“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” (Matt 24:29). Historicism is the eschatological position that says the thrust of prophecy in the Olivet Discourse and Revelation [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Εὐθέως (Immediately) in Matthew 24:29 Undermines Historicism
January 27th, 2010 
Alan Kurschner 
Posted in Historicism The Blood Red Moon:
Hyper Literalism vs. the Natural Reading
January 20th, 2010 Alan Kurschner Many Pretribulationists do not identify the sixth seal cosmic disturbances with the cosmic disturbances associated with the Lord’s Return in Matthew 24. The most common reason I have heard is that Revelation states that the moon becomes a “blood red” color but in Matthew 24 it states that the moon does “not give its light.” [...]
Posted in Hermeneutics INBOX: An Alternative to a Prewrath Study Bible
January 20th, 2010 Alan Kurschner Alan – I would like to know if there are any study Bibles with pre-wrath notes? All the study Bibles I have contain pre-trib notes. Thanks, Judy No there isn’t. However, there is an alternative. Photocopy the Scripture Indexes from prewrath books of Rosenthal, VanKampen, Cooper, et al., then place those pages in the back [...]
Posted in Mail Bag 5 Views on the Antichrist to Avoid
January 15th, 2010 Alan Kurschner Pretribulationism: The Antichrist is a literal future man, but this view sees the Church being raptured before his Revelation and persecution. Preterism: The Antichrist was fulfilled in the first century, so there is no future Antichrist. Historicism: The Antichrist is manifested in oppressive leaders throughout Church history, so there is no future Antichrist. Spiritualism: The [...]
Archaeology Vindicates, Once Again, the Historicity of the Bible
January 9th, 2010 Alan Kurschner Haaretz Reports: “Deciphered etching sheds new light on Bible’s origin ” Did the writing of the Bible begin as far back as the 10th century B.C.E., during the time of King David? That is four centuries earlier than Biblical scholars currently believe – but an inscription recently deciphered by a scholar at Haifa University indicates [...]
Death is Imminent
January 5th, 2010 Alan Kurschner Life is short, life is precious, only what is done for Christ will matter on that day. “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. Therefore, knowing the fear of the [...]
Posted in Exhortation Titus 2:13 – How Pretribulationism Robs Jesus of His Glory at the Rapture
January 4th, 2010 Alan Kurschner “waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,” (Titus 2:13 ESV). This verse is part of a larger sentence: “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, (12) training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, [...]
