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The Pillars of Amillenialism

What is the main definition of Amillenialism? More specifically, what are the main pillars of it, those main doctrines that define it? I dislike that this belief is framed in such a negative way. Any system that begins with a negative in the very name gets low marks from those who do not look beyond the surface. They hastily give Amill an "F" for the "A" in the name. People have come to me saying that we are the ones "who don't believe the Millennium." Often they probe further to see what other things we "don't believe". I just wish there was a short, positive way of stating that truth. And, to me at least, "Realized Millennialism" doesn't fit the bill, that first word taking too much time to explain.

At any rate, I got to thinking about, positively speaking, what Amill does mean. I came up with these below. By calling them pillars - and maybe you would disagree - I don't mean to infer that they are not interconnected. But it's a start.

Elevated view of God: God is sovereign and His actions and purposes on Earth reflect that.

Unified Word of God: The Old and New Testament are part of a unified whole. Much of the Old Testament, since I became Amill - and especially, Reformed - has suddenly taken on much greater applicational richness. A lot of the "That was back then" and "That's way in the future" verses have now become wonderful spiritual life-giving manna for me in the gritty here-an-now.

Unified people of God: There is only one people of God. The heritage of the saints is traceable even in the OT. Connected to this pillar, is a doing away with of any separate plan for Jews in some imagined future period. God does not rebuild walls that came down through the death of Christ (Eph. 2:12ff).

More to come later....

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