This podcast teaches Biblical prophecy from a pre-tribulation, pre-millennial, and dispensational point of view. We focus on Biblical exposition of the various texts that teach about Bible prophecy, and will discuss ideas such as the coming rapture of the church, the tribulation, the rise of the Antichrist, a future apostate global religion, and the second coming of Christ, to name a few. Joel Dover is the Pastor of the Calvary Chapel church in Newnan GA, and the former Professor of Eschatol ...
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A Walking Audio Tour of the Spiritual Geography of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Funded in part by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, the opinions expressed in this walking audio tour are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation. Thank you for listening to Spirit & Stone, an audio tour of the historical and geographical heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This tour highlights some of this historic campus's rich re ...
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Send us a Text Message. Hi Friends, I'm taking a short break here on the podcast to enjoy some much needed rest and vacation. I'll be back on the air live, loud, and proud in August 2024. In the meantime, why not take this opportunity to listen back through some of the teachings and catch up! Blessings! Thank you for listening to The Pre-Trib Proph…
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Send us a Text Message. In this final look at the Revelation study, we'll learn more about what Heaven will be like...the eternal state. Chapter 22 ends with a warning that Jesus is coming quickly. This truth should encourage all believers to be in right standing with God, and should inform our efforts to share Jesus with others around us. Thank yo…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we'll continue our look at Revelation 21 and learn about the New Jerusalem that shall descend upon the new earth in the final recreation. In that day, the glory of God will illuminate the earth, and God will dwell with men. The curse will be no more in the new creation. Thank you for listening to The Pre-Trib…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we'll begin to learn about the New Heaven and the New Earth. All of this takes place after the Millennial Kingdom of Christ has concluded, and after the judgment of the unsaved dead. God tabernacles with man, recreates the universe as we know it, and dwell with us for the eternal state. Thank you for listenin…
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Send us a Text Message. Today, we'll look at the literal kingdom of Christ upon the earth. When He comes again, He will literally reign and rule upon the earth. Satan will be bound for 1k years. After that, Satan will be released, will gather the nations for the final battle against God, and the victory goes to Christ Jesus. During the Millennium, …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we'll learn about the marriage supper of the lamb and how the Jewish wedding covenant impacts our understanding of the final things. We'll also read about the second coming of the Lord Jesus when He returns to defeat the armies of the Antichrist and establish His kingdom rule upon the earth. Lastly, we'll se…
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Send us a Text Message. Chapters 17 and 18 are best read as a unit. In chapter 17, we learn of the fall of spiritual Babylon...a false religion that helps to aid the rise of the Antichrist and his kingdom in the last days. It is a global, formal, murderous apostate religion that has a history of martyrdom, political alliance with Rome, and appears …
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Send us a Text Message. In today's teaching we'll learn more about the last days religion that leads to the global rise of Antichrist worship. The Bible indicates that there will be a global intercontinental religion in political cahoots with the kingdom of the Antichrist. She is purely Roman in makeup, and rules form the city of seven hills. This …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we'll consider the last of four judgment cycles in Revelation, the Bowl judgments. These rapid judgments come at the end of the Revelation judgments and lead us right up to the return of Christ at Armageddon. Study with us and learn as we simply take the Bible verse by verse. Thank you for listening to The Pr…
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Send us a Text Message. In today's episode, we'll look at the prelude to the final cycle of God's Tribulation Judgment...the Bowl Judgments. John saw seven Angels coming from the throne room of God who received seven bowls full of the wrath of God. This final series of judgments completed the outpouring of God's judgments in the Tribulation and pre…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we'll finish working through Revelation 14. John's vision includes a picture of two reapings...one of the earth's harvest, and another reaping unto wrath. One is a reaping by the Lord Jesus, while the other is a reaping by an unnamed angel. The first reaping is the separation of the sheep and goats at the se…
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Send us a Text Message. Chapter 14 is an interlude between the trumpet judgments and the bowl judgments, the final set of divine judgments poured out upon the world. During the interlude, John shares four action items that the Lord will accomplish before the completion of the coming outpouring. Thank you for listening to The Pre-Trib Prophecy Podca…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we'll meet the Beast from the Earth....aka, the False Prophet of the last days. During the Tribulation, the False Prophet will lead a global religion that compels the world to worship a Satanically animated image of the Antichrist. Everyone across the planet will be required to swear allegiance to him by tak…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we'll learn about the Beast from the Sea...the Antichrist of the last days. He will be a pseudo messiah who will deceive the world, empowered by Satan to create a global system of false worship. He will require that everyone worship him and will be heralded as the messiah. Thank you for listening to The Pre-…
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Send us a Text Message. Revelation 12-14 introduce us to seven major players in the Revelation narrative, including Christ, the Antichrist, and the False Prophet. In chapter twelve, we'll meet the first five of them. Track with us and learn about the parties and powers of the Tribulation that is to come! Thank you for listening to The Pre-Trib Prop…
