tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875527602947201042.post4378228081948916339..comments2024-02-13T03:15:46.589-05:00Comments on Reformed Meditations: The History of Reformed EschatologyDanny Wyatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10626921685424930852noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875527602947201042.post-86985079743619792592014-02-18T02:08:57.935-05:002014-02-18T02:08:57.935-05:00Hello,
I would like a person knowlegable about the...Hello,<br />I would like a person knowlegable about the history of eschatology to comment on how thoroughly the reformers studied and thought about eschatology. I am a preterist and believe the reformers were wrong on certain aspects of eschatology. However, their views got cast in stone by the confessions and anyone who thinks otherwise is rejected for entry into the Reformed fold. I think the reformers just took Biblical statements about the second coming, the judgment, the resurrection as face value without rigorous cross checking. They were concentrating on the issues of the day such as salvation by faith, solo scriptura, etc. Eschatology has been thought about and fleshed out much more since then and it is apparent that no current theory is without its problems. Ergo, the need for a comprehensive reevaluation of eschatology from scratch i.e. without undue influence from the baggage of the past.<br />I a member of the OPC but the URC does not want to accept my request for transfer because of my eschatology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875527602947201042.post-54340298339933186002013-05-28T16:09:00.753-04:002013-05-28T16:09:00.753-04:00Danny--Thank you for your scholarship and this fin...Danny--Thank you for your scholarship and this fine article. I found it while I was researching a book I am writing on American ideology. I think there are some fascinating distinctions and polarities among the three major positions. Amillennialism and Postmillennialism share a rejection of the "deus ex machina" (so to speak) of Premillennialsm. But Post-and-Premillennialism share a view that history is relevant, whereas Augustine and his followers saw no hope for progress. Maculloch's book, The Reformation, talks about this. You might also be interested in Tuvesson's book from the 1960s titled "Redeemer Nation" that talks about the role of millennialism in American ideology. Bob Leonhard (RRLeonhard@aol.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875527602947201042.post-23815170860363135622011-09-24T11:45:21.537-04:002011-09-24T11:45:21.537-04:00Tim in one regard we can simplify it to those term...Tim in one regard we can simplify it to those terms. But we would still not be able to truly able to reconcile those opinions without also accounting for the interpretation of the thousand years in Rev. 20 which is vitally important to all three camps. I also think that we would have to at a bare minimum take into account the variance in thought concerning a period of bliss on this earth in order to consider these views. Now, all of that said I think that Post and Amillennial views are far more compatible than Premillennial views. Thank you for taking the time to read this post my friend.Dannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8875527602947201042.post-26385742933261179452011-09-23T19:49:39.721-04:002011-09-23T19:49:39.721-04:00Danny, due to time constraints on me right now, I ...Danny, due to time constraints on me right now, I had to scan down this article. Looks good, though. One comment that might be helpful is that our current distinctions between Post- and Amillennialism can be pushed back into history quite anachronistically. On a very basic level, one is either Pre- or Postmillennial. That is, Christ is either coming before or after the millennium. There are many details that come into play from there, but that's a lowest-common-denominator place to start. Anyway, brother, thanks for the article. <br />-TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com