Vol 76 Issue 07

Creedal Amillennialism In a recent edition of the Standard Bearer, Rev. Ron Cammenga tried to argue that because of his belief that the Three Forms of Unity are explicitly a-millennial, it follows from this that all other millennial positions are heretical (Vol. 76, No. 2, p. 32). I was wondering if Rev. Cammenga is prepared to be consistent with his own logic here. For instance, since the creeds are explicitly infralapsarian, does it follow that supralapsarianism is heretical? Or even better, since the creeds openly and plainly teach the establishment principle, does it follow that any denial of the establishment...

Knowing the truth of Scripture about the second coming of Jesus Christ, how then will we live? Believing that His coming is near, how then will we live? The end of an old year, century, and millennium and the beginning of the new markers of time speak to the heart of the true church of the coming of Jesus Christ. The passing of time has such a voice by virtue of Christ’s Word, “Surely I come quickly” (Rev. 22:20). This Word presses time into the service of the second, bodily coming of Him who is now Lord of time as...

Rev. Slopsema is pastor of First Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. II Peter 3:8, 9 The year of our Lord 2000! The beginning of the third millennium! Are you surprised that the world is still here? Doesn’t the Bible talk...