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Is the Millennium Happening Right Now? | Michael Rowntree Nov 02, 2026

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Michael Rowntree held to premillennialism for years, mostly by default because nearly everyone he knew was premill. Then he preached through the book of Revelation and hit Chapter 20.
In the first of two episodes on Revelation 20, Josh sits down with Michael to talk about the thousand-year reign of Christ and what the rest of the New Testament says will happen when Jesus returns.
ABOUT THE EPISODE
Josh and Michael begin by walking through premillennialism, postmillennialism, and amillennialism, including the different branches within each. They also look at how Christians have held these views over the centuries, from Justin Martyr and Augustine to Luther and Calvin, and into the nineteenth century, when dispensationalism took hold. Michael then turns to the New Testament passages that speak most clearly about Christ’s return, including John 5:28–29, 2 Thessalonians 1:9–10, 1 Corinthians 15, and Romans 8. He explores what they say about the resurrection, the final judgment, the end of death, and the renewal of creation. Josh raises the hard questions each view has to answer, Ezekiel’s temple among them.
This is a secondary issue, and we want to talk about it like one. Michael makes his case, but he holds it with an open hand, and he’s clear that believers who land elsewhere are still his brothers and sisters in Christ.
0:00 – Introduction
1:10 – The World Made Right
3:06 – Defining the Millennium
4:31 – Premillennialism Explained
8:40 – Postmillennialism Explained
11:22 – Amillennialism Explained
19:00 – Millennialism in Church History
24:54 – Events at Christ's Return
38:31 – Death Swallowed Up Forever
45:25 – Romans 8 Creation Renewal
53:57 – Challenges for Premillennialism
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BOOK:
📖The World Made Right by Michael Rowntree: https://www.michaelrowntree.com/the-world-made-right/
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
- Regnum Caelorum, Charles E. Hill (Eerdmans): https://faithlife.com/store/product/158143
- Finding the Right Hills to Die On, Gavin Ortlund (Crossway): https://www.crossway.org/books/finding-the-right-hills-to-die-on-tpb/
- Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative, Sam Storms (Christian Focus): https://www.christianfocus.com/products/1564/kingdom-come
- Westminster Confession of Faith, 1.9: https://westminsterreformedchurch.org/LogicPDFs/WCF.1-10.pdf

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Defeating Water Spirits? Reviewing Jennifer LeClaire’s Book Oct 29, 2026

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Python, Leviathan, Rahab, the Greek sea god Triton, and even a squid. Jennifer LeClaire’s The Spiritual Warrior’s Guide to Defeating Water Spirits names them all as marine demons working near bodies of water. What does Scripture actually say about these figures?
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
At The Remnant Radio, Josh, Michael, and Michael take the demonic seriously. We pray for people and cast out demons, and we do it biblically. That’s why sensational spiritual warfare teaching bothers us. People end up more afraid of the enemy than confident in Christ.
In this live review, we take LeClaire’s water spirits book back to Scripture and weigh its claims against the text. Bring your questions to the chat as we talk through how to tell sound teaching on the demonic from hype, and what deliverance ministry looks like when it starts with the text rather than the thrill.
0:00 – Introduction
2:40 – Jennifer LeClaire's Water Spirits
11:53 – Biblical Chaos Water Imagery
15:51 – Leviathan in Job 41
22:00 – Serpent Imagery Hermeneutic
27:16 – Behemoth in Job 40
30:42 – Acts 16 Python Spirit
34:11 – Deuteronomy 32:30 Misused
36:56 – Jonah, Job, and Leviathan
49:19 – Rahab and Isaiah 51
1:00:07 – Sneaky Squid Spirit
1:12:14 – Test the Spirits
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Who Is Babylon the Great? Rome, Jerusalem, or America? Oct 26, 2026

