Premillennialism expects Christ to return before (pre-) the thousand years of Revelation. Premillennial theologies expect life to grow worse and worse as we draw near to the coming of Christ. Postmillennialism looks for Christ’s second coming after (post-) the millennium, understood as a time when Christ will reign from heaven through the power of the gospel. Postmillennial theology looks on the world with optimism, expecting things to grow better as we approach the millennium. Amillennialism does not see the millennium in Revelation as a future thousand years. The millennium is read as a
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