Bible Prophecy Daily

Charles Cooper continues his discussion of Eschatological Geography and The World Map at the Beginning of Daniel's 70th Week.

The world map is a far greater indicator of where human history is in connection with eschatological fulfillment than any other predictor. Just as the necessity for National Israel to be back in the land with a national ruling government was absolutely necessary for the end-time sequence to begin, which did not occur until 1947, we see the exact same necessity for Assyria.

Yet, the absence of National Israel having a geographical footprint did not prevent William Miller from being one of the great delusions in modern history. The prediction of our Lord's return between March 1843 and October 1844 could have been prevented by recognizing this one fact.

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Holly Pivec explains New Apostolic Reformation leaders’ peculiar understanding of the Great Commission, which relates closely to their novel interpretation of the Lord’s Prayer.

Dr. Alan Kurschner talked about the identity of the 24 elders in Revelation 4–5. Pretribulationism argues that the body of twenty-four elders "represent" the church, and therefore it is evidence that the rapture will happen before the "tribulation period."

I responded to a couple of their key arguments and showed that they are not very good arguments, including an argument made from textual variants in the King James Bible. The pretribulational interpretation is subjective to claim that the elders represent the church. The lack of an instance of the rapture in Revelation 4-5 and the picture of the result of the rapture in Revelation 7 shows that the prewrath position is the most natural understanding.

[I want to make an additional point that I did not make in the show. For the sake of the argument, let's say the elders do represent the church (even though there is no hint of it in Rev. 4–5), it does not follow that the rapture had already taken place in the vision of Revelation 4–5. If anything, it would show that the rapture does not take place before the depiction of the scene in Revelation 4–5 since the redeemed people of God are absent in that heavenly scene.]

Jake McCandless begins a series in which he flips the field. Typically, he approaches his episodes providing help and encouragement to stand firm, but in this episode, he speaks to co-laborers—you. Often on this podcast, and in pre-wrath prophecy circles, we talk about the need to prepare and what needs to be prepared for. This is needed, but a discussion on being a “preparer of others” has been scarce. Most students of Bible prophecy want to share their findings with others, warn them, and help them prepare. Whether they use the term they are a watchman—you are a watchman. Jake talks about the call and responsibility of being a watchman or watchwoman.

As watchmen, we should desire to see, warn, and help others prepare as well as we can. Unlike most prophetic voices in history, watchmen today have had a “test run”. They’ve had a “shot across the bow”. That test and warning shot was the Covid19 Pandemic and the faith fallout from it. Those who were tracking in Bible prophecy beforehand had the unique experience of being warned, called to try to warn, and then seeing it come to pass in some way. This warning shot is extremely valuable and needs to be reflected upon. In this series Jake just does just that.

What lessons can be learned prophetically from covid?

Jake dives into one lesson that though awkward to articulate needs to be to help us be better watchmen. This lesson is that you were right. If you were right then leaning into the same seeking of the Lord should lead to you being right again.

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Chris White does a deep dive on who “Gog” is in Ezekiel 38 & 39 and Revelation 20.

Dr. Michael Weis continues to explore End Times terms and define them according to the Bible. In this episode, he defines "The Image of the Beast," what it is, and what it could be in the end times.  He challenges us to serve and worship our Lord as well.

Ron Wallace discusses that future time when there will be severe affliction and hardship unleashed upon the world by the evil personage the Bible calls the "Beast".

This affliction and hardship will be directed upon anyone who chooses not to worship the Beast. However, for those who do choose to worship him, they will be able to participate in a vast and technical economic system that will ensure, for them, an experience of peace and security.

However, because of this security, these beast-worshippers will be shocked and traumatized when Jesus appears in the clouds of the sky with power and great glory. Their peace and security will be suddenly interrupted, as they must then face the impending wrath of God and the judgments of the trumpets and bowls.

Dr. Alan Kurschner traced four key biblical accounts of the celestial disturbance events in Joel 2:30-31, Matthew 24:29,  Luke 21:25–28, and the sixth seal in Rev 6:12–17. He explained the prewrath understanding and its consistency between Joel, Jesus, and the Book of Revelation.

The celestial disturbance event demonstrates the biblical distinction between the Antichrist's great tribulation and the day of the Lord's wrath. Dr. Kurschner also described that the rapture would happen between the sixth and the seventh seal, which is consistent with Matthew 24:31.

The following are three illustrations that show these points:

Chart taken from Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Return of Christ by Alan Kurschner

 

Table taken from Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Return of Christ by Alan Kurschner

 

Table taken from Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Return of Christ by Alan Kurschner

For more resources on the prewrath viewpoint, see here.

Marquis Laughlin teaches us what we can learn from the timing of Jesus’ first coming. Even though many were watching for the coming of the Messiah, only wise men from the east knew the signs well enough to take a month’s long journey to visit the newborn king.

How did they know? And what can we learn from them about the timing of Jesus’ second coming?

Chris White does a deep dive into which nations are said to come against Jerusalem in the Gog Magog War. This is a continuing study by Chris on the subject of Gog and Magog.