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DMcFadden · #8 (**permalink**) 06-13-2008, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by danmpem

I read his blog too.

How many hear actually heard or read MacArthur's message?

I listened to the MP3 of it. My oh my. He certainly tweaked the noses of his Amil/Postmil listeners! He chided them for not applying their own hermeneutic and belief in the DoG consistently. In MacArthur's mind, the election of Israel exemplifies the sovereign grace of God, not dependent upon works. Premil eschatology, opines MacArthur, most faithfully represents the logical extension of the Magisterial Reformer's theology, despite themselves.

Are you sure he was playing with them, you say? Check out this quote.

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“But bottom line here, of all people on the planet to be pre-millennialist it should be Calvinists; those who love sovereign election. Let's leave amillennialism for the Arminians. It's perfect! [laughter] It's ideal. It's a no-brainer. God elects nobody and preserves nobody. Perfect! Arminians make great amillennialists. It's consistent. But not for those who live and breathe the rarified air of sovereign electing grace. That makes no sense. We can leave amillennialism to the process theologians . . . or the ‘openness' people who think God is becoming what he will be, and he's getting better because as every day goes by he gets more information. And as he gets more information he's figuring out whether or not in fact he can keep some of the promises he made without having to adjust all of them based upon lack of information when he originally made them. Let’s leave amillennialism to the charismatics in the semi-Pelagians and other sorts of go in and out of salvation willy-nilly; makes sense for their theology . . .”

Check out Kim Riddlebarger's reply to MacArthur: Riddleblog - A Reply to John MacArthur