2.1. Amillennial

The amillennial view denies a literal Millennial Kingdom on earth (Rev. Rev. 20:1+). It holds that the kingdom promises in the OT are fulfilled spiritually rather than literally in the New Testament church. Amillennialists usually consider the thousand years of Revelation Rev. 20:1+ as a symbol indicating an “indefinite” period of time. Christ is seen as ruling over His kingdom through the church in the current age, a kingdom which is strictly spiritual. “The a- in amillennialism negates the term; hence, amillennialism means there will not be a literal, future millennium.”¹ See Millennial Kingdom. See commentary on Revelation 20.

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Notes

¹ Paul Enns, The Moody Handbook of Theology (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1989), 380.