Premillennialism
The books, commentaries, and articles written on the subject or “study” of premillennialism are endless. Wayne Jackson, in his article “Examining Premillennialism,” regards it as, “A flood of paperback books,” “that has invaded the religious market.” (Jackson). In the same manner that all these writings have been discharged by the hundreds, they by the hundreds are all lies and/or false doctrine.
This begs the questions; what is premillennialism, what is its background and by who, why is it so popular? The intent of this short study or research is to answer these questions and maybe add some of the author’s thoughts, whether educated or not.
The actual definition of premillennialism as per the word and belief comes from Robert…show more content… Summarized them are; Premillennialism: The belief that Christ will return in order to set up a kingdom on this earth just prior to a 1,000 year reign. People are living in a partial aspect of God's kingdom which in time will become the great climax of Christ's return when He will start His Kingdom full on, which says that the Second Coming of the Lord will take place before the millennium. Then, Jesus will literally reign on earth for a thousand years that will merge into the eternal kingdom, in an age of peace and righteousness on a new earth.…show more content… The souls of the departed are with Christ in heaven. Most of these believe that after Christ's final judgment, the new earth will be formed, His eternal, perfect kingdom. This is the most popular view from the Early Church Fathers, the Reformers, and most denominations today. They believe that Christ through His work, death, and resurrection defeated Satan and he is restricted, and bound in power and scope to allow the spread of the Gospel and the building of the Church. This view sees people now in the millennium. Of these three it is said that Premillennialism is the most popular of the religious world.
