Belief, Gospel, Heaven, Hope, Pretribulation Rapture
Jonathan Brentner
Jesus Is the Only Path to Eternal Life

Eternal life resides in Jesus and in Him alone. No one else! This is true now and will also be the case after Jesus removes His true church from the earth.

In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Jesus Is the Only Path to Eternal Life
Eternity, Hope, Jesus, Gospel, Belief
Jonathan Brentner
Salvation In No Other Name

What do people need the most? The answer remains the same as it’s always been: A clear understanding of the Gospel. By this I mean that people need Jesus, not the one that so many today create in their mind but but the One revealed on the pages of Scripture.

Salvation In No Other Name

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Does Amillennialism have an Achilles' Heel?

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Does Amillennialism have an Achilles' Heel?

What if God is not done with Israel? If that is true, it undermines the very foundation upon which all the various forms of amillennialism rest. More than that, it causes all its core beliefs, pillars if you will, to also crumble.

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Israel: The Journey from Cursing to Blessing

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Israel: The Journey from Cursing to Blessing

The steadily intensifying antisemitism of our day points us to the reality of the rapidly approaching Tribulation period. It’s one of the more distinguishing signs of our day because it aligns with so many prophecies that predict hatred for Israel and the Jews during the last days.

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Comfort for Melancholy Days

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Comfort for Melancholy Days

The falling rain outside my office reflects the gloominess I feel today. It’s just one of those melancholy days that many of us experience from time to time under the weight of living in today’s world.

Through the struggles of my past, I have learned the value of clinging to God’s Word when the cares of this world threaten to undo me.

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God Has Already Decreed The Future For This World — Be Assured Of His Sovereignty

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God Has Already Decreed The Future For This World — Be Assured Of His Sovereignty

Far too often we ignore this divine attribute as being far too abstract or of having little to do with our daily lives when in reality, it’s the basis of how we know the Lord is able to deliver on all His promises to us.

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What’s the Big Deal About the Middle East War?

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What’s the Big Deal About the Middle East War?

Typically, it’s just students of Bible prophecy who chime in on the prophetic implications of Middle East wars.

But what makes the current conflict particularly noteworthy are the many other voices also telling us why they believe the war has messianic and even end of the world implications.

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Why a Post-Tribulation Rapture Contradicts What the Bible Says about the Millennium

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Why a Post-Tribulation Rapture Contradicts What the Bible Says about the Millennium

Over the years, many people have told me that the Rapture must happen after the seven-year Tribulation. More often than not, they support their belief by offering an assortment of contradictory statements supposedly confirming their assertion.

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5 Troubling Trends in Today’s Church

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5 Troubling Trends in Today’s Church

I see at least five troubling trends in churches today. They are not new, but have become more prominent in the past two or three decades. What follows are my observations based upon what I see, what others tell me, and what I read in the many emails that come my way.

Is Today Any Different?

Is Today Any Different?

I have heard it said in many ways from both Christians and pastors. They say today is no different than any other previous period in history. They tell us that just like the past, the societal trends we bemoan will correct themselves.

In other words, there’s no reason to think we live in the last days of human history. But is this really the case?

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Eraser Theology: Those Who Would Mask Our Hope of Glory

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Eraser Theology: Those Who Would Mask Our Hope of Glory

Those who say Jesus’ Second Coming is the next event on God’s prophetic calendar quash the earthshaking impact of how the Old Testament prophets and John describe it. An end-of-the-age return is exceedingly bland compared to the words of Revelation 19:11-20:4 or even Psalm 96:7-13.

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What Is This Kingdom of Which We Are Heirs?

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What Is This Kingdom of Which We Are Heirs?

We all agree that Jesus fulfills the words of Daniel 7:13-14. But did this happen at His ascension back to Heaven? Or will it happen when returns to the earth?

According to Revelation 1:7, it happens with the Jesus “comes with clouds” back to the planet.

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September Rapture: Hype or Hope?

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September Rapture: Hype or Hope?

From what I have read or seen on social media, most of us who are excited about the possibility of a September Rapture are not saying it will happen during this Feast of Trumpets. We avoid date-setting and agree that it’s wrong. We know that such failed predictions of the past have placed an unwelcome stigma on all of us who yearn for Jesus’ soon appearing.

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What Keeps People from Believing the Words of Scripture?

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What Keeps People from Believing the Words of Scripture?

Why do even pastors who claim that the Bible is inerrant go off on tangents that contradict the words of Scripture? I believe there are two key reasons for such unbelief.

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The Necessity of Clinging To the Biblical Hope That Justice Is Coming

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The Necessity of Clinging To the Biblical Hope That Justice Is Coming

Bible prophecy matters; it’s the key to understanding the day in which we live. We need a true Scripture-based perspective of what lies beyond this life in order to make sense of our journey through it.

Without it, we would struggle to understand how a sound biblical worldview intersects with the tragedies, senseless violence, corruption, and lawlessness that are so rampant in our day.

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Why Most Christians Don't Understand What's Happening In The Middle East

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Why Most Christians Don't Understand What's Happening In The Middle East

God’s Word, and in particular Bible prophecy, explains the devil’s rage against Israel as currently manifested through the Iranian leaders. Yet so many believers dismiss prophecy as stale theology, tertiary (of third-rate importance), or irrelevant.

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Just Like the Days of Noah, People Remain Unaware of What's Coming

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Just Like the Days of Noah, People Remain Unaware of What's Coming

Jesus warned that such blindness would characterize humanity before His return. In Matthew 24:37-39, He compared the days of Noah to a future time when people would be unaware of the approach of another time of worldwide judgment, that of the seven-year Tribulation.

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Invitation to a Lavish Feast

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Invitation to a Lavish Feast

The presence of so many scoffers of our “blessed hope” makes it imperative that we understand why we believe what we do about our anticipation of Jesus’ imminent appearing. I wrote the book to provide a solid Biblical foundation for glorious expectation.

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Lawlessness Is Setting the Stage for Antichrist's Empire

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Lawlessness Is Setting the Stage for Antichrist's Empire

Although we see the manifestation of all these things today, it’s but a foretaste of what lies ahead for the world after the Lord removes His Church from the world and with it, the restraining force of the Holy Spirit. Given what I see today, I shudder to think how exponentially worse life will become.