In the world, things will get better and better and better as the church becomes more powerful and more influential. Articles Baptist Theology Calvinism Charles Spurgeon Christology Classic Premillennialism Covenant Theology e-Articles e-Books Eschatology Historic . The church will move out of its own environs to capture nations, leaders, ideologies, philosophies, theories, religions, and bring them all into captivity to Christ. There is another form of that view called amillennialism; amillennialism - and youve probably heard about that. And so, you have to change the rules of interpretation and once you say the Bible doesnt mean what it says, then we have no idea what it means. Ive dragged myself through all these years of the discipline of study. Amillennialism is an eschatological view that believes the millennium is not a literal thousand years. It is one thing to omit them in formal obedience to the law; and another thing to omit them in prudence, or for necessity, because we cannot keep them. This is an account of the things formerly created, as also it is a prophecy of what is to come. Dispensational premillennialists hold that Christ will come before a seven-year period of intense tribulation to take His church (living and dead) into heaven. But in both cases it will be the flow of history under the influence of the church, so theyre really looking at the same thing. That leaves me with the impression that God wants us not to question the length of its duration. He notes that "the decisive authority of Asiatic millennialism is John, from whom the elders claimed to have obtained their information. [49] The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod explicitly states, When Christ returns, 'new heavens and a new earth' will be created (2 Pet. Now, were going to dig a little more deeply into the whole idea of the millennial kingdom and what the Bible says about it, and as to its nature and the aspects of the kingdom that are revealed in Scripture - and by the way, they are many and they are wondrous to behold, and we will do that. There should be a footnote in the chapter saying, Please note: here comes a prophetic text; change the rules. We really need a divine mandate, because I think God cares that we get it right. I have never moved away from my conviction about these two things. [21] Eusebius also had low regard for the chiliast, Papias, and he let it be known that in his opinion Papias was "a man of small mental capacity" because he had taken the Apocalypse literally.[22]. "[31], Augustine's later amillennial view laid the eschatological foundation for the Middle Ages, which practically abandoned premillennialism. John MacArthur's six-part series, "Why Every Calvinist is a Premillennialist," addresses this aspect of historic premillennialism, the future for Israel. Why do we want to change the rules in interpretation to avoid that? Revelation 1:3: Blessed is he who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it: for the time is near.. This morning John MacArthur opened the 2007 Shepherd's Conference with a loud blast that will no doubt be heard around the Reformed world in the coming weeks. Those who most celebrate the sovereign grace of election regarding the church and its inviolable place in Gods purpose, from predestination before the foundation of the world to glorification in the future, those who most celebrate the sovereign grace of election, those who most aggressively, most militantly, and most capably defend the truth of Scripture regarding this election being divine, unilateral, unconditional, irrevocable by nature, for the church - thats for us . Our church just finished up a 7-week series on eschatology. . Now, here comes the real irony; this is the real irony. Tell us about the future. They were in a very hopeless situation, having very little in life. [18] Although Origen was not always wholly "orthodox" in his theology, he had at one point completely spiritualized Christ's second coming prophesied in the New Testament. There are over two thousand references to Israel in Scripture; not one of them means anything but Israel. Every Sunday morning for over 50 years, John MacArthur a faithful pastor with many of the same convictions as Barrow has ascended the pulpit of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, opened his Bible, and boldly preached God's Word to the thousands assembled there to worship. Well, we now come to the doctrines that relate to the end times. Its two ways to view human history. . Carson on Revelation 20 EFCA Theology Podcast", "What is Premillennial Dispensationalism? For the last century, the belief has been common in Evangelicalism according to surveys on this topic. Other early premillennialists included Pseudo-Barnabas,[9] Papias,[10] Methodius, Lactantius,[11] Commodianus[12] Theophilus, Tertullian,[13] Melito,[14] Hippolytus of Rome, Victorinus of Pettau[15][16] and various Gnostics groups and the Montanists. Another Rapture passage - great one - verse 16: the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, the trumpet of God, the dead in Christ shall rise first. Hes not predicting the future because you cant predict what hasnt happened - it doesnt exist. And by the way, if we change the rules, what are the new ones? I. Dr. MacArthur on Premillennialism and Calvinism: "Now that leads to my title: `Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist Is a Premillennialist' [laughter and applause] Now it's too late for Calvin, but it's not too late for the rest of you. Denominations such as Oriental Orthodoxy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, Presbyterianism[1] and Lutheranism are generally amillennial and interpret Revelation 20:16 as pertaining to the present time, a belief that Christ currently reigns in Heaven with the departed saints; such an interpretation views the symbolism of Revelation as referring to a spiritual conflict between Heaven and Hell rather than a physical conflict on Earth. Thats a hard sell, frankly. So, heres how to get the foundation for a good sound eschatology: get election right, get Israel right, you got it. Floyd Hamilton in his book, The Basis of the Millennial Faith, says - and I quote: Now we must frankly admit the literal interpretation of the Old Testament prophecies gives us just such a picture of an earthly reign of the Messiah as the premillennialist pictures., Now, thats a fate worse than death. In similar language, Scripture affirms the perpetuity of ethnic Israel to a future salvation and a future kingdom as a race of people, and that in that salvation and in that kingdom will be the fulfillment of all divine promises given to them in the Old Testament, repeated in the New Testament, and through them to the world. The first view well call the postmillennial view; that is to say, that Christ will come after the millennium; that the return of Christ is post, it is after the millennial kingdom. Guest. The other says there will be a kingdom. A later generation of fathers didn't suddenly . John MacArthur claims to be a Dispensationalist in both The Gospel According to Jesus (GAJ) and The Gospel According to the Apostles (GAA). In the US, the dispensational form of premillennialism was propagated on the popular level largely through the Scofield Reference Bible and on the academic level with Lewis Sperry Chafer's eight-volume Systematic Theology. Contrarily, certain Anabaptists, Huguenots, and Bohemian Brethren were premillennial. The church will become more influential, more impactful, more spiritually powerful. Turn to Revelation chapter 1. This view understands that an aspect of the eschatological kingdom presently exists, but must wait for the millennium to be realized fully.[63]. That's OK and no one is surprised or upset about that. However, what makes him really unique is that he was not Historic Premillennial - but Dispensational (Held to a pre . Coining the word was "almost entirely the work of British and American Protestants and was prompted by their belief that the French and American Revolutions (the French, especially) realized prophecies made in the books of Daniel and Revelation."[3]. In fact, the worst evil thats ever been done on the history of the world was the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and by that - the worst evil - He gained the greatest glory. Turn to 1 Thessalonians chapter 4; 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. In fact, its an impossible effort since it doesnt mean what it says, and you have to sort of allegorize it or spiritualize it and therefore interpretations are myriad; they are as many as interpreters. MacArthur is a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker and has served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969 . The preacher's admission came amid news that Grace Community Church in Sun Valley received an $800,000 settlement from Los Angeles County after defying pandemic-induced health orders. God filled the Bible with prophecy and much of it looking to the end. The other looks at it as a spiritual kingdom also but says it will decline and decline and decline until Jesus finally comes. The faithful spend eternity in the New Jerusalem. Now, against those two is the view called premillennialism; that means there will be a millennium and prior to that millennium, Jesus will come. Some people want to turn it into ages - theres nothing in there that does that; theres nothing in the text itself that does that. Arminius did not believe in election; those who follow him do not believe in election. Its the whole point of everything else. There are 73 references to Israel in the New Testament; each of them refers to Israel. We are responsible for our sin, but in the end, we believe because He moves on us. Like all divine truth, getting the future truth right is beneficial. Some of them are postmillennialists, although there are fewer and fewer of those. Allis - well-known - says, The Old Testament prophecies if literally interpreted cannot be regarded as having been yet fulfilled or being capable of fulfillment in the present age. Thats true. It is often post-tribulational, meaning that the rapture of the church will occur after a period of tribulation. But we now have pure Israelites. Premillennialism: The millennium is the long period (perhaps a literal 1,000 years) when King Jesus will rule on earth. