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    Essay on Amillennialism

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    Revelation 20:3 speaks about Satan being locked away in the abyss so that he cannot tempt or deceive the nations - - earth. I personally believe that God will reign in both heaven and on earth during the thousand year period. Dispensational Premillennialism Dispensationalism is "a period of time during which man is tested in respect to his obedience to some specific revelation of the will of God" (Pentecost 391). There are three components of dispensationalism that I need to go over

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    The dispensational premillennial view’s rational support comes from the interpretive system it uses to illuminate scriptural evidence as well as the historical evidence that surrounds the view. Adherents of the dispensational premillennial view interpret biblical prophecy in a purely literal form. Smith says in his book What the Bible says about the Future, “Of the two major interpretive systems, only dispensationalism subscribes to a consistently normal/literal interpretation of Scripture. In other

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    Clouse combined writings from George Eldon Ladd, Herman A. Hoyt, Loraine Boettner, and Anthony A. Hoekema to produce this book. "George Eldon Ladd (Fuller Theological Seminary) present[ed] historic premillennialism. Herman A. Hoyt (Grace Theological Seminary) [wrote] on dispensational premillennialism. Loraine Boettner (theologian and author of The Millennium) discuss[ed] the postmillennial view. And finally Anthony A. Hoekema (Calvin Theological Seminary) describes the amillennial position." Sketch

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    The Book of Revelation Essay

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    This essay will argue that the eschatology of the Book of Revelation forms an integral part of John’s attempt within the pages of his book to form a literary world in which the forms, figures, and forces of the earthly realm are critiqued and unmasked through the re-focalization of existence from the perspective of heaven. It will attempt to show that, in response to the social, political, religious, and economic circumstances of his readers, the Book of Revelation forms a counter imaginative reality

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    Revelation 20: 1-6

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    that accept. It is amazing how people who attend Bible believing and teaching churches will view differently the view of the millennium. There are three different beliefs with regard to the millennium: amillennialism, postmillennialism, and premillennialism. Ammillennialism means “no kingdom” – that is, there

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    “The Bible above most, perhaps above all, books that have been written, has temperament… It draws upon attention and patience. It disciplines negligence. It puts fine spurs to motive. … It is a liberal education to learn how to live with it.” (Phelps, E S.) p.467 In other words according to The Book of Revelation, it is an apocalypse or unveiling of the truth about life. (Mounce, Robert H.) For Tim Wynne-Jones, “music [is his] major inspiration” (Jenkins, Phil). This author prefers parts of a game

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    Another mayor view for the millennium is Pretribulational premillennialism. This view is pretty much the same has the premillennialism that Jesus is returning before the millennium, but the difference is that Jesus is returning before the tribulation. With this been said, Pretribulational premillennialism also has Jesus returning twice, once for the believers, and then after the end of seven years of tribulation. Pretribulational premillennialism also believe when Jesus returns for the church, it will

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    Revelation 20

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    The “thousand years” in Revelation is only used six times and only in chapter 20 between verses 2-7. In verse 7 it is a reference to after the “thousand years” and in this paper we will concentrate on verses 1-6 which focus on the “thousand years” themselves. Since a “thousand years” equals a millennium this term we will be used interchangeably from this point forward. The millennium in Revelation 20 is only used in reference to the reign of Jesus Christ after Satan the devil has been imprisoned

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    Why The theory of Premillennialism is false teaching By Hunter Strohl Specific Speech Goal: I want to show and persuade my audience to look at the faults in the Theory of Premillennialism. Proposition: I believe that the theory of Premillennialism is wrong. Introduction: Good afternoon, today I want to show and encourage you to take a second look at the theory of Premillennialism. Before we start tearing up the theory of Premillennialism let’s look at the main points of this theory. The theory

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    was through the emergence of numerous theologians dating back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the teachings of it in seminaries that made premillennialism significant again and the. However, the amillennial view is still a notable interpretation, mostly among the Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox and Presbyterians. Premillennialism, which is separated into historic and dispensational are the primary eschatological view between the Evangelical churches. Postmillennialism view is followed

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