THE FALLACY AND FOOLISHNESS OF POST-MILLENNIALISM (Seven great Truths denied)
THE GREATEST DOCTRINES HATED IN THE PRESENT CHURCH WORLD IS THE TWO TRIUMPHANT TRUTHS OF THE RAPTURE AND THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE THRONE OF DAVID. These two incredible Bible Truths are set in clear terms throughout the First and Second Testaments. The only way to deny these wonderful doctrines is to be blinded by Replacement Theology. You must believe that the Church has replaced Israel and that God has totally divorced His own people, the Jews. To do this you must take multiple Scriptures to the Jewish people in the First Testament and somehow by slight of interpretation transfer them to the New Testament Church.
Here are seven wonderful Truths or Bible Doctrines that are denied or trashed when someone teaches Post-Millennialism or Dominionism.
1. THE TRIUMPHANT FUTURE FOR THE NATION OF ISRAEL AS THE CENTER OF WORLD GOVERNMENT.
2. THE EARTHLY REIGN OF THE BRIDE OF JESUS CHRIST OVER THE GENTILE NATIONS OF THE EARTH.
3. THE JUDGEMENT OF THE DEVIL OR SATAN IN THE BOTTOMLESS PIT FOR 1000 YEARS.
4. A JEWISH CAPITOL IN THE ENLARGED CITY OF JERUSALEM.
5. THE SUBJUGATION OF THE ENTIRE WORLD UNDER THE KINGSHIP OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
6. THE FINAL DISPOSAL AND ELIMINATION OF ALL FALLEN ANGELS OR DEMON SPIRITS FROM THE WORLD.
7. THE RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS THAT GOD’S PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN. Peter stated by the Holy Ghost after the miracle in Acts 3, “Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” (Acts 3:21)
Abraham looked for this Golden Kingdom; why should we be ashamed to do the same? The Holy Scripture records, “By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles (a tent or cloth hut) with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” (Hebrews 11:9-10) His acquaintance with God and the revelations of truths, though much less than present, assured him that after the present age there was a celestial kingdom. He endured the tents and huts in grand anticipation of the golden future. Faith was his stay.
The First Covenant is filled with the hope of the future. Almost every prophet has some revelation of this great reality. Isaiah gave a vivid description in Isaiah 65:17-25, “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.” (Isaiah 65:17-25)
Zechariah clearly placed this day as the day (revelation) of the Lord (Jesus Christ) when He would descend from the Father’s right hand to take possession from our enemies. “Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle . . .” “And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.” “In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and see the therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.” (Zechariah 14:3, 9, 20-21)
“Righteousness will cover the earth as waters cover the sea, the wolf and the lamb will lay down together, the sword and the spear will be beaten into harvesting instruments, the earth will learn war no more.” The First Covenant literally abounds with these kinds of expressions as Holy Ghost inspired servants labored under pressure, but lived with spiritual eyes trained on the Golden Kingdom. They knew better than to even suggest this kingdom would be of their own doing. It was the “payday someday” that they lived to enjoy. Paul said, “(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise.” (Hebrews 11:38-39) Believe me; they will yet receive the promise!
This hope of a golden age was so embedded in the Jewish mindset that the disciples of Jesus could not grasp His kingdom concepts.They wanted an earthly kingdom, but He was establishing a spiritual one. Even at His ascension in Acts, they were still asking the question, “. . . wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6) The Messiah, as they supposed, was to fulfill all those golden promises. They finally saw the church age or dispensation as the interlude between Christ’s death and the golden future. After they were filled with the Holy Spirit, they labored untiringly, always watching for Jesus to return to get them. His coming was their Biblical signal that it was time for the golden kingdom. We are still watching as they did for that event (the Rapture) and the beginning of “the consummation of all things”.
