Jensens survey of the old testament adam 617

4 Of the four schools, the futurist position sees most of Revelation (chaps 4-22) as prophetical of the end times There are two kinds of futurists: (1) those who hold that the seven churches of chapters 2-3 represent periods of church history up to the rapture (as shown on the chart); and (2) those who hold that chapters 2-3 are intended not to be prophetic, but rather descriptive of the churches in John’s day, with chapter beginning the predictive section This view also sees the seven letters as descriptive of local churches of all ages, up to the end times CHART 121: THE FOUR MAIN SCHOOLS OF INTERPRETATION OF REVELATION J MILLENNIAL VIEWS The Millennium passage of 20:1-6 is the classic passage giving rise to three di erent viewpoints of the “thousand years.” Here are the main tenets of these schools of eschatology: Premillennialism Christ will come to the e a r t h before (hence the pre x pre) the Millennium begins, to rule the world with His saints, for a literal one thousand years Satan is bound, as to activity and power, during this time Postmillennialism The second coming of Christ is at the end of, or after (post) the Millennium This millennium is a period of time (not necessarily a literal thousand years) of blessedness, prosperity, and wellbeing for God’s kingdom in the world According to this view, we are now living in the Millennium This school has relatively few adherents today, for the simple reason of the apparent intense current activity of Satan throughout the world Amillennialism There is no (pre x a) literal reign of Christ on this earth for a literal thousand years A common view is that the Millennium is a spiritual reign of Christ with His saints in heaven at the present time Chart 122 shows in a general way how each of these millennial schools views the scope of the entire book of Revelation  ...CHART 121: THE FOUR MAIN SCHOOLS OF INTERPRETATION OF REVELATION J MILLENNIAL VIEWS The Millennium passage of 20:1-6 is the classic passage giving rise to three di erent viewpoints of the “thousand... years.” Here are the main tenets of these schools of eschatology: Premillennialism Christ will come to the e a r t h before (hence the pre x pre) the Millennium begins, to rule the world with His... Postmillennialism The second coming of Christ is at the end of, or after (post) the Millennium This millennium is a period of time (not necessarily a literal thousand years) of blessedness, prosperity,