I must admit -- the idea of "animal sacrifices" didn't "do" it for me.
For me, the_doc's gentle chiding to read II Peter 3 as Peter wrote it was probably the "clincher". The_doc (gently, but sternly) advised me that it was high time I started reading II Peter 3, and my reading of Dr. David J. Engelsma (whom I have called "the Doctor of Amillennialism") thereupon "clinched the deal".
But, once I started thinking about these issues, the "Millennial sacrifices" issue always wrankled my soul, I'll be the first to admit.
Come one, come all... get your TYPES AND SHADOWS right here, 'cause here we go again, baby!!
I wonder if I would be entirely wrong if I characterized PreMillennialism as...
That's probably a bit trenchant on my part... but then again, as my FRiends know -- I usually am.
Come one, come all... get your TYPES AND SHADOWS right here, 'cause here we go again, baby!!
I wonder if I would be entirely wrong if I characterized PreMillennialism as...
In reverse order:
(1) Yes, you'd be dead wrong, but you'd be in-step with the cliche.
(2) How's this? (And though it breaks the pace of my intended humor, I can't bear not to make this disclaimer: it genuinely pains me to mock mockery of holy things with mockery; but then, Paul did it [Galatians 5:12]. Doesn't mean I have to like it, though.)
But that's no great surprise. Dispensationalists figured out that... well, if we're talking theology, apologetics, soteriology, Reformed folks are the best brothers you can have.
But when it comes to Biblical prophecy, amillennialists just aren't up to the heavy lifting.
Dan