Ligon Duncan and CJ Maheney (preaching tonight in the place of John Piper) both are Amil; Al Mohler and Mark Dever are both Historic Premil (I believe, correct me if I am wrong). (Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, [1834] 1974), 1:607.). He also spoke briefly about dispensationalism, but I am not going to cover that here, I got to run. 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. So, we can set aside the idea that somehow this is rooted in wacky dispensationalism; it is not. Also, among Scottish Presbyterian churches during this period, special days of prayer were set aside partly in order that the promised conversion of [Gods] ancient people of the Jews may be hastened. (Quoted in Murray, The Puritan Hope, 100.) , . 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. Short Response to Dr. MacArthur's statement. All right, thats the introduction. How could He hold them responsible for not believing? Why? We sent you an email. 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. Romans 11:28 . Tell us about the future. They were in a very hopeless situation, having very little in life. Like all divine truth, getting the future truth right is beneficial. Do not look down on others from your view of the end-times. We can take prophetic Scripture at face value. I think it matters to God. If you look at Acts 3:19, Peter says, Repent therefore, and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing - thats the millennium - may come from the presence of the Lord; that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive till the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. So, having your eschatology in place may lead you to repentance. 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. John MacArthur's ministries, including Grace to You and Masters University, also employ a grammatical historical method of interpretation, and they come to a dispensational view of eschatology. What you have here is a benediction from God: blessed is he who reads and understands the book of Revelation. 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. The reformers had it right on most issues. DMcFadden said: The mixture of dispensational eschatology and Calvinist soteriology is not unique to MacArthur. It has not appeared as yet what we shall be. But that is essentially what theyre asking us to do. CLASSIC DISPENSATIONALISM. . O.T. 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. Why TMS? Piper was responding to an "Ask Pastor John . Seventy percent - by the way - of Scripture is the story of Israel, start to finish. Enter your email address and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. Registered User Now, the truth of the matter is, those are just two ways to look at the same thing; postmillennialism and amillennialism is really the same thing. In fact, some say nearly one-fourth of Scripture is prophetic. They believe God elects nobody to salvation. What some postmil critics fail to recognize is that postmillennialists have always had a significant role for the future conversion of Jews while premillennialists do not. They explain, "As a refinement of dispensational premillennialism, futuristic millennialism affirms a futuristic view . I asked Dr. Michael Brown, who is premil, in our debate about Replacement Theology how he reconciles his claim that God is not finished with Israel with Zechariah 13:79. by John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue (Chicago: Moody, 2012), 24. Did God do this but somehow mumble? He told me he would study the issue and get back to me. Please be aware that these items are sent out from our office in the UK. The reasons are simple enough: this classic work is forthrightly Biblical. This is postmillennialism at its best. A Review of Dr. John MacArthur's "Why Every Calvinist Should be a Premillennialist" Sermon. 7 Reasons Why the Gospel of John is So Special 3 days ago 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. Scripture affirms the perpetuity of the elect church to salvation glory; that all whom the Lord has chosen He brings to glory. He made them in the past, when He didnt know what He now knows, because what was going to happen hadnt happened. Post-Millennialism, in stark contrast to Pre-Millennialism, believes that the Millennium occurs before Jesus' Second Coming rather than after. I align myself to historical premillennialism, so I want to convey my own dismay with John MacArthur's sermon series from 2007. Thats just two ways to look at the same thing. But, for certain, according to amillennialists, there will be no thousand-year reign of Christ on the earth. In a really interesting illustration MacArthur envisioned an amillennialist evangelizing a Jew. It matters to me to understand what God has said about the end. If were going to change the rules, then, may I suggest this - and this is what I told the pastors - if were going to change the rules, then we better have a word from God. I have dragged you through virtually every verse in the New Testament. Now, here comes the real irony; this is the real irony. He wants us to get it right; thats why He put it in the Scripture and the Scripture is replete with it. It is one thing to omit them in formal obedience to the law; and another thing to omit them in prudence, or for necessity, because we cannot keep them. As soon as you abandon that, then its fair game for anybodys craziness. And for most evangelicals, for most people who hold to a sound, biblical view and Reformed theology, they would live and die that the text of Genesis 1 through 3 means exactly what it says it means, because thats the only way to interpret Scripture. But, in any case - and by the way, postmillennialists and amillennialists differ as to the details of these kinds of things. Premillennialists believe that two-thirds of the Jews living in Israel during the time of the great tribulation will be slaughtered (Zech. The Lords coming back: blessing, purity, stability, comfort. Guest. 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. John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue's new systematic theology titled Biblical Doctrine has many positive aspects. Without the dispensational lens-says MacArthur-you will misunderstand much of the Bible. 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. Erik Raymond is the senior pastor at Redeemer Fellowship Church in Metro Boston. Erdman refers to the premillennialism of Asia Minor in the second century as "Asiatic millennialism.". We want the Word to bless, to make us pure, to stabilize us, to comfort us, to give us a passion for evangelism. DP also believes that God has a place for both national Israel (cf. The second, after the conversion of the Jews. (Quoted in Iain Murray, The Puritan Hope: Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy (London: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1971), 72. Major proponents J. N. Darby, C. I. Scofield, John Walvoord, A. C. Gaebelein, Charles Ryrie, Lewis S. Chafer, J. Dwight Pentecost, Charles C. Ryrie, You get your eschatology right when you get Israel right. Premillennialism: This view sees a chronological sequence as Satan is bound in the future when Christ returns and before Christians receive their reward, and then the millennium commences, hence the name, "pre". 