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Six Practical Reasons to Study Eschatology

David Murray — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:00:56 +0000

Harold Camping has a lot to answer for, not least that his outlandish views about the end of the world have increased skepticism, even among Christians, about the value of studying eschatology. Let me try to win you back by providing six practical reasons for studying the Bible’s teaching on the last things.

1. Eschatology helps us to teach the church

2. Eschatology helps us to worship God

3. Eschatology helps us to serve with zeal

4. Eschatology helps us to hope in the midst of trouble

5. Eschatology helps us to prepare for judgment

6. Eschatology helps us to look forward to heaven

You can read brief explanations of these points on the Ligonier blog where this article was originally posted.

Here are a few videos in which I try to summarize the main millennial views.

Amillennialism

Amillennial Timeline from Puritan Reformed on Vimeo.

Postmillennialism

Postmillennial Timeline from Puritan Reformed on Vimeo.

Premillennialism

Premillennial Timeline from Puritan Reformed on Vimeo.

Dispensational Premillennialism

Dispensational Premillennial Timeline from Puritan Reformed on Vimeo.

Dispensational Premillennial Timeline

David Murray — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:06:00 +0000

Below I’ve posted the dispensational premillennial timeline. For more details on dispensational premillennialism see my ebook Endtimes Q&A.

And here are links to the other three timelines:
Amillennialism
Postmillennialism
Premillennialism

Premillennial Timeline Animation

David Murray — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:59:00 +0000

Here’s the premillennial timeline. For more details on premillennialism see my ebook Endtimes Q&A.

Postmillennial Timeline Animation

David Murray — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:26:00 +0000

Here’s the postmillennial timeline. For more details on postmillennialism see my ebook Endtimes Q&A.

Amillennial Timeline Animation

David Murray — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:31:00 +0000

Here’s an animated timeline of amillennialism to accompany the ebook Endtimes Q&A. I’ll post video timelines of the three other main millennial views in the next few days.

Endtimes Q&A

David Murray — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:47:00 +0000

A month or so ago I made available my first ebook How Sermons Work. My second ebook, Endtimes Q&A (download pdf here) is an expanded version of “The Four (Main) Millennial Views,” which I presented today at the 2010 Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology in Grand Rapids.

In the interests of clarity, precision, simplicity and brevity, the material is presented in question and answer (or “catechism”) format.

I’ve used pictures to illustrate and highlight many points. The link between text and picture is not always obvious, but will be all the more memorable if you can work it out!

Proof texts are kept to a minimum, and those I have used are placed in the footnotes to avoid clutter. Many other eschatology books will give you all the necessary scriptural references.

As this is only an introduction to the four main millennial views, I have kept things brief. I have also focused on the mainstream of each view rather than all the variations within each.

Although I have tried to fairly represent the four main millennial views as well as setting out the strengths and weaknesses of each, I am biased toward amillennialism. My original address was somewhat tilted in favor of amillennialism. This ebook is more obviously tilted in that direction. However, whatever your millennial view, I hope that Endtimes Q&A will help you to understand the alternatives better. If I have misrepresented any of the millennial views, I will gladly receive correction.

I am working on an expanded version of this ebook which will deal with the full range of eschatological subjects: death, intermediate state, final judgment, heaven, hell, etc.

I’m very grateful to my research assistant, PRTS student Derek Naves, for his help with the four millennial timelines in my Keynote presentation. I hope to get these posted on this blog next week. Some of the icons Derek designed are on the front cover of the ebook.

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