Postmillennialism

  • An eschatology in which Christ returns to establish the Kingdom of Heaven after humans have finished most of the work of renewing the world. This has historically been associated with optimism about humanity's future, as it predicts that human progress will continue in an upward trajectory, until reaching a disruptive point.
  • Often combined with Preterism, which interprets many of the events of Book of Revelation as having already happened.
  • Some might compare this to a belief in technological progress leading to the Singularity.
  • Francis Bacon formulated a Postmillennial Eschatology
  • Evangelicalism began as Postmillennialism
    • Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, George Whitefield, Charles Finney
    • John Wesley (1703–1791) recovers Physical Eschatology
    • Seventh-Day Adventism (1863) recovers Physical Eschatology. Act it out in health, education, personal life.
    • Postmillennialism launches modern missionary movement
  • Stone-Campbell Movement
  • Patristic Postmillennialism

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Second Coming

…en important historically: - Preterism holds that some or all of the anticipated aspects of the Parousia have already occurred. - Postmillennialism holds that a thousand years of wonder will occur before the Parousia completes the…

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Francis Bacon

…e Royal Society - Thomas Jefferson - American Postmillennialism - Stone-Campbell Movement -

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Stone-Campbell Movement

…on - Alexander Campbell extensively inspired by empiricism of Francis Bacon - Alexander Campbell embraced Postmillennialism (also associated with Francis Bacon) and named his most significant publication Millennial Harbinger - Christian Transhumanist Association connections - Micah…

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Physical Eschatology

…millennialism - Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, George Whitefield, Charles Finney - John Wesley (1703–1791) recovers Physical Eschatology - Seventh-Day Adventism (1863) recovers Physical Eschatology. Act it out in…

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Alexander Campbell

…ion, personal life. - Postmillennialism launches modern missionary movement - Stone-Campbell Movement - Alexander Campbell's Millennial Harbinger - David Lipscomb - Patristic Postmillennialism

Book of Revelation

…nue in an upward trajectory, until reaching a disruptive point. - Often combined with Preterism, which interprets many of the events of Book of Revelation as having already…