Postmillennialism expects Christ to return after a long age of gospel advance.
The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
They reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Sincere believers read that reign in more than one way.
Postmillennialism expects the gospel to advance across a long age, and Jesus to return after it. The thousand years are read as that age of the church’s victory, not as a reign that begins only when He appears. The knowledge of the glory of the Lord covering the earth is a text they lean on. The Great Commission is read as a promise that will be largely fulfilled before He comes. This is a reading held by sincere believers. It is not the only reading.
Christ will come. Postmillennialism puts a long gospel advance before that coming. Describe it fairly. Do not make it the test of the faith.
The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord.
Postmillennialism expects that advance before He comes.
The return is not denied.
The order is the question.
The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
Postmillennialism expects that advance, and then the return.
They reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Christ will come. This view puts a long gospel age before that coming. Describe it. Do not unchurch the brothers who read the order differently.
Entry compiled for the JESUSaves.com Bible Glossary. Optimized for wiki.js Visual Editor.