Chapter Five: Premillennialism (2): Orientation (2)
David Engelsma provides a critical Reformed theological examination of premillennialism, defining the doctrine and contrasting it with New Testament teaching about Christ's expectation for the church in the present age. Drawing on Scripture and Herman Bavinck, Engelsma argues that premillennialism's vision of an earthly Jewish kingdom contradicts Jesus's teaching that His disciples should expect persecution, not earthly dominion, in the current age.
Previous article in this series: November 1, 2014, p. 58. "Jesus only knows of two aeons [ages]: the present and the future aeons. In the present aeon [age] his disciples cannot expect anything other than oppression and persecution and must forsake all things for his sake. Jesus nowhere predicts a glorious future on earth before the end of the world…. Only in the age to come will his disciples receive everything back along with eternal life." "Nowhere in the New Testament is there a ray of...
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