Duration: 1 hr 21 mins 52 secs
On October 4th, 1831, thirty-five clergymen and fifteen lay people gathered at the country estate of Lady Theodosia Powerscourt, in the small, Irish village of Enniskerry outside Dublin. All who assembled for the first Powerscourt Conference on Biblical prophecy were 'distressed at the condition of the Church', and 'convinced that the hope of Christ’s return should figure more prominently in the thinking of Christians.' Few could have imagined then how great an impact this, and subsequent Powerscourt Conferences would have on the wider Church.
Duration: 1 hr 24 mins 39 secs
Should we interpret texts that describe cosmic geophysical catastrophes as referring to actual phenomena or as merely figurative language referencing socio-political upheavals? Or, perhaps, should we interpret them as figurative language without an actual historical referent at all but as emotionally stimulating imagery of God’s grandeur in judging mankind? All these options are currently on the table in the evangelical community today...
Passage: Revelation 3:10
Duration: 1 hr 18 mins 54 secs
Revelation 3:10 is rightly know as a passage that supports the pre-trib rapture doctrine, but the second half of the verse introduces us to the first use of the term "earth dwellers." "Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell upon the earth." 3:10 is the first use in Revelation of a phrase I call "earth dwellers" but usually translated "those who dwell upon the earth." ...
Duration: 1 hr 13 mins 36 secs
Among pre-tribulation dispensationalists, several different understandings of the chronology within Daniel's seventieth week occur. When a student of prophecy begins to work through commentaries and eschatological studies, it becomes apparent that different schemes are set forth. How one understands the flow of events will necessarily impact the exposition...
Duration: 1 hr 5 mins 18 secs
This paper seeks to answer the question "What were the social and political underpinnings of nineteenth-century support for Jewish restorationism?" What did early nineteenth-century evangelicals see in the culture and politics of their day that reassured them God was working in their lifetime toward the fulfillment of prophecy, specifically Jewish restoration to a national homeland? ...