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where he has served since 1969. The current religious term "premillennialism" did not come into use until the mid-19th century. But even more interesting, in England in 1827, there was a publication affirming premillennialism, the coming of Christ and the establishment of His millennial kingdom, written by a Jesuit priest - reading his Bible - by the name of Manuel de Lacunza y Diaz. A History of Christian Zionism: Philo-Semitism and the Expectation of Israel's Restoration. And Im not in to newspaper exegesis, where you where everything that happens in the news fulfills some obscure Old Testament prophecy. Why do we want to run from that? Cause what that means is God does know the future; God has set the future, and the future involves not only the glory of His church but the fulfillment of His elect people Israel with regard to everything that He promised that nation. Doctrinal Statement Student Testimonies TMS for your Family Academics Academics Overview Master of Divinity Master of Theology Doctor of Ministry Doctor of Philosophy Bachelor of Theology Diploma of Theology Center for Israeli Studies Distance Education Academic Calendar Faculty Admissions & Aid For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ - thats part of the coming eschatology. 4. He has been the pastor of Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in Sun Valley, California since February 9, 1969. John F. MacArthur, Jr. is a United States Calvinistic evangelical writer and minister, noted for his radio program entitled Grace to You and as the editor of the Gold Medallion Book Award winning MacArthur Study Bible. When I was in seminary I thought about it, and I guess for about 50 years Ive been thinking about eschatology, the time of the end. 3. But, for certain, according to amillennialists, there will be no thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth. The other says it is the kingdom. So here, we are living in the view of our eschatological triumph in Christ: the glory of the Rapture, the last trump, rising from the grave, made imperishable and immortal. The proponents of amillennialism interpret the millennium as being a symbolic period of time, which is consistent with the highly symbolic nature of the literary and apocalyptic genre of the Book of Revelation, sometimes indicating that the thousand years represent God's rule over his creation or the Church. Edwards taught that a type of Millennium would occur "1260 years after A.D. 606 when Rome was recognized as having universal authority. All this panic about global warming, and all this panic about the end of the world and asteroids crashing into the earth? Thats for people who dont know this; that the way history ends, is with Jesus coming and taking us away. So, I said, Would you do me a favor? Weve been working our way through doctrinal emphases in Scripture, doctrinal themes, and we have covered a lot of ground. There is no doubt that he does hold to the fundamental distinction between the Church and Israel, though he does not always apply this distinction consistently. "[45] Grace to You radio, video, audio, print, and website resources reach millions worldwide each day. They believe God elects nobody to salvation. Amillennialism is consistent with Arminianism. The following resources pertain to eschatology the study of the end times. He considers the Mosaic history of the creation a type of six ages of labor for the world, each lasting a thousand years, and of a millennium of rest, since with God one day is as a thousand years. Millennial Sabbath on earth will be followed by an eight and eternal day in a new world, of which the Lords Day (called by Barnabas the eighth day) is the type" (, Note this is Victorinus of Pettau not Marcus Piav(v)onius, Augustine wrote in regards to the premillennialism And this opinion would not be objectionable, if it were believed that the joys of the saints in that Sabbath shall be spiritual, and consequent on the presence of God. . You get the Old Testament covenants and promises right when you get the interpretation of Scripture right. "[42] It was authors such as these who concluded that the decline of the Roman Catholic Church would make way for the conversion and restoration of the nation of Israel. We also applaud his insistence that the Bible must be interpreted literally, according to its normal sense. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. Romans 11:28 . Pretribulational Rapture in 17th and 18th Century England. An article by John MacArthur: "The common question of which Bible translation to use is very important--it concerns the most important words ever spoken, the words of God the Creator. Some of the most formidable amillennialists - and Im talking about well-respected, very erudite influential theologians - say things like this, and Ill quote. Return the sovereignty of God in election to its rightful place, return the nation Israel to its rightful place, and your eschatology will unfold in beautiful clarity. Scofield, that came out of J.N. Premillennialism experienced a revival among 17th century Puritans like Thomas Brightman, Joseph Mede, and others. Blessed. Israel and the church, and advocate for futuristic millennialism. It is one thing to omit them for a time, and another to do it ordinarily. Its not nearly as difficult as some people make it if you just take Scripture at face value. Daylight and dark, daylight and dark - thats a 24-hour period - God creates everything. I have dragged you through virtually every verse in the New Testament. Amen. Yet, Abraham did not receive it during all the time of his journey there. 