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 
Tags: Where is the Antichrist’s Birth Certificate?
May 3rd, 2011 Alan Kurschner Recently, it seems like it is all the rage to claim that the Antichrist will be a Muslim, or possess a middle eastern ethnicity. Even John MacArthur has recently jumped on the bandwagon. My concern is that Antichrist birthers who are absolutely confident that the Antichrist will be a Muslim fail to recognize the clarity [...]
Posted in Hermeneutics 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 Part 8 – A Response to “The Uncertainty of the Timing of the Rapture”
December 5th, 2009 Alan Kurschner I am continuing my response to Pastor Bob DeWaay. This next part of his presentation is quite interesting. First, he notes this text: And I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and [...]
Part 7 – A Response to “The Uncertainty of the Timing of the Rapture”
December 5th, 2009 Alan Kurschner I am continuing my response to Pastor Bob DeWaay. He believes that prophecy (related to Christ’s Second Coming) is not given in chronological order in the Bible for this reason: “[W]e can see prophecies in the Old Testament about Christ’s Coming that contains both first and second advent material not necessarily in order.” There you [...]
Posted in Hermeneutics Biblical Calenders, 2 Thessalonians 2, and Danites
August 16th, 2009 Alan Kurschner This is a session from the 2009 2nd Annual Prewrath Conference in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Charles Cooper explicates Biblical Ancient Calenders such as the Egyptian, Jewish, and Western calenders as it pertains to prophetic chronology. He also expounds on 2 Thessalonians 2, as well as Danites returning to Israel recently! Download as MP3
Cooper Tells the Story of His Journey From Pretribulationism to Prewrath
August 12th, 2009 Alan Kurschner Charles Cooper tells about his journey to the prewrath position. He also explains how the contradictions in the pretribulational system prompted him to examine Scripture more closely on the rapture question. This presentation was given last October in O’Fallon Missouri at an eschatology forum. Download as MP3
A Response to the View that Antichrist’s Rule Will Just Be Local
June 2nd, 2009 Alan Kurschner There is a view that asserts that Antichrist’s rule will be regional, not global. There is faulty reasoning to reach this conclusion. Here is my response: It is said about Antichrist: . . . and all the world wondered after the beast . . . And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him [...]
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, [...]
The Great Tribulation – It is Not the “Day of the Lord”
March 4th, 2009 Alan Kurschner Charles Cooper explains the starting point, nature, and cutting off point of the Great Tribulation. This event that is associated with Antichrist’s persecution against the Church is not to be confused with the event of the Day of the Lord’s wrath, which follows after the Great Tribulation. This presentation was given last October in O’Fallon [...]
