Kingdom Come Quotes

“This prophecy, therefore, is designed to tell the disciples then (and us now) that the temple is no longer, and never shall be again, where you go to meet God. The temple is no longer, and never shall be again, the place of God’s dwelling. The temple is no longer, and never shall be again, the place where blood sacrifice is offered. The temple is no longer, and never shall be again, the place where forgiveness of sins is found. The temple is no longer, and never shall be again, the place where you go to hear God’s voice and to learn about who he is. All these things now are found in Jesus alone. He is the true temple of God. He is the person and place of sacrifice where forgiveness is found and God’s voice is heard and God’s glory and presence are encountered. So, when the temple in Jerusalem was razed, leveled, and flattened such that not one stone was left upon another, the people of that day “saw” that everything the temple symbolized and achieved is now found in King Jesus who rules over all the universe. There has been a regime change. The temple is dethroned. Jesus is enthroned. 41”
― Sam Storms, Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative

“Beginning with the incarnation and consummating in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, together with the progressive building of his spiritual body, the Church, God is fulfilling his promise of an eschatological temple in which he will forever dwell.”
― Sam Storms, Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative

“1. The central and controlling thesis that I believe is warranted by the biblical text is that the fulfillment of Israel’s prophetic hope as portrayed in the Old Testament documents is found in the person and work of Jesus Christ and the believing remnant, the Church, which he established at his first coming. The point is that Jesus Christ and his Church are the focal and terminating point of all prophecy.”
― Sam Storms, Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative

“the Old Testament must always be read in light of the New. I never read such Old Testament texts without immediately asking, “Does the New Testament shed additional light on how I am to understand the nature of such promises and their recipients?”
― Sam Storms, Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative

“But we must never read such promises, or anything in the Old Testament, as if Jesus had not come and the New Testament had not been written.”
― Sam Storms, Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative

“On this view, then, Paul envisions an eschatological, end-of-time Antichrist, a man characterized by sin and destruction who will assume a place of influence and authority within the professing Church from which he will persecute God’s people and foment a spiritual apostasy (cf. Matt. 7:21-23; 2 Tim. 1:15; Rev. 3:1; 11:7-13; 20:7-10), all of which must come to pass before the Lord Jesus can return in fullness.”
― Sam Storms, Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative