Blew my mind. Listened to this after having just read Sproul's The Last Days According to Jesus, Gentry's Before Jerusalem Fell, He shall have Dominion, and Bahnsen's "Victory in Jesus". This sermon was a true revelation, tying all of these ideas together. God Bless you Doug.
I'm really glad to hear tat you are putting in the work. Now tell me something....when you read the bible , after having read those other books, doesn't it just make much more sense now? It does for me, and I am so grateful! I am no longer waiting for a secret rapture, but praying for the Gospel to cover the earth like grass!!
Some interesting facts of the Temple and how the temple is described by the contemporary people like Josephus. The way is the outer court. The truth is the inner court. The life is the Holy of Holies. Jesus was saying he was the new temple. Hence no one comes to the father except through him. The outer court is called the sea. The inner court is called the earth. The holy of Holies is the called the heaven. That’s why in the book of revelation it says there is no sea. When Jesus spoke about heaven and earth, he actually mentioned it twice. First in Matthew 5. He also said it here. Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Look at the preamble of the chapter. Matthew 24:1-2 Jesus left the TEMPLE and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” That’s how “heaven and earth” will pass away. This will happen to the temple. “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” That happen in AD70. It was also the God moved his addressed into temples build not by human hands. We are this new temple. We are this new “heaven and earth”.
In my youth, I struggled with the pre-mil perspective, then came to a peaceful, contented amil understanding. But when I finally gave postmil a chance through Doug's teaching, I unexpectedly, and for the first time, found my heart leap for joy at an eschatalogical discussion. Never before has eschatology brought me tearfully to my knees. Praise God!
Revelation 3:10 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. Tereo ek tay-reh'-o Verb NAS Word Usage - Total: 71 1. to attend to carefully, take care of a. to guard b. metaph. to keep, one in the state in which he is c. to observe d. to reserve: to undergo something Ek ek Preposition NAS Word Usage - Total: 62 1. out of, from, by, away from harpazō 1) to seize, carry off by force 2) to seize on, claim for one' s self eagerly 3) to snatch out or away
If someone can explain something to me. I'm on the path of seeing the postmil position. It makes the most sense. But I'd like to know what you do with passages like ezekiel 47, vs 13 on. I can see all that Doug spoke about in first 12 verses. Then there are specific geographical places and boundaries put in place. I'm not sure what to do with passages like this. Anyone can help would appreciate.
ERROR minute 22:04 when Douglas Wilson said “God will call his servants by another name” [“That new name is Christian”], that’s WRONG. To be truthful, “by another name” is [friend]. Reference John 15:15 KJV - “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant know not what his lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. [I will no longer call you servant but friend.]” NOT CHRISTIAN! Friend and Christian do not mean the same thing in any language, like it, or lump it …
I might have spaced out while listening, but does Doug ever make mention of Isaiah 65:20, namely, "no more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days". This doesn't sound like something typological but rather seems to be speaking of a time of prosperous health, same with "for the young man shall die a hundred years old". Living to 100 happens, sure, but arguably it's not very common. If anything, lives seem to be less healthier and shorter currently, even with advances in health and medicine.
Great sermon; thanks for posting it. While I do not expect an answer here, if all of these verse are not about the Second Coming but rather the transition between the Old and New Heavens/Earth, in some sense, then basically, all that we have left is the simple fact of the Lord's return. Is it not possible, that these verses are pointing to 70AD which in turn, may well be a picture of what will happen at the very end of time?
Certainly, I think most post millennialist (or at least Kenneth gentry) would say that the Judgement coming in 70AD is typological of the Bodily Second coming of Christ.
Zech 14 speaks of living waters... Zechariah 14 14 Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, And your [a]spoil will be divided in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses [b]rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle. 4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south. 5 Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the Lord my God will come, And all the saints with [c]You. 6 It shall come to pass in that day That there will be no light; The [d]lights will diminish. 7 It shall be one day Which is known to the Lord- Neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light. 8 And in that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, Half of them toward [e]the eastern sea And half of them toward [f]the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur. 9 And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be- “The Lord is one,” And His name one.
In this new heaven and new earth, which exists presently according to your point of view, what does it mean that there is no sea? Clearly there are seas on earth presently, so, for your viewpoint to be consistent, it must have some other meaning.
Throughout the Bible, the sea has represents the Gentiles. Paul’s writes that there is neither Jew nor Greek in the kingdom. We are Christians, God’s elect and reconciled to Him.
