“He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God” (NET). Here is an instructive article by Daniel Wallace on this question.
Archive for August, 2007
The “Temple of God” in 2 Thessalonians 2:4 – Literal or Metaphorical?
August 30th, 2007 
Alan Kurschner 
Posted in Thessalonians 1&2 Damaged Foundations of Pretribulationism – Part 3 – Revelation 4:1
August 23rd, 2007 Charles Cooper In this episode of Prewrath Radio Online, we examine implications of the loss of Revelation 4:1 as a support passage for a pretrib rapture. Pretribulationists are now admitting that this passage has nothing to do with a pretrib rapture. This is strike two! Click here to listen to the program.
Premillennial Nuggets – Premillennialism Can Claim Orthodoxy
August 22nd, 2007 Alan Kurschner Recently, I have been discussing Premillennialism with a good friend of mine who is Amillennial. The subject of what the early church fathers believed was broached. I mentioned to him that it is fact that the very early church fathers in a singular voice affirmed premillennialism (He takes criticism well). His response to me was [...]
Premillennial Nuggets – Daniel 9:24
God’s Covenant Promises to Israel and Jerusalem
August 18th, 2007 Alan Kurschner [The following is a selection taken from the Parousia #14 newsletter by Charles Cooper.] “Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophesy and to anoint [...]
Premillennial Nuggets – Acts 15:12-18
The Restoration of the Nation Israel
August 10th, 2007 Alan Kurschner [The following is a selection taken from the Parousia #14 newsletter by Charles Cooper.] And all the multitude kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God has done through them among the Gentiles. And after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying
Posted in Premillennialism Damaged Foundations of Pretribulationism – Part 2 – Revelation 3:10
August 8th, 2007 Charles Cooper In this episode of Prewrath Radio Online, we examine implications of the loss of Revelation 3:10 as the determining passage for a pretrib rapture. Click here to listen to the program.
Premillennial Nuggets – Romans 11:25-27
The Freedom of God in Saving a Future Ethnic Israel
August 6th, 2007 Alan Kurschner I must preface this article with a few brief comments on the contextual flow of Paul’s argument. It is important to grasp chapter 11 by what just came before it in chapters 9-10. Just as Paul teaches in Romans 9 that it is the freedom of God to save individuals based solely on his mercy [...]
Premillennial Nuggets – A Needed Defense
August 6th, 2007 Alan Kurschner There are different reasons why many individuals change their view to either preterism or amillennialism, and in most cases, both. In their mind, it is just easier to regulate the events in Matthew 24 or Revelation to the 1st century and be done with it and move onto something else. Or, for many, they feel [...]
Bible Study Tools…
August 4th, 2007 Alan Kurschner Every so often I come across some helpful and interesting Bible study tools on the Web that I share with you. Here are some recent ones I found. “Bible Mapper is a fully interactive, highly accurate Bible mapping system that helps you quickly and easily create customized maps of the Holy Lands or study a [...]
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