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Preface to web version

Christ's Spiritual Kingdom

A Defense of (Reformed) Amillennialism

Prof. David J. Engelsma

From the booklet: "Christ's Spiritual Kingdom:" In a series of editorials in the Standard Bearer from April 1, 1995 through December 15, 1996, Prof. David J. Engelsma presents a defense of Amillennialism against Postmillennialism.

Web Editors Note:

Part 1: In 1993 Professor David Engelsma began writing a series in the Standard Bearer under the rubric "Things which must shortly come to pass." This series was a positive treatment of the doctrine of the last things including elements taken from Matthew 24, along with other passages.

Part 2: In 1995 Professor Engelsma began a series with an editorial on "The Hope of the Saints," or the intermediate state. This was followed by another editorial, "Jewish Dreams, " which addressed the believer's hope in the second coming of Christ and the errors of Postmillennialism.

The series, thus begun, turned to the errors of postmillennialism. This part of the series has been published in book form by The Reformed Witness, Redlands, California and is available under the title:

Christ's Spiritual Kingdom,
A Defense of Reformed Amillennialism.

As the two parts are related to one another somewhat as positive and negative elements of the same truth. It was thought porfitable by the web editor to bring this material together in one place. The Reformed view, which is historically and confessionally amillennial, is also the historic Christian view of this subject since the reformers following the early church rejected "jewish" millennial ideas a fact pointed out in the editorial "Jewish Dreams."



From the Standard Bearer

Rubric: Things Which Must
Shortly Come to Pass

Part 1: Articles from 1993

  1. The Kingdom Has Come
  2. Wars - Sign of the End
  3. The Great Apostasy
  4. Abounding Lawlessness
  5. The Worldwide Preaching of the Gospel
  6. The Coming of Antichrist
  7. The Beast from the Sea

Part 2: Articles from 1995

Preliminary editorials

A Defense of (Reformed) Amillenialism

  1. An Introduction
  2. Revelation 20
  3. Apostasy and Persecution
  4. Matthew 24 (Again)
  5. Matthew 24 (Continued)
  6. Matthew 24 (Continued)
  7. Matthew 24 (Concluded)
  8. Those Glorious Prospects in Old Testament Prophecy
  9. A Spiritual Interpretation of Isaiah 65:17ff.
  10. A Spiritual Fulfillment of Isaiah 65:17ff.
  11. A Spiritual Fulfillment of Isaiah 65:17ff (Concluded)
  12. The Victory of Christ in History
  13. The Victory of Christ in History (Concluded)