Christ's Kingship Over Nations, National Reformation, National Churches, Etc. Etc.

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Posted on 5th Feb 2022

Reg Barrow Quote - Establishmentarianism Is Classic Reformed Doctrine

Statement of the Difference… Particularly on the Power of Civil Magistrates Respecting Religion, National Reformation, National Churches, and National Covenants (1871), by Thomas M'Crie

"The ablest exposition in the English language of the Establishment Principle... Dr. (George) Smeaton describes the Statement as a masterly defense of the principles of establishments as Scripture truth: and the most complete vindication ever given to the world of the position occupied by the Reformed Church of Scotland, on the whole subject of national religion and the magistrates legitimate power in promoting it." "The same thoroughness," wrote the late Rev. D. Beaton, "which gave such abiding value to his great biography of Knox, is shown in this, his less known work... Dr. McCrie in his Statement shows that all the Confessions of the Protestant and Presbyterian Churches of the Reformation, both in Britain and on the Continent of Europe, held and maintained the Establishment Principle."

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Civil Government: An Exposition of Romans 13:1-7 by James M. Willson and Other Books and MP3s Defending the Classic Reformation Position on Civil Government (Free MP3 Audio Books, Free Online Books and Other Formats)

"The orthodox churches believe also, and do willingly acknowledge, that every lawful magistrate, being by God himself constituted the keeper and defender of both tables of the law, may and ought first and chiefly to take care of God's glory, and (according to his place, or in his manner and way) to preserve religion when pure, and to restore it when decayed and corrupted: and also to provide a learned and godly ministry, schools also and synods, as likewise to restrain and punish as well atheists, blasphemers, heretics and schismatics, as the violators of justice and civil peace." - George Gillespie, Works, 1:12.

What Is A Christian Nation? Christ's Kingship and Lordship Over the Nations (Best Free Audio!) 17 Free MP3s, by Greg Price, With More Free Resources by Samuel Rutherford, William Symington, et al.

"Moreover, to kings, princes, rulers, and magistrates, we affirm that chiefly and most principally the conservation and purgation of the religion appertains; so that not only they are appointed for civil policy, but also for maintenance of the true religion, and for suppressing of idolatry and superstition whatsoever: as in David, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, Josiah, and others, highly commended for their zeal in that case, may be espied." - The Scottish Confession of Faith (written by John Knox and others), Chapter 24, 1560.

A Refutation of Religious Pluralism, by John Brown of Haddington and Greg Price (Free MP3 Audio Book, Free Online Text, Kindle, PDF Books, etc.)

"If Mr. Brown had written his book in the United States (rather than in Scotland), an appropriate title might have been, The Religious Pluralism Granted In The First Amendment Is Not Granted In The First Commandment." (From the summary to A Refutation of Religious Pluralism by John Brown of Haddington)

Christ's Kingship Over the Nations Maintained and Defended in the Establishment Principle, or, The Principle of the National Recognition of Religion, by C. J. Brown

"And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers..." - Isa. 49:23a, KJV

The Biblical View Church and State, by the Westminster Divines, Bannerman, Owen, Cunningham, Gillespie, Symington, Smeaton, M'Crie, Price, Dilday, Dr. Reg Barrow and Shaw (Free MP3s)

"Yet civil government has as its appointed end, so long as we live among men, to cherish and protect the outward worship of God, to defend sound doctrine of piety and the position of the church, to adjust our life to the society of men, to form our social behavior to civil righteousness, to reconcile us with one another, and to promote general peace and tranquility." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 4:20:2

The Lord Jesus Christ's Mediatorial Reign, He Is King Of Kings and Lord Of Lords

The anti-Christian leaven, which has been so extensively diffused, shall be purged out of both the churches and the nations. Every usurper of the rights and prerogatives of Sion's King shall be pushed from his seat. Every rival kingdom shall be overthrown. The civil and ecclesiastical constitutions of the earth shall be regulated by the infallible standard of God's word; their office-bearers, of every kind, shall acknowledge the authority of Messiah the Prince; and the greatest kings on earth shall cast their crowns at his feet. All enemies shall be put under his feet; and such as resist the melting influence of his grace, shall be crushed beneath the iron rod of his power. By spiritual conversion or judicial destruction, he shall effect the entire subjugation of the globe. And, at the last, there shall not be a spot on the face of the habitable earth where the true church of Christ shall not have effected a footing, nor a single tribe of the vast family of man which shall not have felt the meliorating and blissful influence of Christian laws and institutions. - William Symington,Messiah the Prince or, The Mediatorial Dominion of Jesus Christ (Still Waters Revival Books, [1884] 1990), pp. 185-86, on the Puritan Hard Drive.

The Establishment Of Gospel, Reformation, Truth Over All Nations Before the Second Coming, by Pastor Jim Dodson (Free SWRB MP3)

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. - Ex. 20:3, KJV

The Idolatry of the First Amendment By Jerry Johnson, A Refutation of Religious Pluralism, by John Brown of Haddington and Greg Price and What Is A Christian Nation? (Free Reformed MP3s, Videos, Books, Etc.)

The Lord Jesus Christ Is King Of All Nations, According To the Bible, Therefore All Civil Rulers Are Obligated To Submit To His Kingship and Recognize Him and the Bible As the Basis Of Their Constitutions and Laws (Free MP3s & Books)

Bible Prophecy Teaches the Globalists Will Lose and All Nations Will Covenant With Christ, Before His Second Bodily Coming (Free MP3s, Videos, Books, Etc.)

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it." Isa, 2:2, KJV (emphases added, and remember that there are no nations in heaven, and this prophecy is yet to be fulfilled, so this is a prophecy of what the Lord is going to do in the future, when Covenanted Reformation nations and faithful Covenanted Reformation churches will fill the Earth!).

