What is the connection between Calvinism and Preterism?
Why is it thought that if you hold to one then you must hold to the other as well?
Connection between Calvinism and Preterism?
Connection between Calvinism and Preterism?
“The Underground Church is a poor and suffering church, but it has few lukewarm members.” - Richard Wurmbrand
Connection between Calvinism and Preterism?
Pretty much all the reformers (called Calvinists) were Amillennial. And I think they were Historicist regarding the book of revelation. My guess would be that if you talk to someone who is a Dispensational futurist and tell them you are a Calvinist, they will just assume you are Amillennial.
There are Amillennial futurists out there, so just because one is Amillennial doesn't mean they are a preterist.
That's about all I got.
There are Amillennial futurists out there, so just because one is Amillennial doesn't mean they are a preterist.
That's about all I got.
He will not fail nor be discouraged till He has established justice in the earth. (Isaiah 42:4)
Connection between Calvinism and Preterism?
Sean is right. There's more, too.
Most of the authors who have promoted preterism in the past three decades have been Christian Reconstructionists. The three pillars of Christian Reconstructionism are generally considered to be:
1.Calvinism,
2. Postmillennialism, and
3. Theonomy
Theonomy (meaning, "God's Law") is the belief that all nations ought to adopt, as their criminal justice code, the civil legislation of the Pentateuch (e.g., the criminal penalties prescribed there).
Because postmillennialism foresees a bright future prior to the coming of Christ, this clashes with the dispensationalists' gloomy futurist approach to Revelation. Therefore, postmillennialists are seldom futurists (though John Eidsmoe is a strange exception). They have mostly been preterists, because this accords better with a postmillennial vision.
Not all of us who are preterists are Christian Reconstructionists (nor Calvinists), and not every Reconstructionist is a preterist (e.g., Rousas John Rushdoony was an Idealist about Revelation, and John Eidsmoe is a futurist, though both belong to the Reconstructionist camp).
Many of the best advocates of preterism have been men like David Chilton, Gary DeMar and Kenneth Gentry—all of the Christian Reconstruction camp. Many of us are indebted to them for their work, though we may not adhere to the other pillars of Christian Reconstructionism—like Calvinism. It may be that people who associate preterism with Calvinism are thinking of these authors, and others like them.
Most of the authors who have promoted preterism in the past three decades have been Christian Reconstructionists. The three pillars of Christian Reconstructionism are generally considered to be:
1.Calvinism,
2. Postmillennialism, and
3. Theonomy
Theonomy (meaning, "God's Law") is the belief that all nations ought to adopt, as their criminal justice code, the civil legislation of the Pentateuch (e.g., the criminal penalties prescribed there).
Because postmillennialism foresees a bright future prior to the coming of Christ, this clashes with the dispensationalists' gloomy futurist approach to Revelation. Therefore, postmillennialists are seldom futurists (though John Eidsmoe is a strange exception). They have mostly been preterists, because this accords better with a postmillennial vision.
Not all of us who are preterists are Christian Reconstructionists (nor Calvinists), and not every Reconstructionist is a preterist (e.g., Rousas John Rushdoony was an Idealist about Revelation, and John Eidsmoe is a futurist, though both belong to the Reconstructionist camp).
Many of the best advocates of preterism have been men like David Chilton, Gary DeMar and Kenneth Gentry—all of the Christian Reconstruction camp. Many of us are indebted to them for their work, though we may not adhere to the other pillars of Christian Reconstructionism—like Calvinism. It may be that people who associate preterism with Calvinism are thinking of these authors, and others like them.