50 ways Harold Camping's

pre-tribulation Rapture
contridicts the bible
PREMILLENNIALISM is a false Doctrine not found in
the Bible

Introduction:

1. Now, what is Premillennialism? No two groups teach

exactly alike, but all have major points of agreement.

a. The kingdom of the Old Testament prophecies has

not been established, and we now have the "church
phase."

b. God's promises to Abraham to make his seed a

great nation are not yet fulfilled

c. Christ came to set up his kingdom, but he was

thwarted in this, so set up the church instead, intending
to return later to set up his kingdom.

d. The Jews as a nation will be converted and restored

to Palestine.

e. Christ will return to earth, establish his kingdom,

and reign for 1,000 years on David's literal throne in
Jerusalem. There are many other factors, but these are
the core ideas that drive Premillennialism.

2. Thus this theory drives the US government to prop

up Israel so that we might help God fulfill his purpose.
Nearly every protestant denomination is infested with this
teaching—some more so than others. This is a part of the
doctrines of Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Jehovah's
Witness, Church of God and Seventh Day Adventist
denominations, etc. Radio and TV preachers daily send
this error into the homes of the unwary, and thus lead
them astray. Some, such as the Jehovah's Witnesses,
send people into homes and further spread this
erroneous doctrine. Ergo, we need to understand the
Bible, lest we also be misled, and so that we can help
others to a correct understanding.

I. Premillennialism teaches that god has guaranteed

to restore the Israelites to Canaan and that not until
then will the kingdom of Old Testament prophecy be
set up or established

Premillennialism teaches that the Jews never occupied all

the land God promised to them. Therefore, the Old
Testament kingdom of Israel will have to be restored with
the Jews in Palestine, so that God's promise can be
redeemed and fulfilled. But God's Word says they did
receive the full promise.

"So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware
to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and
dwelt therein" (Joshua 21W43).

Premillennialism teaches that Abraham's descendants

are "in the flesh" rather than "in faith." But note that the
gospel teaches that there is now no more distinction
between Jew and Gentile in God's sight, but that the true
descendant of Abraham is the Christian.

In writing of the new relationship that we have with God,

the apostle Paul wrote

"For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that

circumcision which is outward in the flesh" (Romans
2W28-29).

The point is carried further in Galatians 3W7:

"Know therefore that they that are of faith, the same are
sons of Abraham?"

And later in the chapter he writes:

"For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put
on Christ. There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can
be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and
female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus. And if ye
are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according
to promise" (26-29).

Paul clearly points out that the true sons of God are now
related by a spiritual connection, not by being born into a
Jewish family.

II. Most premillennialists teach that Christ intended to

set up his kingdom while on earth, but the Jews
would not allow him to do so. Ergo he returned to the
father, set up the church as a substitute, and when
the Jews are ready, he will return and establish the
original kingdom

But look at John 6W15:

"Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come

and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again
into the mountain himself alone."

Actually, the Jews wanted an earthly kingdom, and tried

to help Christ establish it. But the Premillennial theory
denies this.

We see in Ephesians 3W10-11 that the church was in the

eternal purpose of God, and not a mere "afterthought" or
"substitute." God has revealed his will "to the intent that
now unto the principalities and the powers in the
heavenly places might be made known through the
church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the
eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our
Lord." Do you see the point? The existence of the church
was "according to the eternal purpose" of God. Yet
Premillennialism denies this, saying the church would not
have been set up if the Jews had only received the
kingdom when Christ came.

Note John 17W4:

"I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the

work which thou hast given me to do."

Here Jesus claims he accomplished the mission of the

Father as prophesied in many Old Testament passages.
One of them is Dan. 2W44. As Daniel is interpreting the
dream of Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar, he describes
the four world kingdoms that succeed one another. The
fourth kingdom was to be the great Roman Empire. Look
at what Daniel said by inspiration from God:

"And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven

set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor
shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people;
but it shall break in pieces and consume all these
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever."

God says that during the Roman Empire, his kingdom

would be established. Christ said he fulfilled what he was
given to do. But Premillennialism denies this, claiming
Christ failed in his mission. Question: If Christ failed the
first time, what would keep him from failing the second,
third or fourth time? If he has all power, but didn't have
enough power to overcome Satan then, where will he get
more power to overcome the next time?

III. Premillennialism teaches that the righteous dead

will be raised when Christ returns, and that the
unrighteous dead will be raised at the end of his
reign, at least 1000 yrs later

There are some serious problems with this idea, and John
5W28-29 points out one such problem.

"Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that
are in the tombs shall hear his voice, and shall come
forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of
life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
judgment."

Christ says all will hear, and all will come forth when the
hour (not two hours) cometh. But Premillennialism denies
this, separating the coming forth by one thousand years.

Matt. 25W31-34, 41 teach that the good and bad are to be

judged at the same time.

"But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all
the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his
glory: and before him shall be gathered all the nations:
and he shall separate them one from another, as the
shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; and he
shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand,
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the foundation of the world...Then
shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from
me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for
the devil and his angels."

Does the picture presented here allow a thousand years

between? In no way. But the Premillennial view separates
the judgments by one thousand years.

The Premillennialist counters by saying that Matthew 25

refers only to Gentiles and not Jews, therefore there is
not one judgment. But Jesus made the gospel for all
nations.

"Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations,

baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt, 28W19).

If the Premillennial theory is true, the gospel is only for

Gentiles now, and not for all. Thus we see how
Premillennialism tries to patch up its contradiction with
one passage and winds up contradicting another, and so
it is with all false prophets.

