- Historic premillennialism
Historic premillennialism, or post-tribulational premillennialism, is the
Christian eschatological view which teaches that thesecond coming ofJesus Christ will occur prior to a thousand-year reign of thesaint s, but subsequent to thetribulation .Comparison
Premillennialism is an alternative view to bothpostmillennialism , which teaches that the second coming of Jesus will occur after a thousand-year period of righteousness andamillennialism , which teaches that there is no literal thousand-year period. The two major species of premillennialism are historic anddispensational premillennialism , which is associated withpre-tribulational andmid-tribulational views. See thesummary of Christian eschatological differences .A major difference of historic and dispensational premillennialism is the view of the church in relation to Israel. Historics do not see as sharp a distinction between Israel and the church as the dispensationalists do, but instead view Christians of all ages as part of one group, now revealed as the body of Christ. Thus, historic premillennialists see no issue with the church going through the
Great Tribulation , and so they do not need a separate pre-tribulationalrapture of some believers as the dispensational system requires.History
Historic premillennialism was a popular view amongst
Protestant ChristiansFact|date=March 2008 until the rise ofdispensationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Proponents of historic premillennialism includeBaptist s John Gill,cite journal|url=http://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=140 |title=Review of "A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith" byRobert L. Reymond |author=W. Gary Crampton |accessdate=2008-03-11 |publisher=The Trinity Foundation |journal=The Trinity Review |date=February 1999]Charles Spurgeon , [ [http://www.spurgeon.org/eschat.htm Charles H. Spurgeon and Eschatology ] ] andGeorge Eldon Ladd [ [http://www.directionjournal.org/article/?189 Direction: A Commentary on the Revelation of John ] ] andPresbyterians Francis Schaeffer ,Gordon Clark , andJames Montgomery Boice . [cite book| title=Foundations of the Christian Faith |author=James Montgomery Boice |pages=pp. 703ff |chapter=How Will It all End? |isbn=0877849919 |publisher=InterVarsity Press |date=1986]ee also
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* [http://www.ifbreformation.org/Prophecy_Intro.aspx Differences between prophectic schools of thought]
* [http://www.ifbreformation.org/Prophecy_Israel_Church.aspx Historic Premillennial view of Israel and Church]
* [http://www.ifbreformation.org/Prophecy_Historic_timeline.aspx Historic Premillennial Timeline]
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