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Premillennialism (chiliasm) is the teaching that the personal, visible return of Christ will take place 1000 years before the end of the world. It teaches that apostasy and wickedness will increase and result in the final revelation of Antichrist. At that time a period of severe persecution (the gre
Previous article in this series: November 1, 2014, p. 58. "Jesus only knows of two aeons [ages]: the present and the future aeons. In the present aeon [age] his disciples cannot expect anything other than oppression and persecution and must forsake all things for his sake. Jesus nowhere predicts a
All this historic premillennialism rightly rejects, teaching that the so-called rapture and revelation are one event, not two. Premillennialism also denies a secret rapture and teaches that the church shall pass through the treat tribulation. Finally, it teaches that the church has a part and place
Part four consists of a thorough and devastating critique of the false doctrine of postmillennialism. The author devotes a considerable amount of space to refuting this error, due to its history of infiltrating the Reformed tradition. Postmillennialism wrongly teaches that the millennium of Revelati
❖ Postmillenialism, Premillenialism
Holds that in the future the entire world will be converted to Christ and will become Christian, so that the church will enjoy earthly peace, power, and prosperity: a “golden age” in history before the end. c. Christ’s coming will follow this millennium. (“Post” in “postmillennialism” means ‘after’—
Premillennialism teaches a coming of Christ prior to the establishment of His millennial kingdom, that is, some thousand years before the end of the world—thus the name “Premillennialism,”—before the thousand years. This coming is referred to as the “rapture.” That premillennial coming is followed a
Still others teach that while it may have begun, its principle fulfillment is still future and will be seen only when a period of unprecedented peace, blessing and prosperity comes for the gospel and the church (postmillennialism). In connection with this some believe that the next personal coming o
Pre-millennialism denies this truth with its teaching of the Rapture through which, they say, the Church will escape the Tribulation. 2. Pre-millennialism holds before its followers a distorted and unbiblical view of what will happen before the eternal state comes. This is spiritually dangerous. F.