Essays On Chiliasm (Part 11)

   Naturally, the rise of Antichrist will precipitate a state of things that results in hostility to the people of God.  We’ve already seen how wars and devastations must continue until the world is divided into ten nations. Lactantius, alluding to these times, writes: “First, the kingdom will be enlarged, and the chief power, dispersed…

Essays On Chiliasm (Part 8)

   And so, when Jesus Christ comes to Mount Zion to establish His glorious reign over all the earth, there will be a “regeneration,” and “times of refreshing from the presence (not absence) of the Lord” (Acts 3: 19).  Satan will be cast into the bottomless pit and a seal set over him, that the…

Essays On Chiliasm (Part 3)

   In my last two articles, I have shown that there will be a personal reign of Christ upon the earth; and that this reign constitutes what is known as the Millennium.  I realize quite well that some of my friends and correspondents of past months will be surprised that I have taken this position.  But,…