He shall have dominion
Kenneth Gentry is een pastor in Mauldin in de Reedy river Presbyterian Church in South California in de Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly
Hij heeft theologie gestudeerd op zowel het Refomed Theological Seminary als het Whitefield Theologisch Seminarie. Gentry is een vooraanstaande verdediger van postmillennialisme en preterisme, scherp criticus van het dispensationele premillennialisme waarin hij eerst getraind was.
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Hij is auteur van oa:
The Beast of Revelation, 1989. Based on his Th.D dissertation on the dating of Revelation, the author tries in this volume to "prove" the book of Revelation was written well before A. D. 70 and that Nero was the "beast" of Revelation. One of the greatest mysteries of all time is the identity of the dread Beast of Revelation. The Bible describes him as the ultimate villain in human history, the archetype of evil, the incarnation of wickedness and perversion.
Gentry points out from history and from the Bible that the terrifying Beast portrayed in Revelation is none other than the evil emperor Nero Caesar. He points out that to understand Revelation you must read the first three verses -- and take them seriously. John very clearly tells us that he is writing about things "shortly to take place" because "the time is at hand." He also ends his book with the same statements: Rev. 22:6, 10. Gentry shows that Nero was the sixth emperor of Rome (corresponding with the sixth head of the Beast), that when he died the next emperor ruled only a "short while" (like Rev. 17:10ff teaches), and that he sought to "make war against the saints" through persecution (Rev. 13:5ff). Nero fits these and other Revelation statement very nicely
Before Jerusalem Fell: Dating the Book of Revelation. Tyler, Texas: Institute for Christian Economics, 1989. Uses 400 pages in this Doctoral Thesis reprint attempting to refute the generally accepted date for the writing of Revelation (95-96 A. D.). This is an urgent problem for the Theonomists, for it solves many other problems for them if they can re-set the date of Revelation and thus eleminate Revelation from consideration as telling of future events yet to come. Not at all convincing to me. Too much of this seems to be "too clever by far" just like a lot of the Theonomic writers efforts to prove their points. Recensie.
House Divided: The Break-Up of Dispensational Theology (with Greg Bahnsen)1989
The year 1988 marked the beginning of dispensationalism's "great tribulation": Why? Because the Rapture did not take place. It was supposed to (actually, it should have taken place in 1981:1988 - 7 = 1981). The nation of Israel was founded in May of 1948. Forty years constitutes one generation in the Bible, and 1988 was supposed to complete "the generation of the fig tree." One dispensational author even wrote a book in which he gave the world 88 reasons why the Rapture would take place in 1988. According to the author over four million copies were printed. People believed! It didn't happen. Fooled again. And a lot of Christians vowed: Never again!
Ironically, this event may have marked the beginning of the current reformation sweeping many Bible believing denominations. Spokesmen for the dispensational camp in 1988 concluded that dispensationlism's forty-year tactic of the academic black-out could no longer work. They would have to respond publicly to the criticisms of the dispensationalist system. They would have to refute the numerous claims for many Reformed camps. Four dispensational authors responded as an unofficial team. Their three books appeared in rapid succession: Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse?, by H. Wayne House and Thomas Ice; Whatever Happened to Heaven?, by Dave Hunt; and The Road to Holocaust, by Hal Lindsey. The arguments of all three books are answered in detail and exposed by Kenneth L. Gentry and Greg L. Bahsen in this book.
What House Divided demonstrates is that dispensational theology has now been shattered by its own defenders. They are not willing to defend the original system and their drastic modifications have left it a broken shell. They are also deeply divided among themselves on the crucial questions of biblical interpretation and social activism. In short, today's defenders of dispensationalism "destroyed the system in order to save it." No one has attempted to put this shattered theological system back together. No one will even outline its main points.
Greg Bahnsen is taking up the question of biblical law, and Kenneth Gentry is taking up the question of biblical eschatology. What this book demonstrates is that dispensational theology has now been shattered by its own defenders. They are no longer willing to defend the original system, and their drastic modifications have left it a broken shell.
The Greatness of the Great Commission: The Christian Enterprise in a Fallen World, 1990
"Go therefore and disciple all nations." The Great Commission states that all nations are to be discipled. Sadly, today's evangelicals have reduced Jesus' last command to mean only that individuals and families are to be discipled. Dr. Gentry takes a careful look at the biblical context and background of the Great Commission. His conclusion? That when God tells us to take over the world, He means it! Gentry shows the biblical methods of world conquest, which do not involve political takeovers but rather service and evangelism.
He Shall Have Dominion, A Postmillennial Eschatology, 1992. This is almost 600 pages trying to sustain the idea that Christ's Kingdom will (literally and physically) triumph in history, REPRESENTATIVELY, through His people. You will sense anew the powerful message of Psalm 72 that Christ "shall have dominion from sea to sea" (Psa 72:8). You will learn that God's word promises that "the whole earth will be filled with his glory" (72:19) so that "all nations will call him blessed" (72:17) — before Christ returns. Many evangelicals today are concerned about those being Left Behind on this Late Great Planet Earth as it collapses into absolute chaos. But the postmillennialist optimistically believes that He Shall Have Dominion throughout the earth. In this book you will find the whole biblical rationale for the postmillennial hope.
The vast majority of those who call themselves evangelical Christians believe that the Church of Jesus Christ has been predestinated by God to fail in history. Millions of Christians believe that the Church will be "raptured" soon, removing Christians from the turmoils and responsibilities of this life. Gentry argues otherwise. He shows that Christians have many great things to accomplish for Christ before He returns bodily to earth.
The Great Tribulation: Past or Future? (with Thomas D. Ice) 1999
This engaging book brings together two opposing viewpoints. Are the events of Matthew 24 and other prophetic texts related to the Great Tribulation yet to be fulfilled or were they fulfilled in the first century? Presented in a friendly debate format with loads of space devoted to cross-examination. Representing the Classic of partial preterist view is Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry. Representing the futurist or dispensational view is Thomas Ice
Perilous Times: A Study in Eschatological Evil, 1999
In this book he provides careful exegetical studies of the following key judgment passages that are so crucial for understanding biblical prophecy and rebutting dispensationalists:
1. Desolations Are Determined: Daniel 9:24-27
2. Wars and Rumors of Wars: Matthew 24:1-20
3. There Will Be Great Tribulation: Matthew 24:21-36
4. The Man of Lawlessness: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8
5. A Scarlet Beast Full of Blasphemy: Revelation 13:1-18
6. Babylon the Great, Mother of Harlots: Revelation 17:1-10
This book defends a redemptive-historical preterist view of these famous prophecies, showing, among other things, that Nero is the Man of Sin and the Beast; the Great Tribulation occurred in A.D. 70;
the Harlot is first century Jerusalem
God's Law in the Modern World: The Continuing Relevance of Old Testament Law. (Phillipsburg, N. J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1993).
Promotes the idea that the Old Testament moral and civil laws remain normative for life today, and includes his views of the roles of the law in gospel preaching, Christian conduct, and national policy.
This book clarifies in what sense New Testament believers are not under law and explains the roles of the law in gospel preaching, Christian conduct, and national policy. The author also responds to objections against theonomy and sets forth the practical benefits of applying God's law to all of life. Anyone wrestling with the place of Old Testament law in the modern world will find help in this very clear and concise treatment. He corrects many of the errors and misconceptions that people have about the role and function of the Law of Moses in the New Testament. He shows the purpose of the Law and how the New Testament establishes the true intent of the Law.
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