Postmillennialism and the Remnant
Rev. Angus Stewart defends the amillennial eschatology of the early church fathers and the Reformation against postmillennialism, grounding his argument in historical church tradition and Reformed confessional documents such as the Second Helvetic Confession. The article demonstrates that amillennialism has been the dominant eschatological position throughout Christian history and was affirmed by all the major Reformers and their confessions. This resource provides both historical perspective and theological argumentation for the amillennial position within Protestant Reformed thought.
Rev. Angus Stewart (I) Introduction This paper is based upon the explicit assumption that amillennialism is true and other systems of eschatology, and more especially postmillennialism, are false. The amillennial position, however, was not adopted without serious thought. First, amillennialism is the eschatology of the historical Christian Church. The majority of the early church fathers present a view of the last things consistent with amillennialism. With Augustine’s great work, The City...