I know that some people believe that it is inconsistent to believe in the two kingdom construct and be a presuppositionalist and be a postmillennialist or a classical premillennialist. Well, I am a classical premillennialist.
I understand why it would seem illogical to some people on the surface to believe in the two kingdom construct and believe in classical premillennialism. However, I was listening to a series of lectures by Dr. Robert J. Cara from RTS on the Pauline epistles and he mentioned the two kingdom construct and the now and the not yet aspects of the kingdom. I'm not used to hearing people mention both of these concepts together.
Would that not muddy the waters a bit regarding the two kingdom construct to also talk about the now and not yet aspects of the kingdom? In other words, if the kingdom is now in one sense and not yet in another sense, does that not do away with the clear delineation that Amillennialist presuppositionalists like to make between this present evil age and the age to come?
George Eldon Ladd was a covenantal premillennialist (as I am, partially due to his influence at least indirectly) and he is arguably the one who popularized the concept of the now and the not yet aspects of the kingdom.
I'm not sure of Dr. Robert J. Cara's eschatology but I would assume that since he is presbyterian he is probably an amillennialist.
So, can you believe in the two kingdom construct and the already and not yet of the kingdom?
I understand why it would seem illogical to some people on the surface to believe in the two kingdom construct and believe in classical premillennialism. However, I was listening to a series of lectures by Dr. Robert J. Cara from RTS on the Pauline epistles and he mentioned the two kingdom construct and the now and the not yet aspects of the kingdom. I'm not used to hearing people mention both of these concepts together.
Would that not muddy the waters a bit regarding the two kingdom construct to also talk about the now and not yet aspects of the kingdom? In other words, if the kingdom is now in one sense and not yet in another sense, does that not do away with the clear delineation that Amillennialist presuppositionalists like to make between this present evil age and the age to come?
George Eldon Ladd was a covenantal premillennialist (as I am, partially due to his influence at least indirectly) and he is arguably the one who popularized the concept of the now and the not yet aspects of the kingdom.
I'm not sure of Dr. Robert J. Cara's eschatology but I would assume that since he is presbyterian he is probably an amillennialist.
So, can you believe in the two kingdom construct and the already and not yet of the kingdom?