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Rev 20 Classnotes 2020
Revelation Notes 2020 - Laurelwood 85 "The Heart Response to a Perfect Earth" Revelation 20 After the tribulation on the earth and the return of the King to the earth to destroy all the kings of the earth, Jesus will set up His earthly kingdom and rule over the whole world in perfect conditions on the earth. JESUS CHRIST WILL REIGN ON THE EARTH FOR 1000 YEARS, 20:1-15 The transition between Revelation 19 and Revelation 20 is the transition to the fulfillment of the Abrahamic contract and the completion of the kingdom program of God. The kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our Lord (Revelation 11:15), the King of Kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19:16). He will reign for 1000 years and then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom up to the Father (1 Corinthians 15:23-28) so that God may be all in all. Excursus 1: Review of Eschatological Frameworks Three theological grids: the postmillennial, the amillennial, and the premillennial take their names and point of departure from Revelation 20:1-8, where Christ is said to reign 1,000 years, a period which has been called the “millennium.” The word “millennium” comes from the Latin word for 1000. The Greek word for “1000” is χιλιοι chilioi, from which chiliasm is derived. For further study of these three different theological positions, see J. Dwight Pentecost, Things to Come, chapter 22 (XXII). A. Postmillennialism The postmillennial school interprets the millennium to be a period (may be a distinct 1000 year period) of great spiritual blessing fulfilling millennial promises accomplished through preaching the gospel to everyone. -
Adventist Eschatology in Relation to the Religious Left and the Religious Right
Journal of the Adventist Theological Society, 23/2 (2012):190-242. Article copyright © 2012 by Michael F. Younker. Adventist Eschatology in Relation to the Religious Left and the Religious Right Michael F. Younker Ph.D. Student, SDA Theological Seminary Andrews University 1. Introduction It is commonly understood that Seventh-day Adventist eschatology predicts that a Sunday Law in homage to Papal authority will be enacted in the United States and other nations in the final period of earth’s history preceding the Second Coming of Christ.1 Furthermore, despite its ultimate inevitability according to the sure word of prophecy, prior to such an enactment we are obligated to do all we reasonably can to delay this law by uplifting the importance of religious liberty.2 I affirm these beliefs. The 1 For a collection of Seventh-day Adventist thought leader Ellen White’s comments on this, see Donald Ernest Mansell, The Shape of the Coming Crisis (Nampa, ID: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1998), 58-82. As White herself put it, “The Sabbath question is to be the issue in the great final conflict in which all the world will act a part,” Ellen White, Testimonies for the Church Volume Six, 352. 2 “A time is coming when the law of God is, in a special sense, to be made void in our land. The rulers of our nation will, by legislative enactments, enforce the Sunday law, and thus God's people [will] be brought into great peril. When our nation, in its legislative councils, shall enact laws to bind the consciences of men in regard to their religious privileges, enforcing Sunday observance, and bringing oppressive power to bear against those who keep the seventh-day Sabbath, the law of God will, to all intents and purposes, be made void in our land; and national apostasy will be followed by national ruin. -
A Modern Christian Perspective on Global Poverty in Light of Economic Globalization
A MODERN CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ON GLOBAL POVERTY IN LIGHT OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION an Honors Project submitted by Isaac B. Sharp 6825 Mountain Shadow Dr Knoxville, Tennessee 37918 (865) 256-9595 in partial fulfillment for the degree Bachelor of Arts in Religion with Honors April 28, 2010 Project Advisor: Dr. Ross Brummett © 2010 Isaac B. Sharp Approval Sheet A MODERN CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ON GLOBAL POVERTY IN LIGHT OF ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION _________________________ _________________________ Faculty Director Chair, Department of Religion _________________________ Director, Honors Program ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project could not have been completed without the diligent work and support of several people. By no means can I take all of the credit for the completion of this project, and I would be remiss if I did not thank those who have guided me along the way for their efforts. I first must thank Dr. Christine Jones and Dr. Don Garner for their invaluable editing of and suggestions for the drafts of each of the chapters. As members of the hearing committee, it was far above and beyond their duties to be as involved as they were. The final project is infinitely better than it would have been if they had not assisted along the way. I also want to thank Ken Massey for his service on my hearing committee. Most importantly, I want to thank Dr. Ross Brummett. His tireless efforts in every step of this process have been without parallel, and he truly has embodied what it means to be an Honors Project advisor. If not for Dr. Brummett, there is truly no way that this project would have been completed. -
