SESSION 7 - ESCHATOLOGY

"Pretribulational premillennialism is the belief that Jesus Christ will return to rapture the church before a seven-year tribulation, followed by His literal thousand-year reign on earth."

"Premillennialism is simply the result of interpreting the whole Bible, Genesis to Revelation, in the most natural and normative way - Literally. Many of the critics of premillennialism admit that if the literal approach is applied consistently to the whole of Scripture then premillennialism is the natural result. If the Old Testament promises are ever going to be fulfilled literally for Israel as a nation, then they are yet in the future. This is also supportive of premillennialism. Premillennialism also provides a satisfactory and victorious end to history in time as humanity through Christ satisfactorily fulfills the creation mandate to rule over the world."

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