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Three Views On the Millennium

There are several beliefs concerning the millennium. Questions are asked such as, “Where do the Second Coming and the millennium fit together?” and “What does the Bible say about this event?” Let’s take a look at these three views and try to gain a better understanding on the millennium spoken of in Revelation 20:1-10. The Millennium             “I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and  reigned with Christ a thousand years ” (NIV Rev. 20:4). The question that is in sight is based on this verse and that which surrounds it is pretty much, “When will Christ return according to the millennium?”  Postmillennialism    ...

A Caution Against End Time Negligence

There have been so many technological advancements in the last few centuries. I think of foam cement , plastic bottle houses, theological ideas, scientific debates, archaeological connections, not to mention electronic technology, etc. The industrial revolution, for instance, changed the way products are made and the mass production of widgets and Spacely Sprockets means that everyone can have one. The internet allows the lightning fast communication of not only news, but also ideas and technology. Every generation in the past has marveled at how they have noticed the pace of change in their own time, but myself growing up with the internet (late Gen X), I can honestly say that because of the internet, times are changing at a pace the world has never before experienced. The internet has reached the world with new Ideas and has made much of it act as though the world is only made up of first world culture. All this data that I absorb gets me thinking about Matthew 24 . As he ...