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Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19th June 1834 [1] – 31st January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations , to some of whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers."
Historic premillennialism is one of the two premillennial systems of Christian eschatology, with the other being dispensational premillennialism. [1] It differs from dispensational premillennialism in that it only has one view of the rapture, and does not require a literal seven-year tribulation (though some adherents do believe in a seven-year tribulation).
Tim Lahaye, dispensationalist novelist, author of Left Behind series; Jeri Massi, author of the Christy Award-nominated Valkyries: Some Through the Fire; Joyce Meyer, charismatic speaker, author of Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind; Chuck Missler, apologist, author, founder of Koinonia House Ministries
Many non-dispensationalist Protestants were also strong advocates of a Jewish return to their homeland, Charles Spurgeon, [43] both Horatius [44] and Andrew Bonar, Robert Murray M'Chyene, [45] and J. C. Ryle [46] were among a number of proponents of both the importance and significance of a Jewish return to Israel.
Dispensationalist ideas have persisted in popular culture. A 2004 Newsweek poll indicated that 55 percent of Americans believe Christians will be taken up in the Rapture. [ 61 ] By the turn of the 21st century, the term "dispensationalism" had become synonymous with "sectarian fundamentalism", and had come to be more of a political identity ...
The current religious term premillennialism did not come into use until the mid-19th century. The word's coinage was "almost entirely the work of British and American Protestants and was prompted by their belief that the French and American Revolutions (the French, especially) realized prophecies made in the books of Daniel and Revelation."
Spurgeon delivered a sermon on Psalm 72 explicitly defending the form of absolute postmillennialism held by the minority camp today, but on other occasions he defended premillennialism. Moreover, given the nature of Warfield's views, [ 14 ] Warfield disdained the millennial labels, preferring the term "eschatological universalism" for the brand ...
In 1854, Charles Haddon Spurgeon started serving at the Tabernacle at the age of 20. The church at the beginning of Spurgeon's pastorate was situated at New Park Street Chapel, but this soon became so full that services had to be held in hired halls such as the Surrey Gardens Music Hall. [7] Metropolitan Tabernacle in 1890