Abstract and links to essays on
Charles Spurgeon and his Millennial views by Dennis Swanson2.
(1)
The
Millennial Position of Spurgeon
- A shorter article
"The notoriety of Charles Haddon
Spurgeon has caused many since his time to claim him as a supporter of
their individual views regarding the millennium. Spurgeon and his
contemporaries were familiar with the four current millennial views -
amillennialism, postmillennialism, historic premillennialism, and
dispensational premillennialism - though the earlier nomenclature may
have differed. Spurgeon did not preach or write extensively on
prophetic themes, but in his sermons and writings he did say enough to
produce a clear picture of his position. Despite claims to the
contrary, his position was most closely identifiable with that of
historic premillennialism in teaching the church would experience the
tribulation, the millennial kingdom would be the culmination of God's
program for the church, a thousand years would separate the
resurrection of the just from that of the unjust, and the Jews in the
kingdom would be part of the one people of God with the church."
PDF
version: www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj7g.pdf
(2)
Charles
H. Spurgeon and Eschatology: Did He Have a Discernible Millennial
Position?
Longer and most thorough article
PDF
Version
(large file): www.narnia3.com/articles/spurgeonmil.pdf
HTML
Version: www.spurgeon.org/eschat.htm
(notes)
"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."
(1) Spurgeon was a Historic
Premillennialist
not
a pretribulationist as some have claimed!
(2)
Dennis Swanson
is Seminary Librarian at The Masters Seminary