3. - comfort one another. An article by John MacArthur: "The common question of which Bible translation to use is very important--it concerns the most important words ever spoken, the words of God the Creator. Grace to You radio, video, audio, print, and website resources reach millions worldwide each day. Some of the most formidable amillennialists - and Im talking about well-respected, very erudite influential theologians - say things like this, and Ill quote. 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. And Im confident that God didnt reveal prophetic truth in so much detail to hide anything, to obscure the truth, but to reveal it for our blessing, our motivation and His glory. 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 And by the way, if we change the rules, what are the new ones? You can follow him on Twitter. 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 . Ive written about this in several places. In the world, things will get better and better and better as the church becomes more powerful and more influential. The Rise of Philo-Semitism and Premillennialism During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. a.Dispensationalist Premillennialism 1. The other says there will be a kingdom. All of these are benefits of getting it right. Now, if you want to get the future right, youve got to get Israel right, and youve got to get Gods sovereign electing purpose right. Macarthur writes "Futuristic Premillennialism is the result of an understanding and application of the prophetic texts in a way that is consistent with the normal, literal approach to interpreting Scripture." This is how the authors come to their Futuristic Premillennial view. One calls it a kingdom and says it will expand and expand and expand - thats the positive spin. So, heres how to get the foundation for a good sound eschatology: get election right, get Israel right, you got it. You get Israel right when you get the Old Testament covenants and promises with Israel right. I just want to note that he neither proposed nor answered the types of objections that are oftentimes levied against premillennialists. A History of Christian Zionism: Philo-Semitism and the Expectation of Israel's Restoration. MacArthur insisted that we should be able to preach the whole Bible without changing the original meaning of the text or abrogating promises. How do you explain that? They didnt really get to the front of ecclesiology either, the study of the church, but those two kind of go together - as well see in this study - in some very fascinating ways. Who will establish it? . 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. 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. MacArthur--who is an ardent dispensationalist--stated and defended his position. Its the whole point of the beginning and the middle. And Im really grateful that the Spirit of God is moving the way He is these days, and moving in the church to reestablish the glorious high ground of the sovereignty of God in salvation. Now it is time to reestablish the high ground of sovereign grace for a future generation of ethnic Israel in salvation and the messianic earthly kingdom. 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 This is why the Church is so weak in our day. He is best known for his internationally syndicated Christian teaching radio programme Grace to You and has been the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since February, 1969.He is also currently is the President of The Master's University in Newhall, California and The Master's Seminary in Los Angeles . 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. I am not going to try to quote him here, because frankly I did not take notes, I just sat there and listened. 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. #10. Resting Not Vexing, Our Anchor in a Sea of Chaos and Consternation, Why I (Sometimes) Listen to Supreme Court Oral Arguments. (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. Whether youre an amillennialist or a postmillennialist, you basically say Israel forfeited all its promises. Certainly, you have no idea what it means - neither does anybody else. 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. 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? Murray notes that A number of years before [the Larger Catechism and Westminster Directory for Public Worship] were drawn up, the call for prayer for the conversion of the Jews and for the success of the gospel throughout the world was already a feature of Puritan congregations. (Murray, The Puritan Hope, 99.) Theyve been refined, clarified, expanded, enriched through these 50 years, but I was convinced when I started. But there is a growing influence of amillennialism, because amillennialism has been a part of reformed theology. He confronts the views of covenant theology, historical premillennialism, ultradispensationalism, and, in this revised edition, the increasingly popular progressive dispensationalism. 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. Those are the views. But people are upset because MacArthur so badly misrepresented amillennialism, and because he defined "premillennialism" as though it were dispensationalism. They believe that salvation can be gained and lost. 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. He has been the pastor of Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in Sun Valley, California since February 9, 1969. 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. Turn to 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Corinthians 15. The church. 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. Show more Friends Following We freely own, as what we think agreeable to scripture, that as Christ has, in all ages, displayed his glory as King of the Church, so we have ground to conclude, from scripture, that the administration of his government in this world, before his coming to judgment, will be attended with greater magnificence, more visible marks of glory, and various occurrences of providence, which shall tend to the welfare and happiness of his church, in a greater degree than has been beheld or experienced by it, since it was planted by the ministry of the apostles after his ascension into heaven. The assembly and the circumstances of the assembly must be distinguished. Cause what that means is God does know the future; God has set the future, and the future involves not only the glory of His church but the fulfillment of His elect people Israel with regard to everything that He promised that nation. Ive preached through many of the books of the Old Testament, the first eleven chapters of Genesis through Daniel, Zechariah, the minor prophets, and pieces and bits of Isaiah and others in the Old Testament. 