Pastor Jared Longshore of Christ Church in Moscow ID discusses his journey in college from Amil to Postmil, Postmillennialism, the Theonomy Debate, and more...
Theonomy explains an issue I had for a long time. An atheist today would tell you he doesn't believe in God's law, so it doesn't apply to him. John the Baptist applied God's law to Herod ( a non Israelite pagan). Herod should not have had his brother's wife based on God's law.
All the grandiose and magnificent architecture, art, music etc. and the evil one's determination to destroy all traces of it is proof of Christ's Millennial Reign.
The Lord Jesus gave the Great Commission to His body, the church. Since all authority in heaven and on earth has been given Him and available to us, imagine how much we can achieve if we truly and consistently believe and live out this truth both in the individual and corporate levels!
Those who hold to postmillennialism believe that this world will become better and better (even though it certainly doesn't look like it is) with the entire world eventually becoming “Christianized.” After this happens, Christ will return. However, this is not the view of the world in the end times that Scripture presents. From the book of Revelation, it is easy to see that the world will be a terrible place during that future time. Also, in 2nd Timothy 3:1-5 it says, “There will be terrible times in the LAST days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God." IF Christians and thereby Christ were reigning, do we really think we would have over a billion Muslims, who view Jesus as a prophet right below Mohamad, a billion Buddhists, who believe Jesus was an enlightened person, a billion Hindus, who believe Jesus studied yoga and became a guru to the Jews, a billion Catholics who are entrusting their souls to Mary at the hour of their death, nearly a billion atheists, the LGBTQ running rampant, TV shows and movies, that continually blaspheme God and His Christ, drinking, drugs, and colleges that have become propaganda mills that promote Godless, Big-bang theology and Darwinian Evolution, human trafficking, and a host of other sinful deeds that will be eliminated during the reign of Jesus Christ, our Holy God. In my opinion, this is a good example of eisegesis; reading pre-conceived ideas into the text, rather than simply reading what the text is clearly stating.
I am amil and engage on the battle field around me regularly, preaching at schools, Abortion clinics , gyms, offices and barber shops. Why the broad brush ?
