Book Review: The Momentous Event
This review examines W. J. Grier's defense of amillennial eschatology against modern millenarianism, demonstrating from Scripture and church history that Reformed theology rejects the literalist hermeneutics underlying popular end-times teachings. Grier's work provides a Reformed perspective on biblical prophecy interpretation, showing how Old Testament promises should be understood as pointing to New Testament spiritual fulfillment rather than a future literal kingdom for Israel.
The Momentous Event: A Discussion of Scripture Teaching on the Second Advent W. J. Grier Banner of Truth Trust (first published 1945, reprinted 1997) Paperback, pp. 128 (Click here to order from the CPRC Bookstore.) This is the first book I read on eschatology, and by God’s grace it kept me from many of the wacky end-time beliefs which characterise much of modern Christianity. Grier’s aim is to examine what the Scriptures say about the second coming of the Lord Jesus. In Chapter 3, Grier...