Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Futuristic Premillennialism: Why There Must Be a Future Earthly Kingdom of Christ

We believe the Bible teaches that there must be a future, earthly, Messianic Kingdom and that this long-anticipated kingdom will last 1000 years (see Revelation 19-20).  

Our doctrinal convictions related to the end times do not rest on a single text of Scripture; (though Revelation 20 is abundantly clear).

The Biblical Case for Futuristic Premillennialism is supported by Seven Lines of Reason:


It's 1) the Fruit of a Consistent “Hermeneutic.”

“Hermeneutics” is 'the study of the principles and methods of interpreting the text of the Bible as to ascertain the original intent of the Divine/human authors of Scripture.'
  
Note our recent exposition of 2 Timothy 2:15 and a very important message on the "3 Key Words of Biblical Prophesy." 

All sermons can be downloaded for free on our website at www.lakecountrybible.org 


2) The Unconditional Promises in the Biblical Covenants.

See LCBC sermon series on Genesis 12 & 15 and our series on 2 Samuel 7 and Luke 1.


3) The Hope of the Old Testament Saints and Prophets.

Per my exposition of Hosea 3.  Note key prophetic passages such as Isaiah 11, Daniel 9, and Zech. 12-14.  


4) The End Times Teachings of Jesus Christ

See my recent exposition of Luke 13, 21, and Matthew 24-25.


5) The Progressive Revelation of the New Testament.

See Romans 11:13-36 sermon (as well as Luke 1 sermons)


Tracing 6) The Invisible Hand of Divine Providence (throughout the ages).

See Wed. PM lesson from 8/15/18.  Miraculously and providentially Israel still exists. WHY?  God is in no ways through with the Jews!  


7) The Unified Testimony of the Early Church (and beyond).

See Wed. PM lesson from 8/22/18

“History is not authoritative like Scripture is, but it does affirm the Premillennial position, indicating that the earliest generation of Christians (and Church theologians) interpreted the apostolic witness through a Premillennial lens– one in which a FUTURE, THOUSAND-YEAR Messianic kingdom was expected ON EARTH.