Bible Prophecy Daily

Ron teaches exactly how people were saved in the Old Testament. The gospel of salvation has always been the same since God taught Adam and Eve how to be restored to right relationship with Him.

Indeed, it is the everlasting gospel. It is the message of God's grace provision so that everyone who is willing can receive forgiveness of sins and be given everlasting life with God.

Dr. Alan Kurschner talked about the incredibly consistent teaching between Jesus's Olivet Discourse and Paul's Thessalonian letters on the doctrine of the second coming. He listed thirty parallels between Jesus and Paul. The pretribulational rapture position wrongly dichotomizes this teaching between Matthew 24 and 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Their system (tradition) requires their interpretation, otherwise that would mean that the rapture would come after, not before, the Antichrist's great tribulation.

He listed thirty parallels between Jesus and Paul and commented on a handful of them. Then he concluded by answering several objections to the prewrath interpertation. Pretribs claim that there are "contradictions" between Jesus and Paul's accounts of the return of Christ therefore they think these two accounts are not describing the same event. Dr. Kurschner refuted these surface-level objections. The great consistency between Jesus and Paul's teachings supports prewrath eschatology.

Links mentioned in the program:

https://www.alankurschner.com/antichrist-before-the-day-of-the-lord/

https://www.alankurschner.com/laminated-prewrath-charts/

Nelson Walters presents that even though the Four Horsemen are the among most iconic prophecies in the Bible, they will be very different from what most Christians believe. And that's why this is a must-hear teaching!  It is likely that almost everyone alive will experience at least one or two of the horsemen. They are coming fast and furious toward this world.

Chris White resumes his study about the beasts in Daniel and Revelation. In the previous episode (part 5), Chris discussed the 7-Headed, 10-Horned Beast as found in Daniel 7.

In today’s episode, he turns to the book of Revelation.

Marquis Laughlin examines what we can learn about how God fulfills Bible prophecy from the Christmas story in the scriptures.  In order for us to avoid pitfalls and misconceptions, we must understand our biases and learn from those who have gone before us.

Ron Wallace teaches about the Judgment Seat of God for believers, and the Great White Throne Judgment for unbelievers.

Each believer who dies is privately and completely evaluated at the moment they are in the presence of God.  At the rapture, each living believer will likewise be evaluated at the moment they are in the presence of God.

Dr. Alan Kurschner talked about Paul's use of the term "temple" (naos) in 2 Thessalonians 2:4. Does Paul have in mind a literal, physical temple? Or is he referring to a figurative, spiritual sense?

Dr. Kurschner first explained that naos does not require some large Solomaic-like structure. Instead, it can refer to a small tent-like structure or inner sanctuary. In addition, it must be erected before the midpoint when the Antichrist is revealed and commits the abomination of the desolation.

He then responded to the historicist interpretation of "temple" in 2 Thess 2:4. Typically, they interpret it in a spiritual fashion, such as "the church." He explained two exegetical fallacies that they commit when arguing for this conclusion, including the "corpus fallacy." This latter fallacy is a common lexical fallacy that is linguistically naive. He gave a couple of analogies to illustrate my point. Historicists, at the end of the day, must import a foreign meaning into 2 Thess 2:4 to maintain their figurative-church interpretation of naos.

Finally, Dr. Kurschner cited three New Testament scholars (two of them Thessalonian scholars) who made excellent points on this issue. Colin R. Nicholl gives four reasons relating to the worship of the Antichrist. Daniel Wallace demonstrates a development of Paul's thought on the temple. And Gene L. Green makes the point of the orientation of the Antichrist's claims that militates against a "church" sense.

 

Links mentioned in the program:

Colin R. Nicholl. From Hope to Despair in Thessalonica: Situating 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 126. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. See also his "Michael, The Restrainer Removed (2 Thess. 2:6–7).” The Journal of Theological Studies, April 2000.

https://bible.org/article/"temple-god"-2-thessalonians-24-literal-or-metaphorical

Gene L. Green. The Letters to the Thessalonians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002, 312.

Nelson Walters explains why today’s teaching is going to change your life. Why are the many protests against Israel a big problem for Christians? Hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets in the Middle East, Australia, Europe, Canada, and the USA chanting , "From the river to the sea!", meaning that they want Israel eliminated as a nation so the Palestinians can own all the land from the Jordan river to the Mediterranean sea.  And whether you agree with the protestors or not, if you’re a Christian this is a big problem for you. Nelson explains why.

Janet Willis believes a correct view of the size of New Jerusalem matters. In this podcast, Janet first compares the many similarities of Ezekiel’s city (Ezekiel 48) and John’s city (Revelation 21-22). These similarities compel us to reexamine the traditional view of the size of New Jerusalem. She presents reasons why Revelation 21:16 should be reexamined, and then begins to explain why the two cities are compatible. Subsequent podcasts will expand on this theme with more of her research.

To see related graphics at full size, click the thumbnails below.  For a seven-minute video overview of Janet’s work on the New Jerusalem, click here.

Comparison Chart

Proportionate size of a cube on the globe

The print article titled “The Size of the New Jerusalem and Why John’s and Ezekiel’s Cities Are Compatible”, from Eschatos Ministries, can be ordered by clicking here, and a free online version of the article can be seen here.

Nelson Walters explains that in the Book of Revelation there are two mysterious figures. God says, “And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth” (Revelation 11:3).

So who are the witnesses, what do they prophesy about, and when do they minister?

When you understand who they are and what they’re doing, the Book of Revelation comes alive! So let’s figure this out together on today's episode.