John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is an American Protestant pastor and author known for his internationally syndicated Christian teaching radio and television program Grace to You. 3 reasons John MacArthur is wrong about religious liberty John Piper Backs Professor's End Times Theory of Premillennialism As one prominent amillennialist said when asked, What is the biblical significance of the existence of Jews in their land? and he said, It has no significance at all. Really? Ive been here at Grace Church well, what - thirty-some years. Now, the only thing that I ask is that you read it, and the only reason I ask you to read it is so that you may be what? Premillennialism - Historic Vs. Dispensational Premillennialism How could He hold them responsible for not believing? Another Rapture passage - great one - verse 16: the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, the trumpet of God, the dead in Christ shall rise first. Turn to 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Corinthians 15. This message clears up any questions as to where MacArthur stands on the eschatology issue. Since the UK is now no longer a member of the EU, you may be charged an import tax on this item by the customs authorities in your country of residence, which is beyond our control. Only now has it happened, and so His promises may not be trustworthy, since they were given in the past, before so many things happened that He didnt know were coming to pass. And by what authority? 7 Reasons Why the Gospel of John is So Special 3 days ago I remember when I flew to Kazakhstan in about a 35 or 38-hour flight; got off the plane at 7:00 in the morning to speak at a conference. 13:79). So, they did it, and we distributed that at the Shepherds Conference - 350-page version of Revelation, in which the full interpretation is provided there and of course, you can advance to the full two volumes if youd like. Now, the truth of the matter is, those are just two ways to look at the same thing; postmillennialism and amillennialism is really the same thing. Now it is time to reestablish the high ground of sovereign grace for a future generation of ethnic Israel in salvation and the messianic earthly kingdom. After that he must be loosed for a little while." Now, against those two is the view called premillennialism; that means there will be a millennium and prior to that millennium, Jesus will come. But in both cases it will be the flow of history under the influence of the church, so theyre really looking at the same thing. God is just trying to find His way through the melee of choices and decisions, through the endless vicissitudes and choices that everything and everyone makes, through all of the numberless issues in this massive universe that are going on; Hes sorting it all out as He goes. The Lords coming back: blessing, purity, stability, comfort. MacArthur is a fifth-generation pastor, a popular author and conference speaker and has served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California since 1969, and as President of The Master's College (and the related Master's Seminary) in Santa Clarita, California. We want the Word to bless, to make us pure, to stabilize us, to comfort us, to give us a passion for evangelism. I have even called thee by thy name Isaiah 65:9: Mine elect shall inherit it - the promises of God. He is the author, co-author or co-editor of fifteen books and more than eighty articles in journals or multi-author works. Premillennialists believe that two-thirds of the Jews living in Israel during the time of the great tribulation will be slaughtered (Zech. The sting of death is sin, the power of sin is the law, thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.. "Are You Becoming a Post-Millennialist?" - Desiring God Ive written about this in several places. Israel and the church, and advocate for futuristic millennialism. CLASSIC DISPENSATIONALISM. The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics helps Christians show unbelievers the truth, goodness, and beauty of the gospel as the only hope that fulfills our deepest longings. His contention that unless you see Scripture through dispensational eyes, you cannot be a "self-respecting Calvinist" surprised many-Reformed amillennarians and historic premillennarians alike. Mathewson, Dave L. John MacArthur's Defense of Dispensationalism - American Vision As soon as you abandon that, then its fair game for anybodys craziness. Thats called process theology. Father, we thank You for a great evening together; wonderful testimonies, great fellowship and how - how good it is to think deeply and broadly about the glory of Your Word. No other study Bible does such a thorough job of explaining the historical context, unfolding the meaning of the text, and placing it within a theological Not just the future of Israel, but our confidence in the Word of God. MacArthur's Leaky Dispensationalism - Grace Evangelical Society One calls it a kingdom and says it will expand and expand and expand - thats the positive spin. This primer takes you on a Biblical study of questions surrounding prophecy, Israel, the rapture, and the different millennial . by John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue (Chicago: Moody, 2012), 24. For details about this sermon and for related resources, click here: https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-339 To receive John MacArthur's monthly l. One says its not the kingdom. This year they upgraded some snacks and are handing out Zone protein bars, a major enhancementhowever, I am really missing my family. What you have here is a benediction from God: blessed is he who reads and understands the book of Revelation. We've been working our way through doctrinal emphases in Scripture, doctrinal themes, and we have covered a lot of ground. May we be faithful to take it, to interpret it as you intended for us to, so that it can yield to us the wonderful rich blessings that You have promised. The church will move out of its own environs to capture nations, leaders, ideologies, philosophies, theories, religions, and bring them all into captivity to Christ. His presentation was not an attempt to harmonize Calvinism with a premillennial view but rather to show the inconsistency of the contrary. What passage is it in? I had no idea what they believed - 1600 pastors and leaders from central Asia - Id never have