The Kingdom of Israel

Table of Contents

Overview and Scope

• Description of Amillennialism

• Does Bible Teach Amillennialism?

• Literal vs. Allegorical

• Promises to Israel

• 1,000 Year Millennium is Symbolic

• The Most Obvious Interpretation

• Chronology

• Chronicle of the Quest

• Teaching Without Distraction

Key Topics

• Great Tribulation

• Imminency

• God's Wrath

• Ezekiel's Temple

• Anti-Semitism

Principles of Interpretation

• New Testament Interprets Old

• Is Premillennialism Literal?

Detailed Exegesis

• The Forged Letter (2 Thess 2)

• Olivet Discourse (Mat 24)

• Daniel

• Revelation

• Overview of Olivet Discourse

Problems with the Popular Scenarios

• Premillennialism

• Postmillennialism

• Amillennialism

• Full Preterism

• The Rapture

• Pre-tribulation Rapture

• Mid-tribulation Rapture

• Post-tribulation Rapture

History of Eschatology

• Chiliasm of Early Church Fathers

• Jewish Millennial Concepts

The Kingdom of Israel

John Shepard

April 8, 2002

The purpose of this article is these pages describe my view of biblical end-time passages.

I have provided some articles about the book of Revelation: A Verse by Verse Commentary and a Glossary of Symbols.

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Summary

After becoming a Christian, I first learned the premillennial, pre-tribulation rapture end-time viewpoint, which is the accepted view of many denominations. Since then, however, in studying the biblical passages I've come to the conclusion that premillennialism is incorrect. I now accept one of the many flavors of amillennialism. This is the standard view of Augustine, Catholicism, and many in the Reformed Tradition.

The purpose of these pages:

• To describe this view
• To give biblical support
• To answer objections

To avoid confusion I should mention:

• I do not agree with Replacement Theology (although I use the phrase "the church = Israel").
• I do not agree with some of the tenets of Reformed Theology.
• I am not a five-point Calvinist.
• I do not embrace Covenant Theology although I think it has some helpful perspectives.
• I am not a full preterist. I believe the second coming of Christ (parousia) is a future event, visible to all.
• Partially as a result of my research in end-time prophecy, I have recently (2002) converted to Catholicism.

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Links

Overview and Scope

Key Topics

Principles of Interpretation

Detailed Exegesis

Problems with the Popular Scenarios

History of Eschatology

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Offsite links

My Shift to Covenant Theology and Amillennialism -- David L. White

Reformed Eschatology (Amillennial) Since the Reformation -- Rev. Charles J. Terpstra

Articles on Revelation, Eschatology and Prophecy -- Ross A. Taylor

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