Christ Converting Nations (Biblical Prophecy and Postmillennialism #17, Synoptic Gospels) by Pastor Jim Dodson (Free MP3 and PDF, Scroll Down To This Free MP3)

"Now, Christians, the more great and glorious things you expect from God, as the downfall of antichrist, the conversion of the Jews, the conquest of the nations to Christ, the breaking of all yokes, the new Jerusalem's coming down from above, the extraordinary pouring out of the Spirit, and a more general union among all saints, the more holy, yea, the more eminently holy in all your ways and actings it becomes you to be." - Thomas Brooks, The Crown and Glory of Christianity, 1662, Complete Works (on the Puritan Hard Drive), 1867, p. 444

More free MP3s and PDFs in Covenanter Scholar Jim Dodson's Biblical Prophecy and Postmillennialism series (Click on the "More free MP3s and PDFs in Jim Dodson's Biblical Prophecy and Postmillennialism series" link in the middle, gray column.)

"Prophecy shows that a time is coming when the Kingdom of Christ shall triumph over all opposition and prevail in all the world. The Romish Antichrist shall be utterly destroyed. The Jews shall be converted to Christianity. The fullness of the Gentiles shall be brought in and all mankind shall possess the knowledge of the Lord. The truth in its illuminating, regenerating and sanctifying efficacy shall be felt everywhere, so that the multitudes of all nations shall serve the Lord. Knowledge, love, holiness, and peace shall reign through the abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Arts, sciences, literature, and property shall be consecrated to the advancement of the kingdom of Christ. The social institutions of men shall be regulated by gospel principles, and the nations as such shall consecrate their strength to the Lord. Oppression and tyranny shall come to an end. The nations, instead of being distracted by wars, shall be united in peace. The inhabitants of the world shall be exceedingly multiplied, and pure and undefiled religion shall exert supreme dominion over their hearts and lives so that happiness shall abound. This blessed period shall be of long duration." - The 1901 Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church

Revelation Audio Commentary, by Dr. Steven Dilday (250+ Free MP3s, With Much More To Come, Lord Willing, As Of This Writing)

If you are looking for a detailed contemporary Reformed audio commentary on Revelation, with much practical application, this is the best you will find.

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They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. - Isa. 11:9, KJV, emphases added

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A Christian Nation Must Have A Christian Confession Of Faith

Worldwide Covenanted Reformation and Iconoclastic Zeal; or, Reformation's Refining Fire, By Westminster Divine and Covenanter George Gillespie (Free SWRB MP3 - A Classic Covenanted Reformation Sermon!)

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The Covenanted Reformation Defended, by Greg Barrow (Free Online Book)

Covenanted Reformation Quote: Demolishing Of Monuments Of Idolatry and Superstition, An Ordinance of the Lords and Commons Assembled In Parliament, For the Further Demolishing of Monuments of Idolatry and Superstition

"Another instance in which posterity is recognized in covenant obligation is found in Joshua 9:15. This covenant was made between the children of Israel and the Gibeonites. Between four and five hundred years after that time, the children of Israel are visited with a very severe famine, in the days of David. 2 Sam. 21:1. And it is expressly declared by the Lord that, 'It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.' And at the same time, v. 2, that very covenant is recognized, and the breach of it is stated, as being the formal reason of the divine displeasure. Now, had it not been for this covenant, the extirpation of the Gibeonites would not have been imputed to Israel as a thing criminal; for they were comprehended in Canaanitish nations, which God had commanded them to root out." - William L. Roberts, The Reformed Presbyterian Catechism (1853, emphases added), pp. 139-140, on the Puritan Hard Drive

A Reformation and Iconoclastic War Against Idolatry, Lies and All Sin (What Did Jesus Do?), by Pastor Jim Dodson (Free Reformation Resources)

Thomas Watson on Zeal (11 of 18, Introduction and Overview of the Puritans) Who Were the Puritans? What Did They Teach? The Relevance of Puritanism For Christians Today, by Dr. Matthew McMahon (Free MP3s)

George Gillespie (Westminster Divine and Covenanter) Quote - Covenanted Reformation Ends In Action

Covenanting In the Bible and In the Future (As Prophesied In Biblical Prophecy), By Pastor Jim Dodson, Pastor Greg Price and Pastor James Willson (Many Free SWRB MP3s, PDFs and Videos)

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A Defense of Covenanting & the Solemn League & Covenant (21 FREE MP3s. Scroll down.), by Greg Price (The definitive free audio series about covenanting!)

Covenants and Covenanting (Introduction), by Greg Price (7 Free MP3s)

"Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto." (Galatians 3:15)

Identifying the Great Apostasy by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free MP3), The 1,260 Days Of Revelation (The Year Day Theory In Classic Protestant Eschatological Thought and Scripture) by W.J. Mencarow (Free MP3) and the Best Free Reformed Audio Commentaries On Revelation

The following two resources give us powerful warnings against the wiles of Satan and His cohorts, on the largest of scales, as they are revealed in these eschatological portions of Scripture:

The Corruption of Worship, and the Rise of Antichrist In History, Prophesied In Revelation, by Dr. Steven Dilday, John Calvin, W.J. Mencarow, John Owen, George Gillespie, et al. (Free Reformation MP3s & Much More)

How The Church Of The Apostles Was Hijacked By Rome (A History of Apostasy and The Growth Of Antichrist), by William J. Mencarow