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Is Babylon the Great a place you can find on a map? Rome? Jerusalem? A rebuilt city in modern Iraq? Plenty of people would put their money on America.
ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Josh sits down with Michael Rowntree to trace Babylon through the whole Bible. The trail runs from Cain’s first city and the Tower of Babel, through Nebuchadnezzar’s empire in Daniel, to the woman riding the scarlet beast in Revelation 17. Michael’s new book, The World Made Right, is out now, and this conversation draws on the final section, which he calls a tale of two cities.
Josh and Michael investigate: Why does she fall four separate times between Revelation 14 and 18? And why would the beast turn and devour the woman riding on its back (Revelation 17:16)? Josh presses Michael on both. He also asks about the clues that keep pulling readers in different directions: Jeremiah’s prophecy that ancient Babylon would never rise again (Jeremiah 51:26), and Peter’s greeting from “she who is at Babylon” (1 Peter 5:13).
Michael brings in Greg Beale, G.B. Caird, Sam Storms, Craig Keener and Richard Bauckham along the way. They also bring the conversation closer to home: the economic collapse in Revelation 18, whether the seven mountains of Revelation 17:9 have anything to do with the seven mountain mandate, and what it means today to hear “Come out of her, my people” (Revelation 18:4).
Join us for a deep theological discussion on the fall of Babylon.
0:00 – Introduction
1:37 – Babylon in Revelation
4:36 – Literal or Symbolic Babylon
15:17 – Is Babylon Jerusalem?
21:33 – Babylon's Seduction Today
26:00 – Garden and City Motif
36:08 – Harlot Riding the Beast
40:35 – Babylon and Empire
46:47 – Beast Turns on Babylon
52:27 – Seven Mountains Mandate
54:30 – Babylon's Repeated Falls
1:00:28 – Come Out of Her
BOOK:
📖The World Made Right by Michael Rowntree: https://www.michaelrowntree.com/the-world-made-right/

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Can Psychedelics Open a Door to the Demonic? Shawn Ryan’s Story Oct 22, 2026

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Shawn Ryan turned to psychedelics to quiet what the war left behind. He came back from his last trip, on his own account, describing hell, then months of spiritual oppression and exorcism prayers from two priests.
ABOUT THE EPISODE:
For years the former Navy SEAL, CIA contractor, and host of one of the most-watched podcasts in the U.S., told his audience that psychedelic therapy helped him with PTSD and addiction. His most recent experience changed his mind. He describes months of nightmares, unexplained disturbances, and a series of exorcism prayers that still hasn’t settled the matter.
Josh and Michael will review his story, the treatment of PTSD with psychedelics and more.
0:00 – Introduction
4:46 – Shawn Ryan’s Ibogaine Experience
7:27 – Biblical Ethics of Medicine
14:34 – Five-Point Medical Framework
23:02 – Spiritual Dangers of Psychedelics
29:11 – Non-Hallucinogenic Ibogaine Research
40:10 – Psychedelics as Sorcery
52:56 – Ibogaine Trip to Hell
1:04:48 – Catholic Exorcism Aftermath
1:11:20 – Protestant Deliverance Ministry
1:17:47 – Lifting the Veil
1:19:43 – Scripture Over Experience

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What Is the Battle of Armageddon? Revelation 16 Explained | Michael Rowntree Oct 19, 2026

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Joshua Lewis and Michael Rowntree reach the sixth bowl in their walk through Revelation, and with it the only verse in the Bible that names Armageddon (Revelation 16:16). Michael doesn’t think it describes a war between nations at Megiddo. Josh pushes back with Ezekiel 38–39, Joel 3, and Zechariah 14, and the two of them dive deep in back-and-forth dialogue.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- Why John calls it a mountain when Megiddo is flat
- What the Old Testament prophets saw, and what they couldn’t have known yet
- How “make war” gets used everywhere else in Revelation
- Who Jesus says will be safe when it comes (Revelation 16:15)
Join us for an interesting conversation exploring the Scriptures on the end times and Armageddon.
0:00 – Introduction
1:13 – Armageddon: One Last Battle
4:14 – Literal Battle Interpretation
10:37 – Safe in Armageddon
13:18 – Make War as Persecution
20:53 – Mount Megiddo Symbolism
22:34 – Progressive Revelation & Israel
30:05 – Logical Problems with Literalism
35:27 – Global State-Sponsored Persecution
43:01 – Revelation 14 Eternal Gospel
48:34 – Israel Alliance and Idolatry
54:41 – Revelation 19 Final Victory
BOOK:
📖The World Made Right by Michael Rowntree: https://www.michaelrowntree.com/the-world-made-right/

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Nephilim, Giants, and Demons: Why Jesus Went Where Joshua Didn’t | BLK SHP Scott Oct 16, 2026

