Postmillennial Worldview

PMW 2024-087 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.

Introduction

I have had several interested readers send me a question regarding the Great Commission. One reader sent the following question:

I’ve been wondering this: is the Great Commission telling us to baptize nations themselves or baptize individual people? What is “them?” KJV says “teach all nations, baptizing them…” implying to me that we are meant to disciple the nations, not people in them (although that would be part of it, but my point is that it’s not complete). Therefore, if that’s true then I think that would imply we need to “Christianize” the world. I know postmillenialism implies that. Thank you!

I hope I have saved the relevant portions of his extended question. And I believe I have. So now, to work! Continue reading →