Restorationism - Moriel Ministries

The church will ultimately be victorious, but that victory depends onthe return of Christ.And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet (Roman16:20).Daniel speaks specifically and plainly of the persecution that is tooccur in the Last Days.I kept looking, and that horn [ speaking of the Antichrist ] was wagingwar with the saints and overpowering them until the Ancient of Dayscame, and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the HighestOne, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of thekingdom (Daniel 7:21).Kingdom Now theology falsely states that the saints will takepossession of the kingdom before the return of Christ, but the Bibleclearly teaches that they will take possession of the kingdom after thereturn of Christ.These kinds of erroneous beliefs have emerged at various times inchurch history, usually at turning points in world history.During the decline of the Roman Empire it was called Montanism. Itexhibited much the same kind of chaos we see today with the modernRestoration Movement, including the emphasis on "signs andwonders" that drew people into it without any understanding of thebiblical theology.Predictions, and prophecies that failed to happen, followed.During the Renaissance it was the Munster Anabaptists, whofollowed people called the Prophets of Zwickow - a group who did thesame kind of things as the Kansas City Prophets do today, make wildand irresponsible predictions that fail to happen.Prophetic authorityThe second thing this movement is trying to restore is a view of