Our view of the end times can be a deciding factor in how we live our lives. Here are my eight eschatological core values.
1. I will not embrace an end-time worldview that re-empowers a disempowered devil.
2. I will not accept an eschatology that takes away my children’s future, and creates mindsets that undermine the mentality of leaving a legacy.
3. I will not tolerate any theology that sabotages the clear command of Jesus to make disciples of all nations and the Lord’s Prayer that earth would be like heaven.
4. I will not allow any interpretation of the Scriptures that destroys hope for the nations and undermines our command to restore ruined cities.
5. I will not embrace an eschatology that changes the nature of a good God.
6. I refuse to embrace any mindset that celebrates bad news as a sign of the times and a necessary requirement for the return of Jesus.
7. I am opposed to any doctrinal position that pushes the promises of God into a time zone that can’t be obtained in my generation and therefore takes away any responsibility I have to believe God for them in my lifetime.
8. I don’t believe that the last days are a time of judgment, nor do I believe God gave the church the right to call for wrath for sinful cities. There is a day of judgment in which GOD will judge man, not us.
Do you have any other end-time core values to add to my list? Let me know in the comments below.
Kris Vallotton is the senior associate leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California and co-founder of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM). Kris travels internationally training and equipping people to successfully fulfill their divine purpose. He’s a best-selling author, having written more than a dozen books and training manuals to help prepare believers for life in the kingdom. He has a diverse background in business, counseling, consulting, pastoring and teaching, which gives him unique leadership insights and perspectives. Kris has a passion to use his experience and his prophetic gift to assist world leaders in achieving their goals and accomplishing their mission.
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It is with honor and love to you that I ask if you would consider if your theology here might be in error as a reaction to the error of others who misapplied and demotivated themselves using what the Bible has revealed about what we are to see in the last days.
Here is the value to guard all my other values. I will not embrace/promote a theology that emphasizes only parts of scripture in order to support my values at the expense of the whole truth of scripture which might make me uncomfortable because of the abuse and misuse and misinterpretation of others. Lest I play into Satan’s hands, for he is a master of giving only half the full theological truth in anything he promotes. Pastor Vallotton, I share your values, but I can’t agree with your theology on the last days as I understand them presently.