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A review by alanrussellfuller
A Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times by Kim Riddlebarger
3.0
After reading the first section on interpretation and eschatological views I expected to give this book four or five stars. After reading the second section about theological concerns I was thinking three or four stars. After reading the third section expositing critical texts I was hoping I could still give it as high as a two. The last section is about signs and evaluations. My decision was that the three stars were appropriate.
The author makes an important point that the NT interprets the OT. That's a lesson often ignored by premillennialists. However, I feel that the author's own interpretation of texts is totally inconsistent. In Dan 9:27 it is Christ who causes the overspreading of abominations, which are the temple sacrifices after the crucifixion. He later turns to a more traditional view of the antichrist and the abomination that causes desolation and even mentions Daniel 9. Then there is the Olivet discourse. I have always hated the way Dispensationalists chop this narrative up. They have nothing on Riddlebarger who switches back and forth from the first century to the future.
I did like the evaluation of the different eschatological views in the end. I feel the author places too much reliance on redemptive history (heilsgeschichte) which is the source of both Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism.
The author makes an important point that the NT interprets the OT. That's a lesson often ignored by premillennialists. However, I feel that the author's own interpretation of texts is totally inconsistent. In Dan 9:27 it is Christ who causes the overspreading of abominations, which are the temple sacrifices after the crucifixion. He later turns to a more traditional view of the antichrist and the abomination that causes desolation and even mentions Daniel 9. Then there is the Olivet discourse. I have always hated the way Dispensationalists chop this narrative up. They have nothing on Riddlebarger who switches back and forth from the first century to the future.
I did like the evaluation of the different eschatological views in the end. I feel the author places too much reliance on redemptive history (heilsgeschichte) which is the source of both Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism.