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    Ian Paul
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    Premillennialism says That Christ will come (pre the millennium) (19.11), Satan is bound (20.2), then the saints will rule on earth with Christ for 1000 actual years (20.6) this was the dominant view of the early church and commentators on Revelation until Augustine. Postmillennialism That Rev 20. Is a step back, but to some point in history after Jesus' resurrection.

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    Premillennialism says That Christ will come (pre the millennium) (19.11), Satan is bound (20.2), then the saints will rule on earth with Christ for 1000 actual years (20.6) this was the dominant view of the early church and commentators on Revelation until Augustine. Postmillennialism That Rev 20. Is a step back, but to some point in history after Jesus' resurrection.

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    Four Views of Millennium

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    Ian Paul
    Premillennialism says That Christ will come (pre the millennium) (19.11), Satan is bound (20.2), then the saints will rule on earth with Christ for 1000 actual years (20.6) this was the dominant view of the early church and commentators on Revelation until Augustine. Postmillennialism That Rev 20. Is a step back, but to some point in history after Jesus' resurrection.

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    FourViewsoftheMillenniumProsandCons

    Premillennialism Whatdoesit say?


    ThatChristwillcome(prethe millennium)(19.11),Satanis bound(20.2),thenthesaintswill ruleonearthwithChristfor1000 actualyears(20.6),afterwhich Satanisreleased(20.7), judgementtakesplace(20.11), andthereisanendtodeath (20.14). Thiswasthedominantviewof theearlychurchand commentatorsonRevelation untilAugustine.Itstillhas adherents(suchasGELadd).

    Dispensational Premillennialism
    Additionallythatpriorto Christsreturn,therewillbea raptureofthesaints,whowill escapethesubsequent tribulationofthreeandahalf years(ahalfweekofyears,Dan 9.27).

    Amillennialism
    Thattherewillbenoliteralor future100years.Thetermrefers totheinbetweentimefromJesus resurrectiontohissecond coming.

    Postmillennialism
    ThatRev20.1isastepback, buttosomepointinhistory afterJesusresurrection.Thus thereisagoldenageofthe SpiritonearthbeforeChrist returns.

    Whobelieves this?

    ThisiswidespreadinNorth America.HalLindseysLate GreatPlanetEarth.Itwasfirst proposedbyJNDarby,oneof thefoundersoftheBrethren movement,andpublishedinthe ScofieldReferenceBiblein1909. Iturgesonpeopletheneedto makeapositivedecisionto followChrist.

    Itwasfirstproposedby Augustineinthesixthcenturyin CityofGod,andisawidelyheld viewtoday.

    Whatisgood aboutit?

    IttakestheorderofRev19and 20atfacevalue,andtakes seriouslytheearthlydimension ofChristsreturn.

    Ittakesthemillenniumliterally Whatareits disadvantages? aloneofallthenumbersin Revelation.Itdoesnotpay attentiontothecomplexitiesof thepassages.Itishardto reconciletheideaofaninterim kingdomofGodonearthwith whattherestoftheNTsays.

    Itassemblestextsalloverthe NTintoachronologicaljigsaw, disregardingtheiroriginal meanings:Matt24.40,1Thess 4.1318,Rev3.10,Ps90.4/2 Peter3.8.Thewordtribulation simplymeanssuffering.The clearmessageofRevandthe

    Itavoidsamaterialisticviewof thefutureandliteralism.Makes Revelationeasiertorelatetowhat therestoftheNTsaysabout Jesusreturn,andthemillennium relevanttoChristiansnow,aswe areinit! ItsupposesthatRev20.1steps backintimetoJesustime,when inRevelationitappearsstilltobe future.Thefirstresurrection (20.5)issimplythepresenceof themartyrswithChristin heaven,whichisunlikely.1000is notsquareorrectangular,sodoes

    JoachimofFioreproposedthis inthetwelfthcentury,andit waspopularduringthesocial optimismofthe18thand19th centuriesamongpeoplelike Wilberforce.Noonereally holdstoitsincethetraumaof theFirstWorldWar. Itmotivatessocialreformand involvement.

    Itishardtosquarewiththe detailsofthetext,andthereis littleevidenceofanew millennialageintheworldat large.

    gospels(egMatt24.29)isthat Jesuswillreturnforhisown aftertheperiodofsuffering Christiansarenotexempt.

    notrelateto1260daysor42 months.

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