I have dragged you through virtually every verse in the New Testament. Why do we want to change the rules in interpretation to avoid that? First John 3 verse 2: Beloved - 1 John 3:2 Now are we the children of God. 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. Amillennialism really seems to fit them. The reformers had it right on most issues. Origen was the first to challenge the doctrine openly. The bottom line is were in charge. How could they believe unless He caused them to believe? Here at Grace to You Europe we take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and, as you would expect, have undertaken a significant programme of work to ensure that we are ready for this important legislative change. 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. Most of the Reformers and the Puritans were postmils. There are three basic eschatological views which are held by those calling themselves "Reformed.". If were going to change the rules, then, may I suggest this - and this is what I told the pastors - if were going to change the rules, then we better have a word from God. 2. What he is saying is, a literal interpretation of the Old Testament is going to lead you to a premillennial view, and since we dont want to get there, we cant use a literal approach. It is also the time when the creation will bear fruit with an abundance of all kinds of food, having been renovated and set free And all of the animals will feed on the vegetation of the earth and they will be in perfect submission to man. I reject the wacky world of newspaper exegesis and cartoon eschatology, and crazy interpretation like the locusts of Revelation 9 being helicopters, et cetera. Instead it consistently referred to the present age so that the church was currently experiencing the eschaton. [4] According to Johannes Quasten, In his eschatological ideas Justin shares the views of the Chiliasts concerning the millennium.[5] He maintains a premillennial distinction, namely that there would be two resurrections, one of believers before Jesus' reign and then a general resurrection afterwards. It matters to me. Arminians - not Armenians, thats different; those who follow Arminius - did not believe in election. The first clear opponent of premillennialism associated with Christianity was Marcion. All right, thats the introduction. Relax; set all that aside. Now, I know at this point somebody out there is going to say, Oh boy, hes into the Left Behind series. No, Im not in to Rapture fiction, and Im not in to wacky charts - you dont see me up here with a big chart and a stick. Nevertheless, early in his career Augustine converted from premillennialism to amillennialism. Michael Servetus taught a chiliastic view, though he was denounced by the Reformers as a heretic and executed in Geneva under Calvin's authority. Through allegorical interpretation, he had been a proponent of amillennialism (of course, the sexta-septamillennial tradition was itself based upon similar means of allegorical interpretation). Only now has it happened, and so His promises may not be trustworthy, since they were given in the past, before so many things happened that He didnt know were coming to pass. Please be aware that these items are sent out from our office in the UK. Have you ever heard of that? Since Scripture speaks of the Millennium as a time of great prosperity for the kingdom of God, post-mills are inherently optimistic. Its the whole point of the beginning and the middle. Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource. Out of their own mouth - whats wrong with 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. Ive preached through many of the books of the Old Testament, the first eleven chapters of Genesis through Daniel, Zechariah, the minor prophets, and pieces and bits of Isaiah and others in the Old Testament. "[23] Augustines (354-430) influence shaped not only the Western Middle Ages, but it also influenced the Protestant reformers, who constantly referred to his teaching in their own debates. Would you agree? Now, understanding the future is you know, thats a general statement that you would be blessed - but look at just a couple of other things quickly. 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. All this panic about global warming, and all this panic about the end of the world and asteroids crashing into the earth? But, you know, of all the people on the planet who should be premillennialists, it should be those who believe in divine sovereign election, of all people. Irenaeus and Justin represent two of the most outspoken premillennialists of the pre-Nicean church. This makes two distinct judgmentsone for Christians and one for non-Christians after the millennium. Accordingly, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in order to comply with GDPR. XVII., condemns the Anabaptists and others who now scatter Jewish opinions that, before the resurrection of the dead, the godly shall occupy the kingdom of the world, the wicked being everywhere suppressed."[35] Likewise, the Swiss Reformer Heinrich Bullinger wrote up the Second Helvetic Confession, which reads "We also reject the Jewish dream of a millennium, or golden age on earth, before the last judgment. Help Grace to You bring important resources like this to people in your community and beyond, free of charge. Joachim divided earth's history into three periods. Premillennialism is often used to refer specifically to those who adhere to the beliefs in an earthly millennial reign of Christ as well as a rapture of the faithful coming before (dispensational) or after (historic) the Great Tribulation preceding the Millennium. . We know that, so our ambition is, when we get to that place, to be rewarded because we are pleasing to Him. If you dont know what you believe about the future, you cant preach on it. Mhling, Markus, "Grundwissen Eschatologie. . Who will establish it? It matters to me to understand what God has said about the end. Moreover, John, as again stated by Papias, ascribed the origin of millenarianism to Christ . 