May it be powerful in our lives we pray in Christs name. They dont want to accept the fact that Adam and Eve were created full grown, male and female, not the result of an evolutionary process. I said, Sure - Ill take all day Friday, Ill tell you the future. So, I just marched them through the order of the chronology of eschatology as its laid out clearly, both in the Old and the New Testament, and I finished. I reject the wacky world of newspaper exegesis and cartoon eschatology, and crazy interpretation like the locusts of Revelation 9 being helicopters, et cetera. 2. Thats called process theology. 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. If you dont know what you believe about the future, you cant preach on it. by John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue (Chicago: Moody, 2012), 24. S. Lewis Johnson Jr. (1915-2004), a conservative evangelical pastor and theologian, was for many years a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. But there is a growing influence of amillennialism, because amillennialism has been a part of reformed theology. Where is the divine mandate to do that? Dr. James M. Boice Makes An Excellent Case For Premillennialism. Anderson locates three reasons that may account for Augustine's theological shift: After moving away from premillennialism to amillennialism, Augustine viewed Sabbath rest in the sexta-/septamillennial scheme as symbolically representative of Eternity. Moreover, the millennium of Revelation 20 became for him symbolically representative of Christs present reign with the saints.[30] Richard Landes observed the 4th century as a time of major shift for Christian eschatology by noting that it "marked a crucial moment in the history of millenarianism, since during this period Augustine repudiated even the allegorizing variety he himself had previously accepted. Art. [38] A few in the mainstream accepted it, such as Joseph Mede (15861638)[39] and possibly Hugh Latimer (died 1555),[40] but it was never a conventional belief throughout the period. He even went so far as to say that the Amillennial position is more consistent with Arminianism MacArthur--who is an ardent dispensationalist--stated and defended his position. That in itself is an indication of Gods preservation for their future. 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. And when the church has brought about the dominating influence of Christ across the world, He will then come and end everything, and establish the new heaven and the new earth, which is the eternal state. Now, against those two is the view called premillennialism; that means there will be a millennium and prior to that millennium, Jesus will come. 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. . In the fifth book of Against Heresies, Irenaeus concentrates primarily on eschatology. So, if were going to change the rules of interpretation to inject into Scripture a preconceived idea or to avoid what is obvious, we better be sure that we have a word from God. I have thought about these things, by the way, for a long time. He wants us to get it right; thats why He put it in the Scripture and the Scripture is replete with it. DP also believes that God has a place for both national Israel (cf. We've been working our way through doctrinal emphases in Scripture, doctrinal themes, and we have covered a lot of ground. Over four decades of ministry, John has written dozens of bestselling books, including The . Because, you see, if it doesnt mean what it says it means, then any suggestion is as bad as any other suggestion. So, we can set aside the idea that somehow this is rooted in wacky dispensationalism; it is not. 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 What is meant whe Wannabee Obi Wan Kenobi Oct 27, 2007 #9 No to Scofield. It matters to me. Do you understand the massive apologetic power of the existence of Israel as an ethnic people in their own land? / ( .) The bottom line is were in charge. "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. 4. 3. Along that line, I went to Moody Press and I said, Look, Ive written two volumes on Revelation - I dont know, its 800 or 900 pages - and I realized not everybody is going to go through all of that. Not that they were the end, but they were the means to the end. Premillennialism is based upon a literal interpretation of Revelation 20:16 in the New Testament, which describes Jesus's reign in a period of a thousand years. The paragraph in full reads "676 The Antichrist's deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. But if you read Genesis 1 to 3, its pretty clear the evening and the morning were the first day, the evening and the morning were the second day, the evening and the morning were the third day. But in the Old Testament - for example, Isaiah 45:4: Israel, Mine elect. 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. He loved the church. 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. And I can only tell you I am unwaveringly committed to the sovereign election of a future generation of Jews to salvation, and the full inheritance of all the promises and covenants of God given to them in the Old Testament. 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. A preference for allegorical interpretation - Finally, Augustine was influenced by the popular allegorical interpretation of Scripture, particularly of The Book of Revelation. For example, the book is well-organized. [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. Irenaeus and Justin represent two of the most outspoken premillennialists of the pre-Nicean church. 