A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism (10): A Spiritual Fulfillment of Isaiah 65:17ff

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 Testament prophecy. Emphatically not on New Testament doctrine about the days leading up to the coming of Christ. Old Testament prophecy forecasts glorious prospects for Judah and Jerusalem. One such passage is Isaiah 65:17-25. Jehovah creates new heavens and a new earth (v. 17). In this new world, Jerusalem will be a...