Eschatological Certainty:

The Folly of Indiscretion

by Anna Kitko, Ratio Christi Regional Director for Tennessee and South Carolina.

Speedy Summary:

It has become fashionable for Seminaries to act as though Eschatological themes are certain when the reality is, this could not be further from the truth.

Eschatology

The study of the end-times.

Premillennialism

The belief that Jesus’ physical return will occur prior to the inauguration of a literal thousand-year reign.

Dispensationalism

The belief that biblical history is a series of defined periods in which God has given distinct administrative principles specific to that time period alone. This means that Biblical history should be seen as discontinuous in the way that God has dealt with humanity over time with particular emphasis on the distinction between Israel and the Church.