2023 Grace to You. Yet, Abraham did not receive it during all the time of his journey there. Because, you see, if it doesnt mean what it says it means, then any suggestion is as bad as any other suggestion. Historically, church fathers favored historic premillennialism, including Ireneaus, Papias, Justin Martyr, Tertullian, and Hippolytus. [2] Amillennialists do not view the thousand years mentioned in Revelation as a literal thousand years but see the number "thousand" as symbolic and numerological. 315K views 1 year ago Significant video editing was used to create a unique storyline that teaches about the end times, specifically premillennialism and amillennialism. Yet it is inconsistent with. He even went so far as to say that the Amillennial position is more consistent with Arminianism And then the effect of it is in verse 58: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, and you can stop right there. There isnt such a thing. We who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus shall we always be with the Lord. Heres the application: Therefore - do what? The first clear opponent of premillennialism associated with Christianity was Marcion. Many of these theologians and others in the early church expressed their belief in premillennialism through their acceptance of the sexta-septamillennial tradition. And so, we stand steadfast, immovable. We want the Word to cause us to live lives pleasing to You. So that whatever God chose to do He will do, that whatever He began to do He will complete, those who will defend that to their last breath - Gods irrevocable, unconditional, unilateral, sovereign election will bring those He has chosen to the fulfillment of all that He has promised them. Its the same God, same terminology. Is that what God wanted us to do, to look at it and say, Aw, I cant figure this out; lets forget it? There are whole denominations that are instructed not to teach on the end times. Post-millennialism, for example, agrees with premillennialism about the future earthly reign of Christ, but disagrees on the concept of a rapture and tribulation before the millennium begins. He comes pre, not post; He comes before. Premillennialism: This view sees a chronological sequence as Satan is bound in the future when Christ returns and before Christians receive their reward, and then the millennium commences, hence the name, "pre". Now, I've been telling you for a number of months that we were going to get into the subject of eschatology, the doctrine of last things. Contemporary premillennialism is divided into two schools of thought. He made them in the past, when He didnt know what He now knows, because what was going to happen hadnt happened. Now it is time to reestablish the high ground of sovereign grace for a future generation of ethnic Israel in salvation and the messianic earthly kingdom. Now, the only thing that I ask is that you read it, and the only reason I ask you to read it is so that you may be what? And I went there and I spoke for a week, and they finally said to me, When are you going to tell us the good part? and I said, Well, whats the good part? They said, We want to know about the future; we want to know about the future. I recently read this great article and would recommend every professing Calvinist to give it a read, I believe John MacArthur's arguments for Pre-Millennialism are biblically irrefutable, mainly because the traditional Reformed view (Amillennialism) does away (Replacement Theology) with future Israel (God's Elect) and that is far from the truth And . What did Jesus mean when He said to His disciples that some of them would not taste death until they saw the Son of Man coming in His kingdom? It makes no sense. Help Grace to You bring important resources like this to people in your community and beyond, free of charge. When Assyrian power had ebbed by 625 B.C., the Neo-Babylonians conquered: 1) Assyria with its capital Nineveh in 612 B.C. Those are the views. And in line with that, I want to try, at least, in the next couple of Sunday nights to establish a foundation for our understanding. I had, as theologians might call it, my own my own ordo eschaton; that would be the chronological sequence of the end times. Or another way to say it would be this: how many of you have attended an amillennial prophecy conference? Forfeited all its privileges, forfeited all those things that God declared in covenant that He would give to them in the future; and they forfeit it by their disobedience to the Mosaic Covenant, by their apostasy from true religion and by their rejection of their Messiah. . Since Scripture speaks of the Millennium as a time of great prosperity for the kingdom of God, post-mills are