Luke21 Radio - Biblical Prophecy With Steve Wood

2 THESSALONIANS Drawing from First & Second Thessalonians, Steve Wood provides a solution to the Rapture Question. He argues that the Rapture is not a separate event but rather a part of the Second Coming. He highlights the similarity between First and Second Thessalonians, demonstrating their connection through shared language, themes, and authorship. He challenges the inconsistency between the Rapture Theory and Paul's epistles, emphasizing the importance of discernment during the end times. Referenced in today’s episode: 2 Thessalonians 2:1 1 Thessalonians 2-5 2 Peter 3:11-13 "Cousin passages" Steve mentions between 1 Thessalonians 4-5 and 2 Thessalonians 2: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 and 2 Thessalonians 2:1 1 Thessalonians 5:1 and 2 Thessalonians 2:2 1 Thessalonians 5:4, 2 Thessalonians 1:10 and 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible

2 THESSALONIANS Steve says 2 Thessalonians ranks in the top 5 books of the bible for studying biblical prophecy. In this episode, he digs into more teachings from St. Paul. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4:17 2 Thessalonians 1 Corinthians 2 Timothy 2:16 Revelation 20 John 5:24 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible

Steve introduces 2 Thessalonians with this topical study on “inaugurated eschatology.”   Referenced in today’s episode: 2 Thessalonians 2 Ezekiel 47 Revelation 22:1-2 John 7 Luke 11 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible

What is the difference between charismatic and biblical prophecy? It’s all too easy to let the application of ideas we get from scripture go haywire. That is why it is important for those who prophesy to go through testing and discernment. Steve discusses this and particular resources he has studied in today’s episode of Luke 21. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 Ephesians 4:11 1 Corinthians 14 Acts 21 Christian Prophecy book by Niels Christian Hvidt (foreword by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support

Paul warns that the second coming of Christ will be a dark time for non-Christians. But he also gives encouragement to believers reminding us that we are sons of the light. Steve shares this practical application for our lives, especially as it pertains to internet pornography. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5:2-5 Revelation 9 Matthew 6:22-23 Revelation 14:8 Revelation 17:2 Matthew 1 1 Samuel 12 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and their word of mouth. We are excited about our new website, Luke21.com. The site

If someone gives you a date for the end of the world, they’re contradicting Christ and are acting as a false prophet. Steve teaches today about the Day of the Lord. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5 Jeremiah 6:13-15 Jeremiah 5:12-13 Jeremiah 5:30-31 Isaiah 13:9-13 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and their word of mouth. We are excited about our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Steve shares two key scriptures often ignored by prophecy teachers about war and what to expect during the time of peace and security.  Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5 Matthew 24:6-8 CCC 675 (plus the footnoted scriptures) 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 2 Thessalonians 2:4-14 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Steve shares some info on trying to time-stamp the rapture. Wisdom from St. Augustine’s City of God and scripture can be found in today’s episode. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 Matthew 34:26 1 Thessalonians 5:4-6 Revelation 20:7-8 The City of God by St. Augustine The Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resource

Steve takes you on a journey through the history of the dispensationalist view of the Rapture. Referenced in today’s episode: Matthew 24 The Blessed Hope pdf by New Testament scholar George Ladd Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new website, Luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke21 content and additional resources on biblical prophecy.

Do Christians go through the great tribulation or escape it? Steve shares a little of how he came to learn more about the rapture. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4: 15-17 1 Thessalonians 4 2 Thessalonians 2 Jesus Revolution Movie 2 Thessalonians 2:1 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our video format of the Luke 21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke 21 website, luke21.com. The site includes exclusive Luke 21 content and additional resources on biblica

Continuing our Rapture scripture study in Thessalonians, Steve discusses the pre-tribulation and simultaneous events viewpoints of biblical prophecy. If you are interested in receiving copies of the diagrams, you can visit us at luke21.com! - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4 Matthew 24:29 St. Augustine, The City of God CCC-1001 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. - - - - - - - - - - - We are excited to announce that our new Luk

Last time, Steve shared three keywords in 1 Thessalonians that reveal the real meaning of The Rapture. Today, he expands on those words in a scripture study deep dive. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 “Little Kittle” abridged Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT) Verbum bible software Acts 28:15 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke 21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited to announce that our new Luke 21 website is live! The site inc

In today’s episode, Steve continues his study of First Thessalonians chapter four which is the key passage regarding the rapture theory. To understand this theory and if it is true, Steve will explain the three keywords in three verses that reveal the true meaning of the rapture. - - - - - - - - - - - Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4: 15—17 Ephesians 4:15 - - - - - - - - - - - Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophecy. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel @luke21prophecy and share with your friends & family. This podcast remains possible due to the support of our listeners and good old fashioned word of mouth. We are excited about the launch of our new Luke21 website

