Ive been teaching and preaching the Bible expositionally now for over 40 years, one verse at a time. 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. Receiving Not Achieving. Where is the divine mandate to do that? That leaves me with the impression that God wants us not to question the length of its duration. There were 1600 pastors from central Asia - the first Central Asian pastors conference in history after the breakup of the Soviet Union. 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. Other well-known historic premillennialists include Walter Martin; John Warwick Montgomery; J. Barton Payne; Henry Alford, a noted Greek scholar; and Theodor Zahn, a German New Testament scholar. Over 200 times in the Bible God is called the God of Israel - over two hundred times, the God of Israel.. If you interpret Old Testament prophecies literally, they cannot be fulfilled in this present age. Btw, LA is beautiful and the conference is great, I hope to post some reflections as the week goes on. 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. His mode of expositing those verses that supposedly counter Preterism really helped me to focus on those areas in the Bible. They would rather believe that God has predestined His Church to failure than believe that they are personally responsible for transforming society. Israel sinned, promises cancelled. And Im not in to newspaper exegesis, where you where everything that happens in the news fulfills some obscure Old Testament prophecy. Israel disobeyed the law, youre done. Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts Workbook for Women Updated: Seven Questions to Ask Before---and After---You Marry 9780310875475 This makes two distinct judgmentsone for Christians and one for non-Christians after the millennium. Postmillennialists think things are going to get better. 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. And there are others who believe that that refers to heaven; that refers to the experience of the saints in heaven. John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is an American Protestant pastor and author known for his internationally syndicated Christian teaching radio and television program Grace to You. Not that they were the end, but they were the means to the end. Why would God wait nearly 2000 years to redeem a single generation of Jews only to have the antichrist wipe out two-thirds of them? Do you understand the massive apologetic power of the existence of Israel as an ethnic people in their own land? 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. Theological Method of Premillennialism" in A Case for Historic Premillennialism: An Alternative to "Left Behind" Eschatology, ed. How could He hold any of us, in one sense, responsible for not believing? That's OK and no one is surprised or upset about that. 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 It makes no sense. There are over two thousand references to Israel in Scripture; not one of them means anything but Israel. Did God do this but somehow mumble? He doesnt know the future because it hasnt happened. These are dicult words to pronounce and even harder concepts to understand. They were fighting the massive Roman system, and being occupied on those fronts, they never really got to the front of eschatology. 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. You never met a Hittite, an Amorite, a Hivite, a Jebusite, or any other ite. They have long since morphed into the melee and the mix of the races. We chart the course and God reacts. He blogs at Ordinary Pastor. 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 Tyndale Center for Bible Translation 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. And I ask the question: are we supposed to be comfortable with the notion that the hard and fast and true principles of Bible interpretation have to be set aside in prophetic texts? Ive written about this in several places. Do you know - are you watching this media? Show more Friends Following 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. Have you ever heard of that? The other view is whats called openness theology, and its the same thing; it simply means God has no idea what the future is. 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. 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. John MacArthur laid down the gauntlet on the issue of prophecy in his opening talk at the 2007 "Shepherds' Conference" that was titled "Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist Is a Premillennialist." He was emphatic that only premillennialism takes the prophecies concerning the future of Israel seriously. Israel and the church, and advocate for futuristic millennialism. Premillennialism (3) Pretribulationism (1) Pride (3) Priests (4) Princeton Theological Review (1) . Death, where is your sting? He made an interesting connection between Genesis and Revelation. Seventy percent - by the way - of Scripture is the story of Israel, start to finish. What you have here is a benediction from God: blessed is he who reads and understands the book of Revelation. 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. Enter your email address and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. and divine grace shall melt and renew their hard hearts … And then shall the house of Israel be saved: the Jews in all their dispersions shall cast away their old infidelity, and shall have their hearts wonderfully changed, and abhor themselves for their past unbelief and obstinacy. 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. 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. 8.The Grammatical-Historical Hermeneutic: Its Defense and the Demand for Premillennialism -- by Abner Chou -- p.64 9.Will Israel Build a Temple in Jerusalem? Yet in Sproul's lifetime, he and MacArthur were close friends. 