The theology that underlies Christian Zionism -- called premillenial dispensationalism -- is opposed to a two-state solution, a goal most American Jews continue to cherish, however far off it seems. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Revelation 17 played a key role in challenging me out of the view of Revelation which predominates in fundamentalist circles, known as premillenial dispensationalism. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)
Hagee’s view is grounded in an extremist interpretation of scripture known as premillenial dispensationalism, which holds that we are currently living in the end times, and that the return of the Jewish people to the entire land of Israel or at least the land of Israel as it was drawn by Sykes and Picot is a necessary precondition for the second coming of Jesus Christ. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The former in its origins with John Rushdoony was self-consciously post-millenial, not premillenial. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The Apocalyptic Jesus at the turn of the century mirrors premillenial dispensationalist's Jesus in a sidelong way. ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)
The most extreme example of violence to the text seems to be the premillenial dispensationalists. ❋ James F. McGrath (2009)
If the fundamentalist approach typically what is in technical terms known as "premillenialism" and often "premillenial dispensationalism" is correct, then we'd have to imagine the following as a plausible exchange between the book's author and its original readers: Reader: "Hey John, remember that book you sent us a while back?" ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)
That there are other interpretations than young-earth creationism (on p.273, the author uncritically buys into the idea that, until the fall, all animals were vegetarians) and premillenial dispensationalism (pp.277-279) is not something the author seems to even be aware of, much less discuss. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)
The book of Revelation as you premillenial dispensationalists understand it says that everything will get worse before the end, so there is no point in trying to help the environment, change policies, or be a good Samaritan towards our neighbors and the world. ❋ James F. McGrath (2008)
This world view — that the earth is young and that the present world is not for long anyway (as per premillenial thought) — discounts any notion of climate change as well as considers futile any reform in human behavior to avert climate change: if the world is ending soon anyway, why incur any costs in improving it? ❋ Unknown (2006)
Secondly and contradictorily, while proclaiming to be extremely pro-Israel and philo-Semitic (love and support for the Jewish people) the theology and eschatology of premillenial dispensationalists (Rapture believers) sees anything "Jewish" being wiped from the face of the earth in the end. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Any questions/-please consult your nearest premillenial dispensationalist.. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Taken together, this group often part of fundamentalist or evangelical communities might be called “premillenial dispensationalists.” ❋ Unknown (2004)
The particular group that PDP discusses sounds a like lot those folks who believed firmly that the millenium would NOT begin until after Christ returned to defeat the anti-Christ–hence, they and others call themselves “premillenial.” ❋ Unknown (2004)
Blackstone was a disciple of Dwight L. Moody and they both were influenced by the father of premillenial dispensationalism, John Nelson Darby. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The work for which he is best remembered is his 1909 dispensational premillenial Scofield Reference Bible. ❋ Unknown (2009)
No, the Israel question, obviously, is not a foreign policy question at all, but rather an elucidation of Palin's fairly peculiar sect of American premillenial dispensationalism, which is "Christian" in name only. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Palin also says that she doesn't think humans are responsible for global warming; again, one would like to ask her whether, like some of her co-religionists, she is a "premillenial dispensationalist" - in other words, someone who believes that there is no point in protecting and preserving the natural world, since the end of days will soon be upon us. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Number three applies through Christian eschatology, however, there are many different trains and avenues of thought and theory on exactly how Christian end-times events will play out, so number three was just sort of, for all the premillenial adherents of Christian eschatology. ❋ Unknown (2008)
