We are aware that there are some attendees who will be coming from out of state and are planning a summer vacation around the conference. Since I am a Wisconsinite at heart, and since I am absolutely convinced that Wisconsin is the most beautiful Midwestern state, I’d like to suggest a few vacation spots in [...]
Archive for May, 2009
S. P. Tregelles on the Sentimentalism of the Pretribulational Rapture
May 8th, 2009 
Alan Kurschner S. P. Tregelles was one of the most noted 19th century Greek scholars. His generation was the first to confront what was called back then, “the secret rapture” (a.k.a. the pretribulational rapture). What he observed about pretribulationists back in the 19th century still holds true today: Many affirm pretribulationism out of sentimentalism. One of the [...]
Posted in Pretribulationism Matthew 24, The End of the Age, Pretribulationism, “Accusative for Extent of Time” (Always, πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας)
May 7th, 2009 Alan Kurschner Yes, all those topics are related! Let me explain. I had a Greek professor once who would often cite Greek grammatical categories to rule out particular interpretations of a Biblical text (that is an essential practice for good exegesis). For example, he would say, “This doctrine cannot be true because of the perfect, passive, present, [...]
Where Do Believers Go After They Are United With Christ at the Rapture?
A Response to Post-Tribulationism
May 5th, 2009 Alan Kurschner There are three possibilities: 1) Remain in the Air 2) Enter the Heavenly Abode into the Father’s Presence 3) Immediately Escort Christ downward to Earth The pre-wrath position is that after the rapture their destination is to enter the heavenly abode of God’s presence. Then after a duration of time during which the Lord metes [...]
Douglas Moo on Mid-Tribulationism, a.k.a. Mid-Seventieth Week Rapture
May 4th, 2009 Alan Kurschner The mid-tribulational rapture position is not discussed much here simply for the reason that it has been unconvincing to believers since it’s inception around the mid-20th century. To be sure, this minority view has had its proponents in the past such as Gleason Archer, Norman Harrison, and J. Oliver Buswell. But there is even disagreement [...]
Posted in Mid-Tribulationism Paul Feinberg’s Faulty Exegesis
May 3rd, 2009 Alan Kurschner The following three juxtapositions speak for themselves. Feinberg’s statements are from Three Views on the Rapture: Pre-, Mid-, or Post-tribulation (Zondervan, 1996). Feinberg: “In each of the Rapture passages there is no mention of trial before the event.” p. 81 The Apostle Paul: “Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for [...]
Posted in Pretribulationism 