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. See De Jong, As the Waters Cover the Sea, 12.). This book teaches that Christians will exercise dominion in history. Now, they make perfect amillennialists; thats a perfect setup for them. Those who most celebrate the sovereign grace of election - thats the Reformed - they are typically amillennial. Thats called process theology. You get Israel right when you get the Old Testament covenants and promises with Israel right. He notes that "the decisive authority of Asiatic millennialism is John, from whom the elders claimed to have obtained their information. One says its not the kingdom. It is one thing to omit them for a time, and another to do it ordinarily. . In a really interesting illustration MacArthur envisioned an amillennialist evangelizing a Jew. Help Grace to You bring important resources like this to people in your community and beyond, free of charge. 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. Blessed. A recurring topic of interest in his writings is the historical reliability of the Scriptures. Particular to this framework is the eschatological position known as "premillennial dispensationalism" which holds that Christ will return prior to a literal one-thousand-year reign on earth. So, we can set aside the idea that somehow this is rooted in wacky dispensationalism; it is not. 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. He is known around the world for his verse-by-verse expository preaching and his pulpit ministry via his daily radio program, Grace to You. Continue reading 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. All this panic about global warming, and all this panic about the end of the world and asteroids crashing into the earth? And by the way, if we change the rules, what are the new ones? 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. A Review of Dr. John MacArthur's "Why Every Calvinist Should be a Premillennialist" Sermon. Today's Christians have been taught that they must flee responsibility, for Jesus' sake. In the mid-seventeenth century, the Westminster Larger Catechism, in the answer to Question 191, displayed the hope for the future conversion of the Jews. Its two ways to view human history. 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. I align myself to historical premillennialism, so I want to convey my own dismay with John MacArthur's sermon series from 2007. 2. Primer, ed. 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? If students at The Masters Seminary are not being taught these things in their classes dealing with prophecy, then they are being shortchanged, misinformed, and, dare I say, led astray. 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. Craig Blaising and Darrell Bock, Progressive Dispensationalism So, if you say the promises of the Old Testament that refer to Israel really meant the church, you have no precedent for such an interpretation. Registered User Turn to Revelation chapter 1. 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. But let me tell you something: normal, natural, literal interpretation is the only way to stop abuse of Scripture. by John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue (Chicago: Moody, 2012), 24. Ridgeley knew his history well enough to know that the majority of theologians in the seventeenth century held to an advancing kingdom through the proclamation of the gospel which includes the future conversion of the Jews. . That's a complete misreading. 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. A Look at the Church of England, Sneak Peek Interview: Laura Wiflers New Childrens Book. Hes not predicting the future because you cant predict what hasnt happened - it doesnt exist. 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. 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. 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. We know that when He appears, - second coming we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is. As more and more information comes to Him, and as He has more and more experience in dealing with the issues of His universe, Hes getting better at being God. Dispensationalism is a kind of framework for history that is organized around seven dispensationsseven orders or administrations. Its just a lot of material. And whats at stake here? 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. You get your eschatology right when you get Israel right. The church will become more influential, more impactful, more spiritually powerful. 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. He asked what the amillennialist would say if the Jew asked about the kingdom and the blessings. John Knox (1) John MacArthur (4) John MacDuff (1) John Mark (1) John Piper (25) John T. Carroll (1) John the Baptist (1) . If this is a future event, why arent premillennialists warning the Jews in Israel whats about to take place? 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, and as President of The Master's College (and the related Master's Seminary) in Santa Clarita, California. Amillennialism is consistent with Arminianism. God doesnt choose you, you choose Him. You can figure it out. There are a number of viewpoints of what the Bible means when it speaks of future events. Not one reference anywhere in Scripture - and there are over two thousand, referring to Israel - means anything other than Israel. In 1 Peter chapter 1, you remember, Peter says that the prophets who wrote concerning Christ, concerning the things to come, wondered what person and what time. In 1679, Scottish minister Walter Smith drew up some guidelines for prayer meetings: As it is the undoubted duty of all to pray for the coming of Christs kingdom, so all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, and know what it is to bow a knee in good earnest, will long and pray for the out-making of the gospel-promises to his Church in the latter days, that King Christ would go out upon the white horse of the gospel, conquering and to conquer, and make a conquest of the travail of his soul, that it may be sounded that the kingdoms of the world are become his, and his name called upon from the rising of the sun to its going down. [1] He has been the pastor of Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in Sun Valley, California since February 9, 1969. May it be powerful in