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POST-MILLENIALISM IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH AS LONG AS SATAN IS STILL LOOSE
Dear Joe Chambers,
It is impossible for anyone to accomplish a POST-MILLENIAL SOCIETY OF PEACE, because there has never ever has been 1000 years of peace in human history. Not even a century of peace. There has always been WAR, and always will be WAR until SATAN IS BOUND UP AND SENT DOWN THE VERY LONG TUNNEL (ABYSSS) TO THE GULAG (HELL) OF FIRE BELOW. When Satan is down in the GULAG, the Lord Jesus can bring peace upon the earth. FOLKS ARE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY TO BELIEVE IN POST-MILLENIALISM, AND IN DOMINION THEOLOGY? It is just not possible. DO THEY REALLY THINK THAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS ON THEIR OWN, WITHOUT HAVING JESUS CHRIST COME? Those folks are crazy. There has always be war. not even a day goes by without wars. REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY ALSO WILL NOT WORK. ISRAEL IS THE MOTHER OF CHRISTIANITY. Why deny your cultural and spiritual Mother of Israel. Christianity orginated in Israel and was primarily JEWISH. When Paul came along GENTILES were later added to the Church. It started out PRIMARILY OF THE JEWS. EVERY APOSTLE WAS A JEW. MOST OF THE WRITERS OF THE BIBLE WERE JEWS. GENTILE DOMINATION OF POST-MILLENIALISM IS WISHFIL THING AND IS FALSE DOCTRINE. The CHurch is headed by the JEWS SUCH AS JESUS. When the kingdom comes the TOP LEADERS OF THE CHURCH WILL BE JEWS, WITH JESUS AS THE PRESIDENT. THE APOSTLES AMONG THE 24 ELDERS. All the 24 elders are Jews. The next layer could include some Gentiles. WHY THEN DO FOLKS PUSH REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY WHEN AL THE TOP LEADERS OF THE CHURCH IN THE KINGDOM TO COME ARE JEWS.
THE LAND OF ISRAEL ABSOLUTELY BELONGS TO THE JEWS, INCLUDING JERUSALEM. THE TEMPLE MOUNT BELOGSN TO THE JEWS. IT BELONGS TO THE JEWS NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE WORLD AND THE ARABS GET HEART ATTACKS OVER IT. THE LAND BELONGS TO THE JEWS, NOT TO THE “PALESTINIANS” WHO ARE FIT ONLY TO BE TOTALLY DESTROYED because they can never live in peace with others. They only want to kill people. THEY ARE THE TERRORIST RACE! And the “PALESTINIANS” will be totally exterminated in the war of PSALM 83. They are just like the Philistines were earlier. The Philistines were exterminated by Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon earlier, because they were too WARLIKE. Today the HATE FILLED PALESTINIANS THE RACE OF TERRORISTS ARE FIT ONLY FOR DESTRUCTION. And that will in PSALM 83.
When the GREAT EVACUATION OF THE CHURCH COMES, AND IS TRANSPORTED TO HEAVEN, God will then turn to the JEWS AS HIS PRIMARY MISSIONARIES TO THE WORLD. THERE WILL BE 144,000 JEWISH MISSIONARIES GOING ALL OVER THE EARTH DURING THE TRIBULATION TO WIN PEOPLE OF ALL RACES TO JESUS CHRIST. They will do it a lot better than the FAT AND LAZY CHURCH (MOSTLY LAODICEAN) TODAY. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS PEOPLE WILL GET SAVED AS RESULT OF THE 144’000 Jewish missionaries. The Church is not doing too well at carrying out the GREAT COMMISSION today, so God is going to TURN RIGHT BACK TO THE JEWS to spread his gospel. For those who believe in REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY it looks like God is getting ready to REPLACE THE APOSTATE CHURCH OF LAODICEA WITH THE JEWS, BECAUSE WE WILL NOT BEAR THE FRUIT. 2000 year ago God set aside Israel and brought in the Church. Now that the organized Church as gotton away from God, NOW GO IS GOING TO REPLACE CHURCHIANITY WITH ISRAEL. He will evacuate the saints before that happens. THE God will REPLACE THE HARLOT CHURCH with the 144000 Jews.
Sincerely,
Keith Black
Gil
I would suggest that the city Abraham looked for is the city that God built. The Church as Jesus declared in Mat 16:18.