"Faith imbued with zeal for the honour of Christ and the glory of God will have no sympathy with the defeatism which is, after all, but disguised fatalism. He who is head over all things is head over all things to his body the Church. He has all authority in heaven and in earth. And he is the Lord of the Spirit. Implicit in the prayer he taught his disciples to pray, 'thy will be done as in heaven so in earth,' is the prayer that the whole earth should be filled with his praise. Nothing less is the measure of the believer's desire. 'And blessed be his glorious name for ever; and let the whole earth be filled with his glory' (Psalm 72:19)." - Prof. John Murray, Collected Writings, Vol. 2, p. 350, emphases added

"Because of their outlook upon the future all Scottish missionary leaders took the long-term view in evangelization, that is to say, they did not regard the number of individual converts in the present as the first consideration, but rather that energy should be deployed in work which would have the maximum influence upon nations in subsequent generations." - Iain Murray, The Puritan Hope: Revival and the Interpretation of Prophecy

"Behind every great movement of God stands a few generous men and women called Gospel Patrons. Their role of resourcing, partnering, and strategizing with those who proclaim the gospel fueled amazing works of God. This book tells three stories from history that invite us to believe God, step out, and serve the purposes of God in our generation too." - Gospel Patrons: People Whose Generosity Changed the World. This book demonstrates the indisputable importance of the people God calls to help fund the ministries that He has chosen to play large rolls in some of the biggest Reformations and revivals in history. It uses the examples of William Tyndale, George Whitefield and John Newton, and the Gospel patrons God used to fund His cause in each of these men.

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Samuel Rutherford Covenanter Quote - Prayer - Nearer Communion With Christ

Why Many More People Will Be Saved Than Lost: Biblical Prophecy and Postmillennialism #20, Pauline Eschatology #2 (2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Etc.), by Reformed Presbyterian (Covenanter) Scholar Jim Dodson (Free MP3 and PDF)

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Christ Converting Nations (Biblical Prophecy and Postmillennialism #17, Synoptic Gospels), by Jim Dodson (Free MP3 and PDF)

The Biblical Eschatology of Victory, by Jonathan Edwards, Westminster Divines, Dr. F.N. Lee, David Steele & Others (Free Reformation MP3s, Videos, Books, PDFs, Etc.)

Notes on the Apocalypse or A Commentary on the Book of Revelation (1870) by David Steele (Free MP3s, Free Online Book, Printed Book, etc.)

PREMILLENNIALISM & AMILLENNIALISM REFUTED FROM SCRIPTURE BY MODERN DAY PURITAN MINISTER GREG PRICE (Many Free MP3s)

Best Free Reformed Audio Commentaries On Revelation and Eschatology By Contemporary Reformed Ministers Dr. Steven Dilday, W.J. Mencarow and Greg Price (Free MP3s, PDFs, Videos, Etc.)

Postmillennialism (Free Reformation MP3s, Reformed Books & Puritan Quotes)

Now, Christians, the more great and glorious things you expect from God, as the downfall of antichrist, the conversion of the Jews, the conquest of the nations to Christ, the breaking of all yokes, the new Jerusalem's coming down from above, the extraordinary pouring out of the Spirit, and a more general union among all saints, the more holy, yea, the more eminently holy in all your ways and actings it becomes you to be. - Thomas Brooks, The Crown and Glory of Christianity, 1662, Complete Works (on the Puritan Hard Drive), 1867, p. 444

Who Is the Beast of Revelation & 666? By Greg Price (5 Free MP3s)

The Antichrist (Man of Sin) and Interpretations of the Book of Revelation (Eschatology, Prophecy) Among the Early Church Fathers by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free MP3s)

The Spirit Of the Papal Antichrist In Protestant Churches, by Dr. Steven Dilday (Revelation Series)

The Restoration of the Jews (Israel) In Reformed Eschatology (Free MP3s, Videos, etc.)

History of Redemption (Salvation) #16: God's Work, Creation To Judgment Day, With Edward's Postmillennial Eschatology of Victory

The Antichrist (Man of Sin) and Interpretations of the Book of Revelation (Eschatology, Prophecy) Among the Early Church Fathers by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free MP3s)

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Antichrist Unmistakably Revealed, by Pastor Greg Price, John Calvin, Dr. Steven Dilday, John Owen, W.J. Mencarow, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, J.A. Wylie, Richard Bennett, John Foxe, George Gillespie, David Steele and Others

Is Popery the Antichrist? or The Tendency of Prophecy to Describe Things According to the Reality, Rather that the Appearance or Profession, by Patrick Fairbairn

The Fall Of Babylon the Great & Covenanting by Archibald Mason (Free MP3 Audio Book, PDF) & Related Resources

David Steele, in his classic Notes on the Apocalypse includes Mason among his list of "distinguished and approved interpreters of the book of Revelation."

SWRB BLOG: ANTICHRIST: TEACHINGS & PRACTICES OF THE MAN OF SIN NOW IN PROTESTANT CHURCHES (REVELATION 17-18)

The Papal Antichrist Pushes Globalism

It is the bounden duty of every Christian to pray against Antichrist, and as to what Antichrist is no sane man ought to raise a question. If it be not the popery in the Church of Rome there is nothing in the world that can be called by that name. If there were to be issued a hue and cry for Antichrist, we should certainly take up this church on suspicion, and it would certainly not be let loose again, for it so exactly answers the description. - Charles Spurgeon, on the Puritan Hard Drive

How Reformed Churches Imitate the Papal Antichrist, the Fourth Trumpet Of Revelation Solved, Classic Reformed Eschatology (Historicism), Etc., by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free Reformed MP3)

An Inquiry Into the Times That Shall Be Fulfilled at Antichrist's Fall; The Church's Blessedness in Her Millennial Rest; The Signs that this Happy Season is at Hand; The Prophetic Number Contained in the 1335 Days..., by Archibald Mason

There is no other head of the Church but the Lord Jesus Christ: nor can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof; but is that Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the Church against Christ, and all that is called God. - From the Original Westminster Confession of Faith (1647), Ch. 25:6, "Of the Church", emphases added (on the Puritan Hard Drive). N.B. Some unfaithful denominations have removed this mention of the Pope of Rome as the "Antichrist", "man of sin" and "son of perdition" from this portion of the original Westminster Confession of Faith.

