 WHY PREMILLENNIALISM IS WRONG?
By Jorge L Trujillo
(Four Reasons that should be enough to reject the doctrine called
Premillenialism)
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"Four Biblical
Reasons"
But the Bible says that he is NOT getting up from
that throne in heaven until the END!But the Bible says that he is NOT getting up from
that throne in heaven until the END!
But the Bible says there is ONLY ONE!
But the Bible says there is ONLY ONE!But the Bible says there is ONLY ONE!
But the Bible clearly states that BELIEVERS and
UNBELIEVERS will be resurrected and JUDGED on
the SAME DAY!
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If we believe that the Bible is the
Word of God then we can find out for sure whether a doctrine or teaching is true or false.
Any doctrine that does not STAND the test of Scripture is to be discarded as
False. Here we present four reasons why premillennial doctrine is WRONG and four
Biblical reasons why AMILLENNIALISM
STANDS!!. This is clear
and to the point and is
just the beginning.
1. Premillennialism teaches that Christ will get
up from His throne in Heaven TWICE before the end of
times.
- At the rapture of the church (At the beginning
(before) of the tribulation)
- At his second coming (At the end of
(after) the tribulation)
But the Bible says that he is NOT
getting up from that throne in heaven...
Until all his enemies have been put under his feet.
Acts 2:33-35
Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father
the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear. For David
did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: "The Lord said to my Lord, SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, TILL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES YOUR
FOOTSTOOL"
I Corinthians 15:25
For He must reign until He has put all enemies under His feet.
Until the time to restore all things.
Acts 3:20-21
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
Whom THE HEAVEN MUST RECEIVE UNTIL THE
TIMES OF RESTITUTION OF ALL THINGS, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his
holy prophets since the world began.
Rev. 21:5
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. And he said
unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Until the day he returns to judge
the quick and the dead.
Romans 2:16
- In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according
to my gospel.
2. Premillennialism teaches that there are THREE JUDGEMENT DAYS (two for
post-tribbers).
- The judgement seat of Christ (BEMA) in Heaven for the Church
- The judgement of the nations (Mathew 25:31) at the beginning of the millennium and
- The GWT judgement at the end of it.
But the Bible says there is ONLY ONE!
Let us look at some verses...
Acts 17:30 (KJV)
- In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere
to repent. 31 For he has set
"A
DAY" when he will judge the world with
justice BY THE MAN [JESUS] he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by
raising him from the dead."
Romans 2:15-17
(KJV)
- 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing
witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 16 In
"THE
DAY" WHEN GOD SHALL JUDGE THE SECRETS OF MEN BY JESUS CHRIST according to my
gospel. 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of
God
Is clear that God has set
"ONE" day to judge people, not two nor three. Therefore when Christ was speaking
about the judgement on Mathew 25:31, he had to have been referring to the ONE and ONLY day
of Judgement which has been appointed, where he as the man (Acts 17:31) JesusChrist
(Romans 2:16) will judge the nations [ethnos=peoples].
Matthew
25
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory,
and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his
glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them
on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world… "Then he will say to those on his left,
`Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his
angels. … 46 "Then they will
go away to ETERNAL PUNISHMENT but the righteous to ETERNAL LIFE."
Pre-millennialists try to make a big (non-existing) difference
between this judgement of the nations and the judgement of the Great White Throne, but
that again, is impossible, since it is clear that Jesus is speaking about
"PEOPLE" that are being judged for what they had done, the same as in Rev. 20:11
where the books are opened. It is not the land of the United States or the land of China
the ones who are sent to the eternal punishment, these are people with leaving souls,
everyone since day one.
3.
Premillennialism teaches that there are "THREE DAYS OF RESURRECTION" (Two for
Post-tribbers).
- The Church at the beginning of the tribulation,
- The OT/Tribulation saints at the beginning of the millennium and
- The Unjust at the end of the Millennium.
But the Bible says there is ONLY ONE!
4. Premillennialism teaches that believers and unbelievers will
resurrect "IN DIFFERENT DAYS".
- Believers of the Church: The day of the rapture (7 years before the end)
- Believers (Saints) of the Tribulation: At the beginning of the Millennium (7 years
later)
- Unbelievers: At the end of the Millennium
But the Bible clearly states that
BELIEVERS and UNBELIEVERS WILL BE RESURRECTED and JUDGED on the SAME DAY!