Yolande
Your commentary was very insightful, giving us information and perspective not found anywhere else. Thank you for writing it. Moral relativism is definitely a growing problem in our society.
melvin
In Jesus Kingdom the gentile christians will reject Him. Read Zechariah 14;16-18. They will keep rejecting to keep the Feast of Tabernacles just as they do today. Jesus then will not let them have any rain. Rev.20 verse 3 and 8. Satan is loosed after the 1000 years and a number as the sand of the sea will follow satan
Ed Wood
Replacement theology is characterized as the belief that the promises God made to Israel will instead now apply to the church. I could ask where false doctrines like this come from and why are they so eagerly accepted, but I think we all know the answers – the devil himself originates them and finds fertile ground to plant them in the scripturally-illiterate.
I would suggest that this lying doctrine extends even beyond to incorporate the widespread and erroneus belief that the church will somehow also “Christianize” the world and when this is complete, Jesus will just step in and take over.
I challenge anyone to show me from a faithful reading and interpretation of Scripture to show that either of these so-called doctrines is true.
The plain fact of the matter is that once again human arrogance has stepped in and placed man in a place where only God belongs. To suggest that we human beings have the ability to “fix” this planet up for Jesus . . . are you kidding me?
If those who support this foolish assertion were right, shouldn’t the world be getting BETTER every day? Take a look around – does that seem to be happening? It sure doesn’t to me!
So, it would seem that “organized religion” not only thinks it will replace Israel, but ultimately God himself. This is exactly what Satan tried to do in the dim past and will still try to do, right up until he is cast into the lake of fire.
Of course, much of the “church” doesn’t even believe in the Bible as the Word of God any more so it is inevitable that Satan will be glad to fill that vacuum. By the time most of the people who belong to the apostate church find out they’ve been lied to about this and so many other things, it’ll be too late for them (Revelation 20:7-15).
David Hou
John the Baptist came proclaiming repentance & the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven, likewise when Jesus Came, He brought the same message of God’s Kingdom.
The kingdom of God comprises the Old Testament saints, the New Testament saints & the Present Day saints. The Jewish people, the Messianic Jews, Israel & the Church will makeup the Kingdom of God.
It is a prophetic fact that Jesus will come & take over the Nations, over the entire World as the King of Kings & Lord of Lords. He doesn’t need the Church to convert the world or Christianize it. The Replacement Theology & the Dominion Theology are all rubbish. Not all the Nations, not all the people in this world will turn to Christ. This world will not become a better world, it will become worse & worse, godless & evil. Jesus will have to come & take over this world by force.
In the New millennium, Christ will rule over the Nations & people with a rod of Iron and still some will not submit & the join Satan in the last revolt against God…. then all will end with the Great White Throne Judgment. Rejoice….as there will be a new beginning, the New Heavens & New Earth.
ward
NOWmillennialism is God’s preferred choice. If a day is as a thousnad years then today I am reigning in the earth. How wonderful…this is where I am POST to be.
Love Youall
robert green ingersol
Pastor Joe!When we discuss the distinctive essentials of pre millennialism,a millennialism and post millennialism there are many interpretative questions pertaining to scriptural teachings about the millennium which,while very important for Christian consider are not definitionally crucial at this particular topical point,that is because adherents of different basic Schools of thought have agreed,In particular about answers to these questions for instance,we can ask about the nature of the first resurrection of revelation 20:5.Does it refer to a bodily resurrection,the regeneration of the believer,or his passage of death to intermediate state in heaven?Such a question usually separates pre millennialists from the other two positions since pre millennialism insists on the first option,however adherents of both a mill and post mill have been known to endorse the last two options,likewise the question of the imminency of Christ’s return tends to be answered in a cross categorical manner,some pre Millennialists deny it in practice post tribulationists,while others propound it,just as amillennialists are split by those who accept it and those who reject it.The question does not serve us well in the project of finding the distinctive essentials of each of the three eschatological schools.Further SUBSIDARY of theologically indecisive issues would pertain to such things as whether the Christian martyrs receive a special blessing during the millennium,whether the millennium pertains to the intermediate state of all amillennialists and post mill have agreed in various on this question,whether the church is an expression on Christs kingdom crecent premillists have come to grant this point whether a future period of unprecedented tribulation with a personal antichrist awaits the world and or church,all three positions have espoused or can accommodate,such a position whether the one thousand of revelation 20 is symbolic or literal, again all three positions have or could answer this both ways,such questions as these are of momentous significance for the christian in his faith and practice and his writer has definite convictions on each one of them,these issues and many more like them are not the killing differences among the three theological schools of premill.postmill and amill.
all the best
Richard
Bill Andrews
Dear Pastor Chambers,
You’re right ! And, boy, the dominionists, replacement heretics and preterists sure get uptight
when you preach on this subject. Most of them like AJG, should just throw their Bibles in the trash since they don’t believe what God wrote in it anyway.
