The majority of dispensationalism teaches a pretribulational rapture that could happen at any time. If the rapture is an imminent event, then Israel becoming a nation again, or any particular sign, prior to a pretribulational rapture cannot be a prophetic sign. It’s no wonder that so many Christians are confused about Bible prophecy. [...]

Gary DeMar recently debated Jim Fletcher, author of It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) and director of Prophecy Matters, on whether or not modern Israel is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy. In preparation for this debate, Gary wrote a new book titled 10 Popular Prophecy Myths Exposed. This book lays out some of the most popular dispensational teachings and refutes them [...]

Many Bible prophecy teachers and writers believe and teach that Israel becoming a nation in 1948 is a fulfillment of Bible prophecy. The revival of the Hebrew language is often taught as a fulfillment of Zephaniah 3:9. Should the Bible be viewed through the lens of current events or should we rather view current events through the lens of the Bible? [...]

Predictions of Armageddon and impending world destruction have the same effect as the boy that cried wolf, weakening the gospel message to unbelievers. Should we be so focused on predicting the end or focused on taking dominion of the world God has given us as commanded by Him? [...]

I knew it would happen. The latest incident in Israel has brought out the prophetic speculators again. “A council of rabbis in Israel says their nation’s conflict with Turkey over a flotilla of ‘aid’ ships headed for the blockaded Gaza Strip controlled by the terrorist Hamas organization just may be the beginning of the ‘Gog and Magog process where the world is against us, but which ends with the [...]

End times “gurus” are pointing to the recent flotilla raid in Israel as fulfillment of the gog and magog prophecies. Gary examines these claims in today’s episode and exposes them in the light of scripture. [...]

In today’s episode Gary takes a look at the crippling effects of incorrect eschatology and how dispensational premillennialism keeps Christians from impacting the world for the Kingdom of Christ. [...]

Millions of Christians are fixated on what is going on in Israel today. Ever since Israel became a nation again in 1948, prophecy writers have insisted that this event is a prophetic sign that we are nearing the conclusion of the so-called Church Age. When 1988 came and went (40 years after Israel’s modern founding), a new paradigm had to be found to explain why the rapture had not taken place bef [...]

Gary interviews Jim Fletcher, author of the book It’s the End of the World as We Know (and I feel fine) and director of Prophecy Matters. They will go deeper into this topic at the Bible Prophecy Debate on June 19th at Midway Presbyterian Church. [...]

Another National Day of Prayer has come and gone. Wisconsin U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb put a negative spin on the day by ruling that the practice is unconstitutional. She ruled that “the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience. . . . The government may not use its authority to try to influence an individual’s decision whether and when to pray.” S [...]

In the conclusion of his review of the book Will the World End in 2012? by Dr. Raymond C. Hundley, Gary looks at the prophecies of Nahum and Malachi as well as many instances where the word “near” is used in reference to the “end times.” [...]

Gary received a review copy of “Will the World End in 2012?” which he has read through and want to share what you need to know before reading this book. What does Isaiah 13 say about the “Day of the Lord,” and how can Psalm 18 be misinterpreted? [...]

Gary DeMar continues discussing an e-mail he received questioning his viewpoint on the end times. Gary discusses how the “last days” in the Bible apply to the end of the Old Covenant, not to some futuristic event. The passage in question is 2 Timothy 3. Does it address the distant future or what was going on in Timothy’s time? [...]

Gary responds to an e-mail he received recently in reaction to an American Vision ad sent through e-mail that commented on the dispensational thinking that has led to the decline of Christianity in America. This e-mailer tries to use passages that talk about the “last days” to bolster the idea that Jesus will come back only after things get really bad. Gary contends that these passages [...]

Volcanic activity in Iceland has brought more speculators’ predictions that the rapture could happen any day. The idea goes that these ‘signs’ are acts of God prophesied in the Bible. What does the Bible say about natural disasters, earthquakes, volcanoes, and the end times? Gary DeMar reviews dispensational arguments for and against end times predictions. [...]

For decades now, modern-day prophecy writers have been claiming that the increase and severity of earthquakes are sure indicators that the rapture is near. Carl G. Johnson wrote in 1972 that “the greatest earthquakes that have ever shaken this world have all come since the close of World War I. Several of them shook the whole earth.” ((Carl G. Johnson, Prophecy Made Plain for Times Like These (Chi [...]

Jim Fletcher, with whom Gary will be debating in June, believes that the apocalyptic imagery in Revelation is literal and is soon to happen. But is it? Based on other passages in scripture, Gary uses the Bible to interpret itself to show that much of the apocalyptic imagery in the Word is figurative or symbolic and how much of it may have already happened. [...]

Pastor Jim McClarty claims that the number 1000 is used in a figurative way only when it’s being compared with a smaller number. This is exactly what we have in Revelation 20. Gary shows that the 1000 years is being compared to “a short time” (20:3). But the real comparison is found earlier in Revelation. The key is found in Rev. 20:4. Can you spot what’s being compared? Th [...]

Gary continues his response to Pastor Jim McClarty’s critique of his interpretation of the 1000 years in Revelation 20. McClarty presents arguments for a literal interpretation of Old and New Testament prophecies. Gary DeMar argues the Bible should be taken literally but on its own terms by comparing Scripture with Scripture. The Bible is the best interpreter of the Bible even if we don&rsqu [...]

Pastor Jim McClarty of Grace Christian Assembly took issue with comments that Gary DeMar made on the subject of the 1000 years of Revelation 20 in an interview a few years ago. He claims that I didn’t do any “exegesis” in support of my claims. Friends, it’s hard to do exegesis in an interview. McClarty, a premillennialist, claims the 1000 years should be taken literally. Ga [...]