“What is premillennialism (Chiliasm)?”……Premillennialism is the view that Christ's second coming will occur prior to His millennial kingdom, and that the millennial kingdom is a literal 1000-year reign of Christ on earth. In order to understand and interpret the passages in Scripture that deal with end-times events, there are two things that must be clearly […]

“What is historic premillennialism?”……Historic premillennialism and dispensational premillennialism are two very different systems of eschatology. Here are just a few examples of the many differences between the two:……├ö├ç├│ Historic premillennialism taught that the church was in the fore-vision of Old Testament prophecy, while dispensationalism teaches that the church is hardly, if at all, mentioned by […]

“What is amillennialism?”……Amillennialism is the name given to the belief that there will not be a literal 1000-year reign of Christ. The people who hold to this belief are called amillennialists. The prefix "a-" in amillennialism means "no" or "not." Hence, "amillennialism" means "no millennium." This differs from the most widely accepted view called premillennialism […]

Amillennialism – What is it? Amillennialism is one of the many views regarding the Millennial Kingdom-the thousand-year reign of Christ during the end times. The names of these beliefs (including premillennialism and postmillennialism) do not refer to when the Millennial Kingdom will occur, but to when Christ will return to earth in relation to the […]

“What is postmillennialism?”……Postmillennialism is an interpretation of Revelation chapter 20 which sees Christ’s second coming as occurring after the "millennium," a golden age or era of Christian prosperity and dominance. The term includes several similar views of the end times, and it stands in contrast to premillennialism (the view that Christ's second coming will occur […]