Sunday, September 24, 2006

Word of the Week - Amillennialist


The amillennialist believes that the Kingdom of God was inaugurated at Christ's resurrection (hence the term "inaugurated millennialism") at which point he gained victory over both Satan and the Curse. Christ is even now reigning (hence the term "nunc-millennialism" — nunc means "now") at the right hand of the Father over His church. After this present age has ended, Christ will return and immediately usher the church into their eternal state after judging the wicked. The term "amillennialism" is actually a misnomer for it implies that Revelation 20:1-6 is ignored; in fact, the amillennialist's hermeneutic interprets it (and in fact, much of apocalyptic literature) non-literally.

A Special thanks to The Blue Letter Bible


2 Comments:

Blogger emily said...

Sounds about right. And I'd consider myself an amillenialist.

9:51 AM 
Blogger Clyde said...

Hi Emily,

It is nice to hear from you again.

How is school going? I hope your family is well.

I have linked your blog on mine. Its very tasetefully done.

8:39 AM 

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