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. [32] The theological term kingdom maintained its eschatological function, though it was not necessarily futuristic. He has been the pastor of Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in Sun Valley, California since February 9, 1969. Have you ever heard of that? We are responsible for our sin, but in the end, we believe because He moves on us. I have never moved away from my conviction about these two things. Dispensational Premillennialism is a recent, complex, and increasingly controversial form of modern Historic Premillennialism (HP). Does the end matter? Thats a hard sell, frankly. Not one reference anywhere in Scripture - and there are over two thousand, referring to Israel - means anything other than Israel. They believe that salvation can be gained and lost. One calls it a kingdom and says it will expand and expand and expand - thats the positive spin. You cannot fight the war on every front, and at the great time of the Reformation, they were fighting the war where the battle raged the hottest. He loved the ministry. Israel and the church, and advocate for futuristic millennialism. 1897 (Western Theological Seminary) (James Orr) .. In fact, some say nearly one-fourth of Scripture is prophetic. [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. 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? "MacArthur calls himself a "leaky dispensationalist"--meaning he rejects any and all "dispensational" soteriological innovations, holding to classic Reformed (i.e., Protestant, not "covenantal") soteriology. Yet it is inconsistent with. Our church just finished up a 7-week series on eschatology. Daniel was one of the first groups of deportees, and Ezekiel followed in 597 B.C. Death, where is your sting? If you interpret Old Testament prophecies literally, they cannot be fulfilled in this present age. 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 will be followed by an additional return of Christ with his saints (though there are post tribulation dispensationalists, such as Robert Gundry). John MacArthur: My father never put pressure on me to be a pastor. GDPR is the new European privacy regulation, which will replace the Data Protection Act 1998 in the UK and the equivalent legislation across the EU Member States. 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. An Excellent Defense of The Rapture by Dr. John MacArthur But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. He comes pre, not post; He comes before. 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. For the last century, the belief has been common in Evangelicalism according to surveys on this topic. Turn to Revelation chapter 1. Major proponents J. N. Darby, C. I. Scofield, John Walvoord, A. C. Gaebelein, Charles Ryrie, Lewis S. Chafer, J. Dwight Pentecost, Charles C. Ryrie, Craig Blaising and . This article is also available and sold as a booklet. Scofield, that came out of J.N. #6. They will die for that truth regarding the church, but unashamedly abandon that same truth for the elect nation of Israel. ; 2) Egypt in the following years; and 3) Judah in 605 B.C. Look, I reject all of those really abusive and bizarre kinds of interpretation; but frankly, theyre no more wacky then the interpretations of the amillennialists, who want to take the entire book of Revelation and stuff it into the events of 70 A.D. and a few years afterwards and come up with things that are just as ridiculous. Contrarily, certain Anabaptists, Huguenots, and Bohemian Brethren were premillennial. Its the same God, same terminology. Christ's Prophetic Plans: A Futuristic Premillennial Primer. So, this is a classic perfect fit for Arminian theology. Popular proponents of dispensational premillennialism have been John F. MacArthur, Phil Johnson, Ray Comfort, Jerry Falwell, Todd Friel, Dwight Pentecost, John Walvoord (d. 2002), Tim Lahaye, Charles Caldwell Ryrie (in the notes for the Ryrie Study Bible), the theological-folk poetry of Jack Royerton, and Charles L. Feinberg. 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? Now, they make perfect amillennialists; thats a perfect setup for them. Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource. [37] The Anglican Church originally formalized a statement against millenarianism in the Anglican Articles. The Rapture, Antichrist, and Rebirth of Israel in Medieval Manuscripts. What passage is it in? Its the whole point of everything else. Now, Im going to save the good stuff till next time, but I want to just end by giving you a little list of benefits of getting your eschatology right, okay? How could He hold them responsible for not believing? And youve been great tonight; this is more like a theological lecture. Now, I told you a few weeks ago why people believe that, because they want to get God off the hook so Hes not responsible for evil; but Hes happy to take the responsibility for allowing evil for His own glory. Its just a lot of material. Regarding this Dr. Timothy Jones writes, "Dispensationalism emphasizes the differences and discontinuity between the physical descendants of Abraham and followers of Jesus [2]. Let me give you a theology lesson here a little bit. [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. Premillennialism: The millennium is the long period (perhaps a literal 1,000 years) when King Jesus will rule on earth. So, I say, leave amillennialism to those kinds of people who do not believe in the sovereign, unilateral, irrevocable, divine electing power of God. If you get that right, your eschatology will come crystal clear. 