Charles
Spurgeon -
Historic Premillennialist
Charles H.
Spurgeon was a historic premillennialist, NOT a
pretribulationist as some have tried to charge!
Spurgeon was "a valued standard
bearer for Historic Premillennialism" according to
C. W. H. Griffiths in
an excellent article defending his Premillennial position1.
Dennis Swanson says "While Spurgeon must be identified as a
premillennialist, he is most
accurately described as a premillennialist of the "historic" or
"covenantal" variety. He adhered to every major point which identifies
this position, while certain features of dispensational
premillennialism (e.g. the timing of the rapture and the nature of the
millennium) were in opposition to his biblical and theological
understanding."2
For more details see The Millennial
Position Of Charles Spurgeon and Spurgeon's
Premillennial views
1. Summer 1990 issue of Watching
and Waiting Magazine,
article by C. W. H. Griffith. The article was published
by the Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony, 1 Donald Way, Chelmsford,
Essex CM2 9JB United Kingdom
2. Quote from Dennis Swanson's article Charles H. Spurgeon and
Eschatology: Did He Have a Discernible Millennial Position? See the full article at the Spurgeon Archive