“He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God” (NET).
Here is an instructive article by Daniel Wallace on this question.
In this episode of Prewrath Radio Online, we examine implications of the loss of Revelation 4:1 as a support passage for a pretrib rapture. Pretribulationists are now admitting that this passage has nothing to do with a pretrib rapture. This is strike two!
Click here to listen to the program.
Recently, I have been discussing Premillennialism with a good friend of mine who is Amillennial. The subject of what the early church fathers believed was broached. I mentioned to him that it is fact that the very early church fathers in a singular voice affirmed premillennialism (He takes criticism well).
His response to me was incorrect, vague, and containing no historical substantiation,
“There were some Premillers before the completion of the canon, yes. But there were also some orthodox guys who thought Premillennialism was fanatical.”
“Nevertheless, I see a lot of people reading back their own theology into some of the writings of the early church.”
“I think its actually very hard to determine what some of these guys believe, even if some people now days are so confident that they know.”
Claims such as those without argumentation do not lend credibility to the Amillennial position.
I have posted the following article back a while ago, but it is important to post it again because it substantiates the orthodoxy of Premillennialism. Here it is.
[The following is a selection taken from the Parousia #14 newsletter by Charles Cooper.]
“Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophesy and to anoint the most holy place.
[The following is a selection taken from the Parousia #14 newsletter by Charles Cooper.]
And all the multitude kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God has done through them among the Gentiles. And after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying
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