even been there; and the group that led the conference came to me afterwards with smiles on their faces and said, You believe exactly what we believe. This isnt something for people who have been highly educated; this is something for people who havent been corrupted by education. So check out Tim Challies summary on this once it is posted and if you are able to get your mitts on the audio for this it is highly recommended. How could they believe unless He caused them to believe? Prior to that I thought about it a lot. . If were going to change the rules, then, may I suggest this - and this is what I told the pastors - if were going to change the rules, then we better have a word from God. Christ returns before the Millennium, a literal thousand years 2. What Is Premillennialism? - Christianity Macarthur writes "Futuristic Premillennialism is the result of an understanding and application of the prophetic texts in a way that is consistent with the normal, literal approach to interpreting Scripture." This is how the authors come to their Futuristic Premillennial view. His point being that Jesus literally fulfilled promises of God just as they would have been literally taken, how in the world can we now redefine the kingdom in a different way than it was described in and through the prophets? Murray notes that A number of years before [the Larger Catechism and Westminster Directory for Public Worship] were drawn up, the call for prayer for the conversion of the Jews and for the success of the gospel throughout the world was already a feature of Puritan congregations. (Murray, The Puritan Hope, 99.) Erdman refers to the premillennialism of Asia Minor in the second century as "Asiatic millennialism.". See, for example, Michael Vlach's article "How Does Historic Premillennialism Differ from Dispensational Premillennialism?", this "Eschatology Comparison" chart, and this article "An Historical . Why? In his commentary on John 3:33, John Calvin wrote: "To believe the Gospel is nothing else than to assent to the truths that God has revealed." The sort faith that MacArthur rejects is what the Bible requires. He comes pre, not post; He comes before. Yet in Sproul's lifetime, he and MacArthur were close friends. But they want to get God off the hook, so they say Hes really not responsible, Hes really not in charge of anything; Hes just trying to figure it out. Historically, church fathers favored historic premillennialism, including Ireneaus, Papias, Justin Martyr, Tertullian, and Hippolytus. This up to now has been more like a lecture, but turn to Revelation chapter 1, and just look at verse 3 for a moment. So, I said, Would you do me a favor? John MacArthur's secret? | Evangelicals Now - En A Purchased Victory: A Conference on the Bright Hope of Postmillennialism, Website made by Chittam Technology Solutions, LLC. Erik Raymond is the senior pastor at Redeemer Fellowship Church in Metro Boston. John MacArthur's Defense of Dispensationalism Monday, December 8, 2008 by Gary DeMar In 1988, John MacArthur wrote The Gospel According to Jesus, a controversial book in certain circles because he relied heavily on the views of Calvinistic writers to deal with the lordship salvation controversy. You would assume that they are confused because the Bible is confusing, and if the Bible is confusing, then God Himself is confused, and so, working hard - and it is often hard work - to understand prophetic passages is needless. It is narrative history, and we fight - sometimes tooth and nail - to maintain the literal veracity of Genesis 1 through 3. I align myself to historical premillennialism, so I want to convey my own dismay with John MacArthur's sermon series from 2007. Now, talking about eschatology is not without controversy. Postmillennialists think things are going to get better. Help train Christians to boldly share the good news of Jesus Christ in a way that clearly communicates to this secular age. This we think to be the sense, in general, of those scriptures, both in the Old and New Testament, which speak of the latterday glory. . But in the Old Testament - for example, Isaiah 45:4: Israel, Mine elect. Its there. Some of them are postmillennialists, although there are fewer and fewer of those. Sermons | Educational Resources | The Master's Seminary I know where history is going. A Case for . Why a Pretribulational Rapture? | Journal | The Master's Seminary This article is also available and sold as a booklet. John MacArthur's first message at the Shepherds' Conference set off shock waves throughout the reformed evangelical church by upholding Premillennialism as being the only consistent position for any person who holds to the doctrine of sovereign electing grace. 4. Let me give you a theology lesson here a little bit. Pretribulational Rapture in 17th and 18th Century England. O.T. Christ's Prophetic Plans: A Futuristic Premillennial Primer by John F Is Premillennialism Consistent With Calvinism? - Finding The Balance Why TMS? But, in any case - and by the way, postmillennialists and amillennialists differ as to the details of these kinds of things. Ive been teaching and preaching the Bible expositionally now for over 40 years, one verse at a time. But there is a growing influence of amillennialism, because amillennialism has been a part of reformed theology. Not one reference anywhere in Scripture - and there are over two thousand, referring to Israel - means anything other than Israel. In fact, the worst evil thats ever been done on the history of the world was the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and by that - the worst evil - He gained the greatest glory. Not true. MacArthur's "dispensationalism" is eschatological and ecclesiological only. There are two great elect people in the Bible: Israel and the church; and Israel is elect, as the church is elect - the New Testament is full of comments about the church being the elect. Historical Records of New South Wales, vols 1-7; Historical Records of Australia, series 1, vols 1-17, series 3, vols 2-3, series 4, vol 1; S. Macarthur Onslow, Early Records of the Macarthurs of Camden (Syd 1914) S. J. Butlin, Foundations of the Australian Monetary System, 1788-1851 (Melb, 1953) M. H. Ellis, John Macarthur (Syd, 1955) and for bibliography Over four decades of ministry, John has written dozens of bestselling books, including The . John MacArthur (American pastor) - Wikipedia DP also