The famous number 666 cannot possibly be interpreted as some kind of three-fold failure of man (body, soul & spirit represented by 6) to reach the three-fold perfection of God (Father, Son & Holy Spirit represented by 7). My point is that those who argue for this interpretation (or interpretations like it) have made 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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I believe that Revelation was written in AD 65-66 about events in AD 70. Some complain that if that is so, how could John have expected it to be widely circulated in so short a period of time? It seems the book’s grandiose vision would be largely wasted because of the time frame involved. It [...]
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Some Christians see the strength of the preterist analysis of Revelation. They recognize that it is difficult to get around Revelation’s opening and closely comments regarding the temporal nearness of its prophecies. After all, Revelation 1:1 states rather clearly: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things [...]
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We live in a dispensationalist era. Because of the widespread dominance of dispensationalism, postmillennialism has a hard time getting an adequate hearing. As I have been pointing out, one of the reasons for a hasty rejection of postmillennialism is due to the many judgment prophecies in the Book of Revelation. The evangelical market is flooded [...]
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In the previous posts I have been focusing on Revelation’s date. I believe it was written prior to the destruction of the temple. John was in fact writing about that event. Consequently, postmillennialism is not rebutted by pointing to Revelation’s great judgment scenes. Undoubtedly the most commonly used and strongest external objection to the early [...]
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Despite popular opinion, the Book of Revelation does not undermine the postmillennial hope. If fact, it does the opposite: it underscores. But before one can interpret Revelation properly he must understand when John wrote it. In that it is important to determine the date of Revelation in order to understand what John was writing about, [...]
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Revelation is an important book in the New Testament, being largely given over to prophetic issues. Some believe that the vast array of judgments in Revelation contradict postmillennialism’s optimistic outlook on the future. In my current series of posts I am showing that Revelation does not contradict postmillennialism, because Revelation is actually dealing with prophecies concerning the [...]
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Now that I have your attention with the photograph of seven modern European leaders, I know that you are probably a dispensationalist in interpreting Revelation. But read on! I think you will be impressed with a better view of the famed seven kings of Revelation. Postmillennialism holds that the future will be won by the [...]
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KINGDOM LEAVENThe Parable of the Leaven reads: "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid i...
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