1. www.HebronChurchOfChrist.com

2. Christ to est. kingdom Rejected by Jews Church est. instead RAPTURE Paradise Tribulation Christ returns Battle of Armageddon Resurrection of trib. Saints Judgment of saints Kingdom est. in Jerusalem Jews converted Satan bound 1,000 years of peace Wicked raised Wicked – hell Righteous - heaven

3. Premillennialism views the Church as an afterthought ✶ “The church is manifestly an interruption of God’s program for Israel, which was not brought into being until Israel’s rejection of the offer of the Kingdom” - J. Dwight Pentecost, Things To Come

4. Premillennialism views the Church as an afterthought ✶ “In the parables... and announces the inception of an entirely new, unheralded, and unexpected program—the church ” - J. Dwight Pentecost, Things To Come

5. Premillennialism views the Church as an afterthought ✶ The Church is God’s eternal purpose, Eph. 3:9-11

6. Premillennialism denigrates the Church ✶ Diminished the importance of it ✶ Undermines respect for it ✶ Prevents people from entering it, 1 Cor. 12:13; Jn. 3:5; 1 Cor. 15:24

8. Declared as fulfilled in the 1 st century ✶ By Jesus, Mt. 22:42-46 ✶ By Peter, Acts 2:34-36 ✶ By the Hebrew writer, Heb. 1:1-13; 10:11-14

9. Specific applications ✶ Rule in the midst of your enemies Mt. 28;18; Eph. 1:20-23 ✶ Your people shall be volunteers Rev. 22:17 ✶ You have the dew of your youth Mic. 5:2; Jn. 1:15; 8:58 ✶ Priest according to the order of Mechizedek Heb. 6:19, 20; 7:11-17

10. Prophesied of four kingdoms, Dan. 2:31-45 ✶ Gold: Babylon, Dan. 2:38 ✶ Silver: Media-Persia, Dan. 5:30, 31 ✶ Bronze: Greece, Dan. 8:5-8, 21 ✶ Iron/Clay: Rome

11. God’s kingdom established during Roman rule ✶ 1 st century Roman rule, Lk. 2:1 ✶ Kingdom established in their lifetime, Mk. 9:1 ✶ Men in the Kingdom, Col. 1:13

12. In Jerusalem, Isa. 2:1-3 ✶ Lord’s house est., 1 Tim. 3:15; Acts 2:47 ✶ Exalted above the hills, Eph. 5:25-27 ✶ All nations flow to it, Acts 2:8-12 ✶ Law out of Zion, Lk. 24:46-49; Acts 2:5-41

13. Deliverance in Jerusalem, Joel 2:28-32 ✶ Inspired application, Acts 2:16-21

14. Different from the Old Testament kingdom, Isa. 2:3, 4 ✶ Not from Sinai ✶ Not physical conquering, Duet. 7:5; Joshua ✶ We have a different kingdom, Heb. 12:18-29

15. A kingdom of peace, Isa. 11:1-10 ✶ Former enemies at peace, Eph. 2:11-17 ✶ No carnal weapons, 2 Cor. 10:3-5 ✶ Universal, Acts 2:39