Introduction: Premillennialist “rejection theory” says that Christ came to set up an earthly kingdom but He was rejected by the Jews and put it off. As a result of the rejection of Jews of Christ’s earthly kingdom, the church was substituted as an entirely new concept given to man, not found in the Old Testament. Thus, the Premillennialist refers to the “church age” as a parenthesis, (___): a “mystery gap” that must run from the coming of Christ to the second coming when the kingdom will be established. We need to understand the Biblical position versus theories.Premillennial Position: (Late Great Planet Earth, pg. 31) "...many rejected him because they were looking' for a great conqueror. They were looking for a political leader who would deliver them from Roman oppression." (Late Great Planet Earth, pg. 29) "Why did the majority of the Jewish people...reject Jesus? They took very literally the portrait of the Messiah who would come as their reigning King." (Late Great Planet Earth, pg. 29) "..there has come a Jew who claimed to be the Messiah. He fulfilled many of the ancient predictions but was rejected by those who should have recognized Him." (Kingdom of God, pg. 46) Bolls said the kingdom was "...automatically deferred until the time when the nation (of Israel) would acknowledge Jesus Christ and be forgiven." “The purpose of the writing of the Gospel of Matthew was to record the presentation of Jesus Christ as Messiah (