Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times Book

After growing up under dispensational teachings but finding them problematic as an adult, I dabbled in preterism for a bit. But I found that it has almost as many problems as dispensationalism does. This work on ammillenialism has brought me around to something of a middle position. I think it makes the most sense of OT prophecy and Revelation.

I was most interested to see how he explains Daniel's 70 weeks. As a child, the weeks were made much of in my grandfather's dispensational teachings. Riddlebarger's assertion that the verses about the covenant are referring to Christ and not the anti-Christ have given me a lot of food for thought. I want to research this more but in the meantime, I am having trouble seeing these verses in the old way anymore.

When stripped to the absolute bare bones of expected events before Jesus' return, I didn't see much difference between amillennialism and post-tribulation dispensationalism. For me, the importance lies in the differing understanding of what has been accomplished that results from each of the views. Amillennialism removes all need for constantly trying to relate events in the Middle East to Revelation and other such modern day "prophetic"antics. The signs of the end times are universal and in every age and "point to and warn of the reality of future judgment but not its time." More importantly, it shows how complete Jesus' victory on the cross was. There will be no need to return to types and shadows and temples as is required by a dispensational interpretation.

Basically, this is an excellent introduction to amillennialism. His hermeneutical approach is using scripture to interpret scripture. In the case of the 1000 year reign, it means assessing how Jesus and other New Testament authors viewed the prophetic portions of the Old Testament. Although there are some assertions that are not supported in his text, such as amillennialism being the major view of church fathers, it discusses all major points of view respectfully, supports it's own view with sound appraisal of Scripture, and writes succinctly making it a work of good quality.