Undecided on Eschatology

[TimV]

In addition, how can Post-mil and A-mil explain the fact that the state of Israel (and also mid-East conflict) is constantly making the papers?

Jewish over representation in the media.

 

[Manuel]

Amils don't believe Christ is reigning physically on the earth, over an earthly kingdom. He is reigning in heaven. Steve (Jerusalem Blade) explained the amil position well. Whereas premils believe He will return then reign over a physical kingdom before the eternal kingdom is established.

I understand that, however, that was not my question. My question came from this statement:

in my opinion, the former two views (postmillennialism and premillennialism) tend to be more literal and carnal, while the latter view (Amillennialism) is more spiritual and based upon faith in God's promises, rather than sight.

My question is, how are those two views more literal, since Amillenialims believes literally in a temporary millennial reign of Christ, and also literally in an eternal earthly reign of Christ? How is Amillennialism less literal? Your answer is (if I'm not mistaken, please correct me if I am) that amils don't believe that the Millennium happens physically on the earth, but on heaven. I understand that, however, the Bible doesn't say anywhere that Christ will reign physically present over the earth for a thousand years. So here is the question again, how can postmillennialism and premillennialism be more literal simply because they believe that the millennium is an earthly kingdom, when the Bible never says that the Millennium is Christ's earthly kingdom?

I would say that Amillennialism is AS literal as the other two when it says that the Millennium is Christ's heavenly kingdom.

 

[Peairtach]

Postmils of course believe that Christ is currently ruling and reigning.

As far as I know, most of them believe that the Millennium itself started in the First Century rather than that it is going to start at some point in the future, e.g. when the Papacy comes to an end or when there is a Jewish national conversion, but unlike amils, they believe that certain things are going to happen before Christ's Second Advent - good things aswell as bad things.

 

[Bern]

Manuel, perhaps literalistic would be a better description, rather than literal. I used to be pre mil before I was convinced of the Amil position., and my understanding of passages that are symbolic in nature was literalistic. For example the thousand years of revelation. Dispensationalism is of course the most literalistic eschatalogical position there is.

 

[Manuel]

I call it selective literalism, when I was premillennial my understanding of some elements in Rev 20:1-10 was literalistic but then my understanding of the rest of the New Testament's eschatological passages wasn't that literalistic.