But in both cases, they would deny the actual thousand-year reign of Christ, and they would deny that Christ will reign and rule on earth and literally fulfill all His promises to the nation Israel given in the Old Testament covenants. Its the whole point of the beginning and the middle. 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 clear opponent of premillennialism associated with Christianity was Marcion. 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 catechism of the Catholic Church teaches in paragraph 676 that the millennium is to be understood as "beyond history". 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. Amen. John MacArthur's first message at the Shepherds' Conference set off shock waves throughout the reformed evangelical church by upholding Premillennialism as being the only consistent position for any person who holds to the doctrine of sovereign electing grace. But not us, who live and breathe the rarified air of sovereign grace and election; it makes no sense to me. The church will have an increasing influence in the world. From this point on he dedicated much of his energy to ridding the church of this belief. He comes pre, not post; He comes before. 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. But we now have pure Israelites. Thats for people who dont know this; that the way history ends, is with Jesus coming and taking us away. Log In Dr. James M. Boice Makes An Excellent Case For Premillennialism. Yet, Abraham did not receive it during all the time of his journey there. Its not nearly as difficult as some people make it if you just take Scripture at face value. 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. First John 3 verse 2: Beloved - 1 John 3:2 Now are we the children of God. 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. So, I said, Would you do me a favor? But, for certain, according to amillennialists, there will be no thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth. I have never moved away from my conviction about these two things. Amillennialism really seems to fit them. There was a clear majority position among the earliest church fathers on the relationship of Israel to the church. The sting of death is sin, the power of sin is the law, thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.. Whether youre talking about the church as Gods elect, or Israel as Gods elect, both are Gods elect. You would assume that they are confused because the Bible is confusing, and if the Bible is confusing, then God Himself is confused, and so, working hard - and it is often hard work - to understand prophetic passages is needless. How could He hold them responsible for not believing? Would you agree? Responding to Questions About Amillennialism. 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. Scofield, that came out of J.N. when they overthrew Jerusalem in the first of 3 steps (also 597 B.C., 586 B.C.). He was a voracious reader, and he just loved his ministry. For example, the book is well-organized. Arminius did not believe in election; those who follow him do not believe in election. "[36] Furthermore, John Calvin wrote in Institutes that millennialism is a "fiction" that is "too childish either to need or to be worth a refutation". Theological Method of Premillennialism" in A Case for Historic Premillennialism: An Alternative to "Left Behind" Eschatology, ed. For the day of the Lord is as a thousand years; and in six days created things were completed: it is evident, therefore, that they will come to an end at the sixth thousand year. The other says it is the kingdom. 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. The preconception is that we cant allow this to happen. But for those who get it, for those who understand it, for those who embrace Gods sovereignty - that He is the only one who can determine who will be saved and blessed, and He is the only one who can save and bless - then saying that He cancelled promises to Israel because they didnt believe is completely inconsistent. For details about this sermon and for related resources, click here: https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-339 To receive John MacArthur's monthly l. Regarding Marcion and premillennialism, Harvard scholar H. Brown noted. Premillennialism Historic Premillennialism Postmillennialism Amillennialism view sees the re-establishment of temple worship and animal sacrifices as a remembrance of Christ's sacrifice. 4. Premillennialism experienced a revival among 17th century Puritans like Thomas Brightman, Joseph Mede, and others. 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. May we be faithful to take it, to interpret it as you intended for us to, so that it can yield to us the wonderful rich blessings that You have promised. Well see more about how that works. The following resources pertain to eschatology the study of the end times. We understand that when you have a prophecy in the Bible that has not yet come to pass, not everything will be clear. First, the Antichrist would appear and a seven-year period of tribulation would commence. John MacArthur claims to be a Dispensationalist in both The Gospel According to Jesus (GAJ) and The Gospel According to the Apostles (GAA). The "millennium" refers to the period of 1,000 years mentioned in Revelation 20:3, "He threw Satan into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years were ended. [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. Now, when they came here, Im very much aware that many of them are amillennialists. Absent from the list is dispensational premillennialism because it is a view which (a . 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. How could they believe unless He caused them to believe? He is best known for his voluminous tome written against the 2nd century Gnostic threat, commonly called Against Heresies. 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 . You get Israel right when you get the Old Testament covenants and promises with Israel right. John MacArthur: My father never put pressure on me to be a pastor. One calls it a kingdom and says it will expand and expand and expand - thats the positive spin. Why do we want to run from that? 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. The other says there will be a kingdom. Who will establish it? In his early period, Augustine held to the sexta-/septamillennial view common in early Christianity (see above section on Patristic Age). John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where he has served since 1969. 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. And by what authority? And may I remind you that you have one very, very important reality to deal with in case you think theres no future in Israel: living Israelites. Accordingly, we have updated our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions in order to comply with GDPR. 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. 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