LCMS View on Eschatology

ratchet30 said:

Hello, what is the LCMS view of the end times? I understand they are amillenial but what do they expect to happen between now and the Lord's return? Where do they see Israel in prophecy? I'm looking for a fuller understanding of what to expect from here on out.

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I don't know if it helps at all, but when I came out of the charismatic church a number of years ago, my next crunch came when I ran headlong into the tangled web of dispensationalism. I was in utter confusion at that time, and I ended up coming across a book written by Dr. Kim Riddlebarger (a co host of White Horse Inn), which was making a case for amillenialism. Virtually overnight much of the confusion I had been plagued with from dispensational theology (which strangely enough I didn't even know that was what it was at the time!), just simply evaporated when I embraced amillenial eschatology.

Since then, Riddlebarger has done a series of lectures called Amillenialism 101, which are based on the structure of his book, and are freely available to listen or download from his website/blog. Just visit the following site (Riddleblog - The Latest Post) and look about 1/2 way down the right hand sidebar to find the lectures. They are really well worth a listen, especially when you're asking the sort of questions you have above.

By the way, Riddlebarger is Reformed not Lutheran, but hey ho, we can't all be perfect can we?!

ratchet30 said:

what do they expect to happen between now and the Lord's return?

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The stuff that He said would happen in Matthew 24.

Simply put, we joyfully await our Lord's return, and are confident and joyful that we are part of His promised plan!

Thy Kingdom come!