Friday, May 2, 2014

Where Premillennialism gets off track.

One of the fundamental misunderstandings of Premillennialism is that Christ was bringing his Kingdom to set it up here Earth, however the Jews rejected it causing Christ to withdraw the initiation of his earthly kingdom and postpone it until later.

Dr. Kim Riddlebarger is right when he states, "According to Dispensationalists, the kingdom of God was offered to Israel by Jesus himself, and when that offer was rejected, the kingdom was then withdrawn and postponed until Christ’s second advent. This understanding of the kingdom of God does not fit at all with the presentation in the Gospels of the ministry and teaching of Jesus. Indeed, it does great harm to it.” -"Case for Amillennialism".  He continues by saying, "..the present dispensation (according to Dispensationalists) results from humanity’s ability to frustrate God’s redemptive-historical purposes.”

God's plans have never been frustrated nor will they ever will be, or he wouldn't be God.  Jesus sits right now as King at the right hand of the Father.  "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear." -Acts 2:32-33


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