Term
Amillennialism
The view that there is no literal thousand-year earthly reign of Christ and that millennial scriptural references describe the present church age.
Filed underEschatology
Definition
The view that there will be no literal thousand-year bodily reign of Christ on earth prior to the final judgment and the eternal state; on this view, scriptural references to the millennium in Revelation 20 actually describe the present church age.
Scripture
- Revelation 20
Connections
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- Narrower than
- MillenniumTerm
- Contrasted with
Sources
- 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 1499Original citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 1499.
Last revised August 14, 2026