Is that what Irenaeus intended for you to believe? Irenaeus also declared that the second coming will occur after the Antichrist reigns, according to your quote, presented in context:
"But when this Antichrist shall have devastated all things in this world, he will reign for three years and six months, and sit in the temple at Jerusalem; and then the Lord will come from heaven in the clouds, in the glory of the Father, sending this man and those who follow him into the lake of fire; but bringing in for the righteous the times of the kingdom, that is, the rest, the hallowed seventh day and restoring to Abraham the promised inheritance, in which kingdom the Lord declared, that "many coming from the east and from the west should sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."" [Roberts & Donaldson, Irenaeus, Against Heresies, "Ante-Nicene Christian Library Vol 09." T & T Clark, 1869, Book V.30.4. pp.138-39]
And, according to that quote, Abraham and his seed will receive their inheritance at that time--at the second coming. But as I posted earlier, Irenaeus wrote in V.32.2 that Abraham and his seed received their inheritance at the
resurrection of the just, which
you claim occurs prior to the reign of Antichrist. I am reposting V.32.2 quotes here for clarity:
"Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith are the children of Abraham. But the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, declared to Abraham beforehand, That in thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which are of faith shall be blessed with faithful Abraham." Thus, then,they who are of faith shall be blessed with faithful Abraham, and these are the children of Abraham. Now God made promise of the earth to Abraham and his seed; yet neither Abraham nor his seed, that is, those who are justified by faith, do now receive any inheritance in it; but they shall receive it at the resurrection of the just. For God is true and faithful; and on this account He said, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."" [Roberts & Donaldson, Irenaeus, Against Heresies Book, "Ante-Nicene Christian Library Vol 09." T & T Clark, 1869, V.32.2, pp.142-143]
Thus did [Abraham] await patiently the promise of God, and was unwilling to appear to receive from men, what God had promised to give him, when He said again to him as follows: "I will give this land to thy seed, from the river of Egypt even unto the great river Euphrates (Gen 15:18-21)." If, then, God promised [Abraham] the inheritance of the land, yet he did not receive it during all the time of his sojourn there, it must be, that together with his seed, that is, those who fear God and believe in Him, he shall receive it at the resurrection of the just. For his seed is the Church, which receives the adoption to God through the Lord, as John the Baptist said: "For God is able from the stones to raise up children to Abraham (Luke 3:8)." Thus also the apostle says in the Epistle to the Galatians: "But ye, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of the promise (Gal 4:28)."" [Roberts & Donaldson, Irenaeus, Against Heresies, "Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol 01: Apostolic Fathers." Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913, Book V.32.2, p.561]
Therefore, I have no alternative but to conclude that
Irenaeus believed Abraham and the Church receives their inheritance at the resurrection of the just, which occurs at the second coming of Christ and at the end of the reign of Antichrist. In other words, Irenaeus believed in a post-Antichrist (post-trib, post-wrath) resurrection of the just.
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All Christians believe all of the Bible, Biblewriter. Do you have a point you are trying to make?
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Of course. There was a lot of preterism amongst the early Church Fathers, but none believed the way I do. Of course, they did not have every book authenticated and presented to them in a neat little wrapper, like we do.
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