Millennial Views Following the Ante-Nicene Church: Origen and Allegory – Part 1

The death of Lactantius in A.D. 325 marked the end of Premillennialism as a commonly held belief in the church until after the Reformation of the 16th century.  No doubt there were some saints that read the Scriptures and believed what they said on the Messianic Age, but extant teachings on the matter are few.  […]

Millennial Offices are Assigned at the Bema Seat of Christ

Those who never came to have a saving knowledge of Jesus will face judgment before the Great White Throne.  Because the unsaved do not have the blood of the Lamb to cover their sins (Rom. 3:25), God will judge them based on their works, find them guilty and then throw them into the lake of […]

The Heads of the Twelve Tribes of Israel in the Millennium

When Jesus chose apostles to make up His inner circle, it was no accident that there were twelve.[1]  That number alone tells us that on some level the twelve represent the tribes of Israel.  This representation was not limited to the period of the First Coming until each of the twelve died.  In electing the […]

David is the Prince Over Israel in the Millennium

In the latter days the children of Israel will seek the LORD and David their king (Hos. 3:5).  The Israelites will serve the LORD and David, whom will be raised up for their sake (Jer. 30:9).  David’s position is of such prominence in Israel that only the Lord Jesus outranks him.  Ezekiel 34:23-24: And I will […]

Papias Said Judas Was an Amillennialist

The Ante-Nicene Church Father Irenaeus taught extensively on Chiliasm (the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus upon the Earth beginning after His Second Coming) in his fifth book of Against Heresies.  In chapter thirty-three, Irenaeus provides further proofs that mandate a Chiliastic or Premillennial realization of the Kingdom.  This includes the blessing made from Isaac to Jacob: […]

The Twenty-Four Elders of Revelation Listed By Name

The specific names of each of the twenty-four elders of Revelation[1] are as follows: Judah                             13. Peter Reuben                          14. Andrew Gad                 […]

The Ante-Nicene Church and Non-Systematized Eschatology

INTRODUCTION A high percentage of the Ante-Nicene church fathers held to a premillennial return of Christ.  At times a given father made prima facie contrary statements regarding the timing and nature of this advent.  The inquiry here considers how these contrary statements may actually be in harmony when the father’s writings and historical setting are […]

The Sacrifices Performed in the Millennial Temple are in Harmony with That of the Messiah

SACRIFICES IN HARMONY Many critics of the literal, grammatical, historical interpretation of prophecy attempt to discredit the hermeneutic by claiming that to believe in future animal sacrifices results in heresy and/or contradiction.  Let it be made clear: it is never a heresy to hold to authorial intent or to take God’s Word at face value.  […]

God Makes Abraham a Promise About the Millennium

The nature of the Abrahamic Covenant is strikingly unconditional as recorded in the ceremony of Genesis 15:9-11, 17-18: He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”  And he brought him all these, cut them in […]