This is an air tight—and the best—argument—for the premillennial position. And yet, it is hardly recognized by premillennial interpreters. Learn it well. https://www.alankurschner.com/2014/08/27/when-does-the-binding-of-satan-for-a-thousand-years-begin-revelation-1911-203-supports-premillennialism-not-amillennialism-ep-3/
Amillennialism
Revelation 20 Is NOT Where the Millennial Debate Should Begin
This past weekend I gave a paper at the Evangelical Theological Society Northeast Section’s Annual Meeting in Clarks Summit, PA at Baptist Bible Seminary. The title of my paper is THE TERMINUS A QUO OF THE BINDING OF SATAN: A FUNCTIONAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF REVELATION 19:11–20:3. I argued that the many cohesion ties in Revelation […]
Satan Is Not Bound by a Bungee Cord, as Amillennialists Would Have You Believe
In arguing that Satan’s present-day activities are not in conflict with his present-day imprisonment in Revelation 20, Hendriksen writes, “A dog…bound with a long and heavy chain can do great damage within the circles of his imprisonment” (Hendriksen 1967: 190). What Hendriksen seems to ignore, however, is that Satan’s “circles of imprisonment” is identified in […]
Amillennialism Is a Historical Construct Imposed Upon Scripture
https://www.alankurschner.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/parousia19.pdf The Reformers reformed a lot of what was needed in Christianity, particularly on the gospel itself. But the fact remains they did retain Roman Catholic baggage on the doctrine of eschatology. Oh sure they did tweak Roman Catholic amillennialism, but they still maintained amillennialism, not the premillennialism of the early church, and more importantly […]
Maybe the Bible is Wrong and the Koran Is Right After All?
It is a fundamental tenet of the Koran that both Israel and the Church failed. Moses was a prophet. Jesus was a prophet. But Muhammad was the seal of the prophets, the messenger of the final revelation. The Jews are not the people of God—they failed! The Christians are not the people of God—they failed! […]
An Easy Refutation of Replacement Theology’s Proof-Text Galatians 3:28
There has never been a greater advocate of the universal composition of the Christian faith than Paul, who emphatically asserted that in Christ “there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male not female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Gal. 3:28). This means that when […]
Judeo-centric Premillennialism: Concerning Christ’s Pre-Millennial Advent by Horatius Bonar
“This volume was originally titled Prophetical Landmarks, containing data for helping to determine the question of Christ’s premillennial advent. However, a more contemporary title has been added which emphasizes the author’s strong conviction that the truth concerning Israel is at the heart of biblical eschatology. This principle is stated on page 111 in the chapter […]
Correcting a Common Amillennial Objection Against Premillennialism
A person recently objected to my premillennialism by asserting: The problem (one of them) with premill as I see it, is that the clear NT passages appear to teach unequivocally that when Jesus returns, there is the last judgement and then the final new heavens and the new earth. The problem with this objection is […]
Book of Revelation, Hermeneutics, Symbolism, Amillennialism, and Premillennialism
Even though Steve Hays is an amillennialist, in this article he does challenge his amill friends not to assume everything in the book of Revelation is symbolic without any corresponding real event. I would be more on the spectrum of specific events than “kinds” of events; nevertheless, it is encouraging to see Hays move in […]
When Does the Binding of Satan’s Thousand Years Begin? – Revelation 19:11–20:3 Supports Premillennialism, not Amillennialism – Ep. 3
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/003-Revelation_20.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI talked about what the millennial debate is not about, and what it is about. Many interpreters frame the wrong question when they engage the millennial debate. This allowed me to introduce the most fundamental principle of interpreting the Bible, which is to ignore chapter breaks. I […]
Coming Up on Wednesday’s Program: Premillennialism Vs. Amillennialism
AlanKurschner.com/3 Coming up on Wednesday’s The Biblical Prophecy Program™, I will be making two points. What the millennial debate is not about and what it is about. Many interpreters frame the wrong question when they engage the millennial debate. This will introduce us to the most fundamental principle of interpreting the Bible. The answer may […]