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Re: A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism, Part I | #1 | ||
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Posts: 255 11/23/07 14:40:32 Administrator |
Personally, I do not think he is as irenic as he could have been in this series. Thus, I see this as a shortcoming and I almost did not run the series because of this. However, in coming articles you will see his arguments from Rev. 20, Matt 24, Isaiah 64:17, which are beneficial to a fuller understanding of the Amil view..... His articles will be tempered by others I plan on running by: Hoekema, Riddlebarger, Neilson, etc.
In Christ,
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Perisseuo |
Some history | #2 | ||
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Posts: 265 11/28/07 00:18:09 |
Going off on a tangent, but it somewhat falls within the topic.
My impression is that historically within the Reformed camp the eschatology had elements from both the amill and postmill positions so as their not being much debate on the differences - everyone had a working agreement. It wasn't until later years that the two became pronounced into two separate camps. If that is so, when did it really started happening and what brought it on? John Chaney
"having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith . . ." (Colossians 2:7 NASB) |
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Re: Some history | #3 | ||
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Posts: 483 11/28/07 08:59:17 |
Not being a history buff, I'm sure someone could correct me. But my impression is that there has not really been "a-mil" vs. "post-mil" in the Reformed world until the 20th century. Instead, there was Reformed eschatology in general vs. the "chiliasts," or what would be comparable to pre-mils (not dispys). It seems that both amils and postmils point back to various Reformers through history to buttress their position, but I don't believe the amil/postmil distinction was really defined to that degree. There was a general thought that Christ instituted His kingdom at His first coming, and that He will reign until His second coming, and then the eternal state. That's the basic outline of both amil and postmil eschatology -- the difference is in how much earthly success Christ's kingdom has before His second coming. The Puritans also saw a mass conversion of the Jews, which is the particular version of postmil thought outlined in Iain Murray's "Puritan Hope." But that's probably the closest to any defined postmil thinking.
Rod Kirby, Ph.D.
Dominion Christian High School Marietta, GA dominionchristian.org |
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