Randy Kluth
Well-Known Member
I've heard all of the arguments for years, and I still believe the Abrahamic Covenant is at the heart of this question. Indeed it is the main plan of God for the earth.
In this Covenant, God promised Abraham two essential elements. One, He promised Abraham a biological posterity who would become a nation, the nation Israel. We must assume that Israel must continue forever, if God is to be true to His word.
And two, God promised that beyond the nation Israel there would also be other-- many other nations who share the faith of Abraham. They would be like step-children to him, or perhaps adopted children. In all, many nations must be built on the faith of Abraham for God's word to be properly fulfilled.
We have seen much of this come to pass. Israel became a viable nation in the OT, and the international Church came into its maturity in the NT era. But both Israel and the international Church have fallen upon hard times, and it looks as if God's promises are being threatened.
During the NT era, Israel, as a nation, had fallen, and the international Church, as it developed, began to lose faith in the reality of Israel's restoration. Amillennialism began to look at the notion of a restored Israel in the Millennium as a fantasy, and relegated it to the Church Age, with the International Church no longer accepting Israel's place among the Christian nations.
And now that Christian nations are falling, many Christians have stopped believing in Christian nations entirely, choosing to embrace a separatistic Christianity, as opposed to a Christian State. What it boils down to is the loss of faith in God's promises because they no longer appear to be working.
But a careful look at both OT Prophets and NT theology will show, I believe, that Christ died to ensure that these promises will indeed be fulfilled. The existence of mere remnants continue to show hope of a final restoration following judgment against those who are bringing about the apostasies that have been taking place.
In this Covenant, God promised Abraham two essential elements. One, He promised Abraham a biological posterity who would become a nation, the nation Israel. We must assume that Israel must continue forever, if God is to be true to His word.
And two, God promised that beyond the nation Israel there would also be other-- many other nations who share the faith of Abraham. They would be like step-children to him, or perhaps adopted children. In all, many nations must be built on the faith of Abraham for God's word to be properly fulfilled.
We have seen much of this come to pass. Israel became a viable nation in the OT, and the international Church came into its maturity in the NT era. But both Israel and the international Church have fallen upon hard times, and it looks as if God's promises are being threatened.
During the NT era, Israel, as a nation, had fallen, and the international Church, as it developed, began to lose faith in the reality of Israel's restoration. Amillennialism began to look at the notion of a restored Israel in the Millennium as a fantasy, and relegated it to the Church Age, with the International Church no longer accepting Israel's place among the Christian nations.
And now that Christian nations are falling, many Christians have stopped believing in Christian nations entirely, choosing to embrace a separatistic Christianity, as opposed to a Christian State. What it boils down to is the loss of faith in God's promises because they no longer appear to be working.
But a careful look at both OT Prophets and NT theology will show, I believe, that Christ died to ensure that these promises will indeed be fulfilled. The existence of mere remnants continue to show hope of a final restoration following judgment against those who are bringing about the apostasies that have been taking place.
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