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 […]
Premillennialism
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 […]
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 […]
Barry Horner on Future Israel and Responding to Replacement Theology
Barry Horner, author of Future Israel: Why Christian Anti-Judaism Must Be Challenged, is a leading theologian on the issue of Israel’s future. Every premillennialist must own his book. He also runs Bunyan Ministries, which contains a treasure trove of must-read articles. I will be posting some of his articles in the coming weeks and months. […]
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 […]
Michael Brown Versus Don Preston – Debate on “Future Israel,” June 3
http://donkpreston.com/exciting-announcement-major-internet-debate-coming-up/ (hat tip: Joel Richardson) Don Preston is not your typical preterist. He is a hyper-preterist, believing that the resurrection has already taken place. But the debate is on future Israel: Will there be a future reconstituted Israel or not? James White will be moderator. At first I was concerned that there would not be […]
Practical Premillennial Points…
The first article, I explain what the millennial debate is about—and what it is not about! I also talk about the binding of Satan issue and how it contradicts amillennialism. https://www.alankurschner.com/2012/03/04/against-amillennialism-on-the-freedom-and-binding-of-satan-in-revelation-202-3-compared-with-revelation-129/ The next article I urge that you never allow an amillennialist to begin the debate at Revelation 20:1. Never! https://www.alankurschner.com/2011/12/04/premillennial-nuggets-a-plea-to-amillennialists-to-read-revelation-201-6-in-context/ In this third article, […]