Subject: Before, during, or after? |
Bible Note: Hi, Brother Steve... That may well be. Hippolytus wasn't a Montanist, but I understand he stood up for them at least in their chiliastic assertions. Today I dug up his commentary on Daniel -- or what remains of it. What we have is a comparison of the visions of Nebuchadnezzar and the prophet. I read, with interest, his analysis of the seventy weeks of Daniel. He concludes, though, with the following words: "...from the time of the removal of the continuous sacrifice there are also reckoned one thousand two hundred and ninety days. [then] the day of resurrection. For that is the beginning of another age, as the morning is the beginning of the day. And the thousand and four hundred days are the light of the world. For on the appearing of the light in the world (as He says, 'I am the light of the world'), the sanctuary shall be purged, as he said, the adversary. For it cannot by any means be purged but by his destruction." I've only quoted his concluding remarks, but although Hippolytus was clearly chiliastic, I'd have to call him postmillennial. Nevertheless, thank you for mentioning Hippolytus. I'd seen him referenced in Dispensational works, but I'd not actually read him. By the way, after seeing the allegorical approach to the Scriptures of Hippolytus (not necessarily in the above, but in his other writings), I was thankful for the prayerful thought and work of twenty centuries of believers. Our Lord was gracious, indeed, in giving the church the benefit of such gifts. In Him, Doc |