How The Church Of The Apostles Was Hijacked By Rome (A History Of Apostasy And The Growth Of Antichrist), by William J. Mencarow (Free MP3)

The Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Origins of Futurism and Preterism

Postmillennialism (Free Reformation MP3s, Reformed Books & Puritan Quotes)

God Is Sovereign Over Worship = The Regulative Principle Of Worship = Calvinism In Worship (and Refuting Heretical Arminianism In Worship)

Charles Spurgeon: "To Deny Calvinism Is To Deny the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

BEST FREE SERMONS ON UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION (12 FREE MP3s) - The Absolute Sovereignty of God (and Free Grace) In the Salvation of Unworthy and Helpless Sinners, By Dr. FERRELL GRISWOLD

Postmillennialism (Free Reformation MP3s, Puritan Books and Reformed Quotes), by Jonathan Edwards, John Murray, Samuel Rutherford, Dr. Steven Dilday, Iain Murray, Thomas Brooks, Greg Price, Pastor Jim Dodson, Dr. F.N. Lee, David Silversides and Others

The Biblical Eschatology of Victory, by Jonathan Edwards, Westminster Divines, Dr. F.N. Lee, David Steele & Others (Free Reformation MP3s, Videos, Books, Etc.)

Identifying the Great Apostasy, by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free MP3); The 1,260 Days Of Revelation (The Year Day Theory In Classic Protestant Eschatological Thought and Scripture), by W.J. Mencarow (Free MP3); and the Best Free Reformed Audio Commentaries On Revelation

John Flavel's Mystery of Providence (Free MP3 Audio Book, Free and Discounted Books Online, etc.), Puritan Quotes On Providence, and Many More Free Reformed Resources On Providence

The Antichrist (Man of Sin) and Interpretations of the Book of Revelation (Eschatology, Prophecy) Among the Early Church Fathers by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free MP3s)

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The Biblical Eschatology of Victory, by Jonathan Edwards, Westminster Divines, Dr. F.N. Lee, David Steele & Others (Free Reformation MP3s, Videos, Books, PDFs, Etc.)

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History of Redemption (Salvation) #16: God's Work, Creation To Judgment Day, With Jonathan Edward's Postmillennial Eschatology of Victory, by Jonathan Edwards (Free SWRB MP3)

History of Redemption (Salvation) #15: God's Work, Creation To Judgment Day, With Edward's Postmillennial Eschatology of Victory, by Jonathan Edwards (Free SWRB MP3)

The Eschatology of Victory in the Old and New Testaments (and in History), by Dr. F.N. Lee

Prophecy Fulfillment In Scripture, by Jonathan Edwards, Dr. F.N. Lee, Greg Price, W.J. Mencarow, et al. (Free Reformed MP3s, Puritan Books and More!)

A HISTORY OF THE WORK OF REDEMPTION, by JONATHAN EDWARDS (All 16 Free MP3s, SWRB Digital Download, Etc.)

Jonathan Edwards On Revelation, The Overthrow Of Antichrist & the Eschatology Of Victory (Free MP3)

The Fall of Babylon the Great, by the Agency of Christ, and Through the Instrumentality of His Witnesses: In Four Discourses (1821) by Archibald Mason

History of Redemption (Salvation), God's Work, Creation To Judgment Day, With Edward's Postmillennial Eschatology of Victory, by Jonathan Edwards (SWRB Digital Download)

Dr. Reg Barrow, the President of Still Waters Revival Books, considers Jonathan Edwards' The History of Redemption one of the best Christian books ever written — of the many thousands he has read, heard, edited, compiled, published and/or studied. E4 News writes, "The Encyclopedia Britannica call Jonathan Edwards 'the greatest intellectual in all of American history' for good reason... Not only was he the President of Princeton and an incredible theologian but he was a intensely Bible centered preacher who God used with great might to start the first Great awakening in America. Great theology, matched with great pastoral purpose." Jonathan Edward's History of Redemption is "a massive theological treatise in the form of history," notes Christian History magazine (Vol. 4, No. 4, p. 6). Furthermore, regarding Edwards' work on this book, Christian History magazine states, "To prepare himself for the task, he read every historical work he could lay his hands on. He planned to trace the workings of God from Creation to his own day." In The History of Redemption Jonathan Edwards' chronicles God's mercy and faithfulness to His Church and the destruction of His enemies. Written from the older postmillennial perspective, useful insights abound. This is a most remarkable glimpse into the mind of President Edwards. He boldly proclaims the glorious future of Christ's Kingdom on earth BEFORE the bodily return of Christ. 362 pages.

Jonathan Edwards On Eschatology, Prophecy, the Last Days, Antichrist, and 666 (FreeMP3)

Islam (Muslims) Rise and Fall In Bible Prophecy, In the Book of Revelation

The Eschatology of George Gillespie (Westminster Divine): An Introductory Analysis and Evaluation, by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free SWRB MP3)

We feel disposed to regard it as something more than a baseless vision of imagination which leads us to hope that the period is not distant when the mighty principles of the Westminster Standards shall be more extensively recognized than they have ever yet been, and shall put forth an energy of influence on society hitherto unknown. - William Symington, Historical Sketch of the Westminster Assembly, pp. 42-43.

Postmillennialism, By Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Rutherford (Westminster Divine), Thomas Brooks, et al.

