Christian History Magazine—Issue 61: A History of the Second Coming
Overview
While many theological discussions are reserved for the upper rooms of ivory towers, eschatology finds its way into everyday conversations of everyday people. Differing views of the end times have been cause for dialogue, evangelism, celebration, anger, and even bloodshed because these are matters of thought for the masses. As believers, we fervently anticipate the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ—on this point we all agree. How, when, and why will He come back? Christian History and Biography lends perspective to the full breadth of this question (and its answer) with an issue devoted to the history of Christian eschatology.
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Top Highlights
“There, in book 22, Augustine sets out his mature understanding of the ‘thousand years’ of Revelation 20:3–6. His new position—which is often called amillennial—became the view of most Christians in the West, including the Reformers, for almost a millennium and a half.” (source)
“In short order, Parham formulated the doctrine that tongues was the ‘Bible evidence’ of baptism in the Holy Spirit. He also believed tongues were known earthly languages any missionary could instantly use to reap the final harvest of souls before the imminent, premillennial rapture of the church.” (source)
“The Late Great Planet Earth and its 12 sequels deal specifically with the ‘signs of the times’ that make up the prophetic ‘jigsaw puzzle’ of end-time events: the creation of the Jewish State of Israel in 1948, the recovery of Jerusalem in 1967, the rise of Russia, an Arab confederation arrayed against Israel, military power in East Asia, European integration, revival of dark occult practices in Babylon, the apostasy of Christian churches, the move toward a one-world religion and government, and the decline of the United States as a world power.” (source)
“His emphasis on a literal millennial reign of Jesus Christ on earth gripped the imagination of the Anabaptist movement” (source)
“called it dispensationalism, after the division of history into dispensations or eras.” (source)
- Title: Christian History Magazine—Issue 61: A History of the Second Coming
- Author: Christian History Institute
- Series: Christian History Magazine
- Publisher: Christianity Today
- Print Publication Date: 1999
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Church history › Apocalyptic movements
- Resource ID: LLS:CH61
- Resource Type: Magazine
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T16:40:27Z