The Millennial Maze, pp. 139-41 (To be sure, the author of this “comparison” book is Amill and his bias comes out in various places; nevertheless, Grenz does have a keen, nuanced eye when describing the dynamic between millennial positions.) Historic premillennialists have attempted to carve out a distinctive position between dispensationalism on the one side, [...]
Archive for July, 2008
What Did Calvary and the Tomb Look Like? An Interview with Leen Ritmeyer
July 25th, 2008 
Alan Kurschner Excellent Biblical study nuggets: What Did Calvary Look Like? An Interview with Leen Ritmeyer (Part 1) What Did Jesus’ Tomb Look Like? An Interview with Leen Ritmeyer (Part 2)
The 1611 King James Bible Agrees with the Prewrath Position
July 22nd, 2008 Alan Kurschner If you are a Pretribulationist King James Version Only Advocate this post may be disturbing news. Today when I was examining a facsimile of the original King James Version — the actual 1611 edition — I was looking at instances of textual variant notes found in the King James Version; there are 2,193 instances. (Yes, [...]
Some of our Popular Articles from the Past
July 21st, 2008 Alan Kurschner I thought I would list some of our popular articles from the past. As a reminder, the archive can be searched from the search box, topic categories, authors, and by the month. Our free audio is always popular but the following is a list of popular articles (just copy and paste the address into your [...]
A Short Definition of the Chronology of Postmillennialism
July 19th, 2008 Alan Kurschner “As the gospel spreads throughout the earth and brings its divinely intended and Spirit-energized results, evil [...] is eventually routed and the millennium arrives. During this era the nations live in peace, for Satan is “bound” and thereby evil is temporarily restrained. After the thousand years have ended Satan is loosed to lead a short-lived [...]
Posted in Postmillennialism Why Study End Times? – Revelation 22:20
July 18th, 2008 Guest Contributors by Michael Weis Revelation 22:20 – He who testifies of these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! The Apostle John was placed on the prison colony on the island of Patmos for preaching the truth of Jesus, Revelation 1:9. While there, he was given the vision of the [...]
Posted in Exhortation Beware of Self-Proclaimed Internet “Prewrath Advocates”
July 17th, 2008 Guest Contributors The term “Prewrath” is a popular term today and many are eager to latch on that term by appropriating it even when their view of end-times has no resemblance with the tenets of the Prewrath position. I have seen more than a few individuals on the Internet who claim to be “prewrath.” For example some [...]
Posted in Prewrath How Important is Eschatology for the Believer’s Faith?
July 16th, 2008 Alan Kurschner Stanley J. Grenz in his Millennial Maze writes, The contemporary discussion of eschatology among evangelicals, fueled as it is by questions surrounding the significance of the vision of Revelation 20, ought not to be dismissed as being of no consequence to the Christian faith. On the contrary, by considering the question of millennialism, evangelicals are [...]
Posted in Exhortation Jacob’s Trouble – Jeremiah 30:7
July 15th, 2008 Alan Kurschner The following is from the Parousia Newsletter, Spring of 2001, Jeremiah 30:7 also speaks of a “troubler of Israel.” This passage is perhaps the most often quoted text by pretribulationists to defend their supposition that Daniel’s Seventieth Week pertains to Israel and not the church. Jeremiah writes, “Alas!” For that day is great, there is [...]
Premillennial Nuggets – Revelation 20:3 and Its Purpose Clause
July 14th, 2008 Alan Kurschner “and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.” – Rev 20:3 I came across some helpful points on Revelation 20:3 by someone named [...]
