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Old 03-15-2008, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Ivanhoe View Post
Postmillennialism necessarily sees a Christianization of the world. Amillennialism, ala Vos, allows for it but not necessarily so.
Hey:

Would this "Christianization" of the world include the spheres of politics and economics? Do not P-Mills argue that as people get converted to the gospel there is a concurrent "fallout" in a "Christianization" of the political and economic spheres?

As an A-Mill I understand the "Christianization of the world" in the Biblical use of the word "World" - i.e. The Elect. Thus, we are in the Millennium. Satan was bound by the ministry, death, and resurrection of Christ, "I saw Satan fall like lightning." The Gospel is being spread through the whole world, and the Elect are being converted.

You carefully missed the point - If Christ is going to return at the end of a "Golden Age" then what is all this about Satan being released and gatering the Gentiles to persecute the Church?

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