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. I was talking to one of our missionaries just this same week I gave this talk to the pastors, and he was coming back from China and he said, Theres only one view in the church in China and its the premillennial view. Of course, because they just take what Scripture says. Therefore, Israel has been permanently set aside, so that the only kingdom will be that kingdom that we call the church, ruled by Christ, either expanding to take over the world, or existing in the world, and finally in heaven. Also, they believe the millennium has already begun. An Anglican - an Anglican - by the name of William Cunningham in 1815 wrote a book called The Premillennial Advent; he was anything but a dispensationalist. When Frederick the Great called his chaplain in and he said, I want proof of the truthfulness of the Bible, and I want it briefly, the chaplain replied, Sir, I can give you proof of the truthfulness of the Bible in one word: Israel.. Many traditional denominations continue to oppose the concept of a literal millennial kingdom. God promised him the inheritance of the land. Why, then, if we are so committed to protecting the text of the beginning in its literal nature, are we so fast to give up the texts of the end and their literal nature? Amillennialism is an eschatological view that believes the millennium is not a literal thousand years. Postmillennialists hold to the view that the Second Coming will happen after the millennium. 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. This view originated in the 1830s from the teaching ministry of one John Nelson Darby, an early leader in the Plymouth Brethren movement. Father, we thank You for a great evening together; wonderful testimonies, great fellowship and how - how good it is to think deeply and broadly about the glory of Your Word. Israel and the church, and advocate for futuristic millennialism. And there are a lot of people who get the first one right - they get election right - and they dont get Israel right, and they are lost when it comes to eschatology. In one passage he defends premillennialism by arguing that a future earthly kingdom is necessary because of God's promise to Abraham, he wrote "The promise remains steadfast. Dionysius of Alexandria stood against premillennialism when the chiliastic work, The Refutation of the Allegorizers written by Nepos, a bishop in Egypt became popular in Alexandria. Now, if you want to get the future right, youve got to get Israel right, and youve got to get Gods sovereign electing purpose right. 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. John F. MacArthur 2008-09-01 It is absolutely essential that a church perceive itself as an institution for the glory of God, and to do that, Dionysius argued against Nepos's influence and convinced the churches of the region of amillennialism. For example, the book is well-organized. Tell us about the future. They were in a very hopeless situation, having very little in life. There are a number of viewpoints of what the Bible means when it speaks of future events. Israel sinned, youre out. He loved the church. He loved the ministry. There are two great elect people in the Bible: Israel and the church; and Israel is elect, as the church is elect - the New Testament is full of comments about the church being the elect. Justin wrote in chapter 80 of his work Dialogue with Trypho, I and others who are right-minded Christians on all points are assured that there will be a resurrection of the dead, and a thousand years in Jerusalem, which will then be built For Isaiah spoke in that manner concerning this period of a thousand years. Though he conceded earlier in the same chapter that his view was not universal by saying that he and many who belong to the pure and pious faith, and are true Christians, think otherwise. [6], Irenaeus, the late 2nd century bishop of Lyon, was an outspoken premillennialist. Im unwaveringly committed to that. They taught that the kingdom of God would be visibly manifest on earth after the second coming of Jesus. Well see more about how that works. John MacArthur, Erwin W. Lutzer, S. Lewis Johnson, Rodney Stordtz, John Hannah and John Piper also come to mind) that was premillennial in his eschatology. So, my words to you are really very simple foundational words, I say this. Fundamental All rights reserved. When He comes, everything ends immediately. 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. You get Israel right when you get the Old Testament covenants and promises with Israel right. 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. Blessed. Loraine Boettner wrote a book called The Meaning of the Millennium; this is what he said: It is generally agreed that if the prophecies are taken literally, they do foretell a restoration of the nation of Israel in the land of Palestine, with the Jews having a prominent place in that kingdom and ruling over the other nations.. 2. Thomas Macaulay observed this and wrote "Many Christians believe that the Messiah will shortly establish a kingdom on the earth, and visibly reign over all its inhabitants. Why do we want to run from that? In keeping with his view of faith, MacArthur denigrates "facts," "doctrine," "intellectual assent," and so on. Thats for people who dont know this; that the way history ends, is with Jesus coming and taking us away. Major proponents J. N. Darby, C. I. Scofield, John Walvoord, A. C. Gaebelein, Charles Ryrie, Lewis S. Chafer, J. Dwight Pentecost, Charles C. Ryrie, . When Christianity became the official religion of Rome in the fourth . It is one thing to omit them for a time, and another to do it ordinarily. Whether you are a pessimistic amillennialist, or an optimistic amillennialist - thats a postmillennialist - you dont know what to do with prophetic truth, because if you interpret prophetic truth in the same normal, natural way you interpret all the rest of the passages of Scripture, youre going to end up a premillennialist; its inevitable. There are 73 references to Israel in the New Testament; each of them refers to Israel. Since the UK is now no longer a member of the EU, you may be charged an import tax on this item by the customs authorities in your country of residence, which is beyond our control. 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. 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.' 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