Critique of Theonomy: a Taxonomy — T. David Gordon
T. David Gordon, “Critique of Theonomy: A Taxonomy,” Westminster Theological Journal 56.1 (Spring 1994): 23-43. Critique of Theonomy: A Taxonomy — T. David Gordon I. Introduction 1. Distinguishing Theonomy from Theonomists One of the most difficult aspects of polemical theology is being sure that what is being evaluated is a distinctive viewpoint, not the individuals holding the viewpoint. Of necessity, when evaluating a given view, one examines those dimensions that distinguish it from other views. It would inevitably be lopsided, then, to confuse a criticism of a view with a criticism of those who hold it. Presumably, those who hold a distinctive view also embrace many other views that are identical with those shared by the church catholic. Individual Theonomists are not intended to be the point of an examination such as this; rather, what is evaluated is the viewpoint that distinguishes Theonomy from other approaches to biblical ethics. 2. Distinguishing Theonomy from Christian Reconstruction As socioreligious phenomena, Theonomy and Christian Reconstruction are closely related. The individuals involved in the one are ordinarily involved in the other. However, theologically and religiously they can be distinguished. Christian Reconstructionists exist in a variety of forms, and are ordinarily united in their belief that the Western world, and especially the United States, has departed from the Judeo-Christian ethical basis that once characterized its public discourse, with devastating results. Positively, Reconstructionists wish to see the United States return to a more biblical approach, or even a more Judeo-Christian approach, to the issues of civil life. Theonomy is more specific than this, though it does not disagree with it. -
An Evaluation of Theonomic Neopostmillennialism Thomas D
Liberty University DigitalCommons@Liberty University Faculty Publications and Presentations School of Religion 1988 An Evaluation of Theonomic Neopostmillennialism Thomas D. Ice Liberty University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/sor_fac_pubs Recommended Citation Ice, Thomas D., "An Evaluation of Theonomic Neopostmillennialism" (1988). Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 103. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/sor_fac_pubs/103 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Religion at DigitalCommons@Liberty University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications and Presentations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Liberty University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. An Evaluation of Theonomic Neopostmillennialism Thomas D. Ice Pastor Oak Hill Bible Church, Austin, Texas Today Christians are witnessing "the most rapid cultural re alignment in history."1 One Christian writer describes the last 25 years as "The Great Rebellion," which has resulted in a whole new culture replacing the more traditional Christian-influenced Ameri can culture.2 Is the light flickering and about to go out? Is this a part of the further development of the apostasy that many premillenni- alists say is taught in the Bible? Or is this "posf-Christian" culture3 one of the periodic visitations of a judgment/salvation4 which is furthering the coming of a posfmillennial kingdom? Leaders of the 1 Marilyn Ferguson, -
THEONOMY and ESCHATOLOGY | Some Reflections on Postmillennialism
THEONOMY AND ESCHATOLOGY | Some Reflections On Postmillennialism By Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.1 Essential to the emergence of theonomy/(Christian) reconstructionism has been a revival of postmillennialism.2 Among current postmils, to be sure, there are some who are not recon- structionists, but all reconstructionists—whatever their differences—consider themselves post- mils. Or so it would have seemed until just recently with the unanticipated and apparently grow- ing impact of reconstructionist viewpoints in circles whose eschatology is characteristically premil. Still, for reconstructionism’s leading advocates, postmillennialism is plainly integral— whether logically or psychologically—to their position as a whole. Nonreconstructionist postmils would naturally deny any such connection. This chapter provides some partial, personally-tinged, yet, I hope, not entirely unhelpful reflections on the resurgent postmillennialism of the past 20-25 years. My reservations lie in at least four areas. DEFINING POSTMILLENNIALISM A large element of ambiguity cuts across much of today’s postmillennialism. Before trying to specify that ambiguity it will be helpful, historically, to give some attention to the fact that in the past, too, postmillennialism has not been the clearly defined, unambiguous position that some of its contemporary proponents make it out to be. It is fairly common to point out the inadequacy of our conventional designations pre, post, and a. But, no less commonly, in ensuing discussion that recognition recedes. As a result, efforts, for one, to distinguish between the postmil and amil positions get confused—usually, as it turns out, more than a merely terminological confusion. Who coined the term amillennial and when did it first begin to be used? Perhaps I’ve missed it somewhere, but the usual sources don’t seem to know or at least don’t say. -
