Any Amillennialists Here?

[JSynon]

Hi everybody, :wave:

Are there any amillennialists here?

[visionary]

The amillennialists believe the church has existed since the account in Genesis 3:15 and that the church will continue on earth until heaven and earth are destroyed. They believe in a principle of “continuity” – that nothing spiritually new occurs. So they do not believe the church started at Pentecost, since that would be something new. They believe the church has existed since the creation, and they reject the idea of a rapture since that would mean the church would disappear with no one left to preach the gospel - something new. Consequently, they do not believe the church will disappear during a time called the Tribulation. Therefore, they do not believe in a rapture either. When they come to the book of Revelation, they cannot interpret it literally since they reject the references to 42 months or 1,260 days or "time, times and half-time" (a 3.5 year period of the tribulation (Rev. 11:2; 12:6, 14; 13:5) spoken of in Daniel (Dan. 7:25; 9:27; 12:7). So they also reject a literal 1,000 year kingdom spoken of in Rev. 20:2, 5.

http://www.neverthirsty.org/pp/corner/read1/r003051.html
In order to answer, I had to find a definition of the term... it may not be exactly what you were thinking of when you asked.

So my answer to your question is .....Sort of.....
Has there been believers from the beginning and followers of the way in every generation?... yes. The Bible follows the early followers and tells their story.

Do I believe in the 1000 year millinium? yes
Do I believe in the 3.5 year period? yes
Do I believe in the seven year covenant? yes
Do I believe in the rapture? not the way presently understood.
Is there nothing new? no... God can always create or do something new, just the idea that God would die for us was a concept until Yeshua did.

So what do you understand this term means regarding beliefs?

[Hedgehog]

What would one be titled if:


I believe in the concepts of them all, but more along the lines of symbolic periods of time.

Do I believe in the 1000 year millinium?not literally no- perhaps its the "having mercy to 1,000 generations?" Honestly I dont know, havent figured it out yet.
Do I believe in the 3.5 year period? symbolic time period already happened
Do I believe in the seven year covenant? symbolic time period of which the 3.5 is 1/2 of
Do I believe in the rapture?I believe it was the going over from the old covenant to the new covenant "raptured" from the ministration of death to the new covenant, grace and mercy.
Is there nothing new? yes there is, the "church" is new.I believe there was always a body of true faithful people, that all of Israel was not "holy" just because... but that no man could enter " the temple"(body of faithful believers who under stand the mysteries now that the Holy Spirit has shed light on them) until after Jesus died.

What does that qualify me as? whacked ? ROFL

[JSynon]

I understand amillennialism to describe the belief that we are currently living in the millennium of the Revelation (that it is not literally 1,000 years).

As I understand it, preterism and amillennialism seem to go hand in hand. I should have asked if there are any preterists here.

The reason I ask is because most preterists / amillennialists see no biblical significance in the recent rebirth of the nation of Israel. It seemed unlikely to me, but I was wondering if there are any messianics here that go along with this view.