Postmillennialism (44 Free Reformation MP3s, by Pastor Jim Dodson, scroll down to the link in the middle column: "More free MP3s and PDFs in Jim Dodson's Biblical Prophecy and Postmillennialism series ". Defends Biblical [Reformation] Historicism and Postmillennialism from every book of the Bible and every chapter in Revelation! Outstanding exegesis that is extraordinarily edifying!)

Reformation, Restoration Prophets (23 Free SWRB MP3s, Classic Reformation Historicism and Postmillennialism), Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, by Pastor Jim Dodson

Faith imbued with zeal for the honour of Christ and the glory of God will have no sympathy with the defeatism which is, after all, but disguised fatalism. He who is head over all things is head over all things to his body the Church. He has all authority in heaven and in earth. And he is the Lord of the Spirit. Implicit in the prayer he taught his disciples to pray, 'thy will be done as in heaven so in earth,' is the prayer that the whole earth should be filled with his praise. Nothing less is the measure of the believer's desire. 'And blessed be his glorious name for ever; and let the whole earth be filled with his glory' (Psalm 72:19). - Prof. John Murray, Collected Writings, Vol. 2, p. 350, emphases added

The Inevitable Conquest (Psalm 72) and the Rider on the White Horse (14 of 14), by Dr. Francis N. Lee (Free MP3)

Commentary On Revelation, by Dr. Steven Dilday (250+ free MP3s and still ongoing, defends classic Reformation Historicism and Postmillennialism.)

The Judgment Day - Heaven, Hell & the Separation of the Sheep & the Goats, Matthew 25 by Jonathan Edwards

The day shall yet come when the Jews, who were the first apostles to the Gentiles, the first missionaries to us who were afar off, shall be gathered in again. ... Matchless benefits to the world are bound up with the restoration of Israel; their gathering in shall be as life from the dead. - Cited in Murray, The Puritan Hope, p. 256

The Restoration of the Jews (Israel) In Reformed Eschatology (Free MP3s, Videos, etc.)

THE PURITAN HOPE, REVIVAL & THE INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY , BY IAIN MURRAY, BANNER OF TRUTH

The History of Redemption, by Jonathan Edwards (Free Online Book At A Puritan's Mind)

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Postmillennialism (Free Reformation MP3s, Reformed Books & Puritan Quotes)

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Reformation, Restoration Prophets (23 Free SWRB MP3s, Classic Reformation Historicism and Postmillennialism), Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, by Pastor Jim Dodson

Postmillennialism and Revelation 20, by David Silversides (Free MP3)

Completely refutes Amillennial from Scripture, while defending Biblical Postmillennialism.

Because of their outlook upon the future all Scottish missionary leaders took the long-term view in evangelization, that is to say, they did not regard the number of individual converts in the present as the first consideration, but rather that energy should be deployed in work which would have the maximum influence upon nations in subsequent generations. - Iain Murray, The Puritan Hope: Revival and the Interpretation Of Prophecy

History of Redemption (Salvation) #16: God's Work, Creation To Judgment Day by Jonathan Edwards

Commentary On Revelation, by Dr. Steven Dilday (250+ free MP3s and still ongoing, defends classic Reformation Historicism and Postmillennialism.)

Pauline Eschatology by Reformed Presbyterian (Covenanter) Scholar Jim Dodson (3 Free MP3s and PDFs)

God's Plan For the Church Through History To the End Of the Millennium, by Pastor Jim Dodson (Free SWRB MP3 & PDF)

PREMILLENNIALISM & AMILLENNIALISM REFUTED FROM SCRIPTURE BY MODERN DAY PURITAN MINISTER GREG PRICE (Free Reformation Resources)

Amillennialism and Premillennialism, as defeatist eschatologies that are refuted in the Bible, both stifle true full-orbed Biblical revival and Reformation. Postmillennialism, which is the Biblical eschatology, leads to revival and Reformation, on the largest of scales.

Sample from the series above: God's Gracious Covenant With Israel #13 (Amillennialism Refuted From Scripture #1), by Greg Price (Free MP3 and PDF)

Summary: An important and irrefutable refutation of Amillennialism from Scripture. This inspiring and spectacularly scriptural sermon deals with many of the "big picture" issues surrounding biblical eschatological interpretation — including when the binding of Satan takes place. A fascinating section of this message also contains numerous citations and explanations from the Bible related to the time of the future millennium — providing many scriptures demonstrating that God's Word prophesies that the nations, as nations (and "moral persons" to use classic Covenanter terminology), will come to Christ in a future worldwide Covenanted Reformation that will cover the whole Earth (Isa. 2:2-4, Psalm 72, Ezek. 47:1-12, etc.). The "realized millennium" of some Amillennialists is also dealt with, as is the Amillennial interpretation of "Israel," where special attention is given to Romans 11 and the part the future restoration of the Jews will play in the glorious days ahead when "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth" and "all nations shall serve him" (Psalm 72:8, 11 — and remember there are no nations in heaven, so these verses must be referring to a time in history prior to the final judgment!). If you are an Amillennialist this is one of the most important sermons you will ever hear! If you are not an Amillennialist this will be an extraordinarily encouraging message about the great victories of Christ's Kingdom, in history and on Earth, which are still in the future, according to what God has revealed in His Holy Word (Isaiah 2:2-4).

Jonathan Edwards On Revelation, The Overthrow Of Antichrist & the Eschatology Of Victory by Jonathan Edwards

Eschatology of Christ's Victory, by Dr. F.N. Lee (14 Free MP3s)

The Restoration of the Jews (Israel) In Reformed Eschatology (Free MP3s, Videos, etc.)

