A football metaphor may help us clarify the three eschatological perspectives:Don't know about you, but I want to be in on what my God is up to. I want a piece of the action!
- Post-mil Christians have confidence in the Coach and His game plan. We assume we are playing for keeps, and playing to win. Our confidence in the coach translates into energy in the field.
- A-mil Christians assume that the most we can hope for is a tie. Their game never gets too far past the 50 yard line.
- Pre-mil Christians huddle in their own end zone, waiting for a helicopter ride to the other end of the field -- at which point they plan to congratulate one another on what a terrific game they played.
Almost...Except the 'Coach' is the one with the game plan...
In fact, we are not in the end zone...We're on the bench...
The 'Coach' centered the ball for us...He then received the ball from the center, mimicked a handoff to Himself coming thru the backfield (which completey faked out the Preterists on the defensive team); He then faded back and passed to the downfield receiver, the 'Coach' and the 'Coach' cart-wheeled in for the TD...
We did't even have to play...We won before we started...
1Jo 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
We won before the coin was tossed...We have already overcome...And it won't be a helicoptor...It'll be superdupersonic, turbo-charged space shuttle and we're going to enjoy the ride...
There'll also be room for the defeated teams...Hope yer on the flight...
Why do you say this? The pre-mil Christians are busy trying to preach Christ Crucified to the ends of the earth.
***Thanks for the ping - what a great thread! I loved this analogy from post 49:
A football metaphor may help us clarify the three eschatological perspectives:
Post-mil Christians have confidence in the Coach and His game plan. We assume we are playing for keeps, and playing to win. Our confidence in the coach translates into energy in the field.
A-mil Christians assume that the most we can hope for is a tie. Their game never gets too far past the 50 yard line.
Pre-mil Christians huddle in their own end zone, waiting for a helicopter ride to the other end of the field — at which point they plan to congratulate one another on what a terrific game they played.
Don’t know about you, but I want to be in on what my God is up to. I want a piece of the action!***
Amills don’t believe in a “tie.” We just deny the metric Post-mills use to measure victory. My good sister, doc, you never responded to my point about the Acts 19 verse you used to promote the idea that the word of God prevailed. If you remember, I noted that this prevailing was not in the way Post-mills talk about the prevailing of the word of God.