By: Dr. Robert Thomas; ©2003 Who are the ones sitting on the thrones in Revelation 20:4? Revelation 20:5 speaks of two resurrections. Who will be involved in each? Dr. Thomas…
By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2003 Dr. Showers deals with liberal Postmillennialism in this issue, explaining how it differs from conservative postmillennialism and how liberal postmillennialists distort or reinterpret several key…
By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2003 Dr. Showers details the revolt against amillennialism and the rise of Postmillennialism in the seventeenth century. Contents The three previous articles examined the rejection of…
By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2003 Dr. Showers traces the history of the revolt against the premillennial view of prophecy. Contents The two previous articles examined the rejection of Premillennialism in…
By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2003 One factor which contributed to rejection of the doctrine of premillennialism was the integration of a new theology, influenced by Greek thought, in the 2nd…
By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2003 Although premillennialism was the predominate teaching of orthodox believers through the third century, eventually it was superseded by the amillennial position. Dr. Showers traces this…
By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2003 Dr. Showers has given us quotes from several early Church leaders about their views on the Millennial period. This time we hear from Lactantius (approx.…
By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2003 Dr. Showers quotes several early church fathers to show that the premillennial view was the predominant view of orthodox believers as early as the first…
By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2003 Numerous historians have declared that Premillennialism was the first major millennial view of the Church. In this article Dr. Renald Showers quotes from a number…
By: Dr. Renald Showers; ©2003 During the history of the Church three major views have been held concerning the future Kingdom of God. These are the premillennial, a millennial, and…