Why do we want to change the rules in interpretation to avoid that? John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where he has served since 1969. 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. Dispensational premillennialists hold that Christ will come before a seven-year period of intense tribulation to take His church (living and dead) into heaven. The alpha privative in the Greek language means a negative, so there is the view that there is no millennium; that what John is writing about in Revelation 20 is very vague, may refer to nothing other than a long time in which the church flourishes on earth, simply referring to that kingdom which is spiritual - that is, the rule of Christ over those who belong to Him while on earth. They also think that there is not to be a literal thousand-year kingdom as such, but thats just metaphoric for a long time; and it simply indicates whatever the duration of that period where the influence of the church dominates the world, after which Christ returns. The Rapture, Antichrist, and Rebirth of Israel in Medieval Manuscripts. 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. 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.. See, for example, Michael Vlach's article "How Does Historic Premillennialism Differ from Dispensational Premillennialism?", this "Eschatology Comparison" chart, and this article "An Historical . MacArthur, John, and Richard Mayhue, eds. Please be aware that these items are sent out from our office in the UK. Turn to 1 Thessalonians chapter 4; 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. In the world, things will get better and better and better as the church becomes more powerful and more influential. 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.. 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. Certainly, you have no idea what it means - neither does anybody else. That leaves me with the impression that God wants us not to question the length of its duration. With appearances by. Theological Method of Premillennialism" in A Case for Historic Premillennialism: An Alternative to "Left Behind" Eschatology, ed. 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. But, for certain, according to amillennialists, there will be no thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth. Pretribulational Rapture in 17th and 18th Century England. Let me give you a theology lesson here a little bit. All right. 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). 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. 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. This article is also available and sold as a booklet. Tell us about the future. They were in a very hopeless situation, having very little in life. Johnson was a moderate dispensationalist and a Five-point Calvinist in his soteriology. 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. [49] The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod explicitly states, When Christ returns, 'new heavens and a new earth' will be created (2 Pet. Ive been here at Grace Church well, what - thirty-some years. That's a complete misreading. Hes getting better. For example, the book is well-organized. He loved to preach. 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. 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. Whether youre an amillennialist or a postmillennialist, you basically say Israel forfeited all its promises. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 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. 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 there are others who believe that that refers to heaven; that refers to the experience of the saints in heaven. Historic, or Classic, Premillennialism is distinctively non-dispensational. John MacArthur's six-part series, "Why Every Calvinist is a Premillennialist," addresses this aspect of historic premillennialism, the future for Israel. And youve been great tonight; this is more like a theological lecture. 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. There isnt such a thing. It has not appeared as yet what we shall be. Now, talking about eschatology is not without controversy. 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. In his commentary on John 3:33, John Calvin wrote: "To believe the Gospel is nothing else than to assent to the truths that God has revealed." The sort faith that MacArthur rejects is what the Bible requires. Thats for people who dont know this; that the way history ends, is with Jesus coming and taking us away. Moreover, John, as again stated by Papias, ascribed the origin of millenarianism to Christ . "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. Amillennialism is an eschatological view that believes the millennium is not a literal thousand years. May 5, 2022. The Rise of Philo-Semitism and Premillennialism During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 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. MacArthur--who is an ardent dispensationalist--stated and defended his position. 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. They believe that salvation can be gained and lost. 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. He loved the church. Log In How could He hold any of us, in one sense, responsible for not believing? 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? That the conversion of the Jews will not be till this present state of the world is near unto its end. He doesnt know the future because it hasnt happened. And Im not in to newspaper exegesis, where you where everything that happens in the news fulfills some obscure Old Testament prophecy. Israel crucifies the Messiah, thats it. / ( .) His teaching is still one of the most potent elements in Western religious thought.[24] Therefore, to analyze what happened to premillennialism in the Middle Ages and the Reformation, it is necessary to observe the Augustinian foundation. You can believe and be saved and then you can forfeit your salvation. He loved the people in the church. Theyve been refined, clarified, expanded, enriched through these 50 years, but I was convinced when I started. And he is suggesting, therefore, that we cant interpret them literally, because somehow, weve got to make them fulfilled in this age, because there is no future age. Israel sinned, promises cancelled. However, what makes him really unique is that he was not Historic Premillennial - but Dispensational (Held to a pre . I saw it in Scripture when I was young; I saw it in Scripture because it was so crystal clear. 