premillenial

Revelation 17 played a key role in challenging me out of the view of Revelation which predominates in fundamentalist circles, known as premillenial dispensationalism.

How I Know Barack Obama Is NOT The Antichrist James F. McGrath 2008

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.

Michelle Goldberg: We Might Be Chosen, But We're Still Going to Hell: Jews and the Christian Right 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.

hagee blasts bush, rice in conference call 2008

The former in its origins with John Rushdoony was self-consciously post-millenial, not premillenial.

Palin Thinks US Is Now at War With Iran « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

The most extreme example of violence to the text seems to be the premillenial dispensationalists.

Failing the Fundamentalist Final James F. McGrath 2009

The Apocalyptic Jesus at the turn of the century mirrors premillenial dispensationalist's Jesus in a sidelong way.

Encountering Jesus 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?"

Christian Fundamentalism Views Revelation as a Mean Joke 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.

Review of Swearengen, Beyond Paradise 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.

The Gospel According to Gaius James F. McGrath 2008

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.

Michael Standaert: The Dinosaurs Roam the Earth ... 2008