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Fairbairn claims that for Ireneaus, the significance of eschatology was not simply in knowing the details of what will happen in the end times. Instead, “eschatology’s significance lies in the way it testifies to the unity of Scripture, the unity of God’s purposes, and ultimately the unity and goodness of the God we worship.”11 For Irenaeus and most of the church before Origen, “an earthly kingdom following the return of Christ is not merely what Revelation 20 teaches. It is also a central tenet of the faith because it functions to reinforce the central truths of Christianity—that there is one God who in love has created this world for us and us for it, who has personally entered this world in order to redeem us for a future in this world, and who will ultimately triumph in this world over the forces that are arrayed against him.”12

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[JRandomFreeper]

the early church’s use of premillennialism to combat Gnosticism should mute any attempts to downplay the importance of eschatology and premillennialism in particular.

How many people did you feed today? Who did you offer comfort to? Meh... I have no use for the arguments of the 'learned'.

/johnny

[Olympiad Fisherman]

Most of the theologians/clergymen who signed the Nicean Creed were pre-millenialists. Pre-milleninialism only began to wane when the church began to mix with the Roman state. It was the mixing of church and state that led to the collapse of Pre-Milleninialism in the early church, which really plagued the church until the 1800’s.

[Olympiad Fisherman]

Premillenialism can be used to fight against socialistic secular politics because liberal progressivism is a millenarian view of history - http://deanbible.org/Media/Audio%20Files/WHBC%20Guest%20Speakers%20and%20Conferences/Chafer%20Theological%20Seminary%20Pastors%20Conferences/2012%20-%20Chafer%20Theological%20Seminary%20Pastor’s%20Conf/Papers_and_Presentations/Musser/2012-ChaferConf-Musser-paper.pdf.

[Olympiad Fisherman]

You can also use pre-millenialism to undress the Global Warming apocalypse as well - http://www.evilconservativeonline.com/2011/03/eco-fascist-prophecy-of-global-warming.html.

[johngrace]

Hi William-I want you to know I enjoy most of your posts. I may not agree with you on our differences but I do like reading posts such as this one. I like reading what our Indy church brethren have written. Thank you for this post.

[Lera]

thanks for the ping