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. Out of their own mouth - whats wrong with that? 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. [37] The Anglican Church originally formalized a statement against millenarianism in the Anglican Articles. And by the way, dispensationalists - people say, Well, that whole premillennial view, that came out of C.I. They taught that the kingdom of God would be visibly manifest on earth after the second coming of Jesus. JOHN MACARTHUR is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California; president of The Master's College and Seminary; and featured teacher for the Grace to You media ministry. What passage is it in? Arminians - not Armenians, thats different; those who follow Arminius - did not believe in election. 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 in line with that, I want to try, at least, in the next couple of Sunday nights to establish a foundation for our understanding. Israel sinned, youre out. Postmillennialists hold to the view that the Second Coming will happen after the millennium. 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. We want the Word to bless, to make us pure, to stabilize us, to comfort us, to give us a passion for evangelism. This is simply a way to understand Scripture in its normal sense. Historic premillennialism taught that the Antichrist would appear on earth and the seven-year tribulation would begin. Staggering. In the US, the dispensational form of premillennialism was propagated on the popular level largely through the Scofield Reference Bible and on the academic level with Lewis Sperry Chafer's eight-volume Systematic Theology. Joachim divided earth's history into three periods. One says its not the kingdom. 4. Relax; set all that aside. There were 1600 pastors from central Asia - the first Central Asian pastors conference in history after the breakup of the Soviet Union. The Lutherans formally rejected chiliasm (millennialism) in The Augsburg Confession. O.T. Mhling, Markus, "Grundwissen Eschatologie. The completed registration allows us to send order and donation receipts to the email address you provided. . Throughout the Patristic periodparticularly in the 3rd centurythere had been rising opposition to premillennialism. God is just trying to find His way through the melee of choices and decisions, through the endless vicissitudes and choices that everything and everyone makes, through all of the numberless issues in this massive universe that are going on; Hes sorting it all out as He goes. Whether youre talking about the church as Gods elect, or Israel as Gods elect, both are Gods elect. 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. 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. A History of Christian Zionism: Philo-Semitism and the Expectation of Israel's Restoration. Did God do this but somehow mumble? But I want to approach this whole thing with you, as my congregation, the way I did with three thousand five hundred pastors a couple of weeks ago. 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. Daniel was one of the first groups of deportees, and Ezekiel followed in 597 B.C. So to interpret Matthew 24 the way John MacArthur does as all about the tribulation period, and then all of a sudden you get to verse thirteen and you read into that a whole soteriological concept that I've got to make it to the end of my life in good works to prove I'm a Christian so I can get to heaven. 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. We chart the course and God reacts. 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. Why bother? John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue's new systematic theology titled Biblical Doctrine has many positive aspects. 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. Theres a rapture, and theres a bma seat judgment; we know 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. Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth (English Edition) eBook : MacArthur, John, Mayhue, Richard: Amazon.com.br: Livros Some people want to turn it into ages - theres nothing in there that does that; theres nothing in the text itself that does that. 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. It has to matter to us. Not that they were the end, but they were the means to the end. "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. "[45] Between 1790 and the mid-19th century, premillennialism was a popular view among English Evangelicals, even within the Anglican church. 3. Why do we want to run from that? 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. This is an account of the things formerly created, as also it is a prophecy of what is to come. But, in any case - and by the way, postmillennialists and amillennialists differ as to the details of these kinds of things. 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. Acts 2:17 And in the last days it shall . Premillennialism experienced a revival among 17th century Puritans like Thomas Brightman, Joseph Mede, and others. Irenaeus and Justin represent two of the most outspoken premillennialists of the pre-Nicean church. 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. Absent from the list is dispensational premillennialism because it is a view which (a . So, we can set aside the idea that somehow this is rooted in wacky dispensationalism; it is not. 3:10-13)." . Hughes, James A. 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. Thats a hard sell, frankly. Fundamental Weve been working our way through doctrinal emphases in Scripture, doctrinal themes, and we have covered a lot of ground. 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? How could He hold them responsible for not believing? MacArthur's "dispensationalism" is eschatological and ecclesiological only. You get Israel right when you get the Old Testament covenants and promises with Israel right. 