Hank Hanegraff’s wrote a book called “Apocalypse Code”. Dr Norman Geisler does a brilliant scholarly book review and rebuttal of Hanegraff’s book that attacks premillennial dispensational theology. Here is just a small sample of Dr Geisler’s summery.
This brings me to my chief concern about The Code–it is based on an allegorical method of interpreting prophetic Scripture that, if applied to other teachings of Scripture, would undermine the salvation essentials of the Christian Faith. Let me illustrate the extent to which The Apocalypse Code goes in allegorizing away the literal truth of Scripture from above cited texts. It transforms –
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The plain meaning of the Bible into a so-called “deeper” meaning
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Literal promises into spiritual ones
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Unconditional promises into conditional ones
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Jewish tribes into Gentiles
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A thousand years into eternity
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A literal resurrection into a spiritual one
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Land Promises for National Israel into spiritual life in Christ
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A literal mark of the Beast into a mere symbol of identity with him
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Physical clouds into mere symbols of judgment
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A literal earthly throne of David into a heavenly reign of Christ
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Two literal witnesses into literary representatives of the Law and Prophets
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Cosmic judgment into the destruction of a small city (Jerusalem)
All of this Hank is fond of calling “Reading the Bible for all it is worth.”
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