And we wonder why the Reconstructionist and Post-Mil posts were moved? [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/drop.gif" alt="drop" title="drop[/img]
As put in my post this is part of Venema's—
Promise of the Future argument of which I completely concur. If I had time I would summarize more of it to continue to show you the straw-man position of the Post-Mil theory. Your insinuation that Venema, myself, or other individuals in the A-Mil camp do not know history or anything about the Post-Mil view is indeed [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/rofl.gif" alt="rofl" title="rofl[/img]
How many books in history have you written in your 15 years of scholarly research? [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/broke.gif" alt="broke" title="broke[/img] How many books has Venema written? [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/bravo.gif" alt="bravo" title="bravo[/img] Venema IMHO is a trusted scholar as opposed to??? Additionally, this is not only his research, but that of several others that have come to the same conclusion.
The only problem here is that you cannot refute what was written and thus your Post-straw-man is all burnt up and you have nothing left, but insinuations. Of course, if Post-Mil is incorrect other systems you embrace crumble as well [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin[/img]
In reply to:
[color:"blue"]Do you normally refer to your reformed Christian brethren as "[color:red]creatures"? Have you ever called "Pilgrim" a "creature" before?
Now, I understand what part and parcel of you problem is. CT292 you must read the whole Bible and not just study eschatology from other books! [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/yep.gif" alt="yep" title="yep[/img] See the Bible uses the term [color:red]creature. As matter a fact Paul says, [color:blue]Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new [color:red]creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17). Are you a [color:red]creature or not? As matter a fact, this is done several times:
[color:blue]Galatians 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new [color:red]creature.
Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every [color:red]creature:
Colossians 1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every [color:red]creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
I am surprised you did not understand this, but apologize that you took offense, though I used a biblical term. If one is born-again ([color:red]
new creature) he will of course embrace an eschatological view making him a ..... an A-Mil creature, if he is correct in his eschatology (IMHO), or if incorrect, a DPM-creature, Post-creature, et. al.
But, as stated in another post, we still love you [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/smile.gif" alt="smile" title="smile[/img]. BTW have you ever read Venema, I have read your book(s) (
Three Views of the Future [various authors],
The Millennium [Boettner],
Dispensationalism or
Postmillennialism, An Eschatology of Hope [Mathison], et. al. ), have you read [color:red]
Promise of the Future, or Bavinck (
[color:red]Reformed Dogmatics or [color:red]
The Last Things), Vos ([color:red]
Pauline Eschatology or [color:red]
Eschatology in the Old Testament), or Hoekema ([color:red]
The Bible and the Future or [color:red]
Behold He Cometh), et. al.? Enjoy [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin[/img]
