Dispy PreMil: An Introduction

I recently led a study group on the topic of biblical prophecy, history and eschatology. I had a fantastic time and I fully intended to begin transmitting some of the material I taught that group over here to the blog.

But an interesting thing happened.

A rash (perhaps more of an explosion) of eschatological content began to find its way to my online feeds. Much of it was directly opposed to my personal convictions on the topic and I found myself wondering if the arguments from the different camps had made any headway recently. I quickly came to find out that they have not.

But what also intrigued and frustrated me was the level of rhetoric being deployed both in the content itself and below in the comment sections. Mischaracterizations, straw man arguments and slander seemed to be everywhere. “Dispensationalism must die,” “Dispensationalism is heresy,” “the most dangerous doctrine,” and “the greatest distraction in Christianity,” are some of the things you’ll find on just the first pages of searches in relation to this topic. Clearly, disgust and disdain are some of the most appropriate terms to use in describing how many platformed Christians view their Dispensational brethren.

Eschatological differences are to be expected. Arguments can be made for any side of this discussion and each of the various positions and beliefs are held by faithful, biblical Christians. What is not appropriate or acceptable, however, is the kind of smug condescension and, as mentioned before, outright slander being leveled at those in my eschatological camp. To say it another way, you’d better have all - and I do mean ALL - of your ducks in a row before you start accusing other faithful believers of heresy.

To that end, I’m going to start laying out the positive case for the Dispensational Pre-Millennial position. I have no idea or expectations as to how long it will take me or exactly how many posts will be involved, but I intend to keep it going until I feel I’ve said all that needs to be said. I am a relative nobody in the world of Christian theology and there are people with much more impactful platforms than mine doing this kind of work, as well. But I need to say what I need to say and I will say it here.