I was baptized and raised in the Anglican church of Ireland but got busy with life and put it on the backburner for a very long time. Quite recently and now living in the United States. I have been working on rekindling my faith and was mind boggled by all the different denominations here that represent Protestantism. That said, I have been watching videos from about every single one of them in efforts to find a fit for me. It is really starting to look like the Lutheran church is where I should begin and listening to this fellow here, has had a big impact on that decision.

I tell my adult Bible study class that Revelation can be summed up in two words: "God wins." While we can look at the 2nd coming of Christ (as well as Revelation) from a variety of views, the main point (as Luther mentioned), is simply to be ready at any time.

I heard a saying "show me a man whos bible is falling apart and ill show you a man whos life is together"

I attended a dispensational, premillennial Bible college. I started to become disillusioned with the concept when people holding to this theological view were more interested in “end times” prophecy conferences then they were in sharing the gospel.

I had never linked those verses to baptism before. Thank you for the insight!

Thank you ,l come from coptic orthodox faith and this is exactly what our church teaches ,God bless you and speak through you , for His truth and glory.

Hill 1001. Fred's hill. Love it!

Thank you Bryan, that was the most understandable teaching on the end times that ive seen,it was so confusing before, but now you have made it clear for me. Ive been looking at a denomination to cling to and im definitely sold on Lutheran but there isnt a church within 30 miles of me here in the UK, i dont drive either. But thanks again for the lecture. 🇬🇧🙏🙏🙏

Thank you pastor , you gave some great insights I didn’t see before . I came out of dispensationalism and it’s a confusing system to say the least . Amill is not only biblical but makes the most sense of a two kingdom already not yet approach to reading the scriptures . Maranatha

Amillenialism is the simple truth that we confess in the creeds. "He will come again to judge the quick and the dead" None of the convoluted stuff about reigning in an earthly kingdom for awhile and whatnot.

🤣 "What kind of pit doesn't have a bottom? That's a tube."!!! I'm dyin' over here!

Thank you. I have been wanting to see this topic presented by a Lutheran pastor. Great work. Adding the Bible verses made this outstanding.

Thank you for that email Pastor!! I was waiting anxiously for this video! Thank you for all your time that you give to us.

I shared this on Twitter and Facebook for all my evangelical friends.

This is one of the best teaching on edn times. It is fab to know we are living in the millienimum time. Praise God. ❤

Thank you, I went from Dispensationial Premillinalism to Amillinalism by the grace of God through God's Word and had one heck of a pile of books and diagrams to get rid of, hahaha. God's peace be with you

Thank you so much for this. I was raised Pentecostal and had rapture and all the premil teachings drilled into me for decades. I have questioned it for several years now and this was the clearest, most understandable presentation of these passages. Very slowly I am becoming less jaded about the book of Revelation and more excited about God's promises of end times.

Amen! Come Lord Jesus!

Nice job on this Bryan. (First time I watched this one.)

Love Dr. Louis Brighton's book, Revelation. Keep up the videos Rev. Wolfmueller.

When you see these things come to pass, lift up your heads for your redemption draws nigh! ☺

Just finished a paper for theology class about eschatology and this is the first video that pops up!

I became convinced of Amillennialism during my undergraduate work at Liberty University, which was also, interestingly enough, during a time when I was newly switching over to Lutheranism. One thing that both the Pre- and Post- Millennial formulas do is assume finite entropy on eternity, which is why they literalize the 1,000 year reign. The bottom line is, the ‘Day of the Lord’ began on the day Christ’s resurrection and we’ve been in that “Day” ever since. This video was a very helpful tool as far as mapping Amillennnialism out properly. The only thing this video did not cover that I was hoping for was what and who the antichrist is from ch. 12-13 of Revelation. I think we live in an age of over-realized eschatology, where people are looking for ways to connect the dots and be alert of signs of the end times. “Obama’s the Antichrist!” “No, Trump’s the Antichrist!” “No, Biden‘s the Antichrist!” Maybe do a video on the Lutheran view of the Antichrist next?? God’s Peace Be With You, Pastor Wolfmueller

Wow!!! The points of light as faith was a brilliant visual. Really stirred thankfulness for my hope in Christ. Thanks pastor.