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Send us a Text Message. This week, we'll explore the sounding of the Seventh Trumpet which begins the process of winding down the Tribulation. Like the green flag dropped at a Nascar race, the race is now on to bring us to the close of the Tribulation....Jesus is beginning to wrap things up! The checkered flag will be the second coming, the judgmen…
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Send us a Text Message. John learns that two witnesses are sent by God, empowered with supernatural abilities, to witness to the gospel for the last 3.5 years of the Tribulation. Not only can they slay any enemy with fire from their mouths, but they have the ability to stop the rain and to bring plagues upon the earth. Every eye across the globe he…
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Send us a Text Message. John saw a vision of a mighty Angel with a little book coming to the earth with a book of judgments...the thunder judgments. Although John heard the thunders, he was instructed to seal these judgments until the time of the end. What follows these judgments is the completion of the mystery of the gospel and the kingdom age. T…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we'll continue our look at the trumpet judgments of Revelation and unpack the first two "Woe" judgments. Thank you for listening to The Pre-Trib Prophecy Podcast. For more information about Joel Dover, check out the web site! Joel Dover is the Senior Pastor of the Calvary Chapel Church in Newnan GA, a church…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we'll see that the breaking of the seventh seal unveils seven new judgments from God...the Trumpet Judgments. Seven Angels are given seven trumpets and their judgments impact the creation in unusual ways that will certainly make life difficult int he Tribulation. Remember, Jesus said that nothing like The Tri…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we'll see the Lamb of God break the first six seals of the tribulation scroll. These seal judgments are the outpouring of the wrath of the Lamb upon the world. One of the reasons that I hold to a pre-tribulation rapture is because it is the view most consistent with the Gospel. The wrath of the church has bee…
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Send us a Text Message. John continues his throne room vision of God, the 24 Elders, the Angles, and the living creatures. When none of the created beings were worthy to open the scroll in the hand of the Father, John wept. Nonetheless, his weeping turned to worship when the Lamb of God, the Messiah, was presented and was worthy to take the scroll …
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Send us a Text Message. As John continues to receive the revelation from Jesus on the lord's day, he sees a door opening to heaven and hears a voice inviting him to come inside. As he walks through the door, he encounters a vision of God's throne and describes it beautifully. He also notes that there are unique creatures who worship the Lord, and E…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we'll finish our look at the seven churches who were original recipients of the Revelation letter. Each church reveals principles to us that not only give insight to what the church was like in John's day, but that likewise challenge us as churchgoers in this present day. Thank you for listening to The Pre-Tr…
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Alumni Park, finished in 2018, sits on the historic site of UW’s YMCA building. Founded in 1881, the YMCA became the center of student social life for decades. It foreshadowed the Memorial Union, which would open in 1928, as a gathering place for students, a hosting site for extracurricular activities, and the social hub of campus. The YMCA itself …
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UW has been a leader in scientific research and teaching for more than a century. The rustic red brick walls of Science Hall are an imposing testament to this legacy. The building was erected in 1887, and has hosted more than a dozen science departments, from agriculture to zoology. As the university grew, Science Hall came to be known for its chie…
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Thank you for listening to Spirit & Stone, an audio tour of the historical and geographical heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This tour highlights some of this historic campus's rich religious and spiritual heritage. Whether you are a prospective student or a longtime resident of Madison, the following stops will introduce you to some o…
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The large building in your view was opened in 1971 and carries the name of Helen C. White. It houses a popular student study spot, College Library, and a handful of academic departments, including the English Department. Helen White taught English at UW for forty-eight years, from 1919 to her death in 1967. As mentioned in a previous stop, she was …
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The Education Building, built in 1900 and renovated in 2011, houses UW’s School of Education, routinely ranked as one of the top programs of its type in the country. The School of Education was founded in 1930 and was seen by the university as a direct outgrowth of the Wisconsin Idea, a term first coined in the early twentieth century by UW Preside…
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Across Observatory Drive there is a small nature preserve named Muir Woods. It stretches down the hill to the shore of Lake Mendota. Muir Woods is named after John Muir, sometimes called the “Father of the National Parks” for his career as a preservationist and co-founder of the Sierra Club. Muir was born in Scotland in 1838 and when 11 years old i…
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You have probably heard of the idea of “academic freedom.” At UW, it has meant that anything that matters to the citizens of the state is worthy of study. Read the plaque to the left of the front door out loud. The plaque symbolizes the seriousness with which the university takes its commitment to the “continual and fearless sifting and winnowing b…
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Birge Hall, home of UW’s Department of Botany, was erected in 1910. It took its current name in 1950 in honor of Edward Birge, a prominent zoologist, educator, and two-time president of UW-Madison. Birge was one of the country’s first great experts on lakes. He contributed to Lake Mendota being nicknamed “the most studied lake in the world.” Birge,…
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South Hall, built in 1855, is the second oldest building on campus. It was the original women’s dorm before what is now Chadbourne Hall was built, and it is now home to the administration of the College of Letters and Science. Like all early buildings at the university, South Hall at one time possessed a chapel that was an active part of student li…
