God And His Word - A Question And Answer Approach To Understanding The Bible

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• An extended period of spiritual prosperity may endure for millennia, after which history will be drawn to a close by the personal, visible, bodily return of Christ. His coming will be accompanied by a literal resurrection and a general judgment. 31

Reading That Promotes the Postmillennial View

• Boettner, Loraine. The Millennium (Presbyterian and Re formed, 1957). • Chilton, David. Paradise Restored: A Biblical Theology ofDomin ion (Dominion, 1987). • Gentry, Kenneth L. Jr. He Shall Have Dominion (Dominion, 1991 ). • Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology, Vol. IV (Scribner's, 1871). • Kik, J. Marcellus. An Eschatology of Victory (Presbyterian and Reformed, 1971). • Mathison, Keith A. Postmillennialism (Presbyterian and Re formed, 1999). • Russell, J. Stuart. The Parousia: The New Testament Doctrine of Our Lord's Second Coming (Baker, 1999). This is a reprint of the 1887 original edition, a classic presentation of original thought. I think he goes too far with his "full preterism," but every serious student should be aware of his unique han dling of the Olivet Discourse and the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. • Shedd, W. G. T. Dogmatic Theology (Scribner's, 1888). • Strong, Augustus H. Systematic Theology (Griffith & Roland, 1907). Well-known Postmillennialists. Oswald T. Allis, Athanasius, St. Augustine, John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Kenneth L. Gen try Jr., A. A. Hodge, J. Marcellus Kik, J. Gresham Machen, Iain H. Murray, John Owen, R. J. Rushdoony, W. G. T. Shedd, Augus tus H. Strong and B. B. Warfield.

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