Truly compelling and clear. Thank you.

This is what I have always believed through my own studies. So good to hear it so clearly put forth. Wish more people could see the simple truth.

My wife's comments! "He's easy to understand!" That is important! I have taught her about the difference between "exegesis" and "eisegesis." When we went through the study by Ken Klaus on Revelation, as good as it was, my wife recognized what she felt was him "bringing his thoughts to Scripture." That was especially apparent with his thinking on "codes" in the Bible related to numbers, 10 and 1000 and 12 and 144,000 and 666. "Where is that in the Bible?" she asked. The grotesque artwork in his Revelation study was also on the level of "offensive" to contemporary sensibilities. Of course, we can't compromise truth because of contemporary sensibilities. On the other hand, the medieval scare tactics in the arts to create submission to the Vicar of Christ and the church, is not what the Scriptures communicate. Teaching the LHM study by Klaus on Zoom, I decided to supplement the teaching with this straightforward teaching by Pastor Wolfmueller. An exegetical study by any measure. Good one!

Just want to agree with all those who have found your presentation very clear and helpful. I have shared it among friends who remain in dispensational darkness. *Thank you very much*

These lessons are like a wonderful breath of fresh air. ✔️ Thank you, Pastor.

Thanks so much for bringing these pieces together.

Thanks, pastor! Regarding the two reserrections Romans 6 is a good text. It is also interesting to look at John 5 were two resurrections are mentioned (one is being given eternal life when coming to faith, the other is the resurrection on the last day), and it is said that those who believe (that is, those who have partin the first resurrection) have passed from death to life and do not come under the condemnation. I think that is an even more close parallel to Revelation 20.

How do dispensational premil people explain to Christians in Muslim lands, China, and N. Korea that we are not in the tribulation now?

This is so wonderfully instructive! Thank you brother!!

Thank you Bryan Wolfmueller. For me, the A Millennial view has CLEARLY been the correct view for 42 years now. When the Holy Spirit was given to man in Acts 2, Peter preaches one message and about three thousand are saved. The Holy Spirit in man was the binding of Satan " so that he could not deceive the nations " any more resulting in the gospel going out into the whole world. When he is loosed it's only for a "short time" of tribulation. We are going home soon my brother!!!

Was just thinking about the end times from a lutheran perspective 2 hours ago

Loved this video. I've never been particularly interested in the end times, so I sort of allowed it to become this Fuzzy mass of "Probably bad things" that I wasnt really sure of. So the whole second half of this video was just Eureka after Eureka.

Thank you for the video, pastor

Thank you so much. I’m just now trying to figure all this out. ❤

Thanks Pastor! Good teaching! 👍

Funny that I'm watching this video exactly one year after publication. Thanks brother Bryan!

I was raised in a Baptist church. I became Lutheran 5 years ago. I believe more in dispensation millennium. I wish you well, God bless you!

Excellent

Thank you Pastor Wolfmueller. One sticking point I have with this interpretation is the parable of the fig tree in Matthew 24. I've been on the post-mill side for several years but this is giving me pause: The characteristic of the fig tree is that it produces fruit twice in its season - once at the beginning of the season, and again at the end. I take this to mean that the days leading to the end of the church age will be like unto the days of the end of the mosaic age and the siege of Jerusalem. How do you see the second coming?

Helpful words for navigating notoriously muddy waters. Thank you!

Fascinating and beautiful explanation. God bless!

Thank you🙏 so much for explaining this as you did. I watched a different video explaining it and got a bit confused on some things, but this video helped me to understand the matter much better. Thank you🙏!

I guess I must be living in an alternate reality, cause I see deception all around me, in the secular world as well as in the churches. In fact what woke me up out of atheism was the realization that there's true evil in this world. So, I find it hard to believe that satan is bound right now. Verses like 1 Peter 5:8 (Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour) and 2 Corinthians 2:11(...so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.) show that the church of Christ should be aware that satan is still active after Christ's resurrection. The Lord Jesus Christ defeated satan through the cross and the resurrection, but that does not necessarily mean that he was bound at the moment of resurrection. God, for reasons only known to Him, allows satan to still roam the earth. One example of satan's deception nowadays is the new age movement, which is not fringe at all, it's very popular. New age embraces satan's first lie, that we can be like God. Regarding the millenium, I understand that not everything is literal in the Bible, but when a timeline is used in prophecy shouldn't it be taken literally? Else, what's the purpose of mentioning specific number of days, weeks or years? Also, isn't it excessive to interpret the millenium in the OT, eg in Isaiah, as spiritual and not literal? Amillenianism just doesn't make sense to me. Though I do appreciate different views.

