply to Jeff Durbin’s Mishandling the ‘Left Behind’ Passage
About four years ago, I wrote up a blog post (with an image) showing that the translators of the original 1611 King James Bible placed a marginal reference note next to Matthew 24:31 linking to Paul's rapture and resurrection passages in 1 … [Continue reading] about Are You a King James Version Only Pretribber? (Image)
Answer: First, the Bible never teaches an imminent return of Jesus, let alone that God uses it to sanctify believers. Imminent death, yes, but not an imminent rapture. Second, Jesus in his Olivet Discourse teaches quite the opposite. He … [Continue reading] about Is an ‘Imminent Rapture’ a Sanctifying Agent?