There are two levels where this question is answered, the corporate and individual level. Corporately The church has been persecuted for about 2,000 years by many antichrists (plural). This is a historical fact that is undeniable with the myriads of accounts of believers dying for their faith all around the world up to this very […]
Book of Revelation
Why Paul’s ‘Last Trump’ Is Not the Seventh Trumpet in the Book of Revelation
The following are a few general observations why Paul’s ‘last trump’ in 1 Cor 15:52 is not the referent to the seventh trumpet in the Book of Revelation. I have an entire chapter devoted to this topic in my forthcoming book responding to posttribulationism. But for now here are some general comments in no particular […]
A Turkish Perspective on the Gog-Magog Prophecy (Video)
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 […]
A BIG Difficulty in the Plot Line within the Amillennial Narrative in the Book of Revelation
Robert W. Wall writes: W. Hendricksen locates Satan’s imprisonment between the two advents of Christ, when the church is able to evangelize the nations with complete freedom (Conquerors, pp. 185–90). This interpretation draws upon elements of Revelation 12–13, where Satan is unable to destroy the church. Further, it corresponds well to the subsequent vision of […]
Apocalypse Illuminated: The Visual Exegesis of Revelation in Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts
Apocalypse Illuminated: The Visual Exegesis of Revelation in Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts by Richard K. Emmerson $59.95 | Hardcover Edition ISBN: 978-0-271-07865-6 288 pages 9″ × 10″ 37 color/63 b&w illustrations 2018 Apocalypse Illuminated: The Visual Exegesis of Revelation in Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts by Richard K. Emmerson “With its rich symbolism, complex narrative, and […]
The Fifth Seal and ‘The Pretrib Contradiction’ – Ep. 110
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/The_Fifth_Seal_and__The_Pretrib_Contradiction___Ep._110.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThe Pretrib Contradiction exposes the weakness of pretribulation rapture theology. I explained two aspects to this contradiction. First, I talked about how the fifth seal relates (or does not relate) to Paul’s promise in 1 Thess 5:9 about believers not having to experience the day of the […]
(VIDEO) What You Need to Know about the New Jerusalem
Doug Hamp gives a lucid biblical theology of the New Jerusalem: its nature, history, purpose, size, shape, location, and its timing of when it descends to earth, before or after the millennium. (Incidentally, toward the end of the video he puts a plug in for his book against Calvinism, which I would not agree with, […]
The Imagery of ‘remove your lampstand from its place’
As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches (Rev 1:20). Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at […]
Greek Prepositions in the Book of Revelation
SEMITIC INFLUENCE IN THE USE OF NEW TESTAMENT GREEK PREPOSITIONS: THE CASE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION Laurențiu Florentin Moț Adventist Theological Institute, Cernica, Romania Abstract: Semitic influence on New Testament Greek prepositional use has been proposed by various scholars. At times, it turns out that the examples these scholars emphasize are quite […]
The Biggest Hindrance to Understanding the Book of Revelation
“The biggest hindrance to understanding the message of the Revelation is not its strange imagery, but rather, human sin and the inability to comprehend the nature of God’s holiness.” —From Robert L. Muse’ review of H. Burkhardt’s interpretation of Revelation.