For Amillennialism, “the thousand-year reign” is brought about by the events of Christ’s first advent.
Questions Asked at an Eschatology Conference: Part 2 | Sam Waldron
If you mean by rapture a pretribulational rapture, then we believe in no such thing. But the term rapture is derived from the Latin translation of the words, ‘caught up,’ in 1 Thessalonians 4:17. Thus, since the Bible speaks of a rapture, the real question is, What does it mean by the rapture? It simply means the catching up of the living saints at Christ’s Second Coming.
Questions Asked at an Eschatology Conference: Part 1 | Sam Waldron
Recently, I spoke at a conference on the subject of my recent book by Free Grace Press, The Doctrine of Last Things: An Optimistic Amillennial View. Following up my lectures on the “Two Ages” (See my book, chapters 3-5.), there was a Q&A in which I answered questions submitted in writing before the Q&A.
Death, Hell, & Christ’s Descent: Problems with a Limbus Patrum | Ben Habegger
Paradise is hardly a fitting word for a place, however pleasant, which keeps people out of God’s glorious presence. But it is the perfect word for the heavenly place of full communion between God and his saints, Eden restored and perfected.
Death, Hell, & Christ’s Descent: A Limbo for the Fathers? | Ben Habegger
I object to the teaching that deceased Old Testament saints were confined in Sheol prior to Christ’s death and resurrection.
Death, Hell, & Christ’s Descent: Sheol and the Grave in the Old Testament | Ben Habegger
When we read our English Bibles, we must remember that the word hell is one English word used to translate various Hebrew and Greek words.
2025 in Review
As Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary reflects on 2025, the year stands as a profound milestone: two decades of training men for the gospel ministry. The Lord has grown CBTS into a robust institution for confessional theological education, and this is to the praise of God alone.
The Nicene Creed: Eternal Judgment for Some, Not None | Brandon Rhea
Due to the Roman Catholic leaders’ equivocation regarding hell being populated by the lost, Reformed Baptists cannot affirm, partner, nor worship in or with members of the Roman Catholic Church. We may both profess the Nicene Creed, but we do not hold to the same meaning.
The Nicene Creed: Baptism for the Remission of Sins | Brandon Rhea
The Catholic Church teaches baptismal regeneration, but Reformed Baptists reject that doctrine. Instead, the Holy Spirit regenerates by the Word and not by the water.
The Nicene Creed: Jesus Saves, Not the Mass | Brandon Rhea
I am with John Knox who declared the Mass to be idolatry. Catholics worship the bread and wine rather than Jesus Christ whom the bread and wine represent.
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