amillennialism

What's the deal with Amillennialism? I had been a Christian for nearly 30 years having only heard the word a couple of times and never gave it a second thought. Now, in the span of roughly a year, I've moved into that 'camp' and what's weird, now suddenly there's an overwhelming amount of information out on it ... and by people I've read and respected for years.

But first, my homeboy Iggy posts this video ...



With that out of the way, Kevin DeYoung tries to make sense of the Millennium. In part 1, he asks and answers, when does the Millennium occur? The simple answer, "The millenium occurs before Christ’s second coming, before Christ’s second coming." He then asks and answers, what is the the meaning of Satan being bound for 1000 years? The simple answer is that there are two truths held in tension.

Satan is the one who leads the whole world astray, and yet Satan is bound so that he may no longer deceive the nations. Not the same thing. The world is according to John the lust of the eyes, the pride of life, fleshliness, its corruption. Satan leads the world astray. But he’s bound such that the nations, people groups, countries, missions can be successful. So, he is a deceiver. He is leading astray. But the nations are also coming to Christ.

In part 2, DeYoung deals with "They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years” (Rev 20.4)? The short answer, "This is a picture of believers who upon death come to life as disembodied souls and reign with Christ."

So now, with DeYoung's 'primer', you can enjoy this 2 hour video, "An Evening of Eschatology," a conversation about the end times with John Piper, Doug Wilson, Sam Storms, and Jim Hamilton.

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