If you get that right, your eschatology will come crystal clear. MacArthur's Leaky Dispensationalism. All rights reserved. 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. And I went there and I spoke for a week, and they finally said to me, When are you going to tell us the good part? and I said, Well, whats the good part? They said, We want to know about the future; we want to know about the future. And at that judgment, well be recompensed for the deeds done in the body, whether they are good or phaulos, meaning useless. 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. MacArthur's Millennial Manifesto Paperback - May 29, 2008 by Samuel E. Waldron (Author) 30 ratings 4.4 on Goodreads 70 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback $12.81 6 Used from $12.80 8 New from $12.81 Mass Market Paperback $50.62 3 Used from $49.48 2 New from $50.62 As soon as you abandon that, then its fair game for anybodys craziness. 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. 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. 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.. For other uses, see, Survey -Premillennialism Reigns in EvangelicalTheology, See: Philippe Bobichon, "Millnarisme et orthodoxie dans les crits de Justin Martyr" in, "For in as many days as this world was made, in so many thousand years shall it be concluded. That the thousand apocalyptical years are not passed but future. I have never moved away from my conviction about these two things. 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. Weekly telecasts and daily radio broadcasts of "Grace to You" are seen and heard by millions worldwide. 1. Its a strange approach. Its the same God, same terminology. 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. Some of the most formidable amillennialists - and Im talking about well-respected, very erudite influential theologians - say things like this, and Ill quote. Mathewson, Dave L. 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. We shall all be changed, in a moment, the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed., Thats the rapture; were going to study the rapture. And youve been great tonight; this is more like a theological lecture. . Barry Horner's emphasis in Future Israel also fits in here. Origen was the first to challenge the doctrine openly. 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. 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. [32] The theological term kingdom maintained its eschatological function, though it was not necessarily futuristic. 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. Most of the Reformers and the Puritans were postmils. Relax; set all that aside. 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. We still have Mark to go, but there are only a couple of discourses and a couple of miracles in Mark that arent in the other three gospels, so not a lot of new material. He doesnt know the future because it hasnt happened. 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. Seventy percent - by the way - of Scripture is the story of Israel, start to finish. Israel sinned, youre out. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where he has served since 1969. From this point on he dedicated much of his energy to ridding the church of this belief. "John MacArthur on Calvinism, Dispensationalism, Israel, and Hermeneutics: A Few Comments" . They believe God elects nobody to salvation. Now, there are people who do this to Genesis 1, 2 and 3. Certainly, you have no idea what it means - neither does anybody else. Moreover, John, as again stated by Papias, ascribed the origin of millenarianism to Christ . Hes improving; Hes definitely on the upward curve. Yet, Abraham did not receive it during all the time of his journey there. Who will establish it? . The paragraph in full reads "676 The Antichrist's deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. It has to matter to us. So, you interpret it right, and that will allow you to understand the meaning of the Covenants and the future of Israel; and Gods integrity is at stake. MacArthur, John, and Richard Mayhue, eds. Dispensationalism is a kind of framework for history that is organized around seven dispensationsseven orders or administrations. 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. Grace to You radio, video, audio, print, and website resources reach millions worldwide each day. [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. Registered User There should be a footnote in the chapter saying, Please note: here comes a prophetic text; change the rules. We really need a divine mandate, because I think God cares that we get it right. 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. A reaction to eschatological sensationalism - The millennial fervor of premillennialists as the year AD 500 was nearing caused them to have overly jovial celebrations (some septa-/sextamillennial interpreters calculated Jesus's birth to have happened 5,500 years after creation). The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism,577 especially the "intrinsically perverse" political form of a secular messianism.578". 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. John F. MacArthur, Jr. is a United States Calvinistic evangelical writer and minister, noted for his radio program entitled Grace to You and as the editor of the Gold Medallion Book Award winning MacArthur Study Bible. Dionysius argued against Nepos's influence and convinced the churches of the region of amillennialism. Prior to that I thought about it a lot. And Im not in to newspaper exegesis, where you where everything that happens in the news fulfills some obscure Old Testament prophecy. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure., Getting your eschatology right will bless you and getting your eschatology right will purify you. when they overthrew Jerusalem in the first of 3 steps (also 597 B.C., 586 B.C.). In the world, things will get better and better and better as the church becomes more powerful and more influential. That is a large part of evangelical Christianity, the Wesleyan movement, Charismatic movement, Methodists, etc., etc., many Baptists. In keeping with his view of faith, MacArthur denigrates "facts," "doctrine," "intellectual assent," and so on. Return the sovereignty of God in election to its rightful place, return the nation Israel to its rightful place, and your eschatology will unfold in beautiful clarity. Marcion opposed the use of the Old Testament and most books of the New Testament that were not written by the apostle Paul. John MacArthur: My father never put pressure on me to be a pastor. For Joachim, year 1260 was to mark the end of the second and the beginning of the third and final golden age of earth's history. He comes pre, not post; He comes before. In one passage he defends premillennialism by arguing that a future earthly kingdom is necessary because of God's promise to Abraham, he wrote "The promise remains steadfast. 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. I reject the wacky world of newspaper exegesis and cartoon eschatology, and crazy interpretation like the locusts of Revelation 9 being helicopters, et cetera. You cannot fight the war on every front, and at the great time of the Reformation, they were fighting the war where the battle raged the hottest. 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