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Civil Government (Politics) & The All Encompassing Worldwide Victory/Advance Of The Reformed Faith, Prayer, & Postmillennialism, By Dr. Steven Dilday (Free SWRB MP3)

"Prophecy shows that a time is coming when the Kingdom of Christ shall triumph over all opposition and prevail in all the world. The Romish Antichrist shall be utterly destroyed. The Jews shall be converted to Christianity. The fullness of the Gentiles shall be brought in and all mankind shall possess the knowledge of the Lord. The truth in its illuminating, regenerating and sanctifying efficacy shall be felt everywhere, so that the multitudes of all nations shall serve the Lord. Knowledge, love, holiness, and peace shall reign through the abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Arts, sciences, literature, and property shall be consecrated to the advancement of the kingdom of Christ. The social institutions of men shall be regulated by gospel principles, and the nations as such shall consecrate their strength to the Lord. Oppression and tyranny shall come to an end. The nations, instead of being distracted by wars, shall be united in peace. The inhabitants of the world shall be exceedingly multiplied, and pure and undefiled religion shall exert supreme dominion over their hearts and lives so that happiness shall abound. This blessed period shall be of long duration." - The 1901 Testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian Church

Worldwide Victory Of The Reformed Faith

GODLY GOALS OF THE WESTMINSTER ASSEMBLY

Interpreting Prophecy: Reformation Keys

Covenants and Covenanting (Introduction), by Greg Price (7 Free MP3s)

A Defense of Covenanting & the Solemn League & Covenant (21 FREE MP3s), by Greg Price (The definitive free audio series about covenanting!)

Covenanting In the Bible and In the Future (As Prophesied In Biblical Prophecy), By Pastor Jim Dodson, Pastor Greg Price and Pastor James Willson (Many Free SWRB MP3s, PDFs and Videos)

"Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto." (Galatians 3:15, KJV)

What Are Terms of Communion? What is Close Communion? What is Occasional Hearing? What Is Biblical Separation? By Pastor Greg Price and Dr. Michael Wagner (Free Covenanter MP3s)

Covenanter Terms of Communion (19 FREE MP3s), by Greg Price (An amazing series of messages!)

Free: Great Reformed Commentary on Revelation (David Steele's Note On the Apocalypse) and Much More!

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Biblical Prophecy & Postmillennialism 32, Revelation 10, Antichrist, the Great Apostasy by Jim Dodson (Free MP3 & PDF)

Biblical Prophecy & Postmillennialism 38, Revelation 16, The Great Apostasy Ending, Armageddon, Downfall of Antichrist, 666, Etc. by Jim Dodson(Free MP3 and PDF)

Precisely Identifying the Great Apostasy

Best Free Reformed Audio Commentaries On Revelation and Eschatology By Contemporary Reformed Ministers Dr. Steven Dilday, W.J. Mencarow and Greg Price (Free MP3s, PDFs, Videos, Etc.)

The Fall Of Babylon the Great & Covenanting, by Archibald Mason (Free MP3 Audio Book, PDF) & Related Resources

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. - Isa. 11:9, KJV

Biblical Prophecy & Postmillennialism 17, the Synoptic Gospels: Christ Binding Satan, Converting the Nations, Etc. by Jim Dodson (Free MP3)

Christ Converting Nations (Biblical Prophecy and Postmillennialism #17, Synoptic Gospels) by Jim Dodson (Free MP3 and PDF)

Biblical Prophecy (Postmillennialism and Historicism), Pastor Jim Dodson, 44 Remarkable Free MP3s About Classic Reformation Eschatology (Scroll down to the link: More free MP3s and PDFs in Jim Dodson's Biblical Prophecy and Postmillennialism series.)

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. (Isa. 2:2, KJV)

The Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Origins of Futurism and Preterism

Notes on the Apocalypse or A Commentary on the Book of Revelation (1870), by David Steele (Free MP3s, Free Online Book, Printed Book, etc.)

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Lectures Upon the Principal Prophecies of the Revelation (1814) by Alexander McLeod (Free MP3 Audio Book, Free Online Book, PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Daisy, Text, DjVu)

There will come a time when in this world holiness shall be more general, and more eminent, than ever it hath been since Adam fell in paradise. - Thomas Brooks, The Crown and Glory of Christianity, 1662, Brooks' Complete Works, Vol. 4, p. 434 (on SWRB's Puritan Hard Drive).

Prayer and The Glorious Advance Of The Kingdom Of God In History Before The Second Coming by Jonathan Edwards (First Free MP3 In the Middle Column.)

God's Plan For the Church Through History To the End Of the Millennium, by Pastor Jim Dodson (Free SWRB MP3 & PDF)

Biblical Prophecy & Postmillennialism (#3) Major Prophets, Isaiah, Ezekiel & Covenanting by Jim Dodson (Free MP3)

There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. - Isa. 65:20, KJV

How Reformed Churches Imitate the Papal Antichrist, the Fourth Trumpet Of Revelation Solved, Classic Reformed Eschatology (Historicism), Etc., by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free Reformed MP3)

Mystery Babylon the Great (Biblical Prophecy and Postmillennialism 39, Revelation 17), by Pastor Jim Dodson (Free MP3 and PDF)

Postmillennialism and Revelation 20, by David Silversides (Free MP3)

An Antidote Against Arminianism, the Arminian Heresy Refuted and the Five Points Of Calvinism Upheld, by Christopher Ness (First Time Free SWRB Audio Book, 4 Free MP3s)

"It is no novelty, then, that I am preaching; no new doctrine. I love to proclaim these strong old doctrines that are called by nickname Calvinism, but which are truly and verily the revealed truth of God as it is in Christ Jesus. By this truth I make my pilgrimage into the past, and as I go, I see father after father, confessor after confessor, martyr after martyr, standing up to shake hands with me ... Taking these things to be the standard of my faith, I see the land of the ancients peopled with my brethren; I behold multitudes who confess the same as I do, and acknowledge that this is the religion of God's own church." - Charles Spurgeon, Spurgeon's Sovereign Grace Sermons, Still Waters Revival Books, p. 170

THE DOCTRINE OF ABSOLUTE PREDESTINATION, BY JEROME ZANCHIUS (FREE SWRB AUDIO BOOK)

Charles Spurgeon - Calvinism Is the Gospel - Reformed Baptists - Calvinists

BEST FREE SERMONS ON UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION (12 FREE MP3s) - The Absolute Sovereignty of God (and Free Grace) In the Salvation of Unworthy and Helpless Sinners, By Dr. FERRELL GRISWOLD

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This is what the Bible teaches: "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will... In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will." - Eph. 1:4,5,11 (KJV).

