Buis, an amillenarian belonging to the preterist school of interpretation, believes that the thousand years describe the period between the first and second advents of Christ. His reasons for holding this position are typical of the amillennial position: 1. No other passage of Scripture mentions such a thousand-year period. Obscure passages are to be interpreted in the light of less obscure passages, and not vice versa. 2. The entire book [of Revelation] is one filled with symbolism; therefore any doctrine based on insisting upon a literal thousand-year period is building on a weak foundation.
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