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). And Im confident that God didnt reveal prophetic truth in so much detail to hide anything, to obscure the truth, but to reveal it for our blessing, our motivation and His glory. Register. Accordingly, it must be that Abraham, together with his seed (that is, those who fear God and believe in Him), will receive it at the resurrection of the just.[7] In another place Irenaeus also explained that the blessing to Jacob belongs unquestionably to the times of the kingdom when the righteous will bear rule, after their rising from the dead. After clicking 'Register', you will receive an email with a link to verify your account and to complete your registration. Short Response to Dr. MacArthur's statement. For Joachim, year 1260 was to mark the end of the second and the beginning of the third and final golden age of earth's history. Marcion opposed the use of the Old Testament and most books of the New Testament that were not written by the apostle Paul. And Im really grateful that the Spirit of God is moving the way He is these days, and moving in the church to reestablish the glorious high ground of the sovereignty of God in salvation. 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. Or another way to say it would be this: how many of you have attended an amillennial prophecy conference? You get your eschatology right when you get Israel right. He is best known for his voluminous tome written against the 2nd century Gnostic threat, commonly called Against Heresies. From the material available online today, many would conclude that "historic premillennialism" refers to the teaching of 20th century theologian George Elton Laddand no other view. The church. The preconception is that we cant allow this to happen. We still have Mark to go, but there are only a couple of discourses and a couple of miracles in Mark that arent in the other three gospels, so not a lot of new material. 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. Dispensational premillennialism (DP) offers the most complex chronology of the end times.It argues that the current church age will end with the rapture of the church (cf. And Ive gone back after I preach, and Ive written commentaries - now I think 26 or 27 volumes on the New Testament - back through the same material again and again and again and again and again, so that this understanding of eschatology has had to stand the acid test of every text. 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. I think it matters to God. Dionysius argued against Nepos's influence and convinced the churches of the region of amillennialism. The other view is whats called openness theology, and its the same thing; it simply means God has no idea what the future is. When Christianity became the official religion of Rome in the fourth . He would be pretty close to progressive. You forfeit everything, and God gives it to somebody else - namely, the church - and we hope the church can do better than Israel or the church will forfeit it all as well. The faithful spend eternity in the New Jerusalem. Darby, that came out of that whole dispensational system no, it didnt. MacArthur's Leaky Dispensationalism. In the world, things will get better and better and better as the church becomes more powerful and more influential. Christ returns before the Millennium, a literal thousand years 2. He made them in the past, when He didnt know what He now knows, because what was going to happen hadnt happened. Primer, ed. This view originated in the 1830s from the teaching ministry of one John Nelson Darby, an early leader in the Plymouth Brethren movement. There are three basic eschatological views which are held by those calling themselves "Reformed.". Israel sinned, youre out. Well see more about how that works. MacArthur, John, and Richard Mayhue, eds. One says its not the kingdom. I have dragged you through virtually every verse in the New Testament. So, my words to you are really very simple foundational words, I say this. All right, thats the introduction. Macarthur writes "Futuristic Premillennialism is the result of an understanding and application of the prophetic texts in a way that is consistent with the normal, literal approach to interpreting Scripture." This is how the authors come to their Futuristic Premillennial view. That the coming of Christ to raise the dead and to judge the earth will be within much less than this thousand years. Among our elders, all four of the end-times views are representedhistoric premillennialism, dispensational premillennialism, amillennialism, and postmillennialism. Origen did this in his Commentary on Matthew[19] when he taught that Christs return signifies His disclosure of Himself and His deity to all humanity in such a way that all might partake of His glory to the degree that each individuals actions warrant (Commentary on Matthew 12.30).[20] Even Origen's milder forms of this teaching left no room for a literal millennium and it was so extreme that few actually followed it. