Chapter Four: Postmillennialism (24): The Reformed (Amillennial) Critique of Postmillennialism (10)
David Engelsma provides a Reformed amillennial critique of postmillennial interpretations of Revelation 20, specifically examining how postmillennialists use the biblical account of the thousand-year reign to support their eschatological framework. The article carefully analyzes the postmillennial understanding of Satan's binding, the saints' reign with Christ, and Satan's subsequent loosing, arguing that postmillennialism misreads Scripture's teaching on the millennium and Christ's earthly kingdom.
Previous article in this series: April 15, 2013, p. 325. Introduction In our critical examination of the biblical proof put forward by postmillennialism for its erroneous understanding of the last things, one passage remains to be considered. We have already considered three passages of Scripture to which postmillennialism appeals in support of its doctrine of the end. One was Isaiah 65 with its prophecy of the coming of a glorious kingdom of the Christ. The other two were Matthew 24 and...
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