I’ve long been a proponent of the image of Satan as Mephistopheles, that is, the spirit of negation, a demonic character incapable of his own creative acts, but who instead parodies and mimics and distorts the creative work of God and the lives of men. It gives credence to God as the sole Creator and [...]
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I’m in a state of going back and forth on whether things get better or worse for the Church here on Earth before “the end” (assuming full preterism is not correct and we’re not already past the end, which is a whole different issue).
Post-millennialism sees the future as the golden age of the Church, with [...]
I’ve finished reading Kim Riddlebarger’s latest book, The Man of Sin: Uncovering the Truth About the Antichrist (2006), with mixed feelings. Riddlebarger’s earlier book, A Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times (2003), contributed greatly to my current understanding of eschatology and while he does not share my sympathy for the preterist position (see [...]
I’m currently browsing my way through Kim Riddlebarger’s new book, The Man of Sin: Uncovering the Truth About the Antichrist (2006). The main thrust of this book is a consideration of the concepts of 1. antichrist, 2. the beasts of Revelation and 3. Paul’s “man of lawlessness” (or sin). Riddlebarger has (so far) presented [...]
In his new book, The Man of Sin: Uncovering the Truth About the Antichrist (2006), Kim Riddlebarger includes an appendix on “The Date of the Writing of the Book of Revelation”. There are two majority views on this issue: early-date advocates claim that John wrote about his vision in the years before AD 70, during [...]
In an appendix to his book, Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope (1999), Keith A. Mathison writes an article titled “A Brief Critique of Full Preterism”. It is natural for him to address this topic, as a large number of preterists, including Mathison himself, identify themselves as postmillennialists, though these (and he) are “partial-preterists” who do [...]
HT: Leaving Münster
Graham recently posted a link to an article written by Kevin Beck in 2002 on the redemptive aspect of eschatology. I’ll attempt to summarize it here through judicious quoting, but I urge you to take the time to read the entire argument.
Put simply, most eschatological paradigms, even traditional preterist ones, define eschatology primarily [...]
HT: Bryan Lilly
What’s your eschatology?
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You scored as Amillennialist. Amillennialism believes that the 1000 year reign is not literal but figurative, and that Christ began to reign at his ascension. People take some prophetic scripture far too literally in your view.
Amillennialist
100%
Moltmannian Eschatology
85%
Preterist
50%
Premillennialist
25%
Postmillennialist
15%
Dispensationalist
0%
Left Behind
0%
No surprise about amillennialism, but I had never heard of “Moltmannian Eschatology”, [...]
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Bryan Lilly at ἀκολουθέω Χριστόν (“I follow Christ”) has wrapped up his series of articles on “Attempting to Understand 666 in its Context” of Revelation. In addition to the first three articles [here], be sure to check these out as well:
Part 4: Resurrection of the Beast
Part 5: 666 (and 616)
Part 6: Conclusion
Finally, Bryan also provided [...]
Bryan Lilly at ἀκολουθέω Χριστόν (“I follow Christ”) has written a series of posts from a partial-preterist viewpoint on the number of the beast: 666. He correctly, in my opinion, identifies the first beast as Roman emperor Nero, representing the political power of the time, and the second beast as the apostate Jewish religious leaders. [...]
