Models of Premillennialism

by Sung Wook Chung; David Mathewson

Publisher:

Cascade Books

, 2018

Overview

The meaning of “the millennium”—the thousand-year reign of Christ spoken of in Revelation 20—has been controversial for much of the church’s history, and even the main perspectives on the matter turn out to be more variegated than is often realized. This book takes the oldest of those options, premillennialism, and offers an excellent introduction to a variety of models of premillennialism currently available, including classical dispensationalism, progressive dispensationalism, historic premillennialism, thematic premillennialism, and historic premillennialism in Asian context. The product of collaboration between a systematic theologian and a New Testament scholar, this book provides a fascinating reference tool for anyone interested in what Scripture teaches about the last things of redemptive history, the Parousia, and the millennial kingdom.

Key Features

• Explores five major proposals aligned with premillennialist views
• Examines hermeneutical principles, major tenets, origins, and developments
• Written for scholars, students, pastors, and lay people

Contents

• Foreword by Craig Blomberg
• Introduction
• Historic Premillennialism
• Classical Dispensational Premillennialism
• Progressive Dispensationalism
• Thematic Millennialism
• Historic Premillennialism in South Korea
• Concluding Reflections on Premillennialism

Top Highlights

“Nowadays, a considerable number of dispensationalists are open to adopting a posttribulational or even midtribulational view of the rapture.” (Page 41)

“Most historic premillennialists advocate a posttribulational rapture rather than a pretribulational rapture” (Page 4)

“‘God’s people’ in chapter 13 should arguably be construed to be churches rather than the Jews” (Page 38)

“classical dispensationalists interpret ‘God’s people’ here to be the Jews left behind after” (Page 38)

“participating in the same promises of salvation as Jews” (Page 55)

Product Details

• Title: Models of Premillennialism
• Authors: Sung Wook Chung and David L. Mathewson
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock
• Publication Date: 2018
• Pages: 152
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Eschatology

About the Authors

Sung Wook Chung is Professor of Christian Theology at Denver Seminary

David Mathewson is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary.

Sample Pages from Models of Premillennialism