![]() ![]() Human life is to be prolonged but death and sickness will not completely be done away with.ġ7. He will also cause the animals that are now ferocious, to be changed so as to live in peace with themselves and with mankind. ![]() That God will remove the curse that is now upon the world because of Adam's sin, and will cause the land to become extremely productive. That Christ will rule the whole world from David's Throne in Jerusalem for a thousand years in righteousness, peace, and prosperity.ġ6. That the millennium will then begin, and Satan will be bound and cast into the abyss during this 1000 years.ġ5. After this judgment of nations, Christ will establish His kingdom and sit on David's throne in Jerusalem.ġ4. 25: 31-46, will precede the millennium.ġ3. That at this time there will be a conversion of National Israel.ġ2. That Christ, after the tribulation, will destroy the man of sin, the beast, or antichrist, in the Battle of Armageddon.ġ1. That a judgment of the righteous will then take place.ġ0. Some place this rapture before the great tribulation, some in the middle of it and some after it.ĩ. That the resurrected righteous and the living transformed righteous will be raptured up to meet Christ in the air. There are various views on when this will happen, or if the rapture will include all the righteous dead.Ĩ. That at Christ's first coming, the righteous dead will be resurrected in what is called the first resurrection. That both of the resurrections that are mentioned in Revelation 20: 1-10 are physical or bodily resurrections.ħ. That before and during a future tribulation period, all the living Jews will be restored to the land of Israel.Ħ. That we are fast approaching the end of the church age, and that Christ may come at any time.ĥ. ![]() That a personal, and visible reign of Christ will be established here on earth for a thousand years prior to the end of the world.Ĥ. That Christ will establish a kingdom that was promised by the Old Testament prophets that was not fulfilled during His first coming.ģ. That the world is growing worse and will continue to do so until Christ comes and personally establishes His Kingdom on earth.Ģ. These views are as follows:Īll views of premillennialism generally hold the following concepts:ġ. Each view acknowledges that the other views are held by able conservative and evangelical scholars.Īs the three basic views of eschatology and their variations are considered, I will put forth effort to define them as I understand each view to believe. Each view holds that the difference in belief comes from the lack of ability to interpret the Bible properly rather than from a lack of loyalty to the Bible.Ħ. Each view holds that every human being will at some time receive a resurrected body which will live eternally in either Heaven or Hell.ĥ. Each view believes that Jesus Christ is the promised Son of God, that He is God, and that He died as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.Ĥ. Each view teaches that there will be a future, visible, and bodily return of Christ.ģ. Each view accepts all scripture as the inspired word of God therefore, each professes their view to be based upon Biblical teachings.Ģ. In spite of all the differences in these three views, there are also some important similarities that each view holds in common. These variations will determine what kind of a Pre-millennialist, Post-millennialist, or Amillennialist that a person is. In addition to these three broad views, there are distinct variations within each system. I also found out in due process of time that these were only the general views of Biblical eschatology. Later I found that there was also the Post-millennial view. These views of eschatology held by these preachers consisted of the Pre-millennial and the Amillennial views. In particular they held different views on the millennium, which determined their belief on the return of Christ, the resurrection, the tribulation, and the last judgment. Many of the preachers that I was associated with held different views on most of the things that are included in eschatology. I soon found out that eschatology was the study of last things including death, heaven, the return of Christ, the resurrection, the tribulation, the millennium, the last judgment, and the eternal state of man kind. Why I Believe Eschatology the Way I Do by Orval HeathĪs a young man entering the ministry in answer to God's calling, I was confronted with the subject of eschatology, which I knew nothing about, and in fact didn't even know how to pronounce the word, or what it meant. ![]()
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