I believe this. Thank you.

Very interesting- wow they have alot of recreation opportunities there!

I love that your Bible is in pieces.

Like the segment in the office much better than driving.

This is what I have believed my whole 68 yrs. of life. The 1000 yrs is symbolic for the church age we are in now. Thank you for this video. Nancy

I am sad that the interpretation of Revelation divides us Christians, and that how we interpret it -has dire affects on evangelism, local and global politics, including racism and injustice. I have always felt a dissonance when listening to preachers, but couldn’t put my finger on it. Why did it feel like they were preaching a different gospel, when they were using the same words and scripture that I love and follow? I feel like we let our young people down when we tell them to read their Bible, but then we don’t teach them the art of interpreting it. - 40 years lutheran, and nobody ever taught me this. Thank you. Now lets equip the saints through the power of the internet and the Holy Spirit!

"Does that mean the the cows on hill 1001 belong to Fred?" Haha

bottomless pit = tube. i laughed out loud on that one

Compelling and very helpful. Thank you.

I was taught amillennialism as a kid in a Duch Reformed Church. But in my 20s I got caught up in the left-behind books. But now I'm back in my right mind. Lol

Thank you Pastor Bryan!

Pastor Bryan, I'm just pondering thru the text...It is mentioned in Rev. 20:3, that the devil/satan will be released for a little while...does this mean It will lead to a much greater tribulation that the church had gone thru...or this tribulation points out to a much larger scale involving the non-believing world? Which is God also mentioned in the Revelation the bowls of God's wrath. Thank's and God Bless!

Very helpful! My question : Are we in the time now where the devil has been unbound?

Praise God! Which ever way it works out, it Will be gods plan, and that's the way it will be. We should just all be confident that we have salvation through Christ. There are many things that we currently do not need to know. We should just keep our eyes trained upon the goal.

The key hermeneutical principle - as given by Jesus in Luke 24:44-47 - is his life, death, and resurrection. End times prophecy contains the promise and assurance of the Gospel, in our 1st resurrection - the resurrection of baptism. We are already sitting in heavenly places, and watching end times unfold before us.

Excellent way to explain it. One thought though. The weirdness of things lately make me really wonder if this isn't the time of Satan being loosed. That sure would explain 2020 events. Your thoughts?

Such a nice Bible! Hard to fine new ones like that! The paper is different and the print isn’t as bold. Even the LSB by Concordia has skinny print

Pastor, thank you, I appreciate the graphical view of the events in a timeline form. I would like to understand the Lutheran view of what happens to a person as soon as he or she dies and then the resurrection, what happens then.

This is the best thing I've seen all week. The last few nights I've been worrying, due to reading summaries of those end-times fiction books. There is peace that comes through God's Word and I appreciate a pastor who helps me understand it. Thank you, Pastor Wolfmueller, for this teaching. I do want to ask, is the common end-times teaching from fiction books and movies (the premillennial dispensational teaching) considered to be false teaching? Is it in the same category as say, false Christology? Because there is a lot of damage being done through these books and movies that cause people like myself to worry and fear. I look forward to seeing more of your teaching, which is comforting since it is backed up by actual Scripture.

Nice Overview👍 Maranatha!

I agree the amillenial view makes a lot of sense and I'm pleased to know that is the Lutheran view, since I've been going to a Lutheran church. Do you also hold to a partial preterist view, that most of the book of Revelation was fulfilled in 70 AD? I also think that makes a lot of sense though presenting some difficulties of interpretation.

This was very good. I personally struggle between knowing if I agree with Postmil and Amil. I am always looking for reasonable people to explain these from scripture. This helped. Now what gets me is the thousand year issue. Do we have a linguistic tell that we can rely on? Because obviously a thousand is not always a day and vis versa. I think Doug Wilson makes the point that we don't see the use of the word Greek word that they translate to get thousand used except for a few places in Revelation, and we don't necessarily know if it is meant to exactly mean a thousand.

