TheInquirer
Puritan Board Junior
Wanted to run this by the community here:
I am a fairly convinced amillenialist theologically - it just seems to make the most sense to me from what I have read and studied in Scripture over the years. The only thing holding me back from full adoption is the issue of recapitulation in Revelation 20:1.
So here is my question - is it right to say that Amillenialism stands or falls on the presence of recapitulation in Revelation 20:1?
In other words, if Revelation 20:1 does not refer back to the beginning of the church age, its really tough to support an amillenialist view of the rest of that passage.
I've read Beale's argument in his Revelation commentary in the past and the connection to the battle of Ezekiel 38-39 but I have not been able to properly evaluate that argument yet, as intriguing as it is. (note: IRC, Beale is leaning heavily on R. Fowler White's argument from "Reexamining the Evidence for Reapitulation in Rev. 20:1-10" from WTS Journal 51, no.2 1989 which I believe Matthew has on APM here - http://www.apuritansmind.com/the-ch...on-in-revelation-201-10-by-dr-r-fowler-white/)
I am a fairly convinced amillenialist theologically - it just seems to make the most sense to me from what I have read and studied in Scripture over the years. The only thing holding me back from full adoption is the issue of recapitulation in Revelation 20:1.
So here is my question - is it right to say that Amillenialism stands or falls on the presence of recapitulation in Revelation 20:1?
In other words, if Revelation 20:1 does not refer back to the beginning of the church age, its really tough to support an amillenialist view of the rest of that passage.
I've read Beale's argument in his Revelation commentary in the past and the connection to the battle of Ezekiel 38-39 but I have not been able to properly evaluate that argument yet, as intriguing as it is. (note: IRC, Beale is leaning heavily on R. Fowler White's argument from "Reexamining the Evidence for Reapitulation in Rev. 20:1-10" from WTS Journal 51, no.2 1989 which I believe Matthew has on APM here - http://www.apuritansmind.com/the-ch...on-in-revelation-201-10-by-dr-r-fowler-white/)
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