To: Olympiad Fisherman
Pre-Trib researchers Dr. Thomas Ice and Dr. William Watson among others have revealed a growing and/or flowering Puritan Zionism throughout the 1600s. In other words, not only did many Puritans recover a much stronger interest in eschatology that had become lost in the Catholic Church, but they also came back with a much more pronounced Zionism something lacking in the early ancient church in spite of its Pre-Millennial views....Armed with such important historical research, Dispensationalists can now easily credit many Puritan divines as their rightful forefathers long before John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) systematized their views into a coherent systematic theology that became part and parcel of the Protestant Reformation. PFL
2 posted on
01/14/2014 1:15:37 PM PST by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Olympiad Fisherman
For a view of the commonly held Reformed doctrine consult Matthew Henry’s Commentary on Matthew 24, also, the Westminster Confession of Faith 1646.
4 posted on
01/14/2014 3:10:34 PM PST by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: Olympiad Fisherman
The Eschatological Views of the Westminster DivinesWe had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff Jue, Associate Professor of Church History at Westminster Theological Seminary. Dr. Jue is an expert on the eschatological views of the Westminster Divines and his research is a very stimulating subject. The answer to the question What were the views of the divines? may surprise you.
Dr. Jue also has a piece in Resurrection & Eschatology: Theology in Service of the Church: Essays in Honor of Richard B. Gaffin Jr. , on how Jonathan Edwards derived his millenial view from earlier Puritan chiliasts.
The Puritan Hope, Iain H. Murray.
Any of these are worth your time to look up.
long before John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) systematized their views into a coherent systematic theology that became part and parcel of the Protestant Reformation.
Ahhhh, no.
Read the sources above. The first is free, an hour's worth of listening. The others can be had cheaply from Amazon alternate vendors.
14 posted on
01/15/2014 8:59:12 AM PST by
Lee N. Field
("You keep using that verse, but I do not think it means what you think it means.")
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