St. Paul describes two very different groups of Christians in 1 and 2 Thessalonians. Understanding who St. Paul was writing to in both epistles helps us understand the rapture better. In face, 2 Thessalonians was written as a follow-up t 1 Thessalonians to help clear up misunderstandings from his first epistle to the people of Thessalonica. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition It can be challenging to find the Ignatius Press RSV-CE version online since the publishing of the RSV-CE, 2nd Edition. There are plenty of RSV2CE, but not RSV-CE. This one by St. Benedict Press/TAN Books is the original RSV-CE, not second edition. ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible Also recommended is a dry bible highlighter. Steve has used these gel Hi-Gliders for years. They have a crayon-like consistency and don’t bleed through like ink does. --------------------------- We appreciate yo

Understand the message that Paul was sharing with the people of Thessalonica. There are two key concepts Steve shares about biblical prophecy. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians Acts 17 Acts 28:23 Isaiah 2:3 Isaiah 54:13 1 Thessalonians 4:9 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition It can be challenging to find the Ignatius Press RSV-CE version online since the publishing of the RSV-CE, 2nd Edition. There are plenty of RSV2CE, but not RSV-CE. This one by St. Benedict Press/TAN Books is the original RSV-CE, not second edition. ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible Also recommended is a dry bible highlighter. Steve has used these gel Hi-Gliders for years. They have a crayon-like consistency and don’t bleed through like ink does. --------------------------- We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube @luke21prophe

Steve teaches how cross-referencing in scripture can help us better understand the people Paul was talking to in his epistles. Suffering, tribulation and affliction are different words for the same emotion. Steve explains how Paul’s ancient writing applies to us today. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 & 2 Thessalonians Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) paragraph 675 Romans 5:3 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 1 Peter 4:12-14 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition It can be challenging to find the Ignatius Press RSV-CE version online since the publishing of the RSV-CE, 2nd Edition. There are plenty of RSV2CE, but not RSV-CE. This one by St. Benedict Press/TAN Books is the original RSV-CE, not second edition. ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible Also recommended is a dry bible highlighter. Steve has used these gel Hi-Gliders for years. They have a crayon-like consistency and don’t bleed through like ink does. ---------------

What about the gospel created the Great Affliction? 1 & 2 Thessalonians are the most concentrated books on biblical prophecy in the whole bible. Steve shares three key verses to overcome tribulation (or affliction.) Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 1:5-6 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Acts 17:6 1 Thessalonians 2:13-14 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition It can be challenging to find the Ignatius Press RSV-CE version online since the publishing of the RSV-CE, 2nd Edition. There are plenty of RSV2CE, but not RSV-CE. This one by St. Benedict Press/TAN Books is the original RSV-CE, not second edition. ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible Also recommended is a dry bible highlighter. Steve has used these gel Hi-Gliders for years. They have a crayon-like consistency and don’t bleed through like ink does. - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the

Continuing with our discussion on tribulation, Steve helps give a context of the entire New Testament. What did Paul say to the other churches? What did Jesus say about tribulation? Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 3:34 Revelation 1:9 1 Thessalonians 1:6 John 16:33 Matthew 13:20-21 Catechism of the Catholic Church section 675 Acts 14:22 Romans 8:13 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition It can be challenging to find the Ignatius Press RSV-CE version online since the publishing of the RSV-CE, 2nd Edition. There are plenty of RSV2CE, but not RSV-CE. This one by St. Benedict Press/TAN Books is the original RSV-CE, not second edition. ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible Also recommended is a dry bible highlighter. Steve has used these gel Hi-Gliders for years. They have a crayon-like consistency and don’t bleed through like ink does. - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical

Context matters when you’re studying scripture. Join Steve for a word study that will help you understand the prophetic teaching from St. Paul. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 Matthew 24:21 1 Thessalonians 3:7 2 Thessalonians 1:4-7 Acts 16 Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition It can be challenging to find the Ignatius Press RSV-CE version online since the publishing of the RSV-CE, 2nd Edition. There are plenty of RSV2CE, but not RSV-CE. This one by St. Benedict Press/TAN Books is the original RSV-CE, not second edition. ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible Also recommended is a dry bible highlighter. Steve has used these gel Hi-Gliders for years. They have a crayon-like consistency and don’t bleed through like ink does. - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube. If you’re a YouTube user

Is the world, the culture, turning the Church upside down? Steve Wood shares the core message of the gospel. Referenced in today’s episode: 1 Thessalonians Isaiah 2:7 The Navarre Bible commentaries Bible translations Steve recommends: RSV-CE – Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition It can be challenging to find the Ignatius Press RSV-CE version online since the publishing of the RSV-CE, 2nd Edition. There are plenty of RSV2CE, but not RSV-CE. This one by St. Benedict Press/TAN Books is the original RSV-CE, not second edition. ESV – English Standard Version, if you don’t want to use a Catholic bible Also recommended is a dry bible highlighter. Steve has used these gel Hi-Gliders for years. They have a crayon-like consistency and don’t bleed through like ink does. - - - - - - - - - - - We appreciate your interest in learning about biblical prophecy! Our new video format of the Luke21 podcast is available on YouTube. If you’re a YouTube user, we invite you to subscribe to our new channel and share with yo