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. Ive dragged myself through all these years of the discipline of study. 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. Yet, Abraham did not receive it during all the time of his journey there. That, after the Jews conversion there will be a glorious day for the elect upon earth, and that this day shall be a very long continuance."[44]. 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. We also applaud his insistence that the Bible must be interpreted literally, according to its normal sense. 4. 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. 3. Chicago: Moody, 2012. 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. Calvin, though, was an amil, and DutchCalvinism, after a postmil start, has tended to be amil. 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. 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. Why? Oh sure, it helps to know some history and some background, but this is a pronounced blessing. Israel and the church, and advocate for futuristic millennialism. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, president of The Master's College and Seminary, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry. 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. 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. Amillennialism is consistent with Arminianism. Amillennialism really seems to fit them. But, as they [the millenarians] assert that those who then rise again shall enjoy the leisure of immoderate carnal banquets, furnished with an amount of meat and drink such as not only shock the feeling of the temperate, but even to surpass the measure of credulity itself, such assertions can be believed only by the carnal. (, Anderson, Soteriological Impact, 27-28. This view originated in the 1830s from the teaching ministry of one John Nelson Darby, an early leader in the Plymouth Brethren movement. The church will become more influential, more impactful, more spiritually powerful. 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. Our church just finished up a 7-week series on eschatology. Amen. I have never moved away from my conviction about these two things. [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. Art. 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. There are 73 references to Israel in the New Testament; each of them refers to Israel. Show it to me. Systematische Theologie aus der Perspektive der Hoffnung", Gttingen: This page was last edited on 18 February 2023, at 03:01. But they never got around to eschatology; they never got around to applying their formidable skills. [62] It also widely holds to the pretribulational return of Christ, which believes that Jesus will return to take up Christians into heaven by means of a rapture immediately before a seven-year worldwide tribulation. And by what authority? Not just the future of Israel, but our confidence in the Word of God. Scripture affirms the perpetuity of the elect church to salvation glory; that all whom the Lord has chosen He brings to glory. Whats that about? Major proponents J. N. Darby, C. I. Scofield, John Walvoord, A. C. Gaebelein, Charles Ryrie, Lewis S. Chafer, J. Dwight Pentecost, Charles C. Ryrie, 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 . [25] In accordance with this view, Augustine divided history into two separate dispensations, first the church age (the current age of 6,000 years), and then the millennial kingdom (Sermon 259.2). 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. There are a number of viewpoints of what the Bible means when it speaks of future events. It is narrative history, and we fight - sometimes tooth and nail - to maintain the literal veracity of Genesis 1 through 3. You have this hope as a purifying hope. Thats just two ways to look at the same thing. 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. [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. Romans 11:28 . The church will have an increasing influence in the world. 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. Proponents of the view include John Gill, Mike Placko, Charles Spurgeon,[51] James Montgomery Boice,[52] George Eldon Ladd,[53] John Piper,[54] Albert Mohler,[55] Francis Schaeffer, Carl F. H. Henry,[56] Harold Lindsell, D. A. Carson,[57][58] Bryan Chapell,[59] and Gordon Clark.[60]. There are three basic eschatological views which are held by those calling themselves "Reformed.". Single. 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. And again, I say, His election is divine, unilateral, unconditional and irrevocable. So, I say, leave amillennialism to those kinds of people who do not believe in the sovereign, unilateral, irrevocable, divine electing power of God. That's OK and no one is surprised or upset about that. Darby, that came out of that whole dispensational system no, it didnt. After this period of fulfillment of divine wrath, He shall then return to rule from a holy city ( i.e., the New Jerusalem) over the earthly nations for one thousand years. Dispensationalism is perhaps a key reason why evangelicals have such a concern with what happens to the nation of Israel. The proponents of amillennialism interpret the millennium as being a symbolic period of time, which is consistent with the highly symbolic nature of the literary and apocalyptic genre of the Book of Revelation, sometimes indicating that the thousand years represent God's rule over his creation or the Church. Craig Blaising and Darrell Bock, Progressive Dispensationalism Death, where is your victory? 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). We can take prophetic Scripture at face value. 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. [32] The theological term kingdom maintained its eschatological function, though it was not necessarily futuristic. 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. After that he must be loosed for a little while." All of these are benefits of getting it right. He was a voracious reader, and he just loved his ministry. We are responsible for our sin, but in the end, we believe because He moves on us. 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 Der Perspektive der Hoffnung '', Gttingen: this page was last edited on 18 2023... 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