What is Premillennialism?

What is Premillennialism?

• A. The belief that Jesus would return after 1000 years
• B. Jesus would return before 1000 years of Rev 20
• C. Jesus would return before creation
• D. Jesus returns at the end of time

Answer: (B)

The main idea tested is when Jesus returns relative to the millennium described in Revelation 20. Premillennialism teaches that Jesus will come back before that thousand-year period begins. In this view, His return inaugurates the millennium, during which the righteous are empowered or resurrected and Satan is restrained, followed by the final judgment and the creation of a new earth after the thousand years. This timing is what makes the statement about returning before the 1,000 years of Revelation 20 the best description. Returning after the millennium would place the Second Coming in a postmillennial timeline, while returning before creation or only at the end of time does not fit the usual sequence arranged in Revelation 20.

The main idea tested is when Jesus returns relative to the millennium described in Revelation 20. Premillennialism teaches that Jesus will come back before that thousand-year period begins. In this view, His return inaugurates the millennium, during which the righteous are empowered or resurrected and Satan is restrained, followed by the final judgment and the creation of a new earth after the thousand years.

This timing is what makes the statement about returning before the 1,000 years of Revelation 20 the best description. Returning after the millennium would place the Second Coming in a postmillennial timeline, while returning before creation or only at the end of time does not fit the usual sequence arranged in Revelation 20.