The Sovereignty of God, by Al Martin (17 Free MP3s)

An amazing series of messages focusing on the sovereignty of God in the Bible, by the man some consider the Spurgeon of our generation.

God's Absolute Sovereignty (Predestination) and Man's Full Responsibility and Free Agency (In the Bible) - Free Reformation Resources (MP3s, Videos, Books, etc.)

Lord Jesus Christ said: "I pray for them (the elect - ed.): I pray not for the world (the reprobates - ed.), but for them which thou hast given me (the elect - ed.); for they are thine (the elect - ed.)." - John 17:9, KJV. Keep in mind that the Lord Jesus Christ always prayed perfect prayers and that all His prayers were, and are being, answered -- and that He only prayed for the salvation of the elect and not the reprobates.

An Antidote Against Arminianism, the Arminian Heresy Refuted and the Five Points Of Calvinism Upheld, by Christopher Ness (First Time Free SWRB Audio Book, 4 Free MP3s)

"It is no novelty, then, that I am preaching; no new doctrine. I love to proclaim these strong old doctrines that are called by nickname Calvinism, but which are truly and verily the revealed truth of God as it is in Christ Jesus. By this truth I make my pilgrimage into the past, and as I go, I see father after father, confessor after confessor, martyr after martyr, standing up to shake hands with me ... Taking these things to be the standard of my faith, I see the land of the ancients peopled with my brethren; I behold multitudes who confess the same as I do, and acknowledge that this is the religion of God's own church." - Charles Spurgeon, Spurgeon's Sovereign Grace Sermons, Still Waters Revival Books, p. 170

THE DOCTRINE OF ABSOLUTE PREDESTINATION, BY JEROME ZANCHIUS (FREE SWRB AUDIO BOOK)

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Charles Spurgeon: "To Deny Calvinism Is To Deny the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

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ARMINIANISM ANOTHER GOSPEL: JOHN CALVIN, CHARLES SPURGEON, JONATHAN EDWARDS, JOHN OWEN, SAMUEL RUTHERFORD AND OTHER CALVINISTS REFUTING THE HERESY OF ARMINIANISM. (FREE BOOK & FREE MP3s)

There Can Be No Compromise Between Calvinism and Arminianism, Refuting Arminian Heresy. by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free MP3)

Charles Spurgeon: "What is the heresy of Rome, but the addition of something to the perfect merits of Jesus Christ--the bringing in of the works of the flesh, to assist in our justification? And what is the heresy of Arminianism but the addition of something to the work of the Redeemer? Every heresy, if brought to the touchstone, will discover itself here. I have my own private opinion that there is no such thing as preaching Christ and Him crucified, unless we preach what nowadays is called Calvinism. It is a nickname to call it Calvinism; Calvinism is the gospel, and nothing else. I do not believe we can preach the gospel, if we do not preach justification by faith, without works; nor unless we preach the sovereignty of God in His dispensation of grace; nor unless we exalt the electing, unchangeable, eternal, immutable, conquering love of Jehovah; nor do I think we can preach the gospel, unless we base it upon the special and particular redemption of His elect and chosen people which Christ wrought out upon the cross; nor can I comprehend a gospel which lets saints fall away after they are called, and suffers the children of God to be burned in the fires of damnation after having once believed in Jesus. Such a gospel I abhor." (C. H. Spurgeon, The New Park Street Pulpit, Vol. 1, 1856)

Calvinism In the Early Church Fathers: Ignatius (Student of the Apostle John), Cyprian, Augustine, et al. (Free MP3s & More, By William Cunningham, Dr. Matthew McMahon, W.G.T. Shedd, Dr. Curt Daniel, John Calvin, Dr. Kenneth Talbot, Jerome Zanchius, et al.

"To the predestined ones before all ages, that is, before the world began, united and elect in a true passion, by the eternal will of the Father."- Ignatius of Antioch, Martyr and Student of John the Apostle

A.W. Pink's Sovereignty of God (Free MP3 Audio Book, Free Online Books and Other Formats)

"According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love ... In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will." - Eph 1:4,11 (KJV)

God Is Sovereign Over Worship = The Regulative Principle Of Worship = Calvinism In Worship (and Refuting Heretical Arminianism In Worship)

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"The Regulative Principle of Worship declares that God alone is sovereign in worship. The Regulative Principle of Worship simply applies the principles of Calvinism (i.e. God's sovereign Lordship) to worship, whereas the view that what God doesn't forbid in worship is permitted is applying the principles of Arminianism (i.e. man's sovereign lordship) to worship. Just as fallen man naturally seeks to impose his will in salvation (e.g. "I can cooperate with God in salvation",or "I have a natural freedom to choose Christ"), so fallen man naturally seeks to impose his will in worship ("I can cooperate with God in worship by adding what I desire so long as God doesn't specifically forbid it"). But just as God condemns a man-centered salvation, so God condemns a man-centered worship (Col. 2:23 specifically condemns all will-worship i.e. all worship instituted by man)." - Greg Price, Foundation for Reformation: The Regulative Principle of Worship (FREE ONLINE BOOK).

