tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18839918.post2456809387359875044..comments2024-01-30T00:32:11.466-07:00Comments on New Lumps: Amuddleniallism DefinedTerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16042532951722883487noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18839918.post-71361154916252482072007-03-14T07:32:00.000-06:002007-03-14T07:32:00.000-06:00Hi Dan, Thanks for the thoughtful comment. It's ha...Hi Dan, <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the thoughtful comment. It's hard to respond to your question briefly, but, yes, the charge that amil/postmil types say that God has forfeited the election of Israel is a false charge. <BR/><BR/>I think the key issue is the centrality of the fulfilment (not replacement, cf. Mt. 5:17) of God's promises in Christ. I'll post on this later.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042532951722883487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18839918.post-82419187439896713562007-03-14T07:05:00.000-06:002007-03-14T07:05:00.000-06:00I watched the sermon live, having paid for the "li...I watched the sermon live, having paid for the "live stream" of the conference. While I was somewhat surprised to hear JM tackle this subject during his opening address, and while I could be described as loosely premillenial in my eschatology, I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. I too have seen all the stuff around the blogosphere. For myself, I took the sermon as plea to sharpen my eschatology and rather than describing it with the word "loose," I need to search the Scriptures and "tighten" it up a bit. Where that lands me, we'll see.<BR/><BR/>But what say you about the main point of JM's message? How can someone who believes in sovereign election believe that Israel can forfeit their sovereign election? Would this be one of the strawmen of which you speak? I ask this in sincerity, not knowing (to my shame) the amillennial position as well as I ought.<BR/><BR/>In all the discussions I have read, I have not heard anyone answer this fundamental (to JM)question.Dan Sudfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427158443777229994noreply@blogger.com