My Ever-Evolving Eschatological View

Baptist Renegade

Baptist Renegade

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Is actually surprisingly consistent.

I believe the end-time events will occur pretty much per what the pre-millennial, dispensationalists have been saying:
  1. There will be continual and ever increasing unrest in the Middle-East (Duh!)
  2. A political leader will arise who will bring about peace, unity, and economic prosperity. We refer to him as the "Man of Sin," the "Son of Perdition," or the "Anti-Christ." (Yep!)
  3. There will be conditions set regarding one's participation in this "New World Order" society (Social Credit Score affects employment, economic opportunities, Etc.). Such conditions will become increasingly unacceptable and intolerable towards genuine believers.
  4. The "Catching Away" (1 Tim 4:16-18) will occur although I am non-commital regarding when or under what circumstances. All I know is that it will be prior to the Lord's return to Mt. Olivet and all of God's Elect will be looking at Jesus's backside when he does return. If you see his face when he does return, you are genuinely screwed!!! Pre-wrath? Definitely. Pre-trib? I HOPE SO but I do not hold to a dispensational view that the Church must be taken out of the way in order for God to deal with Israel.
  5. Upon Christ's return, we will finally know whether the Pre-Millennials, A-Millennials, or Post-Millennials were right based upon what Jesus does next!
I see this unfolding with ever increasing clarity. Even so, COME LORD JESUS!

I'm "Captain Obvious" and you're welcome!;)
 
Baptist Renegade said:
I do not hold to a dispensational view that the Church must be taken out of the way in order for God to deal with Israel.
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Neither do I. Some prophecy teachers hold to the view that the main purpose of the Tribulation is for God to bash the Jews, therefore there is no need for Christians to be around for that, so we will be raptured out. See for instance Jack Van Impe's book "Israel's Final Holocaust" and I have heard this teaching, about the so-called Israeli nature of the Tribulation, in many other places. I would be embarrassed to hold to any such teaching, which seems rather anti-Semitic to me.

I don't believe that the Bible prophesies a divine punishment on the Jews at any time in the future. The prophecies of God's punishment on the Jews were completely fulfilled by the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD - therefore there is no more divine punishment or tribulation required to take place on the Jews in order to fulfill Bible prophecy. Here is the proof:

"That upon you [the generation that Christ spoke to in 33 AD] may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." - Matthew 23:35-36.

"And when ye [those who saw the approach of the Roman army in 67 AD] shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. . . . For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. . . . . Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled." - Luke 21:20, 22, 32.

Since all of the wrath that Christ prophesied upon the Jews came to pass and was fulfilled by 70 AD, there are no such prophecies to be fulfilled in the future. Many (not all) dispensational prophecy teachers say that 2/3 of all the Jews will have to die in the Tribulation period, in order to fulfill prophecy. Jews are aware of the fact that Christians believe this, and they think we are nuts. I don't believe any Jew has to die in order for Christ to return - He can return today - no need for a big Jewish Holocaust.
 
abcaines said:
That's a Pan-Millennialist statement... "It'll all pan out in the end."
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Truth! 😊

Like BR, my eschatology has changed drastically over the years.
I don’t recall any time during my transition that my view made me bitter toward or caused me to hate any other ethnicity or group of people though.
 
illinoisguy said:
Neither do I. Some prophecy teachers hold to the view that the main purpose of the Tribulation is for God to bash the Jews, therefore there is no need for Christians to be around for that, so we will be raptured out. See for instance Jack Van Impe's book "Israel's Final Holocaust" and I have heard this teaching, about the so-called Israeli nature of the Tribulation, in many other places. I would be embarrassed to hold to any such teaching, which seems rather anti-Semitic to me.

I don't believe that the Bible prophesies a divine punishment on the Jews at any time in the future. The prophecies of God's punishment on the Jews were completely fulfilled by the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD - therefore there is no more divine punishment or tribulation required to take place on the Jews in order to fulfill Bible prophecy. Here is the proof:

"That upon you [the generation that Christ spoke to in 33 AD] may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." - Matthew 23:35-36.

"And when ye [those who saw the approach of the Roman army in 67 AD] shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. . . . For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. . . . . Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled." - Luke 21:20, 22, 32.

Since all of the wrath that Christ prophesied upon the Jews came to pass and was fulfilled by 70 AD, there are no such prophecies to be fulfilled in the future. Many (not all) dispensational prophecy teachers say that 2/3 of all the Jews will have to die in the Tribulation period, in order to fulfill prophecy. Jews are aware of the fact that Christians believe this, and they think we are nuts. I don't believe any Jew has to die in order for Christ to return - He can return today - no need for a big Jewish Holocaust.
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According to my understanding of Romans 11:25, I believe that there is a future role for Israel. I'm just not sure what this will look like.
 
My eschatology: Jesus is coming back physically and visibly, and it will be a surprise when it happens.
 
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