Postmillennialism Postmillennialism

Postmillennialism - Definition and Overview

Postmillennialism is a version of Christian eschatology that believes that godly Christians must reign and rule secular society for a millennium (one thousand years), before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. In the United States, the major oranizational forms are based on Dominion Theology, a theocratic form of Dominionism. A theonomic and doctrinaire version of postmillennialism is Christian Reconstructionism.

The other major variants of Christian End Times belief are Premillennialism, Preterism, and Amillennialism.

References

Barron, Bruce. 1992. Heaven on Earth? The Social & Political Agendas of Dominion Theology. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan.

Clarkson, Frederick. 1997. Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy. Monroe, Maine: Common Courage.

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