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism,577 especially the "intrinsically perverse" political form of a secular messianism.578". This up to now has been more like a lecture, but turn to Revelation chapter 1, and just look at verse 3 for a moment. A History of Christian Zionism: Philo-Semitism and the Expectation of Israel's Restoration. All this panic about global warming, and all this panic about the end of the world and asteroids crashing into the earth? It is the single most inexplicable story in human history, that this small group of beleaguered people, attacked and assaulted by everybody around them for centuries, still exist as a pure ethnic race. Now, to affix our thinking to one great future event which seems to be the most controversial, I want you to think with me about the coming kingdom of Christ, known as the millennial kingdom, because in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, the opening of that chapter, there is reference to the reign and rule of Jesus Christ on the earth which lasts one thousand years; in fact, one thousand is repeated six times in that brief text. During the 2007 Shepherds Conference at Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, John MacArthur delivered a lecture entitled "Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist Should Be a Premillennialist." It created quite a stir among Reformed pastors and theologians. [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. We want the Word to bless, to make us pure, to stabilize us, to comfort us, to give us a passion for evangelism. And so, I think its a fair test to see whether eschatology holds up. Romans 11:28 . You get the interpretation of Scripture right when youre faithful to valid rules of interpretation. In the meantime, Ive continued to study the Old Testament to write all the footnotes for the MacArthur Study Bible through the entire Old Testament. But they want to get God off the hook, so they say Hes really not responsible, Hes really not in charge of anything; Hes just trying to figure it out. And by the way, if we change the rules, what are the new ones? They didnt really get to the front of ecclesiology either, the study of the church, but those two kind of go together - as well see in this study - in some very fascinating ways. So, you interpret it right, and that will allow you to understand the meaning of the Covenants and the future of Israel; and Gods integrity is at stake. And whats at stake here? Throughout the 19th century, premillennialism continued to gain wider acceptance in both the US and in Britain, particularly among the Irvingites,[46] Plymouth Brethren, Christadelphians,[47] Church of God, Christian Israelite Church. 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 . Who will establish it? There is another form of that view called amillennialism; amillennialism - and youve probably heard about that. Did He do it and somehow muddle it so hopelessly that the high ground for Bible students and the high ground for theologians is to recognize the muddle and abandon the perspicuity or the clarity of Scripture on that subject? Well, this is such a great chapter - verse 51: I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep. 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 . Grace to You radio, video, audio, print, and website resources reach millions worldwide each day. Throughout the Patristic periodparticularly in the 3rd centurythere had been rising opposition to premillennialism. My professors were a Who's Who of dispensational premillennialism: John Walvoord (then president of DTS), Charles Ryrie (author of Dispensationalism Today and The Ryrie Study Bible ), and J. Dwight Pentecost (author of perhaps the most influential text on the subject at that time, Things to Come ), just to mention the more well-known. So, they did it, and we distributed that at the Shepherds Conference - 350-page version of Revelation, in which the full interpretation is provided there and of course, you can advance to the full two volumes if youd like. Like all divine truth, getting the future truth right is beneficial. 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. O.T. (Both MacArthur and Barry Horner, though, do teach the biblical covenants, point 1 above.) 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. This view understands that an aspect of the eschatological kingdom presently exists, but must wait for the millennium to be realized fully.[63]. Thats for people who dont know this; that the way history ends, is with Jesus coming and taking us away. Julian of Toledo (642690) summarizes the medieval doctrine of the millennium by referring to it as the church of God which, by the diffusion of its faith and works, is spread out as a kingdom of faith from the time of the incarnation until the time of the coming judgment. Some people say, How in the world can you understand it? They understood it in China without anything but a Bible; they understood it in Central Asia without anything but a Bible; you take it at face value. 1. Ive been teaching and preaching the Bible expositionally now for over 40 years, one verse at a time. All of these are benefits of getting it right. They taught that the kingdom of God would be visibly manifest on earth after the second coming of Jesus. More recently dispensationalism has been popularized through Hal Lindsey's 1970s bestseller, The Late, Great Planet Earth and through the Left Behind Series by Tim Lahaye and Jerry Jenkins. Barry Horner's emphasis in Future Israel also fits in here. 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. Justin Martyr in the 2nd century was one of the first Christian writers to clearly describe himself as continuing in the Jewish belief of a temporary messianic kingdom prior to the eternal state, although the notion of Millennium in his Dialogue with Trypho seem to differ from that of the Apology. Staggering. 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. First, the Antichrist would appear and a seven-year period of tribulation would commence. 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