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  • Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:46 AM

    i don't want to be accused of exaggerating

    Gary North isn't a "leading member" is any obvious sense, but he is the only systematic theologian I know of in the CNP, and his position is a very clever and subtle one, in that he isn't a Dispensationalist, and can afford to write erudite articles making fun of the Rapturists. You will find a lot of people who try to keep track of the theocratic movement in the USA are confused by this, as I was for a while. Just bear in mind, he has never had any problem sitting with the Dispensationalists in the CNP. The difference between pre- and post-millennialism doesn't prevent them from collaborating very closely on one and the same theocratic agenda. The difference lies in whether they believe, or profess to believe, that Jews as Jews have a future in the millennium. Pre-mils say yes, post-mils say no. At least, that is my impression, but I'm just a voyeur.

    I'm outta here, g'night

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