I am responding to Eric Douma’s sermon on April 3rd 2011, “The Day of The LORD: A Look at the Imminent Day of Salvation and Judgment.” We continue. Douma claims that the term “birth pangs” in the Bible is a technical term for the day of the Lord. That is, every time it is found [...]
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A Biblical Response to Eric Douma – Part 4
January 27th, 2012 
Alan Kurschner 
Posted in Day of the Lord, Isaiah, Olivet Discourse, Pretribulationism, Prewrath, Thessalonians 1&2 
Tags: Eric Douma The Didache (c.50–c.120)
September 26th, 2011 Alan Kurschner 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 [...]
A Brief Note on Matthew 24:15
September 13th, 2011 Alan Kurschner “So when you see the abomination of desolation–spoken about by Daniel the prophet—standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),” (Matt 24:15 NET) The vast majority of biblical scholars take Matthew 24:15 to refer to the fulfillment of the destruction of the temple in AD 70. Prewrath does not share this assumption, but instead [...]
Popping the Balloon of Pretribulation Imminence
July 5th, 2011 Alan Kurschner The following is one of the most devastating critiques of the pretribulation doctrine of imminence in our opinion. As you know, pretribulationism teaches that Matthew 24 does not apply to the church. They also teach that the warnings in the Bible about “watching” for Christ’s return requires that no prophesied event must occur before Christ’s [...]
Posted in Imminence, Olivet Discourse, Pretribulationism, Uncategorized Tags: Olivet Discourse. 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 [...]
Those Who are Left are the Wicked for Judgment, Matthew 24:37—41
June 20th, 2011 Alan Kurschner (37) For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (38) For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, (39) and they were unaware until the flood came and [...]
The Bible Says that Tsunamis will be a Sign to the Day of the Lord
March 11th, 2011 Alan Kurschner We should pray for the people of Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake. A prayer for Japan. Earthquakes and tsunamis are events that should bring us to repentance (Luke 13:2-5), for each of us deserves to be swept into the ocean by a tsunami, and it is only by God’s mercy that we are [...]
A Brief Note on Throeō (“Disturbed”) in Jesus and Paul’s Teaching
December 16th, 2010 Alan Kurschner It has been well documented that Jesus and Paul teach on the exact same Parousia of Christ. I would like to draw your attention to another parallel: [we ask you, brothers and sisters] not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed (throeō) by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from [...]
“Olivet Discourse: Introduction to End Times” by Robert Van Kampen
April 11th, 2010 admin The following are Robert Van Kampen’s lecture series, The Olivet Discourse: Introduction to End Times. He taught these fourteen lectures at Grace Church of West Ottawa, West Olive, Michigan. 1. Importance of the Return of Christ 2. Different Views of the End Times 3. Interpreting Scripture 4. Position of the Early Church 5. Introduction to [...]
If it Looks Like the Rapture, Quacks Like the Rapture…it Probably is the Rapture
March 14th, 2010 Alan Kurschner (Click here for a larger image of this chart.) Pretribulationists and Preterists claim that Jesus and Paul are not speaking about the same coming (parousia) in their end-time teachings. The preterists maintain this because their system requires that the coming that Jesus refers to is the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. The pretribulationist system [...]
