Source (Update: I have been informed that further down the comments thread in the original fb page above, Dave James recognized that Jesus’s prophecy in John 21 was an issue that needed to be considered). John 21:18–19 states: “I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you […]
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Still waiting for a Posttribber to Respond to Prewrath Eschatology . . . Crickets
Every so often I post my list of responses to posttribulation theology. So below is the link to my compendium of responses. While prewrath shares some affinity with posttrib there are significant differences. For example: 1. Prewrath does not believe that the second coming will be an instantaneous or single-day (simple) event. Rather, it will […]
Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 6 – Ep. 131
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Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 5 – Ep. 130
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Does the Parable of the Tares and Wheat Support Post-tribulationism?
The parable of the Tares (Weeds) and Wheat is sometimes invoked in the rapture debate, because traditionally posttribs have claimed that it supports their chronological position. Let’s back up and ask two questions first when people study the parable of the Wheat and the Weeds in Matthew 13. The first question is whether we are […]
The Problem with Interpreting Matt 24:30 as ‘Armageddon’ – Ep. 128
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Problem_with_Interpreting_Matt_2430_as_Armageddon_-_Ep._128.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDoes Matthew 24:30 refer to the battle of Armageddon in Revelation 19? I responded to this standard pretrib interpretation and explained the most problematic point with this view, which violates the narrative logic of both the Olivet Discourse and the book of Revelation. In particular the Noahic […]
Matthew 24:36 and a Textual Variant
Elijah Hixson writes, Today, then, seems to be a great opportunity to look at the variant in Matthew 24:36: Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης καὶ ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι τῶν οὐρανῶν οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατὴρ μόνος. But concerning that day and hour, no one knows. Neither the angels of the […]
Where Is the Rapture in the Book of Revelation?
Prewrath makes a convincing argument that Rev 7:9–17 portrays the result of the raptured and resurrected people of God. There is, however, another passage in the Apocalypse that I believe pictures the rapture in action using harvest imagery: “Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of […]
(VIDEO) Reading 1 Corinthians 15 in a Jewish Cemetery on Resurrection Day
Reading 1 Corinthians 15 in a Jewish Cemetery on Resurrection Day | Easter 2018 “Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless […]
What Does Prewrath Teach?
WHAT IS PREWATH? by ALAN KURSCHNER Many of us were told that the church will be “raptured out of here before the Antichrist’s arrival.” The Bible, however, teaches the church will first experience the Antichrist’s great tribulation. Then, at some unknown day and hour, Antichrist’s persecution will be cut short by the return of Christ […]
Is the Meaning of Harpagēsometha in 1 Thess 4:17 ‘Rapture’ or ‘Plunder’? Part 1 – Ep. 114
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Is_the_Meaning_of_harpagesometha_in_1_Thess_417_Rapture_or_Plunder.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedOn Doug Hamp’s the Awakening Report, Chris Steinle claimed that the Greek word harpagēsometha behind the English “suddenly caught [up]” in 1 Thess 4:17 is not derived from the Greek harpazo and consequently does not actually refer to a rapture. It refers to another word (which we will address in […]