believes that God has a place for both national Israel (cf. Dispensationalism is a kind of framework for history that is organized around seven dispensationsseven orders or administrations. You can choose Him and then not choose Him, and then choose Him again and then not choose Him, and you make the decision; and so, all of the promises of God are conditional on you. How do you explain that? So, if were going to change the rules of interpretation to inject into Scripture a preconceived idea or to avoid what is obvious, we better be sure that we have a word from God. Romans 11:28 . (1) That the old offcasten Israel for unbelief would never be forgotten, especially in these meetings, that the promised day of their ingrafting again by faith may be hastened; and that the dead weight of blood removed off them, that their fathers took upon them and upon their children, that have sunk them down to hell upwards of seventeen hundred years. A History of Christian Zionism: Philo-Semitism and the Expectation of Israel's Restoration. There is no doubt that he does hold to the fundamental distinction between the Church and Israel, though he does not always apply this distinction consistently. John MacArthur and Dispensationalism - Middletown Bible church It matters to me. Theological Method of Premillennialism" in A Case for Historic Premillennialism: An Alternative to "Left Behind" Eschatology, ed. That is a large part of evangelical Christianity, the Wesleyan movement, Charismatic movement, Methodists, etc., etc., many Baptists. It is the single most inexplicable story in human history, that this small group of beleaguered people, attacked and assaulted by everybody around them for centuries, still exist as a pure ethnic race. And . Four Views on the Millennium - Study Resources - Blue Letter Bible See here and here. Those who most celebrate the sovereign grace of election - thats the Reformed - they are typically amillennial. Because we dont want you to incur expenditure for which you are not prepared, could you please confirm whether you are willing to pay this charge, if necessary? Now, to affix our thinking to one great future event which seems to be the most controversial, I want you to think with me about the coming kingdom of Christ, known as the millennial kingdom, because in the twentieth chapter of Revelation, the opening of that chapter, there is reference to the reign and rule of Jesus Christ on the earth which lasts one thousand years; in fact, one thousand is repeated six times in that brief text. I reject the wacky world of newspaper exegesis and cartoon eschatology, and crazy interpretation like the locusts of Revelation 9 being helicopters, et cetera. Ridgeley spends several pages refuting ancient and modern Chiliasts, or Millennarians ((Ridgeley, Commentary on the Larger Catechism, 1:558562.)) I saw it in Scripture when I was young; I saw it in Scripture because it was so crystal clear. In the modern theological world, I say leave amillennialism to the process theologians. They would rather believe that God has predestined His Church to failure than believe that they are personally responsible for transforming society. We can interpret it the way we interpret any other passage of Scripture, with the same use of the normal, natural means of interpreting language, and we should; and it will yield for us as clear an understanding of the future as the Lord wants us to have. Why I Changed My Mind About the Millennium - The Gospel Coalition Dispensational Premillennialism: Exposition and Critique And Im not into all kinds of complex charts, and Im not into all that is traditionally known as dispensationalism - seven dispensations, two kingdoms, two New Covenants, two ways of salvation, discontinuity between the Old Testament and the New - Im not talking about that. Whether you are a pessimistic amillennialist, or an optimistic amillennialist - thats a postmillennialist - you dont know what to do with prophetic truth, because if you interpret prophetic truth in the same normal, natural way you interpret all the rest of the passages of Scripture, youre going to end up a premillennialist; its inevitable. So that whatever God chose to do He will do, that whatever He began to do He will complete, those who will defend that to their last breath - Gods irrevocable, unconditional, unilateral, sovereign election will bring those He has chosen to the fulfillment of all that He has promised them. Every Sunday morning for over 50 years, John MacArthur a faithful pastor with many of the same convictions as Barrow has ascended the pulpit of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, opened his Bible, and boldly preached God's Word to the thousands assembled there to worship. And for most evangelicals, for most people who hold to a sound, biblical view and Reformed theology, they would live and die that the text of Genesis 1 through 3 means exactly what it says it means, because thats the only way to interpret Scripture. Now, frankly, its too late for John Calvin to fix his work, although he is now a premillennialist in heaven. Show it to me. The Rise of Philo-Semitism and Premillennialism During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Edwards believed that the overthrow of Satans kingdom involved several elements: the abolition of heresies and infidelity, the overthrow of the kingdom of the Antichrist (the Pope), the overthrow of the Muslim nations, and the overthrow of Jewish infidelity: However obstinate [the Jews] have been now for above seventeen hundred years in their rejection of Christ, and however rare have been the instances of individual conversions, ever since the destruction of Jerusalem … yet, when this day comes, the thick vail that blinds their eyes shall be removed, 2 Cor. Whats that about? I was talking to one of our missionaries just this same week I gave this talk to the pastors, and he was coming back from China and he said, Theres only one view in the church in China and its the premillennial view. Of course, because they just take what Scripture says. Because, you see, if it doesnt mean what it says it means, then any suggestion is as bad as any other suggestion. Log In In fact, some say nearly one-fourth of Scripture is prophetic. The reformers had it right on most issues. Craig and his wife Fran have two daughters and reside in Centennial, Colorado.

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