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Originally Posted by AV1611
There are myriads of different forms of both a- and post-mill views. Some post mills see the millennium as having already happened, some see it as still future, some see it as having already started. Some amills are pessimistic, some are optimistic etc. Hence my question  | Traditionally, amillennialism has been pessimistic about the future. I often say that optimistic amillennialists are not really amillennialists. | And I would say that postmills who don't believe in a literal 1000 years preceded by a 'golden age' are not really postmills. 
Honestly, here on PB be prepared to cast away all of the ordinary definitions when it comes to eschatology. |
Aye, but who among post-millers ever did believe in a literal 1000 years? The only one I know of is FN Lee.
I think you have highlighted the essential difference between modern postmillennialism and older postmillennialism. The former has been influenced by the exegetical insights of amillennialism, but just not its pessimism.