Articles For The Kingdom Age
PMW 2021-076 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. I am beginning a two-part series on the millennium. I will be highlighting how its significance in eschatological discussions is exaggerated. I am calling for balance on this issue. Revelation 20:1–6 present us with a time frame that plays a far greater role in the eschatological debate than…
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PMW 2021-075 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. In this blog I continue the thought introduced in my last one. That is, I am continuing to show that Israel was excommunicated by God in AD 70. This is the third in a series on Rev 11:2, and the second in this two-part installment on excommunication. You…
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PMW 2021-074 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. In Rev 11:2 we find an important clue to the meaning of the message of Revelation. In this passage we learn that the outer court of the temple is to be cast out. The external court represents the external husk of ancient Judaism, as viewed over against the…
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PMW 2021-073 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. Rev 11:1-2 is an important passage in John’s drama about Israel’s judgment. There John receives a command to actually engage an action in his visionary experience: “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. Leave out the court which…
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PMW 2021-072 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. This is the last in a three-part series that is basically citing verses demonstrating God’s sovereignty over the affairs of the world. It is important that postmillennialists always bear in mind that, no matter what the current external circumstances may suggest, God is in control He sovereignly ordains…
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PMW 2021-071by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. This is the second in a brief series on God’s sovereignty as our hope for the gospel’s conquering the world for Christ. I am writing this to encourage postmillennialists to maintain their hope in Scripture’s prophecies despite the widespread and increasing collapse of our culture in America. God has…
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PMW 2021-070 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. We live in an era of wholesale moral, cultural, and moral collapse. Our nation was founded on Christian principle, but today we are witnessing the ever quickening collapse of our society. And I say this as a postmillennialist. Is there any hope for our future? The answer, of…
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PMW 2021-069 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. Although the vast majority of Revelation focuses on events that will occur “soon” (Rev 1:1, 3), the Revelation 20 section on the thousand years begins, but is not completed, in the first century. It projects itself into the distant future, allowing a glimpse of the end result of…
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PMW 2021-068 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. Doctrines revolving around the end of the world and the return of Christ are extremely popular today. And since his return is a foundational doctrine of the historic Christian faith, it well deserves our notice. Unfortunately though, the second advent is more deeply loved and firmly believed than…
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PMW 2021-067 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. Does the “Cultural Mandate” in Gen 1:26-28 help the postmillennial argument? Or is it “forced” evidence? One PMT reader expressed doubt that this has anything to do with the postmillennial hope. So I ask: Does this passage speak to the postmillennial program? I believe it does. And powerfully…
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PMW 2021-065 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. I have been presenting the postmillennial understanding of the millennial hope in this five-part series. Hopefully this series will be useful as an introduction to postmillennialism for those unfamiliar with it or, as yet, unpersuaded by its argument. In this article we will very briefly consider one of…
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PMW 2021-064 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. I am continuing a study on the millennial reign of Christ. In this article I will focus on: Christ and the Postmillennial Hope In Christ’s earthly ministry we witness the coming of the prophesied kingdom. For instance, in Mark 1:15 we hear the Lord himself proclaim: “The time…
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PMT 2021-063 Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. This is the third in a series of studies on the “millennium” from Rev. 20 and how postmillennialists understand it, especially over against amillennialists. Prophecy and the Postmillennial Hope The Old Testament is, of course, full of eschatological pronouncements. Israel was blessed with many writing prophets who have left…
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PMW 2021-062 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. In my last article I began considering the distinctive approach to the millennium in the postmillennial view, and as over against amillennialism. Though amillennialism and postmillennialism are closely related, they are distinct. Defining Postmillennialism So now: What is the postmillennial outlook? Why is it called post-millennial? And what…
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PMW-2021-061 Kenneth L. Gentry, Postmillennialism and amillennialism are closely related. In fact, they are both “post” millennial in that they believe the current age (the Church Age, if you will) is the “millennium,” and that Christ will return “post” (after) the millennium. Both Post- and Amillennialists note that the “thousand year” reign of Christ occurs…
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PMW 2021-060 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. Today we are so distant from the events of AD 70, so removed from the ancient culture, so little acquainted with the first-century Jewish outlook, and so accustomed to the Christian perspective, we tend to overlook the enormous redemptive-historical significance of AD 70. Those events are not merely…
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PMW 2021-059 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. The God of creation is a God of covenant. Scripture structures God’s relationship to and rule over both man and creation in covenantal terms. Creation Covenant Though the term “covenant” (Heb.: berith) does not appear in Genesis 1, the constitutive elements of a covenant are there. Jeremiah, however,…
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PMW 2021-058 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. This is my final study of the leading objections to the early date. I am using Leon Morris, The Revelation of St. John (2d. ed.: Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987) in considering the arguments. The historical situations of the seven churches (Rev. 1:4; 2; 3), suggest a late date….
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PMW 2021-057 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. I am continuing a brief series on problems scholars have with the early (pre-AD 70) date of Revelation. I am using his Leon Morris’ book: The Revelation of St. John (2d. ed.: Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987) as my main source. Let’s get to work! A most unusual phenomenon…
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PMW 2021-056 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. Revelation’s early date is generally held by modern postmillennialists of the preterist variety. I have argued elsewhere positively for the early date. So here I am offering a short series that briefly responds to late-date evidences. I am focusing on Leon Morris’ arguments, due to their cogency, succinctness,…
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