<< 1 >>
Rating: 
Summary: Postmillennialism Returns
Review: This book is edited by Kenneth Gentry, who has written several other scholarly books on biblical prophecy: The Beast of Revelation, Before Jerusalem Fell, He Shall Have Dominion. He writes in defense of the postmillennial perspective.Postmillennialism teaches that through gradual progress of the gospel, Christianity will gain more and more converts until one day in the future, the world will be largely Christian. Especially helpful in this book are the two chapters by Gentry himself. In these chapters he rebuts arguments from amillennial writers such as Robert Strimple, Richard Gaffin, and Knox White. (Gentry normally debates dispensationalists, so it was good to see him critique the amillennial viewpoint.) He shows that the Bible call to suffering (which is emphasized by amillennialists) does not preclude the postmillennial hope. He also shows that postmillennialism does not impose a new redemptive-historical era in history (despite amillennial charges that it does). Einwechter's chapter on Psalm 110 was extremely helpful. This is the most quoted OT verse found in the NT. And it is the foundational verse for the postmillennial hope: "Sit at my right hand until I make thine enemies a footstool for your feet." The book also reprints two older articles from the late 1800s, by B. B. Warfield and J. A. Alexander. These were extremely helpful; I am glad they are back in print.
<< 1 >>
| 