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. They dont want to accept that the entire universe was created in six nearly twenty-four-hour days. 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. 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? Why, then, if we are so committed to protecting the text of the beginning in its literal nature, are we so fast to give up the texts of the end and their literal nature? The Gospel Coalition supports the church by providing resources that are trusted and timely, winsome and wise, and centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ. (Ridgeley, Commentary on the Larger Catechism, 1:562. Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases on Amazon.com. A Look at the Church of England, Sneak Peek Interview: Laura Wiflers New Childrens Book. Over four decades of ministry, John has written dozens of bestselling books, including The . We understand that when you have a prophecy in the Bible that has not yet come to pass, not everything will be clear. His message in General Session 1 was entitled "Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist is Premillennial". I have even called thee by thy name Isaiah 65:9: Mine elect shall inherit it - the promises of God. 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. Out of their own mouth - whats wrong with that? Because when you understand Gods purpose for Israel, you now have the foundation for all eschatology; all eschatology. 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. That leaves me with the impression that God wants us not to question the length of its duration. 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. Receiving Not Achieving. 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 would God wait nearly 2000 years to redeem a single generation of Jews only to have the antichrist wipe out two-thirds of them? They were fighting the massive Roman system, and being occupied on those fronts, they never really got to the front of eschatology. He is the author, co-author or co-editor of fifteen books and more than eighty articles in journals or multi-author works. Fundamental 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. As you may be aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into full effect on 25th May 2018. MacArthur and the seminary faculty know of Murrays work. If this is a future event, why arent premillennialists warning the Jews in Israel whats about to take place? . This is why its message is hated. 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. 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. DeJong, As the Waters Cover the Sea: Millennial Expectations in the Rise of Anglo-America Missions, 16401810 (Kampen: J. H. Kok, 1970), 3738.) No kingdom on earth ruled by Christ before He gets here, and no kingdom on earth ruled by Christ after He gets here. The other says it is the kingdom. Most of the Reformers and the Puritans were postmils. 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. 1897 (Western Theological Seminary) (James Orr) .. There are over two thousand references to Israel in Scripture; not one of them means anything but Israel. 2023 Grace to You. Since the UK is now no longer a member of the EU, you may be charged an import tax on this item by the customs authorities in your country of residence, which is beyond our control. 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 He notes that "the decisive authority of Asiatic millennialism is John, from whom the elders claimed to have obtained their information. Amillennialism is ideal for Arminians because, according to their theology, God elects nobody and preserves nobody. 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. 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. ), Puritan Independent Thomas Goodwin, in his book, The Return of Prayers, encouraged people to pray for the calling of the Jews, the utter downfall of Gods enemies, the flourishing of the gospel. Goodwin assured his readers that all these prayers will have answers. (Quoted in Murray, The Puritan Hope, 102.). 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. Some of them are postmillennialists, although there are fewer and fewer of those. And the longer I think about it and the more I study the Scripture, the clearer it becomes to me. Arminians - not Armenians, thats different; those who follow Arminius - did not believe in election. Yet, Abraham did not receive it during all the time of his journey there. When He comes, everything ends immediately. They will die for that truth regarding the church, but unashamedly abandon that same truth for the elect nation of Israel. See here and here. We want the Word to cause us to live lives pleasing to You. Btw, LA is beautiful and the conference is great, I hope to post some reflections as the week goes on. by Craig L. Blomberg and Sung Wook Chung [Grand Rapids: . 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. Should We Cancel Karl Barth, Martin Luther, and Jonathan Edwards? A Preface First: One of the reasons I am doing this review of Dr. MacArthur's sermon Why Every Calvinist Should Be a Premillennialist is due to a good friend and sister in Christ who wished to challenge me on the subject of eschatology. The other view is whats called openness theology, and its the same thing; it simply means God has no idea what the future is. -- by John Walvoord -- p.98 10.The Early Witness to Premillennialism -- by Michael Vlach -- p.104 11.Premillennialism in the Old Testament Series -- by Arnold Fruchtenbaum -- p.107 There is another form of that view called amillennialism; amillennialism - and youve probably heard about that. So, if were going to change the rules of interpretation to inject into Scripture a preconceived idea or to avoid what is obvious, we better be sure that we have a word from God. 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. If only he could just send down one message, that might be it. You can believe and be saved and then you can forfeit your salvation. 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. Not one reference anywhere in Scripture - and there are over two thousand, referring to Israel - means anything other than Israel.
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