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Millennium

Millennium. Millennium. Preparers / partiers. y2k. Bible prophecy. Overly Confident Interpretations. Overly Confident Interpretations. False Alarms. False Alarms. Shocking. Shocking!. Jesus:

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Millennium

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  1. Millennium Millennium

  2. Preparers / partiers

  3. y2k

  4. Bible prophecy

  5. Overly Confident Interpretations Overly Confident Interpretations

  6. False Alarms False Alarms

  7. Shocking Shocking! Jesus: “But about that day or hourno one knows,neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.Beware, keep alert; for you do not knowwhen the time will come” (Mark 13:32-33; NIV).

  8. Not for you to know Jesus: “It is not for you to knowthe times or periodsthat the Father has setby his own authority . . . You will be my witnesses.” (Acts 1:6-8; NRSV).

  9. Hal Lindsey

  10. Left Behind?

  11. Newsweek cover

  12. Do not believe it Jesus: If anyone tells youthat they know how tointerpret the signs of the end,do not believe it!(Matt. 24:26-27)

  13. Eschatological Calculus Eschatological Calculus • 2000? • Calendars • 2 Peter 3:8-15

  14. The Second Coming

  15. Jesus will come again. • The Manual position of the Church of the Nazarene • Ecumenical Christian creeds • Apostles’ • Nicene

  16. H. Orton Wiley, Christian Theology Fact vs. Order of Events Modesty Controversial

  17. Dr. Wiley: The details are “not vital toChristianexperience,”but merely matters of “peculiarfascination for thecurious minded”(3: 245).

  18. Inadequate attention has been given to the practical implications of our hope. Many sincere Christians are confused by overly confident, mistaken interpretations of the Second Coming. Why talk about theSecond Coming?

  19. Scripture Tradition Reason Experience A Wesleyan Eschatology A Wesleyan Eschatology faithful to Quadrilateral

  20. Millennium Millennium Four Views: Historic Premillennialism Postmillennialism Amillennialism Dispensational Premillenialism

  21. Dispensationalism rapture Origin: 1830s • Margaret Macdonald (14) • Edward Irving (Catholic Apostolic Church) Early Popularizers: • J. N. Darby (Plymouth Brethren) • C. I. Scofield (Reference Bible) • D. L. Moody (Evangelist)

  22. Rapture? rapture Dispensationalism Biblical? • 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17harpazô =rapture ? • 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 • Matt 24:40-41; Lk 17:41 ?

  23. Millennium Millennium Revelation 20 Satan bound (vv. 1-3)

  24. Antichrist in Rev 12 Revelation 12

  25. Millennium Millennium Revelation 20 Satan bound (vv. 1-3) 1000 years

  26. Millennium Millennium Revelation 20 Satan bound (vv. 1-3) Satan finally defeated(vv. 7-10)

  27. Millennium Millennium Revelation 20 Satan bound (vv. 1-3) Christ reigns (vv. 4-6) for 1,000 years with beheaded martyrs Satan finally defeated (vv. 7-10)

  28. New Jerusalem

  29. New Jerusalem on earth 1,500 miles x1,500 milesx1,500 miles

  30. Oops!

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