We are taught in Revelation 1W7 that when Christ returns,

every eye will see him.

"Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall

see him, and they that pierced him; and all the tribes of
the earth shall mourn over him."

Premillennialism says that when Christ comes only the

righteous shall see him first, and the unrighteous later.
But this verse says that every eye shall see his return.
Which shall we believe?

IV. Premillennialism teaches that after the 2nd

coming, Christ and his saints will reign over all the
earth for 1000 yrs.

They read in Revelation 20 a one thousand year reign.

"And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having

the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he
laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the
Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and
cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over
him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the
thousand years should be finished: after this he must be
loosed for a little time. And I saw thrones, and they sat
upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw
the souls of them that had been beheaded for the
testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as
worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and
received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their
hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand
years. The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand
years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first
resurrection: over these the second death hath no power;
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall
reign with him a thousand years" (Rev. 20W1-6).

This is the foundation passage of the P. theory:

"It is on this passage that the whole doctrine of the
millennium as such has been founded. It is true that there
are elsewhere in the scriptures abundant promises that
the gospel will ultimately spread over the world; but the
notion of a millennium as such is found in this passage
alone" (Albert Barnes, noted Presbyterian commentator).

I don't propose to unravel all the mystery of the passage,

but consider this: Premillennials admit that many
expressions in the chapter are figurative and symbolical
and cannot be taken literally, but they insist on a literal
one thousands years. The advocates of the theory read
many things into the passage that absolutely are not
there. Consider the fact that in the passage there is:

a. No mention of second coming

b. No mention of a bodily resurrection

c. No mention of a reign on earth

d. No mention of a literal throne of David

e. No mention of Jerusalem or Palestine

f. No mention of us

g. No mention of Christ on earth

When theorists read into the passage things that are not
there, they add to the Word of God, and are rewarded
accordingly.
"I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto them,
God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in
this book: and if any man shall take away from the words
of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part
from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are
written in this book" (Rev. 22W18-19).

Another Scripture that gives these mistaken teachers a

problem is I Thessalonians 4W17. The apostle Paul is
writing concerning some false conceptions the readers
had about the Lord's return, and assures them:

"For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we
that are alive, that are left unto the coming of the Lord,
shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep. For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; then we that
are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught
up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall
we ever be with the Lord" (15-17).

These verses clearly teach that those in the graves will be

caught up together with the saved of those alive to meet
the Lord in the air, and thus ever to be with the Lord. It
does not say one word about Christ ever setting foot on
this earth, or the saints returning to the earth. But
Premillennialism teaches a round trip, saying these shall
return to the earth to reign after a short time.
In John 18W36, we see that the Jews in Christ's time
clearly expected an earthly kingdom, with the promised
Messiah reigning in the flesh. They hoped he would raise
an army, throw off the yoke of Rome and make Israel a
great nation again, as it was in the days of David and
Saul. When Pilate was questioning Jesus about the
charges made against him that he was a king, Christ
responded by saying,

"My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of

this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not
be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not
from hence."

This verse shows that Christ was not anticipating an early

rule or an earthly kingdom, and therefore the charges
against him were mistaken. If they were mistaken, the
modern theorists are also mistaken.

Peter says that the events on Pentecost—the preaching

of the gospel and the establishment of the church or
kingdom—ushered in a dispensation known as the last
days. In responding to the charge that the apostles were
drunk, Peter states

"but this is that which hath been spoken through the

prophet Joel: And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I
will pour forth of My Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men
shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams"
(Acts 2W16-17).

Thus the age of the last days is not a period of time in the
future, and this does not allow the Premillennial idea of an
age on earth to follow this present age.

Jeremiah. 22W30 deals a deathblow to the Premillennial

theory. Let's read the context (24-30) as God is warning
King Coniah that he is the last of the lineage of David that
would ever sit on a throne ruling in Judah.

"As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of

Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right
hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; and I will give thee
into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand
of them of whom thou art afraid, even into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of
the Chaldeans. And I will cast thee out, and thy mother
that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not
born; and there shall ye die. But to the land whereunto
their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.
Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a
vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast
out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which
they know not? O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of
Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless,
a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall
a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of
David, and ruling in Judah."
What is the significance of this prophecy? Christ cannot
occupy a throne, ruling in Jerusalem in Judah, since he is
of the lineage of David and of the tribe of Judah. The first
chapter of Matthew goes to great lengths to prove
Christ's genealogy. Now, if Coniah was the last of David's
seed to sit on a throne in Judah, there is no way that
those who teach Premillennialism can get Christ to sit on
David's throne and rule for a thousand years in
Jerusalem. God says it won't happen! Rather, Christ is
now King of kings and Lord of lords, ruling from heaven.

"I charge thee in the sight of God, who giveth life to all
things, and of Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate
witnessed the good confession; that thou keep the
commandment, without spot, without reproach, until the
appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: which in its own times
he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the
King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath
immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no
man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and
power eternal. Amen" (I Tim 6W13-16).

Notice that this speaks of Christ's reigning in the present

tense, not in the future as the Premillennial theory would
have us believe.

Conclusion:

These are not all, but just a few of the glaring

contradictions between Premillennialism and the Bible.
Let us not be misled by materialistic, Christ-dethroning
and Scripture-denying theories and speculations of men.
But let us serve him who is now King of kings, who is
reigning over his kingdom, and preparing a place for his
people. (John 14W1-3) By serving him now, we will be
prepared for the judgment to come. "And inasmuch as it
is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh
judgment" (Heb 9W27). There will be no second chance—
this will happen once.

Jefferson David Tant