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. Reformed theologian John Piper affirmed his belief that the second coming of Christ is coming soon and indicated that he is a premillennialist. 11:12; 12:29; 13:19; John 10:12, 28, 29) and removing (John 6:15; Acts 8:39; 23:10; Jude 23).There is a third use, which focuses on being caught up . And youve been great tonight; this is more like a theological lecture. "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. (Edmonton, AB Canada: Still Waters Revival Books, [1855] 1993), 2:621. And at that judgment, well be recompensed for the deeds done in the body, whether they are good or phaulos, meaning useless. Romans 11:28 . 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. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where he has served since 1969. Do you understand the massive apologetic power of the existence of Israel as an ethnic people in their own land? Isaiah 65 - really, the whole chapter is about Israel, Gods elect - verse 22: My elect again shall enjoy long the work of their hands. Israel repeatedly called Gods elect; we know what that means. That is to say, while they understood that someone would come, they understood whatever it was that had been revealed to them, the timing was not clear, and the precise personages were not clear. Scripture affirms the perpetuity of the elect church to salvation glory; that all whom the Lord has chosen He brings to glory. Premillennialism Historic Premillennialism Postmillennialism Amillennialism view sees the re-establishment of temple worship and animal sacrifices as a remembrance of Christ's sacrifice. And so, we stand steadfast, immovable. We know that when He appears, - second coming we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is. 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. MacArthur, John, and Richard Mayhue, eds. Premillennialists believe that two-thirds of the Jews living in Israel during the time of the great tribulation will be slaughtered (Zech. Another way to see this would be to ask this question: what other category of theology - what other category of theology except atheism - starts with the alpha privative and labels itself as believing in something that doesnt exist? A Purchased Victory: A Conference on the Bright Hope of Postmillennialism, Website made by Chittam Technology Solutions, LLC. We chart the course and God reacts. Dispensational Premillennialism is a recent, complex, and increasingly controversial form of modern Historic Premillennialism (HP). First of all, we commend Dr. MacArthur for his solid Biblical position on Israel, and that Israel has a glorious future in the plan and purpose of God. 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.. 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. Now, with regard to the coming kingdom of Christ, in which Christ rules as supreme and sovereign ruler, there are a number of views, but let me boil them down to three views - and these are good, and Ill give you a simple explanation so that you understand where we are going. His contention that unless you see Scripture through dispensational eyes, you cannot be a "self-respecting Calvinist" surprised many-Reformed amillennarians and historic premillennarians alike. To say youre an amillennialist is only to tell me what you dont believe, and then you have to go to all of the passages of Scripture that talk about the kingdom and tell me why you dont believe they mean what they say. All right, thats the introduction. Have you ever heard of that? So, I say, leave amillennialism to those kinds of people who do not believe in the sovereign, unilateral, irrevocable, divine electing power of God. 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. Or another way to say it would be this: how many of you have attended an amillennial prophecy conference? Now, next time Im going to take you through a series of about five questions that were going to ask and see how this plays out on the pages of Scripture, okay? #10. They believe God elects nobody to salvation. The Rapture, Antichrist, and Rebirth of Israel in Medieval Manuscripts. This is why its message is hated. This article is also available and sold as a booklet. 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. A. DeJong, As the Waters Cover the Sea: Millennial Expectations in the Rise of Anglo-America Missions, 16401810 (Kampen: J. H. Kok, 1970), 3738.) I had, as theologians might call it, my own my own ordo eschaton; that would be the chronological sequence of the end times. I saw it in Scripture when I was young; I saw it in Scripture because it was so crystal clear. S. Lewis Johnson, Curt Daniel "The History and Theology of Calvinism" by Curt Daniel) and others affirm full soteriological Calvinism without adopting postmil or amil eschatology. His message in General Session 1 was entitled Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist is Premillennial. CLASSIC DISPENSATIONALISM. 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. We cant have those prophecies come to pass with regard to Israel in an earthly, literal kingdom the way the Old Testament seems to be saying it, so set aside normal, natural, literal interpretation. That's OK and no one is surprised or upset about that. He is the author, co-author or co-editor of fifteen books and more than eighty articles in journals or multi-author works. 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 . 2. That is a large part of evangelical Christianity, the Wesleyan movement, Charismatic movement, Methodists, etc., etc., many Baptists. Yet in Sproul's lifetime, he and MacArthur were close friends. Its a strange approach. So, I told the pastors at the conference, and the title of this talk is, Why every self-respecting Calvinist has to be a premillennialist. Because, if you believe in divine sovereign election, then you have to believe that as God will be faithful to His promises to His church, He will also be faithful to His promises to His elect nation Israel. We know that Word about the future has that power. Moreover, John, as again stated by Papias, ascribed the origin of millenarianism to Christ . 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? Dispensationalism continues to provoke heated debate within the Christian world. Edwards believed that the overthrow of Satans kingdom involved several elements: the abolition of heresies and infidelity, the overthrow of the kingdom of the Antichrist (the Pope), the overthrow of the Muslim nations, and the overthrow of Jewish infidelity: However obstinate [the Jews] have been now for above seventeen hundred years in their rejection of Christ, and however rare have been the instances of individual conversions, ever since the destruction of Jerusalem … yet, when this day comes, the thick vail that blinds their eyes shall be removed, 2 Cor. Craig Blaising and . And it is powerfully persuasive. 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. Now, there are people who do this to Genesis 1, 2 and 3. O.T. 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. Hes improving; Hes definitely on the upward curve. Turn to 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Corinthians 15. Now, when they came here, Im very much aware that many of them are amillennialists. Ive dragged myself through all these years of the discipline of study. The other view is whats called openness theology, and its the same thing; it simply means God has no idea what the future is. In keeping with his view of faith, MacArthur denigrates "facts," "doctrine," "intellectual assent," and so on. 