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Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee, freed one man from a legion of demons, then sailed straight back (Mark 5:1-21). Why that shore?
Scott of BLK SHP Bible Talk suggests an answer, and it starts fourteen centuries earlier with Joshua. God told Joshua the conquest of Canaan wasn’t finished and said, “I myself will drive them out” (Joshua 13:6). Scott’s argument is that Jesus took that personally. Follow where he casts out demons, he says, and you’re tracing the ground Israel never cleared.
IN THIS EPISODE:
-What God says to Joshua about the unfinished conquest, and why Scott hears a promise in it
-Why “Galilee of the nations” (Isaiah 9:1) carries more weight in a Deuteronomy 32 worldview
-Capernaum, the far side of the lake, and the road toward Sidon: three exorcisms and what Scott sees connecting them
-Giants, Nephilim, and Scott’s view of where some demons come from
-The strong man of Matthew 12:29, and how Scott’s reading differs from the way John Wimber preached it
-Josh’s question: pattern or coincidence?
0:00 – Introduction
0:36 – Meet BLK SHP Scott
7:25 – Joshua's Unfinished Conquest
11:44 – Jesus, the Greater Joshua
15:06 – Galilee of the Nations
19:14 – Nephilim Giants in Canaan
25:35 – Coincidence or Intentional Pattern?
31:17 – Gerasene Demoniac in Bashan
35:21 – Syrophoenician Woman at Sidon
44:54 – Are Demons Dead Nephilim?
49:38 – No Exorcisms in Judea
56:45 – BLK SHP Scott Resources
ABOUT THE GUEST:
SUBSTACK: https://blkshpbible.substack.com/
BOOK: Dynasty of Slaves: Uncovering the Archeological Record of Israel in Egypt https://www.amazon.com/Dynasty-Slaves-Uncovering-Archeological-Record/dp/B0H1JTDWSW/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0

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Israel and the End Times: Was 1948 a Prophetic Clock? Oct 12, 2026

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In Revelation 7, John hears a roll call: 144,000 from the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he turns to look and sees a crowd from every nation, too big to count. What you make of that moment says a lot about where you think Israel fits in the end times. Joshua Lewis sits down with Michael Rowntree to work through Scripture to better understand the role of Israel in the end times.
ABOUT THE EPISODE
We recorded this episode knowing the subject is tense. Antisemitism is showing up in places we never used to see it, including among professing Christians, while at the same time many believers have also been taught that loving Jesus means signing off on whatever the modern state of Israel does. So before we get to prophecy, Michael separates three things that get lumped together under one word: ethnic Israel, the nation of Israel, and God’s covenant people in Christ. He also explains his thoughts on “replacement theology” and where he stands on supersessionism.
The rest of the hour is Bible. Who are the people of God, and does Romans 9-11 promise a future for ethnic Israel? Did 1948 start a prophetic time clock? Who are the 144,000 in Revelation 7, what is the temple in Revelation 11, and who is the woman clothed with the sun in Revelation 12? Does a third temple have to be rebuilt in Jerusalem before the man of lawlessness appears (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)? And what do we do with Daniel’s seventy weeks (Daniel 9:24-27)? Michael comes at this as an amillennialist, Josh leans a different direction on the temple, and neither of us expects to make either camp happy.
In the end, we hope our discussion drives you back to the Scriptures for further exploration.
0:00 – Introduction
5:05 – Replacement Theology Defined
12:00 – One People of God
19:20 – 1948 Prophetic Time Clock
24:37 – Abraham's Land Promises Expanded
28:37 – Revelation 5: Lion and Lamb
31:53 – Revelation 7: The 144,000
34:08 – Revelation 11 Measured Temple
37:30 – Rebuilt Temple and Antichrist
44:27 – Revelation 12 Woman Explained
59:24 – Daniel's Seventy Weeks
1:04:43 – Dispensationalism's Parenthesis Problem
BOOK:
📖The World Made Right by Michael Rowntree: https://www.michaelrowntree.com/the-world-made-right/

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RemCon Q&A - Answering Attendees' Questions Oct 08, 2026

