Tonight's Academy Lecture

Tonight's lecture (October 24) is entitled "Christ, the True Temple" and is part of my series "Amillennialism 101."

Christ Reformed's Academy lectures begin @ 7:30 p.m., are free of charge, and are followed by a time for questions and refreshments.

I am utilizing my two books for this series, A Case for Amillennialism (Baker, 2003), and The Man of Sin (Baker, 2006).

Comments

[Mike]

I have a question. I heard Macarthur say if you dont use the literal hermenuetic on obvious prophetic passages like Rev 20 than you leave the exegesis up to mans conjecture and whoever s opinion seems to make the most sense. Macarthur argued we are to submit to the text not to our logic or theological frameworks. Logic is to be subservient to the text. How do we reply to that? I mean you have to at least admire the guy for seeking to take God at His word.

[Kim Riddlebarger]

Mike:

Listen to the lectures posted to the right ("Amillennialism 101"). I tackle this point head on, and argue that MacArthur can't make good on his own point. It is the dispensationalist who forces his own interpretive grid on the biblical text, ignoring the Christ-centered hermeneutic given us in the New Testament.

[Mike]

I have a question. I heard Macarthur say if you dont use the literal hermenuetic on obvious prophetic passages like Rev 20 than you leave the exegesis up to mans conjecture and whoever s opinion seems to make the most sense. Macarthur argued we are to submit to the text not to our logic or theological frameworks. Logic is to be subservient to the text. How do we reply to that? I mean you have to at least admire the guy for seeking to take God at His word.

[Mike]

oops sorry for the double post.

[Mike]

will do. I just listened to his premill thing on calvinists must be premill. His reasoning was false though. They always use a red herring and call us replacement theologians and claim we believe that God has forsaken His covenant with the house of Israel. No it was fulfilled in Christ- I havent listened to your lecture on Christ the true Israel, but I have always believed that by reading the text. He fulfilled all the promises, and that remnant of ethnic Jews at His first coming, along with the elect gentiles are "in Him" as a living building or temple, with the Jews being grafted back in through time until the last day when we all, the Israel of God, those"governed by God" are one in Him forever and ever world without end. (Eph 1:19-2:22) Awesome stuff. THanks for all your help on this Kim. Your labors are not in vain.

[David]

Dear Kim,

Thank you so much for your recent lectures on
"Amill 101". I thank you for your grace when dealing with these sorts of issues and looking at the presuppositions of the systems. I know you had mentioned in your last lecture that you were going to refer to a chart (I believe it was "this and and the age to come", if I am not mistaken) and I was wondering if you had a chance to post it on the site yet. May God Bless you as you study his word!

In Christ,
David

[David]

Sorry I think I found it :-)

Thanks again,

David

[plw]

Thank you for the 'streaming' Kim. We appreciate it so much. Good teaching on all. We follow as closely as we can on all of your material and recommend it to many!

[Randy]

I remember when MacArthur made his comments at the Shepherds Conference concerning dispensationalism and Calvinism. I was a died in the wool dispensationalist, but thought his comments were so over the top that I wanted to look farther into the whole eschatology thing. (After all, he had in essence just called R.C. Sproul a theological liberal.) Ha.

So after listening to several of Kim Riddlebargers teachings on amillennialism, I can now safely say that my views on eschatology have changed greatly. I look forward to hearing more as they are posted.