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. He confronts the views of covenant theology, historical premillennialism, ultradispensationalism, and, in this revised edition, the increasingly popular progressive dispensationalism. Every promise God made to Abraham about his lineage inheriting the land of Palestine has been fulfilled! 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. And . Turn to 1 Thessalonians chapter 4; 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. Now, talking about eschatology is not without controversy. Do you know - are you watching this media? and defends what can only be described as postmillennialism over against premillennialism. Premillennialism (3) Pretribulationism (1) Pride (3) Priests (4) Princeton Theological Review (1) . Certainly, you have no idea what it means - neither does anybody else. 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. 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. This is why the Church is so weak in our day. MacArthur insisted that we should be able to preach the whole Bible without changing the original meaning of the text or abrogating promises. Over four decades of ministry, John has written dozens of bestselling books, including The . That leaves me with the impression that God wants us not to question the length of its duration. You can follow him on Twitter. John MacArthur was one of the influences that helped turn me to Preterism. Register. That's a complete misreading. Did God do this but somehow mumble? But let me tell you something: normal, natural, literal interpretation is the only way to stop abuse of Scripture. I have even called thee by thy name Isaiah 65:9: Mine elect shall inherit it - the promises of God. When He comes, everything ends immediately. We sent you an email. As one prominent amillennialist said when asked, What is the biblical significance of the existence of Jews in their land? and he said, It has no significance at all. Really? 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. First, the Antichrist would appear and a seven-year period of tribulation would commence. In 1652, a group of eighteen Puritan ministers and theologians, including both Presbyterians and Independents, affirmed that the Scripture speaks of a double conversion of the Gentiles, the first before the conversion of the Jews, they being Branches wild by nature grafted into the True Olive Tree instead of the natural Branches which are broken off…. In the world, things will get better and better and better as the church becomes more powerful and more influential. You get the Old Testament covenants and promises right when you get the interpretation of Scripture right. Tell us about the future. They were in a very hopeless situation, having very little in life. The reasons are simple enough: this classic work is forthrightly Biblical. How could He hold any of us, in one sense, responsible for not believing? Historic premillennialism is one system of eschatology that has support in the Protestant community. 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. (1) That the old offcasten Israel for unbelief would never be forgotten, especially in these meetings, that the promised day of their ingrafting again by faith may be hastened; and that the dead weight of blood removed off them, that their fathers took upon them and upon their children, that have sunk them down to hell upwards of seventeen hundred years. This is process theology. 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? Reformed theology has made a monumental comeback in this culture, and thankfully so, because it is biblical. Craig and his wife Fran have two daughters and reside in Centennial, Colorado. May it be powerful in our lives we pray in Christs name. . We want the Word to bless, to make us pure, to stabilize us, to comfort us, to give us a passion for evangelism. The books and articles that make this case are not obscure or difficult to find. They were fighting the massive Roman system, and being occupied on those fronts, they never really got to the front of eschatology. Scofield, that came out of J.N. Israel and the church, and advocate for futuristic millennialism. Where is the divine mandate to do that? 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.. Ive been putting an outline together in preparation for two talks I did for the December 1819 online A Purchased Victory: A Conference on the Bright Hope of Postmillennialism. My two talks deal with biblical and cultural impediments that are often raised against postmillennialism. Not that they were the only ones to be saved, but they were the ones through whom God will eventually reach, and even set up His Son to rule over the nations. There are over two thousand references to Israel in Scripture; not one of them means anything but Israel. 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. Anything to avoid premillennialism, even if you change the rules of interpretation. In fact, some say nearly one-fourth of Scripture is prophetic. And who made them? 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. 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. 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. I am not going to try to quote him here, because frankly I did not take notes, I just sat there and listened. I couldnt help but wonder what the other guest speakers might have been thinking as they sat in the front row. We had met a short time ago, and she had questions about . 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. 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. This book teaches that Christians will exercise dominion in history. 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. It therefore teaches responsibility. Ive been here at Grace Church well, what - thirty-some years. The church will have an increasing influence in the world. God promised him the inheritance of the land. A Look at the Church of England, Sneak Peek Interview: Laura Wiflers New Childrens Book. He will return to an increasingly wicked earth, He will come in fiery judgment, He will judge all the ungodly of all the earth, and then establish His rule and His kingdom forever. Iain Murray, the author of The Puritan Hope, a book that Im using to make my historical case against MacArthurs claims, spoke at the Shepherds Conference in 2001. Thats just two ways to look at the same thing. Some people try to call it poetry, but its clearly not poetry - it has none of the earmarks of poetry, none of the characteristics of Hebrew poetry. Dr. MacArthur picked this fight. Darby, that came out of that whole dispensational system no, it didnt. John MacArthur claims to be a Dispensationalist in both The Gospel According to Jesus (GAJ) and The Gospel According to the Apostles (GAA). If you want to understand what the Bible says about the future, get these two things right: the sovereignty of God in election, and the promises of that sovereign, electing God to those people to whom He has elected - His redeemed church and Israel. 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. Now, against those two is the view called premillennialism; that means there will be a millennium and prior to that millennium, Jesus will come. I have dragged you through virtually every verse in the New Testament. His presentation was not an attempt to harmonize Calvinism with a premillennial view but rather to show the inconsistency of the contrary. It is masterfully written. The bottom line is were in charge. 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. Registered User Mathewson, Dave L. 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.
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