inherently optimistic. Irenaeus and Justin represent two of the most outspoken premillennialists of the pre-Nicean church. The church historian, Eusebius, reports this in his Ecclesiastical History. From this point on he dedicated much of his energy to ridding the church of this belief. Theres a rapture, and theres a bma seat judgment; we know that. The English noun/verb "rapture" comes from the Latin noun raptura/verb rapio that is used 14 times in the NT.The basic idea of the word is "to remove suddenly or snatch away." It is used in the NT in reference to stealing/plundering (Matt. Premillennialism is distinct from the other views such as postmillennialism which views the millennial rule as occurring before the second coming. [41] Although they were not premillennial, the English theologian Daniel Whitby (16881726), the German Johann Albrecht Bengel (16871752), and the American Jonathan Edwards (170358) "fueled millennial ideas with new influence in the nineteenth century. Donald Bloesch in his book The Last Things writes that: "Amillennialists as well as some postmillennialists adhere to the theory of progressive parallelism when dealing with the book of Revelation. Absent from the list is dispensational premillennialism because it is a view which (a . Would you agree? I think He cares that we get it right, thats why He wrote it, and I think He understands that His glory is at stake, and our hope and comfort is at stake and the evidence of Gods massive moving in history is at stake with regard to the future. Weekly telecasts and daily radio broadcasts of "Grace to You" are seen and heard by millions worldwide. I have - they can try to terrify me with all this stuff; I am unmoved. Now, the truth of the matter is, those are just two ways to look at the same thing; postmillennialism and amillennialism is really the same thing. Historic premillennialism is the view that Christ will return before the millennium. [32] The theological term kingdom maintained its eschatological function, though it was not necessarily futuristic. The church will have an increasing influence in the world. Regarding this Dr. Timothy Jones writes, "Dispensationalism emphasizes the differences and discontinuity between the physical descendants of Abraham and followers of Jesus [2]. Leave it to the semi-Pelagians and Pelagians, who go in and out of salvation; it makes sense for their theology. Over 200 times in the Bible God is called the God of Israel - over two hundred times, the God of Israel.. And he is suggesting, therefore, that we cant interpret them literally, because somehow, weve got to make them fulfilled in this age, because there is no future age. Turn to 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 9; 2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 9: We have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, - that is, whether in heaven or here - to be pleasing to Him - to be pleasing to Him. He doesnt know the future because it hasnt happened. MacArthur--who is an ardent dispensationalist--stated and defended his position. "Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist is a Pre-Millennialist." For those of you who don't know, this was a statement, among others, that John MacArthur was recorded as making at the recent Shepherd's Conference 2007 at Grace Community Church, Sun Valley California. And God brought to a conclusion upon the sixth day the works that He had made; and God rested upon the seventh day from all His works.' The first phase of that eternal rule will be His reign on this earth, which will last - as Revelation 20 says six times - a thousand years, after which His rule will continue, because it is an everlasting rule, but it will continue in a new heaven and a new earth that replace this heaven and earth, which will melt in an atomic implosion and make way for the new creation. My sermon was on amillennialism, which I posted to my blog last week. Seventy percent - by the way - of Scripture is the story of Israel, start to finish. So, it is really one of the strange ironies of Reformed theology, and therefore its a strange irony in the church today, that those who love the doctrine of sovereign election most - that would be Reformed theologians - those who love the doctrine of sovereign election most supremely, and who love that doctrine most sincerely and - this is going to be a long sentence - and who are most unwavering in their devotion to the glory of God, the honor of Christ, the work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration, the veracity and inerrancy of Scripture , Those who are usually the most fastidious in Bible interpretation - yes, those who are the most careful and intentionally biblical regarding all categories of doctrine, those who see themselves as guardians of biblical truth, those who are passionate to get it right, those who are not content to be wrong at all, and those who most heartily agree on the essential matters of Christian truth, so that they labor with all their powers to examine in a Berean fashion every relevant text to discern the true interpretation of all matters of divine revelation, are . 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