I don’t know if you have two hours to listen to a debate about the millennium, but I enjoyed this one even though my view was not represented. The other thing missing from this debate: the Old Testament! Too bad God wasted all that time writing those books that describe in extraordinary detail the future. But the “Evening of Eschatology” was helpful for a number of reasons and I would recommend it to you. The Desiring God website gives you the option to watch the video or download the mp3 file.
(In case you don’t know, my view is dispensational premillennial, which differs from historic premillennialism by affirming God’s specific purposes for Israel, as distinct from the church, in the future. Much, but not all, of what the premillennial speaker says I agree with.)
Perhaps the most important comment on the discussion is that of Piper himself:
“There are biblically attractive things about each of these views, and none of them, in their best representation, bears such marks as to suggest the advocates are undermining the precious gospel of Christ.”
Nice way to sum up a discussion about a topic that is more of an ‘internal’ debate than about an issue that effects anyone’s salvation.
Al – yes, one of the reasons I recommended this discussion was the statements of agreement and recognition of the secondary nature of the debate. All agree that Christ is returning to rule. Thanks for sharing that comment.