| Amillennialism - Theology or Metaphysics Contributor(s): Shearer, Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1081560363 ISBN-13: 9781081560362 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2019 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Eschatology |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 6" W x 9" (0.36 lbs) 82 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Amillennialism: Theology or Metaphysics is the third book in a series of books I have published concerning the current state of the Evangelical church. From the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s, the evangelical church began to abandon the "public square" and retreat into walled-off fortresses. Undoubtedly, the ever mounting hostility against the Christian Faith over the last thirty to forty years is what underlies that retreat. However, church leaders, reluctant to admit that their retreat is fueled by fear of persecution and loss of faith, have fallen back on an eschatological rationale to justify it: amillennialism. Amillennialism is a take on the prophetic scriptures that strips Israel's rebirth and Jerusalem's capture of any real biblical significance. And there's little doubt that amillennialism is the lens through which Israel's restoration is now viewed by many if not most influential Christian leaders - if not doctrinally, then at least in practice. It has cast a damper over the prophetic scriptures, stripping them of the power to inject a sense of urgency into the minds and hearts of Christians. And without that, sharing the gospel message has languished - and will no doubt continue to languish until that lost sense of urgency is recovered. Yes, there are some amillennialist leaders who from time to time affirm that we are living in the End Days - even pointing to the myriad of events that seem to confirm that assessment. But has it worked? Have there been any significant changes arising from occasionally mentioning it from the pulpit? Has it sparked a sense of urgency such that there has been a renewed enthusiasm for sharing the gospel? No Not even a hint The church continues to wallow in a morass of lethargy and indifference, with precious few converts added to the Christian Faith. Can we be honest here? Nothing can make up for casting aside the significance of Israel's rebirth and Jerusalem's capture Nothing can make up for the failure to unequivocally declare what it portends - that we are indeed living in the End Days Nothing can make up for the failure to galvanize believers around this all too obvious truth Nothing Our first step, therefore, in reinjecting a sense of urgency among Christians is to recover the premillennial vision. And that requires us to deconstruct amillennialism, which means first exposing its hermeneutical flaws and then correcting the mistaken interpretations of important prophetic passages that arise from those flaws. |