our lives we pray in Christs name. Would you agree? Amillennialism is ideal for Arminians because, according to their theology, God elects nobody and preserves nobody. When it was first published three and a half decades ago, Paradise Restored helped to precipitate a massive paradigm shift in the Evangelical and Reformed world from abject pessimism to unabashed optimism. And it is powerfully persuasive. [2] Like all divine truth, getting the future truth right is beneficial. And at that judgment, well be recompensed for the deeds done in the body, whether they are good or phaulos, meaning useless. If you get that right, your eschatology will come crystal clear. Turn to 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Corinthians 15. Scofield, that came out of J.N. The beliefs of Premillennialism are far from "rightly dividing the word of truth"! The Millennium is the reign on earth of Jews who accept Christ John MacArthur, Because the Time is Near: John MacArthur Explains the Book of Revelation (Moody, 2007). Through the work of Ladd, historic premillennialism gained scholarly respect and popularity among Evangelical and Reformed theologians since he had the right appreciation of the redemptive- historical significance of the first coming of Christ and of the NT age. Theres a recovery of premillennialism in the modern era, and the recovery of premillennialism in the modern era came from two very unlikely sources. No other study Bible does such a thorough job of explaining the historical context, unfolding the meaning of the text, and placing it within a theological The Rise of Philo-Semitism and Premillennialism During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 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. 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. 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. Basically he said that when people spiritualize or allegorize the first three chapters of Genesis we call them Liberals, but when they do the same with the prophetic Scriptures we call them amillennialists. The reasons are simple enough: this classic work is forthrightly Biblical. . It is pungently clear. Because when you understand Gods purpose for Israel, you now have the foundation for all eschatology; all eschatology. . 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. Register. The amil guy, MacArthur said, would have to say that things have changed, those promises no longer apply to you, we have them now and this is the kingdom. I like to call amillennialism negative, and postmillennialism positive. This we think to be the sense, in general, of those scriptures, both in the Old and New Testament, which speak of the latterday glory. I saw it in Scripture when I was young; I saw it in Scripture because it was so crystal clear. Whether youre talking about the church as Gods elect, or Israel as Gods elect, both are Gods elect. John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue, editors Moody Publishers 2012-02-21 Five faculty members of The Master's Seminary have written an excellent primer on what they call "futuristic premillennialism." This is a strong defense of pretribulational dispensational premillennialism. They are certainly available (or they should be) in the library at MacArthurs Masters Seminary. Articles Baptist Theology Calvinism Charles Spurgeon Christology Classic Premillennialism Covenant Theology e-Articles e-Books Eschatology Historic . Premillennialism: The millennium is the long period (perhaps a literal 1,000 years) when King Jesus will rule on earth. , . Its there. 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. 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. Piper was responding to an "Ask Pastor John . The reason why it's called "historic premillennialism" is that, historically, this was the allegedly commonly-held view by many of the church fathers like Iraenus, Pappias, and Justin Martyr. He also said that it is too late for Calvin but it is not too late for you [to join the Reformed Premillennial movement]! Why? Its the same God, same terminology. Now, there are people who do this to Genesis 1, 2 and 3. We've been working our way through doctrinal emphases in Scripture, doctrinal themes, and we have covered a lot of ground. No kingdom on earth ruled by Christ before He gets here, and no kingdom on earth ruled by Christ after He gets here. . We want the Word to cause us to live lives pleasing to You. You get the interpretation of Scripture right when youre faithful to valid rules of interpretation. Why bother? John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is an American Protestant pastor and author known for his internationally syndicated Christian teaching radio and television program Grace to You. His message in General Session 1 was entitled Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist is Premillennial. 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. I had, as theologians might call it, my own my own ordo eschaton; that would be the chronological sequence of the end times. 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. 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. Interestingly, some of this same languagethe phrase double conversion of the Gentiles in particularwas used by Johann Heinrich Alsted, whose premillennial The Beloved City or, The Saints Reign on Earth a Thousand Yeares (1627; English edition 1643) exercised great influence in England. The end is as divinely designed as the beginning, and God has given us massive amounts of revelation in the Scripture about the future. 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. But some are holding on to what they have taught in the past; I guess self-preservation dominates their theology at that point. This is why the Church is so weak in our day. All rights reserved. Let me condense that down, just squeeze it down to about 350 pages, because if people read this and understand it, theyre going to be blessed by God. And they said, Sure.. 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.
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