Identifying the Views
This view, which emerged in the 1800s, believes Jesus returns after a seven-year tribulation to rule for a literal 1,000 years.
What is Dispensational Premillennialism?
In Dispensational Premillennialism, what is the name of the event where Christ removes Christians from the earth before the Great Tribulation?
What is the Rapture?
Which view is the only one of the four that considers the modern state of Israel to be relevant to the prophecies in Revelation?
What is Dispensational Premillennialism?
his Latin-derived word refers to the 1,000-year reign of Jesus described in Revelation 20:4-6.
What is the Millennium?
Which two famous Reformers are listed as supporters of the Amillennial view?
Who are Martin Luther and John Calvin?
Identify the belief that the millennium is not a literal 1,000 years, but rather the spiritual reign of Jesus in the hearts of his followers.
What is Amillennialism?
Both Amillennialism and Postmillennialism agree that the Second Coming and this event occur at the same time.
What is the Final Judgment?
Historical Premillennialists believe God’s promises of land to Abraham were not unconditional, but were based on this.
What is their obedience?
What term refers to a Satanic counterfeit of Jesus, described as "lawless" and as a "beast"?
Who is the Antichrist?
Postmillennialism diminished in popularity in the early 1900s due to these two factors.
What are world war and economic depression?
Which view was popular among Christians just after the apostles and teaches that the church has replaced Israel as God’s covenant people?
What is Historical Premillennialism?
According to the comparison table, which is the only view that believes Jesus returns after the millennium?
What is Postmillennialism?
Dispensationalists believe all references to "Israel" in the book of Revelation refer to what specific entity?
What is the nation of Israel?
Based on a valley where Gideon and Saul fought, what is the symbol of the point of decisive conflict?
What is Armageddon?
This view emerged in the 1800s among which group?
Who are the Plymouth Brethren?
This perspective suggests that the world will gradually improve through the preaching of the gospel until most of the world submits to Jesus.
What is Postmillennialism?
While most Dispensationalists are "pre-tribulationists," what do "mid-tribulationists" believe?
What is the belief that the Rapture will occur during (mid-way through) the tribulation?
Which view holds that most references to Israel in Revelation are symbolic references to the people of God on earth?
What is Amillennialism?
What is the study of the Bible's teachings about the events leading up to the second coming of Jesus?
What is Eschatology?
Who was the earliest writer (1135–1202) clearly identified as a Postmillennialist?
Who was Joachim of Fiore?
Supporters of this view include Early Church Fathers like Irenaeus and Justin Martyr, as well as modern scholars like George E. Ladd.
What is Historical Premillennialism?
Historical Premillennialism teaches that the Great Tribulation serves what specific purpose for the churches?
What is to purify the churches by rooting out false believers?
Dispensationalists argue the church is not mentioned in Revelation between which two specific chapters?
What are Chapters 4 and 19?
Some see the "Mark of the Beast" as a physical mark, but what is the alternative interpretation mentioned in the glossary?
What is a reference to someone's actions ("hand") and beliefs ("forehead")?
Which 5th-century figure is cited as possibly being the first amillennialist?
Who is Augustine?