Cyprian (c.200–c.258) For you ought to know and to believe, and hold it for certain, that the day of affliction has begun to hang over our heads, and the endof the world and the time of Antichrist to draw near, so that we must all stand prepared for the battle; nor consider anything but the [...]
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Cyprian (c.200–c.258)
October 2nd, 2011 
Alan Kurschner 
Posted in Church History, Historicism, Imminence, Preterism, Pretribulationism, Prewrath 
Tags: church history, cyprian, preterism, Pretribulationism Irenaeus (c.120–c.202)
September 29th, 2011 Alan Kurschner Irenaeus (c.120–c.202) And they [the ten kings who shall arise] shall lay Babylon waste, and burn her with fire, and shall give their kingdom to the beast, and put the Church to flight. (Against Heresies, V, 26, 1) And therefore, when in the end the Church shall be suddenly caught up from this, it is [...]
Posted in Church History, Historicism, Imminence, Preterism, Pretribulationism, Prewrath Tags: antichrist, church, history, irenaeus, preterism, Pretribulationism, prewrath Justin Martyr (c.110–c.165)
September 28th, 2011 Alan Kurschner Justin Martyr (c.110–c.165) He [Jesus Christ] shall come from heaven with glory, when the man of apostasy [Antichrist], who speaks strange things against the Most High, shall venture to do unlawful deeds on the earth against us the Christians. (Dialogue with Trypho, CX)
Posted in Church History, Historicism, Preterism, Pretribulationism, Prewrath Tags: Justin Martyr, preterism, Pretribulationism 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 [...]
Εὐθέως (Immediately) in Matthew 24:29 Undermines Historicism
January 27th, 2010 Alan Kurschner “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 [...]
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