Believe it or not, but a person’s eschatology affects their political views. If you are amillennial, you recognize that the “Kingdom of Heaven is at hand,” so the affairs of your particular nation take a rightful backseat, since you belong to a greater kingdom, have a certain reigning King, and you are concerned with the…
Category: Eschatology
Who is the Man of Sin?
The Apostle Paul, in 2 Thessalonians 2 mentions a mystery figure whose appearance is one of the signs to be given prior to Christ’s second coming, the Man of Sin. Prior to discussing a few possibilities as to his identity, let’s first consider what scripture says about him from 2 Thessalonians 2. Christ’s second coming…
Three Views Of The Millennium
By Michael Gowens To answer these questions regarding the extent of kingdom dominance and how God’s ultimate goal relates to specific events in redemptive history, Christian people have developed three basic schools of thought: Premillennialism, Postmillennialism, and Nonmillennialism. Each of these viewpoints attempt to harmonize Re 20:1-6, the only passage that specifies a “thousand year…
The New Heavens and Earth
By Elder David Pyles Our purpose in this paper is to examine the statement of the Apostle John regarding the new heaven and earth in the following scriptures: Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no…
The Coming Man of Sin
By Sylvester Hassell The Gospel Messenger–April 1897 Dear Bro. Hassell- With many others I have become more interested of late than ever before on the subject of prophecy, and I have read your article in the MESSENGER for November, 1895, on Eschatology; or, The Doctrine of Last Things, Cox’s Exposition of Revelations, Graves’ Seven Dispensations,…
Sylvester Hassell On The 1000 Year Reign
The following is from History Of The Church Of God, From The Creation To A.D. 1885, by Cushing Biggs and Sylvester Hassell, pages 258-261. Hassell presents three historic viewpoints of the 1000 year reign, as mentioned only in Revelation chapter 20. Primitive Baptists, as with most predestinarians and historic theologians, are basically a-millennialists. This writing examines…
Revelation: The Big Picture
By Michael Gowens “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.” Revelation 1:3 No portion of God’s word has evoked more conjecture, diversity of opinion, and general confusion among professed Christians than the Book of…
The Resurrection of the Lord and of the Body
By Sylvester Hassell The resurrection of the souls of the elect from the death of sin to an everlasting life of righteousness is called also the new birth or birth of the Holy Spirit, a passing from death unto life, and a new creation, and it is effected by the Spirit of God in the…