Christ clearly taught, however, that after living believers die, they will neither marry (and of course not have children) nor die again, but will be like the angels in heaven ( Luke 20:27-36). The Jews of the time of Christ expected an earthly kingdom of the Messiah, much as the premillennialists expect today. This clearly declares that the final judgment occurs at the time of His Second Coming, not 1000 years later.ġ. Perhaps the best picture of the one great judgment is found in 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10: “And to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that.obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus: who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints” (ASV). The judgments all take place at the time of the Second Coming of Christ, when the believers, dead and living, are raptured to meet Christ in the air ( 1 Thess 4:17), and all appear before His judgment seat ( Rom 14:10). Meanwhile, the souls of believers who have died live and reign with Christ in heaven ( Rev 6:9 14:13 20:4). At the end of this present age, Satan is to be released from that restriction for a time, and he will again be permitted to deceive the nations for a short period, until Christ comes down and defeats him at the battle of Armageddon ( Rev 19:19 20:8). It is held that the “binding of Satan” for the thousand years ( Rev 20:2) took place, either during His earthly ministry ( Matt 12:29) or at His Resurrection from the dead, and that it particularly concerns the inability of Satan to deceive the nations nationally ( Rev 20:2, 3) as he did before the first coming of Christ. in the hearts of His people on earth, and in heaven over the hosts of the redeemed and His holy angels for a “thousand years,” the perfect, complete time between the two comings of Christ. On earth, Christ’s kingdom “is not of this world,” but He reigns esp. The millennial kingdom of Christ is therefore now, both in heaven and on earth.
The judgment of the sheep and the goats and the great white throne judgment are identical, followed by the eternal kingdom of God. This third view is that Christ’s millennial kingdom extends from His Resurrection from the tomb to the time of His Second Coming on the clouds at the end of this age, when He comes to an unconverted world to judge the living and the dead in one great resurrection of the righteous and the wicked. The rest of the events will follow the view of historic premillennialism.Ĭ. After seven years Christ will come publicly with His saints for the judgment of the sheep and the goats. This second view differs from historic premillennialism in that it is said that Christ may come at any time for His saints in a rapture which is secret, followed by the great tribulation on earth. After Christ defeats them, the resurrection of the wicked is said to occur, and the judgment of the great white throne ( Rev 20:11) will take place, followed by the eternal kingdom of God.Ģ. During that period Satan is to be bound, but at the close of the thousand years he is to be loosed to gather the living wicked in the final battle against the believers. It is held that only the righteous dead will be resurrected at that time, the judgment of the sheep and the goats will occur ( Matt 25:31-46), and a thousand year period of the Millennium will follow with Christ reigning on earth in Jerusalem. Those who hold to this view believe that the world will not be converted before the Second Coming of Christ, but that Christ may come at any time after the fulfillment of certain prophecies.
There are two main groups of those who hold to premillennialism.ġ. The most scholarly defense of recent years is The Millennium, by Loraine Boettner (1958).ī.
This view is not widely held by evangelical scholars today. At the end of this thousand years, Christ will come again for the final judgment and the resurrection of all men, followed by the eternal kingdom of God. Those holding this view believe that the world will get better and better until practically the whole world will be converted, and then for a thousand years of righteousness on earth sin will be largely vanquished. Among those who believe the Bible teaching that Jesus Christ is coming again, in a second coming at the end of this age, there are three views of the events which are to precede and/or follow His return.Ī.
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