Why Is Reformed Worship So Important? The Puritans, Covenanters, Reformers and The Regulative Principle Of Worship (RPW), by Dr. Steven Dilday, John Calvin, Greg Price and Others (Free MP3s)

The Regulative Principle of Worship is God's ordained law for worship... You see there is no neutrality in the way in which we approach God in worship. Either we approach the living God according to His revealed Word (i.e. the Regulative Principle of Worship), or we approach Him according to our revealed word. Someone's word is going to expressly guide us in worship. The only question is, whose word will guide us? God's or man's? - Greg Price, Foundation For Reformation: The Regulative Principle Of Worship (Free Online Book)

SOME OF THE BEST FREE TEACHING YOU WILL EVER HEAR ON BIBLICAL (REFORMATION) WORSHIP: The Westminster Larger (Q&A 107-110) and Shorter (Q&A 49-52) Catechisms On the Second Commandment (The Sovereignty Of God Over Worship, Calvinism In Worship, The Scriptural Law Of Worship, Reformed Worship, the Regulative Principle of Worship, Etc.), by Jim Dodson (4 Free SWRB MP3s)

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John Calvin: "God here cuts off from men every occasion for making evasions, since he condemns by this one phrase, "I have not commanded them," whatever the Jews devised. There is then no other argument needed to condemn superstitions, than that they are not commanded by God: for when men allow themselves to worship God according to their own fancies, and attend not to his commands, they pervert true religion. And if this principle was adopted by the Papists, all those fictitious modes of worship, in which they absurdly exercise themselves, would fall to the ground. It is indeed a horrible thing for the Papists to seek to discharge their duties towards God by performing their own superstitions. There is an immense number of them, as it is well known, and as it manifestly appears. Were they to admit this principle, that we cannot rightly worship God except by obeying his word, they would be delivered from their deep abyss of error. The Prophet's words then are very important, when he says, that God had commanded no such thing, and that it never came to his mind; as though he had said, that men assume too much wisdom, when they devise what he never required, nay, what he never knew." - John Calvin on the Puritan Hard Drive

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God's Will Vs. Man's Will In Worship, Romanism and Arminianism In Worship Are Heresy (The Plausibility Of Will Worship To Worldly Wisdom, Colossians 2:23, the Regulative Principle Of Worship [RPW], Etc.), By Jim Dodson, John Calvin, Greg Price, Westminster Divines, Dr. Steven Dilday, John Owen, Kevin Reed, John Flavel, Thomas Watson, William Perkins and Others (Free Reformed MP3s, Videos, Books, Etc.)

B. Leviticus 10:1-3: Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke, saying: 'By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; and before all the people I must be glorified'" (emphasis added). Carefully note that the nature of the sin committed by Nadab and Abihu was that they offered profane fire before the Lord "which He had not commanded them." God did not say they offered profane fire "which was forbidden them." The fact that He had not commanded the use of the strange fire meant it was forbidden (God's silence in the matter meant an express prohibition of all profane fire). According to Leviticus 16:12 it would appear that the coals for the incense offering were to come from the fire on the altar of burnt offering. The priest then brought the coals from the altar of burnt offering into the Tabernacle, and on the altar of incense he spread the coals out mixing the coals and the incense which then filled the Holy Place. Apparently in a rather spontaneous act of worship (with perhaps "good intentions" cf. Lev. 9:22-24) they took fire from another source to praise God. God had just consumed the burnt offering by a miraculous display of fire, and all the people were in an enthusiastic state of shouting and falling on their faces before the Most High God. Leviticus 10:1 immediately follows with "Then." It may be that in all of the excitement, Nadab and Abihu, quite overcome by the demonstration of God's awesome power took fire from the quickest and nearest source available to them and immediately went into the Tabernacle to offer incense to the Lord God. They took liberties in worship which God had not given them, and they were slain. They added to the worship of God an act that was not specifically authorized by God. They brought their own man-made worship into the house of God, and His anger burned against them. C. Objection: "But God has obviously relaxed His standards for He does not slay people on the spot for taking liberties in worship today. Why be so nit-picky today? We are under grace not law." I would have you remember that neither does God make a habit of immediately slaying those who lie to Him today though He did so to Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5. Yet would anyone care to argue that lying to God is not as heinous to God today as it was to Him in Acts 5? Paul teaches, "Do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance" (Rom. 2:4). God's kind patience in forbearing with sin is not to be misunderstood as an approval of sin. It is God's objective Word and not my subjective feelings that assure me of God's approval of my worship. - From: FOUNDATION FOR REFORMATION: THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE OF WORSHIP by Pastor Greg Price (emphases added), Free Online Book at https://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualNLs/reformation-rpw-gp.htm

Calvinism, Reformation (Reformed) Worship, the Second Commandment, and the Regulative Principle of Worship, by Dr. Steven Dilday (Free MP3s)

"If it be inquired, then, by what things chiefly the Christian religion has a standing existence amongst us, and maintains its truth, it will be found that the following two not only occupy the principal place, but comprehend under them all the other parts, and consequently the whole substance of Christianity: this is, a knowledge, first, of the mode in which God is duly worshipped; and, secondly, of the source from which salvation is to be obtained. When these are kept out of view, though we may glory in the name Christians, our profession is empty and vain. After these come the sacraments and the government of the church." - John Calvin, The Necessity of Reforming the Church, Presbyterian Heritage Publications, 1544, reprinted 1995, p. 15, free online at https://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/NRC_ch00.htm.

The History of the Service of Song: Real Reformation, Faithful Worship And Praising The Lord Jesus Christ Through Songs by Dr. Steven Dilday (8 Free SWRB MP3s)