John 6
- 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent
me. 39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given
me I should lose nothing,
BUT SHOULD
RAISE UP AGAIN AT THE LAST DAY. 40 And this is the will
of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have
everlasting life: and
I WILL RAISE HIM
UP IN THE LAST DAY…. 44 "No one can come to
me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and
I WILL RAISE HIM UP IN THE LAST DAY.
The NT clearly states that unbelievers will resurrect physically on the LAST DAY to be
judged!
John 12:48
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the
word that I have spoken, THE SAME
SHALL JUDGE HIM IN THE LAST DAY.
- JUDGEMENT OF THE RIGHTEOUS
This day of judgement for the quick and the dead is linked to the righteous receiving
their reward at the appearing of Jesus.
2 Timothy 4 -8
- 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ,
WHO WILL JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD AT HIS
APPEARING AND HIS KINGDOM
2 Preach the word; be instant
in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
judge,
SHALL GIVE ME AT THAT DAY:
and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Here, the apostle Paul links the day of the "Appearing of the Lord" with the
"Day of Judgement" as being ONE
AND THE SAME DAY. Then he says in verse eight that he and all those who love
his appearing will receive a crown on "THAT
DAY" . Totally consistent with the words of Jesus in Mathew 25:32.
- JUDGEMENT OF THE UNRIGHTEOUS
Now, if you look at the following verse by apostle Peter, then you will see
that he uses the same terminology to refer to the unrighteous ones…
1 Peter 4
3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles,
when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and
abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the
same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 5
Who shall give account to him that is ready TO JUDGE THE QUICK AND THE
DEAD.
JUDGEMENT DAY IS ON THE LAST DAY , the same day of the Second Coming and the same day the just
will be resurrected. It is clear that this judgement of the world by Christ will happen at
His Second Coming. How can he judge anyone to eternal condemnation who has not being
physically resurrected to receive such Judgement?
- JUDGEMENT DAY WILL TAKE PLACE ON
THE SAME DAY CHRIST COMES BACK!!
Here are more verses…
Matthew 12
41 The men of Nineveh (Gentiles)
SHALL RISE IN
JUDGEMENT WITH THIS GENERATION (Jews), and shall
condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than
Jonas is here. 42 The queen of the south (Gentile) SHALL RISE
IN JUDGEMENT WITH THIS GENERATION (Jews),
and shall
condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of
Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
- The men of Nineveh and the queen of the south are the righteous. This generation is the
unrighteous, and they will both RISE in JUDGEMENT along with the other.
Finally, Jesus himself said that those are in the graves, both the good and the bad,
shall hear His Voice!.
John 5
- 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in
himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son
of man. 28 Marvel not at this:
for the
hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves SHALL HEAR HIS VOICE, 29 And shall come forth;
they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation.
1 Thessalonians 4 / Mathew 24:31
- 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of
the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first
Romans 2
(KJV)
1 Therefore thou art
inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another,
thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. 2 But we are sure
that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3
And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same,
that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness
and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to
repentance? 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath
against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by
patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness,
indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil,
of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man
that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11
For there is no respect of persons with God. 12 For as many as have sinned without law
shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by
the law; 13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law
shall be justified. 14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the
things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15
Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing
witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
16 In "THE DAY" when God shall judge
the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
QUESTIONS:
- If everyone will be resurrected and judged on the same day Christ comes back; on the
ONLY DAY appointed in history by GOD in the Bible for such judgment to take place, then
how can some place yet another bodily resurrection and judgment 1,000 Years after?
- Revelation 20:5
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4b and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead
lived not again until the thousand years were finished.
How come Jesus said that ALL (good and bad) will be raised together and judged on the
same last day, at the last (7th) trumpet [Rev. 11:18]…
Revelation 11
- 18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that
they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets,
and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy
them which destroy the earth.
…and then in Rev. 20:5 he says that "ONLY THE RIGHTEOUS" are
raised in the "First Resurrection" separated from the others by 1000 years?
ANSWERS:
Since the Bible DOES NOT contradict itself…
Then he must have been speaking about two different resurrections and clearly the one
mentioned in Rev. 20:5 IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WILL REIGN WITH HIM!! so this is the
resurrection that he spoke about in:
John 5:24-25
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him
that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but
is passed
from death unto life.
and...
Ephesians 2:4-7
4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5
made us alive
(RESURRECTED) with Christ even when we
were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. 6
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us
with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
7 in order that in the coming
ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us
in Christ Jesus.
These are four "STRONG" Biblical reasons why
Premillennialism is wrong and four "STRONG" biblical reasons why AMILLENNIALISM STANDS!!
Peace!
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