Simplified Millennial Views
Simplified Millennial Views
Table of Contents
Thesis Statement and Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2
Dispensational Premillennialism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3
Historic Premillennialism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4
Postmillennialism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6
Amillennialism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
Closing Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …show more content…
In this paper we will explore each one and then choose which one best lines up with the Biblical view standard, then simplify it so that it is easily understood.
Introduction
When asked, most Christians don’t have a clue about what the Millennium is. It wasn’t until the year 1999 that we stated hearing about the new millennium and we quickly deciphered the meaning to be a thousand years. According to our text book the word millennium comes from the Latin words Mille, which means thousand and Annus, which means year. In the Greek language the word millennium is derived from Chillas, meaning a thousand .When questioned deeper and asked what does the term millennium mean in the book of Revelation chapter 20 and how does that pertain to you. It becomes evident that they have little if any understanding of what you are talking about. In this paper I hope to bring these higher thoughts down to a level that is easily understood by not only us as student but for the common, everyday Christian that hasn’t been to a College or …show more content…
We have hundreds of examples in Scripture of prophecies being fulfilled. Take, for example, the prophecies concerning Christ in the Old Testament. Those prophecies were fulfilled literally. Consider the virgin birth of Christ (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23). Consider His death for our sins (Isaiah 53:4-9; 1 Peter 2:24). These prophecies were fulfilled literally, and that is reason enough to assume that God will continue in the future to literally fulfill His Word. Postmillennialism fails in that it interprets Bible prophecy subjectively and holds that the millennial kingdom will be established by the church, not by Christ
Table of Contents
Thesis Statement and Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2
Dispensational Premillennialism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3
Historic Premillennialism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4
Postmillennialism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6
Amillennialism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
Closing Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …show more content…
In this paper we will explore each one and then choose which one best lines up with the Biblical view standard, then simplify it so that it is easily understood.
Introduction
When asked, most Christians don’t have a clue about what the Millennium is. It wasn’t until the year 1999 that we stated hearing about the new millennium and we quickly deciphered the meaning to be a thousand years. According to our text book the word millennium comes from the Latin words Mille, which means thousand and Annus, which means year. In the Greek language the word millennium is derived from Chillas, meaning a thousand .When questioned deeper and asked what does the term millennium mean in the book of Revelation chapter 20 and how does that pertain to you. It becomes evident that they have little if any understanding of what you are talking about. In this paper I hope to bring these higher thoughts down to a level that is easily understood by not only us as student but for the common, everyday Christian that hasn’t been to a College or …show more content…
We have hundreds of examples in Scripture of prophecies being fulfilled. Take, for example, the prophecies concerning Christ in the Old Testament. Those prophecies were fulfilled literally. Consider the virgin birth of Christ (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23). Consider His death for our sins (Isaiah 53:4-9; 1 Peter 2:24). These prophecies were fulfilled literally, and that is reason enough to assume that God will continue in the future to literally fulfill His Word. Postmillennialism fails in that it interprets Bible prophecy subjectively and holds that the millennial kingdom will be established by the church, not by Christ