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Joshua Lewis, Michael Rowntree, and Michael Miller are just back from the Remnant Conference, "Prophecy & Hearing God's Voice," and they brought the Q&A panel questions home with them. Real questions from real believers curious about the gift of prophecy and want it handled biblically.
So we're taking them one at a time, Word and Spirit together. If you've been carrying a question about prophecy or hearing God's voice, there's a good chance someone at the conference asked it for you.
0:00 – Introduction
0:34 – Conference Highlights
6:07 – Delivering Directional Prophecy
12:00 – Spiritual Covering Needed?
19:08 – Testing Predictive Prophecy
26:28 – Prophecy in Church Services
33:18 – Can All Believers Prophesy?
39:22 – Word of Knowledge Explained
45:02 – Private Prayer Tongues
47:27 – Baptism in the Spirit
52:36 – Tongues on Command?
59:51 – Closing Thoughts

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The Rapture: Pre-Trib, Pre-Wrath, or Post-Trib? | Michael Rowntree Oct 05, 2026

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"I don't believe in the rapture" has become a common line among Christians tired of end times hype. Michael Rowntree argues that every believer holds to a rapture of some kind. The real debate is when.
ABOUT THE EPISODE:
We're back in our series on the book of Revelation, and this time Josh and Michael discuss the timing of the rapture, examining pre-tribulation, pre-wrath, and post-tribulation views. They look at Revelation 3:10, Revelation 4, the 144,000 in Revelation 7, and Paul's warning in 2 Thessalonians 2 about the rebellion, the man of lawlessness, and the restrainer.
They also discuss what the early church expected. Where does John Nelson Darby fit, and what should we make of Irenaeus and Pseudo-Ephraem?
Then Josh asks the question many are too embarrassed to raise: if Jesus is coming down, why are we going up?
Join us for a biblically-grounded discussion about the Rapture.
BOOK:
📖The World Made Right by Michael Rowntree: https://www.michaelrowntree.com/the-world-made-right/
0:00 – Introduction
0:57 – Three Rapture Views
4:54 – Wrath and God's People
14:23 – Revelation 3:10 Explained
16:33 – Revelation 4 Rapture Argument
22:21 – Pre-Wrath and Revelation 7
29:04 – The 144,000 Explained
33:53 – The Restrainer: 2 Thessalonians
42:25 – Apostasia: Rebellion or Departure
44:14 – Church Fathers and Darby
53:07 – Why Caught Up?
57:46 – Revelation 19 Military Imagery
59:29 – The World Made Right

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Is Spiritual Power Earned or Given? Jon Thompson of Sanctus Church Sep 30, 2026

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Most of us have asked God for more power. Pastor Jon Thompson wants to know when you last asked God what you DON'T get.
Jon has spent nearly three decades on staff at Sanctus Church in Toronto. Along the way he led a functionally cessationist congregation into spiritual gifts, spiritual disciplines, and a three-year season of renewal. So when he says "God's 'no' is your best friend," it isn't a slogan. It comes from a close reading of Romans 12:3 and the "measure" God assigns to every gift.
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
A lot of believers were told that if they prayed harder, fasted longer, and lived holier, more anointing would follow. And when it didn't, some burned out, while others quietly stopped asking God for anything at all. Joshua Lewis sits down with Jon, author of Convergence, to examine whether that promise was biblical in the first place.
Josh and Jon discuss:
- Why Jon reads Romans 12:3 as a guardrail for leaders, not a ceiling to break through
- Whether praying, fasting, and holiness unlock "more" anointing
- What 1 Corinthians 14:1 and 2 Timothy 1:6 mean for pursuing spiritual gifts
- The regulative vs. normative principle
- Where godly ambition comes from, and where it doesn't
- Whether spiritual gifts are residential or occasional
- Common, office, gift, and assignment authority in deliverance ministry
They don't agree on everything. Join us for a healthy discussion among Christian brothers about how to biblically operate in spiritual gifts.
0:00 – Introduction
3:07 – Convergence Book Origins
6:20 – Regulative vs Normative Principle
11:52 – Courts of Heaven Gnosticism
16:02 – Romans 12 Anointing Limits
32:12 – Godly Ambition & Sovereignty
49:01 – Guaranteed Places of Encounter
59:41 – Revival and House Rules
1:03:09 – Love, Word, Power Gifts
1:08:29 – Residential vs Occasional Gifts
1:15:13 – Office & Authority in Deliverance
ABOUT THE GUEST:
- Jon Thompson Books & Resources: https://jonthompsonresources.com/

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