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Anyone know of any reviews (especially more scholarly ones) of Barry Horner's [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Future-Israel-Anti-Judaism-Challenged-Commentary/dp/0805446273/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199997314&sr=8-1"]Future Israel: Why Christian Anti-Judiasm Must Be Challenged[/ame] which carries the strong endorsement of John MacArthur? It just came out in October and I haven't seen any Reformed responses yet. This is part of the same academic series by Broadman and Holman (Southern Baptist publishing house) that gave us Believer's Baptism, so we can expect it to have some influence with Baptist leaders and serious students of scripture and prophecy.
Horner apparently is a New Covenant Theologian and historic premillenialist. I have never really studied eschatology in-depth but am starting to do some more focused reading this year. Horner points to Spurgeon, H. Bonar, J.C. Ryle, M'Cheyne and others as Reformed premillenialists and says that Reformed amillenialism is a vestige of Romanism. I haven't read the book through yet. Although he thinks an actual temple will be built, Horner appears to punt on the question of reinstituted sacrifices in Eze. 40-48, saying that part isn't to be taken literally, but doesn't go into it further. This is apparently for theological reasons although throughout the book he denounces amils for adopting their eschatology for theological reasons. He also appears to spend a lot more time denouncing Reformed theologians for "anti-judiasm" and replacement theology/supercessionism than he does actually interacting with the Bible, but in fairness I haven't finished the book yet. He certainly is no Hagee, but says that Israel is still God's "beloved enemy" citing Rom. 11:28.
Horner apparently is a New Covenant Theologian and historic premillenialist. I have never really studied eschatology in-depth but am starting to do some more focused reading this year. Horner points to Spurgeon, H. Bonar, J.C. Ryle, M'Cheyne and others as Reformed premillenialists and says that Reformed amillenialism is a vestige of Romanism. I haven't read the book through yet. Although he thinks an actual temple will be built, Horner appears to punt on the question of reinstituted sacrifices in Eze. 40-48, saying that part isn't to be taken literally, but doesn't go into it further. This is apparently for theological reasons although throughout the book he denounces amils for adopting their eschatology for theological reasons. He also appears to spend a lot more time denouncing Reformed theologians for "anti-judiasm" and replacement theology/supercessionism than he does actually interacting with the Bible, but in fairness I haven't finished the book yet. He certainly is no Hagee, but says that Israel is still God's "beloved enemy" citing Rom. 11:28.
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