The Millennial Spectrum
This view holds that the "1,000 years" is symbolic of the current church age, with Christ reigning from heaven right now.
What is Amillennialism?
This is the "sine qua non" (essential feature) of Dispensationalism: a sharp distinction between these two groups.
Who are Israel and the Church?
This interpretive lens, often held by Preterists, views the book of Revelation as a description of 1st-century events rather than a future map.
What is Preterism?
This title is used in 2 Thessalonians 2 to describe a figure who sets himself up in God’s temple.
Who is the Man of Lawlessness?
Derived from the Greek Parousia, this term refers to the arrival or presence of Christ at His return.
What is the Second Coming?
What is the transliteration and translation of the following word: Χριστός
Christos, Christ
This optimistic view suggests that the Gospel will eventually "Christianize" the world, leading to a golden age before Christ returns.
What is Postmillennialism?
Dispensationalists typically hold to this timing for the Rapture so that God can resume His program with ethnic Israel.
What is Pre-Tribulational?
Preterists believe the majority of end-times prophecies were fulfilled during this specific year.
What is 70 AD?
This is the name of the judgment seat where believers receive rewards for their service.
What is the Bema Seat?
This doctrine suggests that Christ could return at any moment without any further signs needing to occur.
What is Imminence?
What is the transliteration and translation of the following word: ἐκκλησία
Ekklesia, Church
According to Premillennialism, Christ returns at this specific point in relation to the 1,000-year reign.
What is before the Millennium?
This term refers to the "gap" in time between God’s dealings with Israel where the Church currently exists.
What is the Parenthesis (or Mystery Age)?
To a Preterist, the "Great Tribulation" was actually this historical event.
What is the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple (by Rome)?
In Revelation 13, this figure rises from the sea and demands worship from the whole world.
Who is the Beast?
This term describes the state of a person between their physical death and the final resurrection.
What is the Intermediate State?
What is the transliration and translation of the following word: ἄνθρωπος
Anthropos, Man
This version of Premillennialism argues that the Church will remain on earth to endure the Tribulation.
What is Historic Premillennialism?
This theological view stands in contrast to Dispensationalism by claiming the Church has replaced Israel as God’s chosen people.
What is Supersessionism (or Replacement Theology)?
Preterists often identify the "Beast" of Revelation as this specific Roman Emperor.
Who is Nero?
This interpretive school views the Antichrist not as a literal person, but as a symbolic personification of evil power throughout history.
What is Idealism?
This "school" of interpretation views Revelation as a chronological "forecast" of Church history from the 1st century to today.
What is Historicism?
What is the transliration and translation of the following word: σωτηρία
Soteria, Salvation
The "Great White Throne" judgment occurs at this point in the Premillennial timeline.
What is the end of the Millennium?
Based on Romans 11, this theology argues that God has not rejected Israel but is currently working through a believing "subset" of them.
What is Remnant Theology?
The "Partial" version of this view is considered orthodox because it still maintains a future hope for this event.
What is the Second Coming (or Final Resurrection)?
According to 1 John 2:22, this is the general definition of an "antichrist."
What is anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ (or denies the Father and Son)?
This is the final destination of the redeemed, described in Revelation 21, where God dwells with man.
What are the New Heavens and the New Earth?
What is the transliration and translation of the following word: ἁρπάζω
Harpazo, Rapture (snatched up)