Tag: amillennialism

  • I don’t know about you, but my utmost desire is to be… LEFT BEHIND!

    I don’t know about you, but my utmost desire is to be… LEFT BEHIND!

    The following is excerpted from an article I wrote back on June 22, 2011. § A man and wife asleep in bed, She hears a noise and turns her head he’s gone. I wish we’d all been ready. Two men walking up a hill, One disappears and one’s left standing still. I wish we’d all…

  • 7 Reasons from 2 Thessalonians 1 Why the Left Behind Movies are Pure Sci-Fi

    7 Reasons from 2 Thessalonians 1 Why the Left Behind Movies are Pure Sci-Fi

    This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us,…

  • Will the True Israel Please Stand?

    Will the True Israel Please Stand?

      Download PDF article Most evangelicals believe that the nation Israel today continues to be God’s chosen people. This is why they would always support the policies of Israel, believing that they have to lest God’s curse descend on them. But is this what Holy Scripture teaches? Let us look at what the Bible actually…

  • Resources for Lesson 3: How Do We Interpret Bible Prophecy?

    This Saturday at 2 PM, we will be studying the difference between the dispensational hermeneutics versus the historic Protestant hermeneutic based on “How Do We Interpret Bible Prophecy?” in Kim Riddlebarger’s book. Download Lesson 3 here. Download Study Guide for Lesson 3 here. Supplemental Readings: “Dispensationalism: A Reformed Evaluation” By J Ligon Duncan III “Amillennialism: Millennium…

  • Resources for Lesson 2: A Survey of Eschatological Views

    Resources for Lesson 2: A Survey of Eschatological Views

    This Saturday at 2 PM, we will be looking at the four major millennial views. You can download the charts below (PDF files). Included is a chart illustrating the two-age model of Geerhardus Vos and Kim Riddlebarger. The last is a single PDF of all the views. The four millenial charts were drawn by Mark…

  • These Last Days: Understanding the End Times

    What does the Bible actually tell us about the end times, and how has the church traditionally understood it? Are we living in the end times, and how does our understanding of this doctrine affect our lives?

  • Why Trust in Egypt?

    Why Trust in Egypt?

    Isaiah 19:23-25 anticipates the time when Assyria and Egypt will represent all people from all nations who will turn to God. All three nations will be connected by a “highway” through which God comes to his people and by which he leads his people to himself. Jesus, is the “new and living way” to God’s…

  • The Glorious Eternal Kingdom of the Lord

    The Glorious Eternal Kingdom of the Lord

    Isaiah 11:9 precludes sinners in the age to come. No one “shall hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain”—the new earth—deeds that only sinners are able to do. And if “the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea”—indicative of universal righteousness—during the millennium, how could…

  • A Better Paradise Restored

    A Better Paradise Restored

    A river of humanity will defy gravity to worship in this lofty temple in heaven, “all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord’” (Isaiah 2:2-3).

  • Stand Firm Against Deceivers Concerning the Second Coming

    Stand Firm Against Deceivers Concerning the Second Coming

    Do not fear when others proclaim the end of the world is near, because of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan and the war in Libya. All of these are part of God’s unshakable plan for the eventual redemption of his elect from sin, death, and Satan. As David says, “I shall not…