The name by which the distinctively Reformed doctrine of the last things is known is “amillennialism.” This name derives from the 20th chapter of Revelation. Six times in verses 1-7…
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It is the Reformed doctrine of the last things that the last days are a time of departure from the faith by many and a time of persecution of the…
The risk that an editor takes when he launches a series of editorials is that the series will be interrupted. Reasons for the interruption are varied – and sometimes compelling….
The apparent difficulty with Jesus’ words in Matthew 24:34 is that they seem to predict the end of the world in the lifetime of His disciples. He has been instructing…
Matthew 24, 25 is Jesus’ answer to the question of His disciples in 24:3. The question was, “When shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy…
Standing decisively against J. Marcellus Kik’s interpretation of Matthew 24:3-35, particularly verse 34, in his book, An Eschatology of Victory (Presbyterian and Reformed, 1971), are the following considerations drawn from…
It is those glorious prospects in Old Testament prophecy that are the real basis in Scripture for the postmillennial dream. The postmillennialists make a half-hearted appeal to Revelation 20 (see…
Postmillennialism – the teaching about the last things that posits the earthly victory of the church and a coming “golden age in history – rests its case, finally, on Old…
The literal interpretation of Old Testament prophecy ends in a carnal Messianic kingdom. The literal interpretation of the prophecy of Isaiah 65:17ff., advocated by postmillennialist Christian Reconstructionism, ends in an…
The postmillennial dream of a “Christianized” world in history rests finally on Old Testament prophecy of a coming, glorious kingdom of Christ (see the editorial, “Those Glorious Prospects in Old…
Jesus Christ is victor. He is victor already now. He is victor in this world. We do not see this yet. But we believe it as the clear testimony of…
The gross error of postmillennialism is that it misconceives the victory of Christ in history as carnal rather than spiritual. Gary North is wrong when he says, “It’s not a…
No development in biblical studies within the past century has had a greater impact than the recovery of the eschatological character of the New Testament message. To speak of an…
From time to time I receive letters from men declaring themselves ‘Reconstructionist’ and ‘consistent preterist.’ The ‘consistent preterist’ believes that all prophecy is fulfilled in the A.D. 70 destruction of…
Broadly speaking there are three general systems which profess to set forth the teaching of Scripture regarding the Second Coming of Christ and the future course of the Kingdom. They…
We have said that each of the millennial views has been held by men of unquestioned sincerity and ability. Among Postmillennialists should be mentioned first of all the great Augustine,…
We have defined Postmillennialism as that view of the last things which holds that the Kingdom of God is now being extended in the world through the preaching of the…
One difficulty that we constantly face in this discussion is that of an inadequate terminology. The use of the prefixes ‘pre-‘ and ‘post’, as attached to the word ‘millennial,’ is…
On postmillennial principles a strong emphasis is thrown on the universality of Christ’s work of redemption, and hope is held out for the salvation of an incredibly large number of…
The writer of the Apocalypse says: ‘I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation and of all the tribes and peoples and…
The redemption of the world is a long, slow process, extending through the centuries, yet surely approaching an appointed goal. We live in the day of advancing victory, although there…
The great material prosperity of which the Bible speaks as accompanying the millennial era will be, to a large extent, the natural result of the high moral and spiritual life…
There seems to be a general impression that when we speak of a Millennium we mean a time when the world will be sinless or practically so. We do believe…
The golden age of righteousness is, of course, not to be thought of as beginning suddenly, or on any particular date. It cannot be pinpointed on the calendar, for it…
As we read the book of Revelation figurative or symbolical expressions are met on every hand. The churches are symbolized by the seven golden candlesticks. Seven spirits before the throne…
