The Hope of the Early Church
Brian E. Daley · Historical theology · 1991
…conclusion is tested. Early Church Intermediate state Resurrection Judgment Apokatastasis Millennium Life after death
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Clear searchThe Earth's Great Sabbath
Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…sed Babylon's grasping glory inherit the earth with Christ. The earth's great Sabbath The Millennium may properly be understood as the earth's great Sabbath, provided we distinguish explicit doctrine from theological pattern. Revelation explicitly teaches a thousand-year reign of…
Read article →The Writings of Hippolytus
Hippolytus · Exposition, prophecy, and polemic · early third century
Surviving treatises and fragments associated with an early third-century Christian teacher, including extensive rebuttals of rival systems and some of the earliest substantial Christian exposition of Daniel, Antichrist, Christ's return, and the coming kingdom.
View recommendation →The Writings of Irenaeus
Irenaeus of Lyons · Early Christian theology and polemic · c. 180–190
The surviving works and fragments of a second-century Christian writer, above all Against Heresies, defending the apostolic faith against Gnostic systems through sustained appeals to Scripture, creation, incarnation, resurrection, and the unity of God's purpose.
View recommendation →Did Darby Invent the Pretribulation Rapture?
What the historical evidence proves—and what it does not
…ty over the author's name does not erase the text. The witness still belongs to the first millennium in the form relevant to the discussion. Authorship matters for attribution and dating; it is secondary to the historical fact that a pre-modern Christian writer could read Scriptu…
Read article →How Supersessionism Took Root in the Early Church
A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…h temple does not by itself establish belief in Israel's covenant restoration. An earthly Millennium does not prove that national Israel occupies a distinct role within it. A future Jewish conversion may still be understood simply as entrance into a Church which has inherited Isr…
Read article →The King, Zion and the Coming Kingdom: Reading Isaiah 32–35 Across the Prophetic Horizon
The near was real. The far is still coming.
…belong to the final new earth. Their presence does not automatically establish an earlier millennium. Hoekema, Amillennialism, discussion of Isaiah 11 and 65. That objection is valid. The eternal state is not a disembodied existence. Revelation itself describes a city, nations, k…
Read article →Twelve Thrones and Twelve Tribes
What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…ve thrones require Matthew 19:28 and Luke 22:29-30 do not answer every question about the Millennium. They do not assign individual tribes, reproduce the Mosaic hierarchy, or describe every responsibility given to the Church. They do establish what the argument needs: Jesus will…
Read article →What Restrains the Lawless One? Rome, Israel, and a Working Theory
Governmental restraint, the final ten kings, and the preparation of the temple
…uence. Chrysostom’s agreement about Rome likewise establishes no agreement about a future millennium. Their importance here is their identification of a Roman restraint and their explanation of its removal. Tertullian, chapters 24–25. The removal of one order and the rise of anot…
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