DAYS of VENGEANCE but When You See Jerusalem Surrounded by Armies, Then Know That Her Desolation Is at Hand
THE DAYS OF VENGEANCE But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that her desolation is at hand. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and [et those who are in the midst of the city depart, and let not those who are in the country enter the city; because these are the Days of Vengeance, in order that all things which are written may be fu@lled. Luke 21:20-22 THE DAYS OF VENGEANCE An Exposition of the Book of Revelation David Chilton Dominion Press Ft. Worth, Texas Copyright @ 1987 by Dominion Press First Printing, January, 1987 Second Printing, Decembefi 1987 Third Printing, March, 1990 All rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book, except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles. Published by Dominion Press P.O. Box 8204, Ft. Worth, Texas 76124 Typesetting by Thoburn Press, Box 2459, Reston, VA 22090 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 86-050798 ISBN 0-930462-09-2 To my father and mother TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD by Gordon J. Wenham . ix AUTHOR’S PREFACE . xi PUBLISHER’S PREFACE by Gary North . xv INTRODUCTION . 1 Part One: PREAMBLE: THE SON OF MAN (Revelational) . 49 l. King of Kings . 51 Part Two: HISTORICAL PROLOGUE:THE LETTERS TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES(Revelation2-3). 85 2. The Spirit Speaks to the Church: Overcome! . 93 3. The Dominion Mandate . ...119 Part Three: ETHICAL STIPULATIONS: THE SEVEN SEALS(Revelation 4-7) . -
Winnipeg Regional Mennonite‐Catholic Dialogue, Meeting No. 15
Minutes Winnipeg Mennonite‐Catholic Dialogue, Meeting No. 15 Meeting held on 25 May 2005 at St. Ignatius Parish Adult Education Centre Present: Elaine Baete, Adolf Ens, Irma Fast Dueck, Harold Jantz, Helmut Harder, Richard Lebrun, Henry Loewen, John Long, Luis Melo, Elaine Pinto, Michael Radcliffe, Linda Trenholm, and guest Brian Butcher. Regrets: Elaine Pinto 1. Helmut Harder began the meeting by thanking Michael Radcliffe for making the arrangements to have our meeting at St. Ignatius. Richard Lebrun introduced his grandson, Brian Butcher, who attended the meeting as a guest. 2. Sharing recent ecumenical experiences. a) Luis Melo reported on: i) The WDEDCE conference in Edmonton that (as president) he had planned in mid- February on “Catholic-Evangelical Relations.” This meeting brought together about 25 directors of ecumenism. ii) The document on “Mary, Grace and Hope in Christ,” which brings to an end the mandate of ARCIC II (the official RC-Anglican international dialogue). iii) Attendance at the national Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue in Montreal just before the conclave. With respect to the transition of leadership in the Church, Luis commented on the significance of the presence of ecumenical and interfaith leaders at the funeral of John Paul II, and the fact that Brother Roger Schultz (founder of Taizé and a non-Catholic) was first in line to receive Holy Communion at the hands of Cardinal Ratzinger. Luis thought this was the fruit of the contact, friendship, and commitment to ecumenism of the late pope’s pontificate and in the Church since Vatican II. b) Mike Radcliffe reported attending a Catholic ecumenical meeting with Robert Polz of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg, completing his work with two Mennonites who had been following the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises under his direction, and spending two weeks in Russia (with his son) where he was very impressed with the beauty of the Orthodox liturgy, and came to appreciate the way in which the Orthodox venerate icons. -
Critical Evaluation of Theonomist Eschatology
In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi ISSN: (Online) 2305-0853, (Print) 1018-6441 Page 1 of 7 Original Research Critical evaluation of Theonomist eschatology Author: Although the extreme form of Theonomism has only affected a small number of Reformed 1 Morne Diedericks members in South Africa, it seems that Theonomist Postmillennialism has a greater underlying Affiliation: influence in the Reformed Churches in South Africa. General churchgoers in the Reformed 1Department of Education Churches of South Africa generally confuse the Regulatory Principle with Theonomism and and Biblical Studies, Faculty are uninformed about precisely what Theonomism is. Furthermore, signs of Theonomism as it of Education, Akademie developed in the USA are also visible in South Africa. Yet, there is great ignorance about the Reformatoriese Opleiding en Studies, Pretoria, exact effect that Theonomism has on Reformed congregations in South Africa, especially South Africa regarding the eschatological views held by individual congregations. Corresponding author: Contribution: The thesis of this article is that the Theonomistic eschatology influences Morne Diedericks, congregations’ mission and causes a shift from a focus on proclaiming the gospel to the [email protected] nations, in being a church that seeks to restructure the institutions of political societies. Dates: Keywords: Amillennialism; eschatology; postmillennialism; reconstructionism; regulatory Received: 26 Mar. 2021 principle; theonomism. Accepted: 25 June 2021 Published: 01 Sept. 2021 How to cite this article: Introduction Diedericks, M., 2021, ‘Critical evaluation of Theonomist Theonomism originally developed in the United States of America (USA). Theonomism, as it eschatology’, In die Skriflig developed in the USA through the writings of Rousas J. Rushdoony, Gary North, Greg L. -
