Historical Premillennialism: Return Of Christ Before The Golden Age

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Historical Premillennialism is the belief that Jesus will physically return to the earth to gather His saints before the Millennium, a thousand-year “Golden Age” of peace. This return is referred to as the Second Coming. It is called "premillennialism" because it holds that the physical return of Jesus to the earth will occur prior to the turn of the millennium. Historical Premillennialism is different from Postmillennialism and Amillennialism in that it believes that the return of Christ will happen before the “millennium” known as the Golden Age. Premillennialism is based upon a literal interpretation of Revelations 20:1-6,”1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. …show more content…

I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. Over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him a thousand years.” This passage describes the “millennium” or the so-called “Golden Age” of christianity. According to Historical Premillennialism, this period of one thousand years will take place after Christ’s eventual return to …show more content…

16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.”, that the Lord will come again. This is known as “The Second Coming” and this passage shows that the Lord will be back for His second reign over all of the

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