Originally Posted by YXU Apostle's Creed:
He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
The Nicene Creed:
according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
Athanasian Creed:
He ascended into heaven, He sits on the right hand of the Father, God, Almighty; From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their bodies;
Belgic Confession of Faith Chapter XXXVII:
Finally we believe, according to God's Word, that when the time appointed by the Lord is come (which is unknown to all creatures) and the number of the elect is complete, our Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven, bodily and visibly, as he ascended, with great glory and majesty, to declare himself the judge of the living and the dead. He will burn this old world, in fire and flame, in order to cleanse it. Then all human creatures will appear in person before the great judge-- men, women, and children, who have lived from the beginning until the end of the world.
WCF Chapter XXXIII:
As Christ would have us to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a day of judgment, both to deter all men from sin; and for the greater consolation of the godly in their adversity: so will He have that day unknown to men, that they may shake off all carnal security, and be always watchful, because they know not at what hour the Lord will come; and may be ever prepared to say, Come Lord Jesus, come quickly, Amen.
One thing is obvious in those creeds and confessions, there is no gap between the coming of Jesus, the judgment of all men and the resurrection of the Saints.
The logical conclusion:
As preterism is condemned as heresy for its departure from the four ecnumenical creeds, so is premil. Premil should be treated the same as preterism if being consistent. |