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Summary: If you want to hear something truly amazing about God (and His Word, the Bible), listen to the first free MP3 at the link above, on Revelation 9:15. "And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men." This sermon will also help build your trust in God, encourage you through difficulties, and give you the peace that passes understanding (Philippians 4:7) -- if you take this message from Scripture to heart. This is sermon 224 in Dr. Dilday's exposition of the book of Revelation. Dr. Dilday's full series on Revelation, which is the best we have heard, is ongoing as of this writing and is on SermonAudio.
Islam (Muslims) In Bible Prophecy, In the Book of Revelation (Free Reformation Resources)
In fact, when the classic historicist position is studied, the fulfillment in the case of Islam and Revelation chapter nine is seen to be so striking and well attested that "even advocates of other approaches who are adamant in their rejection of the historicist system of interpretation have admitted the convincing nature of this particular identification. - Steve Gregg, commenting on Revelation 9:1-6 in Revelation: Four Views: A Parallel Commentary, p. 176
Summary: Defends classic Reformation Historicist Postmillennialism and its position relative to the 1260 year period mentioned in Scripture. In the author's words, "(t)reats of a subject peculiarly interesting to every serious Protestant: for the famous period of 1260 prophetic days, so frequently mentioned by Daniel and St. John, comprehends the tyrannical reign of those three great opponents of the Gospel: Popery, Mohammedism (Islam -ed.), and Infidelity. This period indeed may not improperly be styled the permitted hour of the powers of darkness; since the Church is represented as being in an afflicted and depressed state during the whole of its continuance, and since its expiration will be marked by a signal display of the judgments of God upon his enemies and by the commencement of a new and happy order of things." Understanding the Reformation position on eschatology, as it is set forth in this work, gives us great insight as to why the Romanists (i.e. the Jesuits in particular) were so intent on planting both Preterism (Alcasar, c. 1615) and Futurism (Ribera, c. 1585) among the Protestants. 583 pages.
The Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Origins of Futurism and Preterism
Biblical Prophecy (Historicism), by Pastor Jim Dodson (44 Free MP3s)
One the best free audio series about classic Reformation eschatology, which is called Historicism! Contains the following two free MP3s dealing with Islam in the book of Revelation:
The Great Eastern Antichrist Is Islam, by Jim Dodson (Free MP3)
Jim Dodson Reviews and Recommends the Puritan Hard Drive
If you love the Bible, then you may well be Reformed. If you think of yourself as Reformed, but you have seldom or have never read older Reformed literature, prepare to be challenged. The Puritan Hard Drive provides primary sources and depth of theological and spiritual insight which is lacking in much of what is passed off as genuine Reformed theology. If you think of yourself as conservative, the older Puritan and Reformed authors will help you sort reality from myth in your quest to be truly Reformed. There are more solid resources for less money here than anywhere else. I highly recommend you take responsibility for your soul and spend a few shekels for this cup of cold water in the midst of the modern religious desert.
- Jim Dodson, Reformed Presbyterian Scholar, https://www.covenanter.org/
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