An important postmillennial text is Psalm 2. Psalm 2:8 states: Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, / And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. Amillennialists often object to postmillennialism’s use of this verse. They complain that postmillennialists apply the terms ‘nations’ and ‘earth’ in a [...]
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The postmillennial preterist argues that John uses 666 as a reference to Nero Caesar, and not to some future Antichrist who reduces the world to terror. But dispensationalists often challenge this interpretation with the following question: “Since Irenaeus is one of the earliest sources to refer to the number 66, why did he not know [...]
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Preteristic postmillennialism argues that the great catastrophes of Revelation occurred before the temple destroyed, which removes Revelation as an objection to the eventual growth and dominance of the gospel. One argument for the early date is based on Revelation 11:1–2: Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get [...]
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Matthew 23:39 often confuses evangelicals who are considering the preteristic approach of postmillennialism. It states that Israel will one day be converted, and only then will the great tribulation begin (according to the order of verses following Matt 23:39). That verse reads: “For I say to you, from now on you shall not see Me [...]
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Many consult the newspapers and point out that the world is in a great moral and spiritual decline, which is antithetical to postmillennialism’s historical optimism. For instance, dispensationalist theologian Paul N. Benware responds against postmillennialism that “the idea that the world is getting better and better does not at all seem to be in line [...]
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Because of postmillennialism’s long-term expectations, many evangelicals complain that this eschatology undermines the spirit of watchfulness enjoined upon Christ’s Church. After all, by the very nature of the case postmillennialism denies the “imminent” return of Christ. For instance, best-selling dispensationalist author Dave Hunt laments postmillennialism because, in it “there is an increasing antagonism against eagerly [...]
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by Eugene Clingman (Nordskog Publishing) Thank you for asking hard questions last night when I was sharing with you the Postmillennial vision and understanding of the Bible. Let me first say that in order to embrace a doctrine as a faithful Christian all the Bible verses must work together. Secondly, whatever system of eschatology one [...]
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by Rev. Greg L. Bahnsen, Ph.D. (Philosophy, University of California) Â We Believe As we saw in our last study, postmillennalists believe that Jesus established the kingdom of God on earth during His first advent. “God has highly exalted Him to His right hand to be a Prince and Savior that He might give repentance and [...]
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By Rev. Greg L. Bahnsen, Ph.D. (Philosophy, University of Southern California) We Believe According to evangelical, Bible-believing postmillennialism, fallen man is utterly incapable of entering or advancing the kingdom of God in his own effort, wisdom, or accomplishment. God’s kingdom comes not by human work, but by the redemptive mission of Jesus Christ (cf. Colossians 1:13-14) and [...]
Full Story »Postmillennialism, Psalm 2, and "the Nations"An important postmillennial text is Psalm 2. Psalm 2:8 states: Ask of Me, and I will surely giveÂ...
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