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Looks like a church, doesn’t it? It was built in 1878 and first named Assembly Hall because administrators were eager to have a space to accommodate the entire student body in one place. Today, many high schools wouldn’t be able to fit into its original 800-seat auditorium, but back then UW’s student body hovered around 500. UW’s student population…
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Stand in the middle of the bridge, facing away from the lake, and look to your right to Chadbourne Hall. Back in 1871, this building was the Female College and women’s dorm. The Female College had been created a few years earlier to separate men and women students, who had been enrolling together since 1863. The UW president who insisted on the sep…
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You’re now standing in the middle of the Humanities Building. Contrary to popular myth, the building was not designed to protect against antiwar student riots. The architectural style is aptly called “Concrete Brutalism.” It looks more like a Soviet-era bunker than a place where history is taught and music recitals are held. The building was part o…
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As you look south to the brick building of the University Club, you’ll see one of the oldest existing social spaces on campus. The building was finished in 1907 and, on the order of university president Charles Van Hise, the club was founded to promote faculty community. It has always had a dining area on the first floor, but originally the more th…
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Colleges like Harvard and Yale were founded to train clergy. They grew to become research universities, but they maintained their schools of divinity as part of their original commitments. When UW and other public universities were founded much later, the question of religious instruction was front and center. Would the new state-funded schools hav…
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On one end of your vision should be the Capitol, the center of state government. On the other end, up the hill, is Bascom Hall, the center of UW’s administration. Although these two buildings are one mile apart, state government and UW have always been closely related. For thousands of years, the Ho-Chunk Nation inhabited the land on which you are …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode we'll continue our discovery of the seven churches who were the original recipients of John's letter. in each church, we'll see commendations and corrections that are sure to speak to the church in any age. Thank you for listening to The Pre-Trib Prophecy Podcast. For more information about Joel Dover, check …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we begin exploring the seven original recipients of the Revelation letter. This time, we'll be introduced to the churches at Ephesus and Smyrna. In each letter, there's a repeated structure that helps us as Bible students. Jesus reveals Himself to the churches in unique ways that are relevant to His message …
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Send us a Text Message. John was on the island of Patmos on the the Lord's day when he received the vision of Revelation with specific instructions from Christ to write what he has seen and distribute it to seven churches in Asia. In chapter one we read a description of the glorified Christ, and also instructions to John to write the things that he…
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Send us a Text Message. In this last chapter of Daniel, we'll see that Daniel receives a vision of the Great Tribulation. He notes the coming salvation of a remnant from Israel in the Tribulation, the Abomination of Desolation, the final battle, and the resurrections into blessing and judgment. Thank you for listening to The Pre-Trib Prophecy Podca…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we'll look at the second part of chapter eleven and begin with the historical personage of Antiochus Epiphanes, who is a typological figure of the coming Antichrist of the last days. The absolute purpose of the record of this Greek ruler in Daniel is to picture, in part, the qualities of the future last days…
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Send us a Text Message. Friends, We'll take chapter 11 in two parts. Part one is history written in advance. Daniel is given history future in striking detail. The Glorious Man revealed to Daniel the rise of Alexander the Great and his fall, plus the breaking of Greece into four kingdoms after Alexander. Great attention is given to the kings of the…
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Send us a Text Message. Daniel chapters 10-12 are intended to be taken as a unit. Daniel ten is the prologue, Daniel 11 is the main body of prophetic content, and Daniel 12 is the epilogue. In chapter 10, we're introduced to an elderly Daniel who is nearing the conclusion of his life. He receives a vision from the Glorious Man, most likely the pre-…
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Send us a Text Message. Daniel nine is perhaps the most important chapter in the entire Bible regarding God's timing for all eschatological events. Because of this, it's also one of the most contested passages by those whose view of last things is challenged by its teachings. In this episode we'll look briefly at Daniel's prayer of repentance and s…
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Send us a Text Message. Daniel reveals a second vision pertaining to the rise of the Medo/Persian and Greek kingdoms that would reign and rule upon the earth. Antiochus Epiphanes, who ruled as a part of the Greek empire when it was divided into four kingdoms following Alexander's death, is presented to Daniel as a typology of the future Roman Antic…
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Send us a Text Message. Beginning in chapter seven, Daniel shares visions that he has received directly from God pertaining to the last days scenario. Daniels vision in chapter seven of four beasts that arise from the sea has a similar interpretation to the vision that God gave to Nebuchadnezzar in chapter 2. The primary difference is that Daniel's…
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Send us a Text Message. In today's podcast, we'll see that Daniel has remained in a position of political leadership under the administration of Darius the Mede. After a conspiracy plot was hatched by other leaders who resented Daniel's rise to power, Darius was manipulated to pass a decree that endangered the life of Daniel. Daniel was cast alive …
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