Dr. Couch, would you recommend George N. H. Peters’ "The Theocratic Kingdom"?
ANSWER: This is the classic work that destroys amillennialism, so if amils do
not want to be convinced please do not read his Theocratic Kingdom!
Peters (1825-1909) was an amil Lutheran pastor but he realized something
was wrong with amil eschatology. He began to go to libraries (maybe a
hundred before he finished) and read everything he could on prophecy.
Being poor, he wrote down notes on paper sacks. He ended up with
hundreds of "Propositions" in 2,100 pages, in three volumes. No one can
fight against his historical and doctrinal proof of premillennialism
and literal interpretation of the prophetic Word.
Peters’ amil allegorizing pastor friends turned against him, being very
ignorant of Bible prophecy and having sold out to allegorical
interpretation. Peters was compelled to publish his work. In the
introduction he wrote:
Taking an advanced course on prophecy in graduate school I chose as my
class project to summarize his hundreds and hundreds of Propositions.
There is no question of the amil foolishness as exposed by Peters, who
was surrounded by amils, and who was previously one himself. Needless
to say I got an A in the course! If you want to get the amillennial vs
premillennial issue settled biblically you need Peters! It is presently
published by Kregel.
Thanks for asking.
Dr. Mal Couch
