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View Poll Results: x-millennialism - What is your stance? | |
Post-Tribulational Premillennialism
|    | 10 | 6.94% | |
Pre-Tribulational (Dispensational) Premillennialism
|    | 3 | 2.08% | |
Postmillennialism
|    | 37 | 25.69% | |
Amillennialism
|    | 76 | 52.78% | |
Undecided
|    | 17 | 11.81% | |
Other - please elaborate
|    | 1 | 0.69% |  | | 
01-26-2008, 10:09 AM
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| | | postmillennialism, premillennialism, amillennialism - your stance? I have tried to stay fairly clear of the controversy surrounding these issues as I believe it to be a "milk teaching" issue (see Heb 6:1-2) - that being said, I have recently been skimming articles, etc to get a better "feel" for the various positions.
On wiki I saw this graphic that I thought seemed to be a very good high-level summary of the stances.
I'd like to use these categories to get insight into the views on the PB.
I lean toward amillennial, so that is what I am choosing, but I am not 100% convinced.
As folks are willing, I'd also like to get a few links that help clarify the various positions.
I have made the poll public, because I am interested in who holds to the various positions. | 
01-26-2008, 10:18 AM
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| | | Tentatively amillennial. I would like to study more about postmillennialism.
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| | | The postmillenial bit on the picture is not 100% accurate; there are different views among postmils about what the millennium is:
1. Some hold its a golden-age within the NT, as is represented in the graphic.
2. Some hold its the whole NT age, as with Amils.
3. Some hold its from 70 AD until a rebellion against Christendom "Satan's little season".
The main difference between amillennial and postmillennials is the latter believes that the gospel will advance much more in the NT age.
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Originally Posted by Daniel Ritchie The postmillenial bit on the picture is not 100% accurate; there are different views among postmils about what the millennium is:
1. Some hold its a golden-age within the NT, as is represented in the graphic.
2. Some hold its the whole NT age, as with Amils.
3. Some hold its from 70 AD until a rebellion against Christendom "Satan's little season".
The main difference between amillennial and postmillennials is the latter believes that the gospel will advance much more in the NT age. |
What Daniel said. 
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Originally Posted by Daniel Ritchie The postmillenial bit on the picture is not 100% accurate; there are different views among postmils about what the millennium is: | Quote: |
2. Some hold its the whole NT age, as with Amils.
| which would make them amills, right? Quote: |
3. Some hold its from 70 AD until a rebellion against Christendom "Satan's little season".
| This is the x-preterist position? If so, what is x, please? Quote: |
The main difference between amillennial and postmillennials is the latter believes that the gospel will advance much more in the NT age.
| can you expand a little more on this or give a link? | 
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| | | or - even better - can you take the graphic and modify it to reflect any additional stance(s)?
I am really interested in getting a good representative view. | 
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Originally Posted by Blue Tick Tentatively amillennial. I would like to study more about postmillennialism. | 
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Originally Posted by panta dokimazete Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel Ritchie The postmillenial bit on the picture is not 100% accurate; there are different views among postmils about what the millennium is: | Quote: |
2. Some hold its the whole NT age, as with Amils.
| which would make them amills, right? Quote: |
3. Some hold its from 70 AD until a rebellion against Christendom "Satan's little season".
| This is the x-preterist position? If so, what is x, please? Quote: |
The main difference between amillennial and postmillennials is the latter believes that the gospel will advance much more in the NT age.
| can you expand a little more on this or give a link? | 2. No it would not make them amils as they believe in the world-wide advance of the gospel and in the Christianization of societies, which is not the traditional amil view. Moreover, postmillennialism literally means "after the millennium", so even if they share the same view as the amils on the duration of the millennium, they are still postmillennial as they believe Christ returns after the millennium.
3. Some partial preterists would hold this view, others would not.
Amillennialism has traditionally believed that there will not be any extensive conversion to Christ, or a world wide Christianization of culture and society. Some optimistic amils like Cornelius Venema would be closer to postmillennialits in this regard. While postmillennialists believe that, over the course of history, the majority of people will be converted, and the majority of nations will be Christian. In other words, they believe Christ has the victory in history. | 
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Originally Posted by panta dokimazete or - even better - can you take the graphic and modify it to reflect any additional stance(s)?
I am really interested in getting a good representative view. | Sorry, that is beyond my capabilities.  | 
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| | | I voted amil because that is what the confession teaches.
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Originally Posted by KMK I voted amil because that is what the confession teaches. | Not the Westminster Standards, read WLC Q&A 191. | 
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| | | Yes, Daniel is right the WCoF does not teach an amillenial position.
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Originally Posted by Stephen Yes, Daniel is right the WCoF does not teach an amillenial position. | Indeed, amillennialism is more of a 20th century teaching; although some would say that Augustine held it. | 
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Originally Posted by Daniel Ritchie Quote:
Originally Posted by KMK I voted amil because that is what the confession teaches. | Not the Westminster Standards, read WLC Q&A 191. | Uh-oh! | 
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Originally Posted by KMK I voted amil because that is what the confession teaches. | Not the Westminster Standards, read WLC Q&A 191. |  (because I know this will be an interesting, yet irenic exchange of ideas...  ) | 
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Originally Posted by KMK I voted amil because that is what the confession teaches. | Not the Westminster Standards, read WLC Q&A 191. | Question 191: What do we pray for in the second petition?
Answer: In the second petition (which is, Thy kingdom come), acknowledging ourselves and all mankind to be by nature under the dominion of sin and Satan, we pray, that the kingdom of sin and Satan may be destroyed, the gospel propagated throughout the world, the Jews called, the fullness of the Gentiles brought in; the church furnished with all gospel officers and ordinances, purged from corruption, countenanced and maintained by the civil magistrate: that the ordinances of Christ may be purely dispensed, and made effectual to the converting of those that are yet in their sins, and the confirming, comforting, and building up of those that are already converted: that Christ would rule in our hearts here, and hasten the time of his second coming, and our reigning with him forever: and that he would be pleased so to exercise the kingdom of his power in all the world, as may best conduce to these ends. | 
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Originally Posted by Spear Dane historic premil. | Why isn't there a "Boo" button to correspond to "Thanks"?  Just kidding. | 
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Originally Posted by Spear Dane historic premil. | Why isn't there a "Boo" button to correspond to "Thanks"?  Just kidding. |  That is a great idea! | 
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Originally Posted by Stephen Yes, Daniel is right the WCoF does not teach an amillenial position. | Indeed, amillennialism is more of a 20th centur | | |