Looking forward to more truth in your next message !
John H
The Bible plainly teaches a pre-tribulation rapture, the great Tribulation, the 1,000 year reign of Christ on this Earth and then eternity future after Satan wages war against Jerusalem and the saints and our Lord after the 1,000 year reign is over. The Dominionists which consist of a lot of the Charismatics and a large portion of the new liberal evangelical community are in total error when it comes to prophecy. As a highly controversial subject this is another one of those arguments that fall into another one of those debates such as replacement vs covenant theology or Arminianism vs Calvinism which I am becoming more convinced is nothing but vain contentions. I am a Classical Pentecostal who believes in the old holiness teachings that the Church of God(Cleveland) once adhered to. The problem that I see is that the Church has become too focused on debating things such as replacement theology that we have lost seeing the forest for the trees to use an old saying. What concerns me honestly is that a lot of evangelicals are more concerned about prophecy Israel and the Jewish faith then they are remembering that we are still in the Church age and right now Jesus is the only name under Heaven whereby man made be saved and we are under The Great Commission. God is no respecter of persons and just because a person believes in some aspects of replacement theology does not 100 percent make them an anti-semite. The Bible is clear that God is not finished with Israel as He has made promises to them. However, in this age Israel(Jewish faith)is still commanded to repent and believe in Jesus just like anyone else. I see debates all the time on the internet concerning different aspects of theology but what matters most is what the Bible states. The Bible is (Word of God) what we will be judged by and upon which our eternal future is staked. Although the Lord has made promises to Israel in the end times the fact is that many basic truths are very much applicable to we Gentiles saved by grace and the blood of the Lamb in this dispensation. In fact the Bible talks about how they are ensamples to us. In these last days it is time again to once focus on New Testament principles of living right instead of these theological debates which detract from the “meat” of the Word. If a person truly reads their Bible then they will see why the Bible teaches that there is a pre- tribulation rapture and not some type of Dominionism teaching. I want to make it clear that false doctrine must be addressed and tackled head on such as OSAS. However, it must be what the Bible teaches and not what Calvin, Arminius, dispensationalists, covenant theology state. I am an Arminian dispensationalist but no matter what the Bible is the Final Authority.
Sandra
All these big terms calvanism, and such confuse me. But I love the coming event when all animals will be in harmony with man. I love love love animals. Every time I see and read about animals I praise God for making them. I can’t wait to play with ALL the animals of his kingdom. Praise God!!
Morgan
As a pastor’s wife- this topic is near to my heart!First of all, I have to say that I do not beilvee that the “Church” is at fault!! The Bible is very clear, that it is to be us PARENTS that are to be training our children in righteousness!!! Sunday School & Youth Group were started many, many years later & really were started for the “non-churched” kids! Those statistics are sad, but I think they are a lot due to the fact that parents have been relying on the church to teach their children about Christ- instead of taking an active role themselves (& actually living what they beilvee)!A couple things our church does that I LOVE are… when children turn 4, they join their parents in “big” church- children younger than that are certainly welcome, but there is nursery & children’s church provided for children under 4. Although I do understand how difficult it can be for some kids to sit so long (we are all about wiggles at our house), we beilvee that having children in the service, plants seeds in their little hearts! :)We also have just started a curriculum (our pastors & elders & teachers have created) that lasts 7 years & walks everyone through the Bible… all Sunday School classes of various ages as well as the sermon are focused on the SAME topic… are memorizing the same verse, etc. In this way, children (along with their parents) will go through an in depth study of the whole Bible twice.Sorry, this is getting way too long! ;)Great question!Jessica