The early church consistently and vigorously taught when Christ would return he would establish his kingly millennium and rule over the nations from Jerusalem. This teaching began to be abandoned during the fourth century through the influence of the reign of Emperor Constantine, Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History, Augustine’s writings, and the third century theologian Origen whose [...]
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The Didache (c.50–c.120)
September 26th, 2011 
Alan Kurschner 
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Tags: The Didache: The Very First Commentary on the Olivet Discourse in Church History
June 28th, 2011 Alan Kurschner The following is a brief note on the very first commentary in church history on the Olivet Discourse, which corroborates the biblical veracity of the prewrath position. Prewrath eschatology affirms that the Bible teaches expectancy, not imminency of our Lord’s return. We believe that Christ could come back in any generation of the church, not [...]
Is the Devil Fettered or on the Loose?
May 24th, 2010 Alan Kurschner “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7). One of the points in this verse that should be highlighted is that before we can take seriously the biblical principles to resist the devil, we need to be aware that he is a force to be reckoned with—otherwise, why would James give us [...]
Thomas Schreiner Moves To Premillennialism Away From His Former Amillennnialism Mainly Because of Revelation 20
August 17th, 2009 Alan Kurschner I don’t know what position Tom Schreiner holds on the rapture. My guess is that he is post-trib, but I could be mistaken. And I do not know if he has actually considered the Prewrath position. I want to qualify a couple of statements he makes: He states in this sermon that the timing of [...]
The Teaching of the Early Church On the Second Coming of Christ
August 9th, 2009 Guest Contributors Guest Article by Gary Vaterlaus Many claims have been made by pretribulationists that the early Church believed that Christ would come before the events of the 70th Week of Daniel begin–that is, before the period of tribulation. Dwight D. Pentecost in his book Things to Come uses selected quotes from some of the early church [...]
Pseudo-Ephraem and the Didache
August 7th, 2009 Alan Kurschner Click here to download this excellent article explaining what these two Church historical documents say about the timing of the Second Coming.
What Did the Early Church Fathers Teach on the Timing of the Second Coming?
August 4th, 2009 Alan Kurschner This presentation on what the early church taught was given last October in O’Fallon Missouri at an eschatology forum. There are three speakers who had twenty minutes each to give their case: Steve Gregg (Preterist), Charles Cooper (Prewrath), Thomas Ice (Pretribulational). I have included Steve Gregg’s presentation because I want you to hear what a [...]
The Millennium
July 30th, 2009 Alan Kurschner Charles Cooper talks about the Millennium. This presentation was given last October in O’Fallon Missouri at an eschatology forum. Download as MP3
