Post by rgrove on Dec 28, 2004 12:44:13 GMT -5
John Jefferson Davis gave the following definition in his book "The Victory of Christ's Church: An Introduction to Postmillennialism" which is general enough to describe the various Postmillennial viewpoints seen in church history:
1) Through the preaching of the gospel and dramatic outpourings of the Holy Spirit, Christian missions and evangelism will attain remarkable success, and the church will enjoy an unprecedented period of numerical expansion and spiritual vitality.
2) This period of spiritual prosperity, the millennium, understood as a long period of time, is to be characterized by conditions of increasing peace and economic well-being in the world as a result of the growing influence of Christian truth.
3) The Millennium will also be characterized by the conversion of large numbers of ethnic Jews to the Christian faith (Rom. 11:25-26).
4) At the end of the Millennial period there will be a brief period of apostasy and sharp conflict between Christian and evil forces (Rev 20:7-10).
5) Finally and simultaneously there will occur the visible return of Christ, the resurrection of the righteous and the wicked, the final judgment, and the revelation of the new heavens and the new earth.
A decent introduction online is also available. It's an article called The Biblical Basis of Postmillennialism.
Yours In Christ,
Ron
1) Through the preaching of the gospel and dramatic outpourings of the Holy Spirit, Christian missions and evangelism will attain remarkable success, and the church will enjoy an unprecedented period of numerical expansion and spiritual vitality.
2) This period of spiritual prosperity, the millennium, understood as a long period of time, is to be characterized by conditions of increasing peace and economic well-being in the world as a result of the growing influence of Christian truth.
3) The Millennium will also be characterized by the conversion of large numbers of ethnic Jews to the Christian faith (Rom. 11:25-26).
4) At the end of the Millennial period there will be a brief period of apostasy and sharp conflict between Christian and evil forces (Rev 20:7-10).
5) Finally and simultaneously there will occur the visible return of Christ, the resurrection of the righteous and the wicked, the final judgment, and the revelation of the new heavens and the new earth.
A decent introduction online is also available. It's an article called The Biblical Basis of Postmillennialism.
Yours In Christ,
Ron
