Theologians Versus Bible Teachers By Keith L. Brooks Reprinted from Prophecy, January 1952 We are coming into most critical times. There is to be more and more confusion among the people of God. Yes, there will be a sudden sleepiness even among the “wise virgins!” There will be in creasing divisions among Bible students and much confusing literature put out by very earnest people. The trend away from premillennial truth, even in some supposed fundamen tal institutions, is becoming disturbing. Students are being sent forth who have no positive convictions regarding prophetic things. They dare not attempt a clear Scriptural exposition of the sec ond coming of the Lord and kindred truth. They do not know whether there is to be a millennium or not. They are not sure that the Lord’s return for His own will be pre-tribulation. They are half inclined to believe in partial rap ture —if any. They imagine that the rebirth of the nation of Israel is but a passing phase of no prophetic signifi cance. Students of one seminary were recent ly told that most of the premillennial ideas have been invented within the past few years. “ It is BIBLE TEACHERS who promote these ideas,” said one pro fessor, “ but the THEOLOGIANS do not go for them.” Was this good man imply ing that Bible teachers know less about the Bible than theologians? He should know that most of the outstanding Bible teachers have been and are fully recog nized theologians. But, has our “ theologian” ever read “ Hope of the Ages” by Dr. A. C. Gae- belein—that book that traces back to the early church every important position of premillennialism as it is taught today? It is not strange, in view of the tre mendous prophetic developments of the last century with its almost miraculous means of spreading enlightenment, that the general outline of prophetic truth should have taken more definite form. The very trend of modern inventions to ward a cataclysmic consummation of the age, has turned millions of minds with little help from either Bible teachers or theologians to think upon the prophecies of an evil consummation of the age, and to regard the prophecies of the close of the New Testament in their now very obvious sense. If it is BIBLE TEACHERS who are keeping alive the “ blessed hope” of the true people of God being caught out of the world before the Tribulation wrath falls upon a thoroughly corrupt world— and Bible teachers who proclaim a glori ous millennial reign under the King of (Continued on Page 20)
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