Nice job explaining the 3 different "millenialisms" and love the note cards/post-its (and you have great handwriting!). I know you were restricted by length of video but as others asked, how can there be more than one "Second" Coming"? Wouldn't it then be 3rd (if you don't count the Rapture) and/or 4th Coming? I am not being funny, I am truly confused. I thought Christ's first coming was to spread the faith/"salvation" and the second is the "judgement" (and end of time and new heaven and new earth)? Maybe you could do an in depth video to cover more?

It’s important to note that just about every postmil today has the same exact interpretation as you do, they just believe the great commission will eventually be completely filled and the world will come to Christ and be saved.

Thanks, this was great. I love the theological arts and crafts. Now for the glue. 😆

thank you scripture so wonderful and men that teach good sound doctrine

Listening to this and my eleven year old son says, “ is that the guy that talks about licking tires?”... Grappling with Philippians😂

and like at my conception and birth, I will be ready for ANYTHING. Simple. Done. Worry about something else. You're welcome.

If the 1000 years is the church age and represents the time immediately post-ascension, that implies that all of revelation prior to chapter 20 was pre-ascension, before Revelation was written. Is that the Lutheran position?

I'm not Lutherin, but I like learning all this different stuff from the different Christian denominations. As long as a denomination has the basic Gospel as their platform to build from, I don't feel the need to argue about a lot of the other things since so many others still need Christ - why bother argue why each other is wrong when we are all doing our best to serve Christ as we are directed to and to tell others of Christ as we go along? :)

I enjoyed the video BUT it was a BIT CONFUSING with the 'little notes' being moved around. PERHAPS if you had each view point of the end times listed on a sheet compared with the other view along with the TEXTS and how it applies to each view might might make the whole thing more understandable>...:):):)

I’ve been a Lutheran for 73 years. It’s the only religion that makes sense to me.

Pastor, what’s your take on everyone recently talking about the Euphrates drying up and unleashing the angels that God chained underneath it?

Thank you, p. Bryan, for the truth.

@Dr. Jordan B Cooper is this accurate for the Lutheran belief?

What happened to Historicism Premillennial Bible Prophecy View? This was the Virw of the Reformers.

I would love you to do a videoe on dispensationalisum. What is it and is it biblical.

Do you have an answer for “then he must be released for a time” In revelation 20:3?

I have heard all of these and the arguments for them. Yours is very compelling and really very simple. How do Lutherans handle evangelism?

What happens when we die ( saved Christians) Do we immediately go to heaven to be with Jesus or do we wait in the ground with our bodies until the second coming of Christ when the dead shall be raised? I believe our spirits go to heaven immediately to be with Jesus…. And that it’s just our body that remains in the ground.

I tend to think such theories were not up to standard had too much Guessworks, not reliable .But they put it up nicely and erred.

Thanks!

What does the lcms say about the 2 beast mentioned?

Excellent video!!

Wait I'm confused so is this teaching saying the mark of the beast already happened?

That was verry helpfull thankyou.

Amillenials mark Revelation 19-20, but what about Revelation Ch’s 1-19? Partial Preterism, Historicism, or Idealism? Where does the Lutheran church stand today?

What about preterism?

Please pastor. Could you explain the Lutheran view of the antichrist?

1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour." If he is bound what does this mean?

Great video Pastor. Would you recommend some books on the end times from a Lutheran point of view. Thanks

Very good teaching, brother Bryan! Thank you for sharing with us. I still struggle with Amillenialism because of the evils that happen yet in this world. However, this was a good explanation. Maybe this evil still occurs due the fact that not all Jesus' enemies were put under His feet, there are some principalities and rulers of this world that are free. Also the sin is at free. I think we MUST preach the gospel so that we will be able to get rid of these evil power and bring worldwide people to the Reign of Jesus. Another question I have: In your opinion, when is gonna happen "blind Israel" awakening? What is the meaning of the "plenty/fullness of the gentiles", according to Romans 9, 10 and 11?

I've never heard anyone refer to the Great White Throne Judgment was another second coming.