The Cultural Mandate given to Adam and Eve at the beginning of the human race is a foundational feature of postmillennial eschatology. As the saying goes: Eschatology is assumed in Protology.” That is, the end is assumed in the beginning. In yesterday’s post, I showed how the Cultural Mandate supported the postmillennial scheme. Today I [...]
Full Story »Amillennialist’s reject postmillennialism’s optimistic outlook on history. They even argue that postmillennialism allegedly discounts Christ’s present victory which has been in effect since the resurrection/ascension. Prof. Robert Strimple’s complaint in this direction is: “But what is the nature of Christ’s present kingdom. Because Gentry has defined the victory Christ seeks in the present age in [...]
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According to amillennial objectors, postmillennialism allegedly overlooks Christ’s present kingship. Prof. Robert Strimple quotes my definition of postmillennialism which observes that “increasing gospel success will gradually produce a time in history prior to Christ’s return in which faith, righteousness, peace, and prosperity will prevail in the affairs of people and of nations.” He responds by [...]
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Biblical eschatology is an important realm of theology. It differs from systematic theology in looking at theological issues historically as they unfold in Scripture. Amillennialists dismiss postmillennialism as overlooking biblical theological categories. In Zondervan’s debate book Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond (1998), Professor of Systematic Theology, Dr. Robert Strimple criticizes my postmillennialism for [...]
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Reformed amillennialists complain of an alleged failure of postmillennialists to understand various foundational features of biblical eschatology. This failure resulting from ignorance of biblical eschatology is supposedly inherent in the postmillennial system, the system held by such competent theologians as Jonathan Edwards, Archibald Alexander, Charles Hodge, Albert Barnes, David Brown, Patrick Fairbairn, J. A. Alexander, [...]
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One of the key arguments for postmillennialism is the Great Commission. This is not the only argument, mind you, but it is an excellent passage from which to present the postmillennial case. Unfortunately, amillennialists dismiss any optimistic argument from this passage. In fact, they have to — in order to remain amillennialists! But their replies [...]
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Amillennialists are fond of claiming the postmillennial argument is falsified by the New Testament evidence. For instance, after citing my definition of postmillennialism, Strimple states: “The New Testament, however, presents a different picture” (Strimple in Darrell L. Bock, ed., Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond [Zondervan, 1998], p. 60). A couple of paragraphs later [...]
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In his rebuttal to my postmillennialism, Prof. Robert Strimple (retired, Prof. of Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary), greatly misconstrues my postmillennial argument. We are debating in the Zondervan CounterPoint book Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond. Due to the constraints in the book, I was not able to respond to his replies. But in this [...]
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Robert Strimple is a Reformed scholar and former professor at Westminster Theological Seminary in Escondido, California. He is a strong advocate of amillennialism who deems postmillennialism to be a skewed eschatological system. Strimple commits an error in theological argumentation that is commonly witnessed in amillennial circles. I believe that he either overstates his case, or [...]
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The defining feature of postmillennialism which sets it apart from the other evangelical options is its optimism. We believe that Christ is winning the victory in history and that this victory will overwhelm the world gradually as the gospel progresses. However, amillennial scholars such as R. Fowler White, Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., and Robert Strimple [...]
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