The WHY workbook is available here: http://www.onestone.com/why.html Lesson 1: Introduction Introduction: The god of this world (Satan) sees to it that falsehood and deception runs rampant. He loves those who believe his lies and are easily swayed from the gospel. He doesn't mind at all for people to be religious if he can mix a little error in with it. II Pet. 3:16 says some "wrest" the scriptures to their own destruction. One of the most vicious and anti-Biblical doctrines along this line is PREMILLENNIALISM. The majority of so-called Christianity is "sold" on this false doctrine. Many brethren too!! PRE - before, MILLE - 1.000. ANNUM - year. ISM - doctrine/system, thus, before 1,000 year doctrine. This doctrine holds that Jesus will return to this earth before he establishes his kingdom spoken of in the Old Testament and that he will rule with his saints in Jerusalem for a period of 1,000 years. There are many, many variations of this doctrine with some basic threads running through them all. It is a very critical and complex subject. The proponents of this system turn the truth of God into a lie and create a man-made doctrine that is totally opposite of what the Bible teaches - there is no truth within it! Those who accept this false doctrine generally believe: The kingdom of Old Testament prophecy has not been established. We only have the church as an after-thought - a substitute that is temporary. That God's promise to make Abraham's seed a great nation by giving him a certain land has not been fulfilled. That Christ came to set up his kingdom but was rejected by the Jews, so he returned to heaven and set up the church instead. He will return to the earth in the future to establish his kingdom. The Jews, as a nation, will be converted and restored to Palestine. He will reign with the saints 1,000 years in Jerusalem on King David's literal throne. The consequence of believing such a system of false doctrine is eternal! To believe it, you must forsake God's eternal purpose for his church/kingdom. You throw "out the door" the blood of Christ for it was the purchase price of the church (Eph. 3:10: Acts 20:28)! Nothing is harmless that destroys the body/church and blood of Christ! The church of the Lord must oppose this satanic doctrine with every ounce of fight within us. Hymenaeus and Alexander may compromise the truth. Big-name preachers today may do it. But those who want to go to heaven will be found opposing and exposing it for what it really is! Key Definitions: POSTMILLENNIALISM is that view of the last things which holds that the Kingdom of God is now being extended in the world through the preaching of the Gospel and the saving work of the Holy Spirit, that the world eventually will be Christianized, and that the return of Christ will occur at the close of a long period of righteousness and peace commonly called the Millennium. AMILLENNIALISM is that view of the last things which holds that the Bible does not predict a "Millennium" or period of world-wide peace and righteousness on this earth before the end of the world. PREMILLENNIALISM is that view of the last things which holds that the second coming of Christ will be followed by a period of world-wide peace and righteousness before the end of the world called "the Millennium" or "the Kingdom of God," during which Christ will reign as King in person on this earth. DISPENSATIONALISM is a radical form of Premillennialism and is of comparatively recent development. Its views were first effectively set forth by John Darby, a leader in the Plymouth Brethren group in England about 1830, and later made popular by the Scofield Reference Bible. Through this Bible and its notes, these views have become the prevailing tenets of Premillennialism in the U.S.
