Christian Eschatoloical Views

In order to appreciate the meaning of the three views just cited, it is useful to examine the meaning of the root word on which they are based. The word millennium derives from Rev. XX, which describes the thousandyear or "millennial" reign of Jesus Christ with the just, who are resurrected for the purpose. This reign, which will be marked by holiness and righteousness, is to begin, according to Rev. XX.12, when the angel comes down from heaven to bind up Satan for the entire period. Implicit in the term millennium, therefore, is a moral universe in which good is guaranteed to triumph over evil. After the thousand years is up, the devil "must be loosed a little season" (Rev. XX.3). The various millennial positions are not confined to an interpretation of Rev. XX, however; they are aimed at a more allembracing interpretation of the bible in general and Revelation in particular as the fulfillment of prophecies concerning the either the general fate of the universe or the particular circumstances of the New Testament that appear to show a fulfillment of pr

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se souls are saved can expect to escape the pernicious effects of the holocaust. This nexus of what might be called a strict construction of scriptures, together with the dualism of urgency and fatalism that proceed from such construction, has been associated with political conservatives, many of whom are described as premillennialist (fundamentalist) Christians: For many conservative religious groups, who have long kept a checklist of events they believe are leading to the Second Coming of Jesus, a nuclear holocaust represents the predestined fulfillment of the Book of Revelation and other parts of the Bible that they insist detail the end of human history as we know it. . . . There have been many doomsday forecasts in history, especially in times of upheaval. When Christians formerly talked about the final days before the return of Jesus, they "assumed the true saint would have to suffer and take up the cross," Jewett said. But many adherents of the new Second Coming politics believe that "true Christians" will be taken up to heaven in a "rapture" before the period of struggle they call the tribulation. Such beliefs have a d
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