Michael Rogers explains, I accepted Jesus Christ in 1979 and entered the Baptist Denomination where I served the Lord for eighteen years. I was trained very well in the study of God’s Word and I have always hungered for truth no matter what the topic. I found myself some years later in the Pentecostal church [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Prewrath Story
Coming to the Prewrath Position Naturally
April 28th, 2008 
Alan Kurschner 
Posted in Prewrath Stories The Colossal Statue and The Four Beasts in Daniel
April 26th, 2008 Alan Kurschner Update: I have learned that the chart does not work in the IE browser. If you have Firefox it works in that. I will just have to convert this to an image so it works in all browsers when I find time. Thanks. Daniel 2: The Colossal Statue Theme Liberal [...]
Posted in Daniel The ESV Study Bible — Mostly Good News…and Some Bad News
April 15th, 2008 Alan Kurschner As many of you may know, the much touted ESV Study Bible will be launched this year (October 15). It will be a superb study bible indeed looking over the list of the contributors. I am very pleased to see that they chose Colin Nicholl to write the 1 and 2 Thessalonians’ study notes. I [...]
The “Coming” (Parousia) and the “Day of the Lord” are Interchangeable (Co-Referential) Terms
April 10th, 2008 Alan Kurschner The New Testament writers including Jesus understood that the “Day of the Lord” and the “Coming” (Parousia) denoted the same events at Christ’s Return (deliverance of the godly and judgment on the ungodly.) The two terms often emphasize different aspects of Christ’s Return — “Coming” with deliverance, and “Day of the Lord” with the judgment [...]
Posted in Prewrath Variant Terms are Employed in the Use of the “Day of the Lord”
April 9th, 2008 Alan Kurschner Ben asks, “If you are saying that the Day of the Lord and the Day of Christ are the same event, does that mean that the Day of the Lord is the rapture?“ The “Day of the Lord (or Christ)” commences with the deliverance of the righteous by the rapture followed by God’s wrath against [...]
Posted in Mail Bag The Law: All 613 Commandments!
April 7th, 2008 Alan Kurschner Here are all 613 Commandments. “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.” – James 2:10 “For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, “CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS [...]
Old Testament Chronology and the Ancient Near East
April 6th, 2008 Alan Kurschner Here is a handy chart that lists the Ancient Near Eastern Kings along with the Biblical Kings. HT: Justin Taylor
PowerPoint Notes Available on Responding to the Post-Tribulation Position on 1Thessalonians 4:17
April 2nd, 2008 Alan Kurschner One of the sessions of my Thessalonian lectures at this past year’s conference was on a response to Post-Tribulationism and their interpretation of 1 Thessalonians 4:17. My PowerPoint is available for download below. Please understand something though. This is a lecture from PowerPoint slides. So smooth transitions from slide to slide are obviously missing as [...]
