Chapter Four: Postmillennialism (21): The Reformed (Amillennial) Critique of Postmillennialism (7)
David Engelsma provides a Reformed (amillennial) critique of postmillennialism, specifically examining the postmillennial interpretation of Matthew 24:34 and its claim that all New Testament prophecies were fulfilled in AD 70. He argues that postmillennialism's doctrine of earthly church victory lacks biblical support and misrepresents biblical eschatology by collapsing future prophecy into past events.
Previous article in this series: November 1, 2012, p. 56. In the preceding article in this series on postmillennialism, I began a critical examination of one of the texts of Scripture that are most important to the postmillennial doctrine of the last things. This text is Matthew 24:34: "Verily I [Jesus Christ] say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." Many postmillennialists explain the text as teaching that all the events prophesied by Jesus in...
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