(See also www.alankurschner.com/3) The debate between premillennialism and amillennialism is not about whether the 1,000 years mentioned in Revelation 20 refers to a literal 1,000 years. Both positions agree with each other that it denotes at least a period of time. How long is not the issue. To be sure, I do believe that the […]
Amillennialism
A Summary of Three Millennial Perspectives: Classical Dispensationalism, Historical Premillennialism, and Amillennialism
The Millennial Maze, pp. 139-41 (To be sure, the author of this “comparison” book is Amill and his bias comes out in various places; nevertheless, Grenz does have a keen, nuanced eye when describing the dynamic between millennial positions.) Historic premillennialists have attempted to carve out a distinctive position between dispensationalism on the one side, […]
What’s So Important About Pre-Millennialism?
“WHAT’S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT PRE-MILLENNIALISM?” Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. President-Emeritus Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary One of the most common misconceptions in Biblical interpretation today is that “the thousand years” (hence: the “millennium”), of which John speaks in Revelation 20:1-7, are mentioned nowhere else in the Scripture. And since it is generally agreed that no major […]
Michael Vlach on Zechariah 8 and the Millennium
If you are like me you have probably not heard many sermons or messages from Zechariah 8. But this chapter gives some beautiful descriptions of God’s coming kingdom when Jesus returns. The chapter begins with God restoring Jerusalem. With “great wrath” and “jealousy” (8:2) the Lord returns to Zion and dwells in Jerusalem (8:3). The […]
Samuel Waldron and John MacArthur on the Millennnial Debate
Jesse Johnson has some helpful comments on: Waldron vs. MacArthur in a Millennial Showdown.
Premillennialism on Revelation 20:1–6
[See also www.alankurschner.com/3 ] Inevitably, when the discussion of premill versus amill is broached, the text “Revelation 20:1-6” is invoked. This is unfortunate because that is not where the passage begins, so the amill proponent (and sadly the premill can do this as well) dives right in the middle of the context. The immediate passage […]