@M G Here is an example in Isaiah. I am also new to this, but since studying it I have fully changed my tune on eschatology. I can happily say I am postmillenial thanks to people like Doug Wilson, Jeff Durbin, and James White. “The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. “Lift up your eyes all around, and see: They all gather together, they come to you; Your sons shall come from afar, And your daughters shall be nursed at your side. Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.” Isaiah 60:3-5 NKJV
@M G i feel the exact same way. I was dispensational for my entire life until about 2 months ago. It probably took me 2 years to finally change. A good friend of mine became a partial preterist and over the past 7 months we really dug into it. It took a lot of humbling for me to admit I was wrong. I’m still learning to explain my position to my family and friends in a loving way without getting frustrated so pray for me. Luckily I’m only 22 and have my entire life to learn how to articulate everything properly and in love. The church I currently go and serve at is about to go through the book of Revelation and it’s a dispensational premil church so I really don’t know what I’m supposed to do about that. It’s going to take months to get through it and it will be hard for me to sit through something that I’m now convinced is an improper view. I do know that I can’t subvert the authority of the church and convince others of the flaws. That would cause a lot of problems.
The gospel is the GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah died for his people! God resurrected the Messiah! The Messiah will resurrect his people! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Matt 24 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
Doug says that we're now living in the NH and NE, but other postmils like Dennis Darville say that the NH and NE is in the future, after the second coming of Christ, the eternal state.
@@danielespejo375 You are wrong, I listened to several interviews and talks with Doug and he clearly believes that we are NOW living in the new heavens and new earth. For instance, he shows that according to the Isaiah prophecy people will still die in the new earth. For him the new heavens and new earth means life in the new covenant, which started in the first century with the coming of Christ. He is correct btw!
post mill position not sure it s the good one , the emphasis is on earth and not on heaven our kingdom being God kingdom IS IN HEAVEN NOT ON EARTH.....prove me wrong
I didn't know what Post-mil was but read Matthew over and over on the kingdom of Heaven and realized I was missing something. Praise God that He by the word and His spirit is able to help us walk down the narrow way.
Although when it comes to their reaction to preterism, they do, unwittingly and for all practical purposes, put the creeds on a par with, and even above, Scripture -hence the term “hyper-creedalist.”
we're working on fixing it! RU-vid has made it to where anything longer than 8 minutes in the past gets filled with midroll ads. we're slowly working our way through deleting all of them. Sorry about that!
@@JensHearts that I can nit answer im sorry. I found the location of this video and saw the one before it and took a guess that, that would be the one from the week before. 😄
@@JensHearts i did just check the dates, this video we are on is from 16th July and the link I sent you is from the 9th July so it should be the correct one. May the Lord bless you.
Brothers, the Lord showed me 2 months ago, an extraordinary vision, regarding the DAY OF THE LORD. I saw myself outside, among the people, and suddenly, an immense light, which encompassed everything, coming from above, of an unimaginable force and power, hit us unexpectedly. At that moment, I didn't have time for anything, I just managed to shout: OH MY GOD! I woke up instantly, and I heard a voice in my head (I knew it was the Lord), which told me: GOAL! And then I told him, remembering that in the BIBLE, it is written that the Lord's Day is a day of great auspiciousness, as it has never been before and will never be again, and I asked Him if this is what we must do, when we see this light. The LORD answered me that that LIGHT is HIM and that our GOAL from that moment, for salvation, is to CRY FOR HIM!! What I can tell you, after this experience, is that the ONLY thing we need is FAITH in the LORD. Believe me, nothing will save us on that day, except HIM! Glory to our Lord! AMEN!!!!!
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. God holds it all together. at the end he allows it to come apart in fission, generating fire. then he will remake it all. study the word meanings.
God made a promise in Genesis 8:21 "And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." May I suggest, This promise must always be considered when future verses seem to conflict.
Douglas Wilson is totally indoctrinated in Christian [religion] theology though the term “Christian” only occurs [authentically] two times in the KJV. Both occurrences are expressed as something to be avoided, not to be embraced as a believer in Christ. Promoting Christianity over a [believer in] Christ is “transfer christian theology” to place [you in] Christ under a defiled religion. James 1:27. King James Version ... “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, to keep himself unspotted from the world.” Does anyone really believe Christianity is unspotted from the world? Restore.