Summer 2020 Assignment
Pre-A.P. Literature Phoenix Christian Mr. Chaydez Preparatory School Overview of Summer Assignment Welcome to Mr. Chaydez’s Literature Course! I am so blessed with the call to help shepherd you through the very thought-provoking discipline of literature. You will learn how stories shape our lives in ways in which you probably never realized. In preparation for the year, this summer you will be challenged to expand your theological/philosophical understanding by watching two lectures from Dr. Greg Bahnsen about the concept of “worldview.” Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen, (1948-1995), was an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full time Scholar in Residence for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Southern California, specializing in the theory of knowledge. He previously received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Philosophy from Westmont College, and then simultaneously earned the Master’s of Divinity and Master’s of Theology degrees from Westminster Theological Seminary. He was an experienced defender of Christianity, a skilled debater, and a clear teacher of the Christian worldview, who was devoted to training believers in understanding and applying the Christian faith to every area of life. Summer Assignment: The concept of “worldview” is extremely important in Mr. Chaydez’s classes. It is typically the first unit taught and a vital component on the final at the end of the year. Here are two lectures from Dr. Greg Bahnsen explaining the concept of “worldview,” Christianity, and its opponents. Your summer assignment will be to create a study guide (takes strong notes) from both lectures so that you could ace a test on the material, if it was an open note test. -
A Historian Looks at the Evangelical Left in Moral Minority
RBC Feature Left behind? A historian looks at the evangelical left in Moral Minority By Vicki Sairs David R. Swartz. Photo by Lisa Weaver. Identifying yourself as an evangelical in a roomful then as a teacher and recruiter. of secular people can be awkward. You get the feeling Now he is an assistant professor of history at Asbury that everyone is slowly stepping back to give the fire- University, teaching courses in American history, Western breathing fundamentalist (that would be you) plenty of civilization, the sixties, and war in the American mem- breathing space. ory. David earned his Ph.D. in American history at the Of course, this is a slight overstatement, but only University of Notre Dame under the direction of George slight. Many Americans also associate evangelical Marsden and Mark Noll. Christians with radical right-wing politics. The less gener- Here are some of his thoughts on his book, why he ous among them go so far as to think that being born again wrote it, and what he hopes it will accomplish. makes you a warmonger. Happily, the world of evangelicals is much more com- Karin Granberg-Michaelson and Wes Michaelson, former top aide to plex than partisan stereotypes imply. If you want to know Senator Mark Hatfield and editor of Sojourners, marching in favor of just how complicated we born-again Christians can be, you a nuclear freeze in New York City in the late 1970s. Courtesy of the Joint Archives of Holland, Hope College, Holland, Michigan. might want to read David R. Swartz’s first book, Moral Minority: The Evangelical Left in an Age of Conservatism. -
Subject Index, Vol. 1-20
Ordained Servant: Subject Index, Vol. 1-20 ABORTION “Moving Beyond ‘Pro-Life’.” (Douglas Wilson & Douglas Jones) 6:2 (Apr. 1997): 37-39. “Some Thoughts on the Abortion Issue.” (G. I. Williamson) 4:1 (Jan. 1995): 6-8. ACCOUNTABILITY “Thoughtful Accountability.” (Jack Sawyer) 12:3 (Jul. 2003): 52-53. ADDICTION “Addictions.” (M. Van Liuk) 11:4 (Oct. 2002): 67-72. ADULTERY “Access Denied.” (Richard Ganz) 10:1 (Jan. 2001): 18-19. “Biblical Godliness: A Response to Williamson and Ganz on Qualifications for Office.” (Matthew W. Kingsbury) 10:2 (Apr. 2001): 24-26. “Have We Gone Too Far?” (G. I. Williamson) 10:1 (Jan. 2001): 17. ANTHROPOLOGY “Defining the Human: Personal Identity in Theological Perspective.” (A. Craig Troxel) 17 (2008): 138-41. APOLOGETICS “A Letter from Cornelius Van Til to Francis Schaeffer.” (Cornelius Van Til) 6:4 (Oct. 1997): 77-80. “The Post-Modern Paradigm Shift and the Biblical, Reformed Presuppositionalism of Van Til.” (Larry E. Ball) 5:4 (Oct. 1996): 87-90. “The Reason for God.” (William D. Dennison) 17 (2008): 146-51. ARMINIANISM “Arminianism, Calvinism and Hyper-Calvinism” (Brenton Ferry) 10:3 (Jul. 2001): 59. ATONEMENT “Unlimited Atonement.” (G. I. Williamson) 4:3 (Jul. 1995): 71-72. AUGUSTINE “The Life and Thought of Augustine.” (Gregory Edward Reynolds) 20 (2011): 117-19. BAPTISM. See INFANT BAPTISM BAVINCK, HERMAN “A Spiritual Feast.” (Mark A. Garcia) 16 (2007): 144-47. BENEDICTION “The Benediction.” (Gregory Edward Reynolds) 19 (2010): 12-16. BIBLE—INSPIRATION AND AUTHORITY “Incarnation, Inspiration, and Pneumatology: A Reformed Incarnational Analogy.” (Lane G. Tipton) 17 (2008): 85-90. BIBLE TRANSLATIONS AND VERSIONS “Paul, the Apostle of Gender-Inclusive Translation?” (James W.