Last Generation Theology-A Most Subtle and Dangerous Theology

A Brief Expose of Last Generation Theology

Postlapsarian vs. Prelapsarian

Hebrews 2:14 NKJV

14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

Satan

Revelation 3:21 NKJV

21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Is LGT in harmony with the Bible?

Romans 8:19 NIV

19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Nature

1 Corinthians 4:9 NKJV

9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.

Witness

Is LGT in harmony with the Writings of Ellen White?

They [the expressions pre-Fall and post-Fall] are not very helpful, in that Jesus was neither completely pre-Fall nor post-Fall—as such terms would imply. On the one hand, He was pre-Fall in the sense that His humanity was not “infected” with sinful, corrupt tendencies, or propensities to sin, such as we are born with. On the other hand, He was post-Fall in the sense that His humanity was “affected” by sin, in which He never indulged.[1]

[1] Reinder Bruinsma, In All Humility: Saying No to Last Generation Theology (Westlake Village, California: Oak & Acon Publishing, 2018), 63, Kindle.

The Dangers of Last Generation Theology

Desire of Ages Chapter 79—“It Is Finished”

By His life and His death, Christ proved that God’s justice did not destroy His mercy, but that sin could be forgiven, and that the law is righteous, and can be perfectly obeyed. Satan’s charges were refuted.

John 3:16 ISV

16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him might not be lost but have eternal life.