Israel and the Antichrist: A Conversation with Dr. Kim Riddlebarger - Session 2

In this second session of End Times Live, Pastor Chris Gordon sits down again with Rev. Dan Borvan and Dr. Kim Riddlebarger to dig into the Antichrist and Antichrists — starting with a cautionary look back at Harold Camping's failed end-times predictions before turning to the doctrine of the imminent return, the great apostasy, and 2 Thessalonians 2's "man of sin." Riddlebarger walks through B.B. Warfield's classic essay on the Antichrist, arguing for a "composite photograph" that holds together the Johannine antichrists, the Pauline man of sin, and the beast of Revelation without collapsing them into one another.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - Antichrist and Antichrists
1:13 - Harold Camping's Failed Predictions
2:25 - Imminent Return and Signs of the End
5:26 - Trump, Persecution, and the True Antichrist
9:21 - Vos on Prophecy's Fulfillment
10:13 - Antichrist Throughout Redemptive History
11:17 - Warfield's Composite Photograph
14:00 - Israel, Tribulation, and the Missing Pieces
16:08 - Addressing Preterism
18:39 - Reformers, the Papacy, and the Antichrist
21:14 - Postmillennialism vs. Amillennialism
30:57 - Why Amillennialism Isn't Popular
34:25 - The Two Ages: This Age and the Age to Come
36:14 - Facing Fear in Uncertain Times

Guest Information:
Rev. Dr. Daniel Borvan is pastor of preaching ministry at Christ Reformed Church. Daniel earned his Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Seminary California in 2011, along with a Master of Arts in Historical Theology (thesis on Faustus Socinus).

- Dan on X: @danborvan
- Dan's Church: christreformed.org

Dr. Kim Riddlebarger is pastor emeritus of Christ Reformed Church (URCNA) in Anaheim, having served as senior pastor from 1995 until his retirement in December 2020. Kim was a long-time co-host of the White Horse Inn radio/internet program and served several terms as visiting professor of systematic theology at Westminster Seminary California.

Mentions:

- Harold Camping / Family Radio
- Geerhardus Vos
- B.B. Warfield, "Antichrist" (essay)
- Louis Berkhof
- 2 Thessalonians 2 (the man of sin)
- Romans 9–11 (conversion of ethnic Israel)
- Revelation 12, 20 (the dragon, beast, false prophet)
- 1 John (Antichrist and antichrists)
- Nero
- John Wesley
- Mike Horton, Ordinary
- Thomas Aquinas
- Rod Rosenbladt
- John MacArthur / Phil Johnson
- White Horse Inn
- Belgic Confession / the Walloons
- Escondido United Reformed Church
- Christ Reformed Church, Anaheim

Dr. Kim Riddlebarger is pastor emeritus of Christ Reformed Church (URCNA) in Anaheim, having served as senior pastor from 1995 until his retirement in December 2020. Kim was a long-time co-host of the popular White Horse Inn, a radio-internet talk show (White Horse Inn Archives) and served several terms as visiting professor of systematic theology at Westminster Seminary California.

Although retired, Kim stays busy with the Riddleblog, The Blessed Hope Podcast, and several book projects. He also teaches the weekly adult Sunday school class at Christ Reformed Church.

A fourth generation Californian, Kim is a graduate of California State University Fullerton (B.A.), Simon Greenleaf School of Law (M.A.), Westminster Seminary California (M.A.R.), and Fuller Theological Seminary (Ph.D.), where he worked under Richard A. Muller.  His doctoral dissertation is entitled The Lion of Princeton -- Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield:  Apologist, Polemicist, and Theologian.

Kim is the author of four books: A Case for Amillennialism (Baker 2003/2013), The Man of Sin: Uncovering the Truth About Antichrist (Baker 2006), 2nd Edition of First Corinthians -- Lectio Continua, (RHB, 2024); and The Lion of Princeton: B. B. Warfield as Apologist and Theologian (Lexham Press, 2015).

He has been a regular contributor to publications such as Modern Reformation and Tabletalk Magazine.

He has also made contributions to numerous books, including Power Religion (Moody, 1992), Christ the Lord (Baker, 1992), Roman Catholicism: Evangelicals Analyze What Unites and What Divides Us (Moody, 1994), Theologia et Apologia (Wipf and Stock, 2006), Called to Serve (Reformed Fellowship, 2007), Risking the Truth (Christian Focus, 2009), Always Reforming:  Essays in Honor of W. Robert Godfrey (2010), and Planting, Watering, Growing: Planting Confessionally Reformed Churches in the 21st Century (Reformation Heritage, 2011); “The Eschatology of the Reformers” in Reformation Theology (Crossway, 2017), "The Lion of Princeton:  B. B. Warfield as Apologist" in A Legacy of Apologetics: Historical and Theological Introductions (Zondervan, 2020).

Kim is married to Micki, and has two married sons, David (Nancy) and Mark (Brianna), and five grandchildren.  He is interested in family history and is presently writing a history of the Riddlebarger family. He is also a life-long New York Yankees fan.

Rev. Dr. Daniel Borvan is pastor of preaching ministry at Christ Reformed Church. Daniel earned his Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Seminary California in 2011. As a student at Westminster Seminary he learned that all study of Scripture, theology, and church history is put into practice in the worship and work of the church. The goal is to glorify Christ by serving His church. At Westminster Seminary he also earned a Master of Arts degree in Historical Theology. His thesis paper was on Faustus Socinus.

Daniel is chairman of the Heidelberg Reformation Association. Some of his published articles are on the Heidelblog website. Daniel was installed as pastor of preaching ministry at Christ Reformed Church, September 29, 2023. Daniel is married to Marcy and they have two daughters and a son.

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