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Situating Pretribulational Imminence Theology – Ep. 141

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Situating_Pretribulational_Imminence_Theology_-_Ep._141.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThis episode was originally delivered at a Bible prophecy conference on April 1, 2017 at Hope Bible Church in Tampa, Florida. I discussed topics such as defining imminence, the pretribulational theological system that is framed on imminence teaching, and why critiquing imminence theology matters.       […]

Does God Work With Israel and the Church During the ‘Gap’ but Not During the Seventy Weeks of Daniel? – Ep. 138

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Does_God_Work_With_Israel_and_the_Church_During_the_Gap__-_Ep_138.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI addressed a pretrib objection to my arguments describing how God will work with Israel and the church simultaneously in the future during part of the seventieth week. A few traditional dispensational pretribbers such as Renald Showers have recognized the weight of the counterexamples that demonstrate that […]

Does Matthew 24:36–44 Refer to the Pretribulation Rapture?

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Six years ago, I did a six-part series responding to John F. Hart’s (and other pretrib teachers’) unfounded and strained interpretation that the parousia in Matt 24:36–44 is a completely different parousia than the one depicted in Matt 24:27, 30–31. I am re-posting my series below. Pretribs cannot agree with themselves whether Matt 24:36–44 refers […]

A Brief Reply to Arnold Fruchtenbaum on the Meaning of the Greek Noun Apostasia

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Sometimes I am surprised to learn that pretrib teachers continue to perpetuate the lexical error that the Greek noun apostasia can refer to the sense of a “physical departure.” For example, just recently, Arnold Fruchtenbaum of Ariel Ministries stated: “However, the Greek word simply means ‘departure’. This could refer to a moral departure but it […]

Is Israel Raptured at Revelation 7:4?

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According to pretrib logic, Israel is raptured at Rev 7:4. Of course I am being facetious with the title of this post, using absurdity to illustrate absurdity. The mere word Israel (Ἰσραήλ) is not found between Rev 7:4 and 21:12, so according to pretrib logic, if you apply the same standard to the word church, then you need […]

Virtue Signaling Pretribbers

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Pop pretribbers are often heard invoking the virtuous platitude, “I’m not looking for the Antichrist, I’m looking for Jesus Christ.” It is intended to convey that pretribs are “truly” watchful for Jesus’s return because they think they will not have to first encounter the Antichrist before the rapture. This cutesy slogan sounds pious and virtuous, […]

A Response to John Hart’s Flawed Comparison between Jesus and Paul’s Use of the ‘Birth Pangs’ Metaphor

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[*There will be no episode of The Biblical Prophecy Program today since I have a respiratory virus and talking causes coughing fits. But in lieu of the program I wanted to write up a reply to the following claim by John Hart.]   Source   “All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.” […]

Cohesive Chain of the Celestial Disturbances That Signal the Coming Day of the Lord’s Wrath

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  Joel 2:30–31 “I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth– blood, fire, and columns of smoke. The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the LORD comes– that great and terrible day!” Isa 13:6–13 “Wail, for the LORD’s day […]

God Works With Israel and the Church Simultaneously in the PRESENT – Ep. 136

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/136-God_Works_With_Israel_and_the_Church_Simultaneously_in_the_PRESENT.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedGod works with Israel at this present time during the church age. I considered two significant activities that God is doing with Israel during the church age to prepare them for salvation. Making Israel Jealous and Saving a Remnant In Rom 9–11, the apostle Paul articulates his […]

Minnesota Bible Prophecy Conference 2019 – July 13

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Moving the Goalposts on Daniel’s 70 Weeks Prophecy

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Today I did an episode demonstrating that God has worked with Israel and the church simultaneously in the past. I described three prophecies that were given to Israel, and about Israel, that have been fulfilled in the past during the church age. The point of this was two-fold: (1) to demonstrate that God does indeed […]

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