Major Divisions of Belief in Christianity

Major Divisions of Belief in Christianity

Christian “Eschatological views on the Second Coming”

There are Anti-Millenialists; those who hold this belief usually refer to the books of Daniel and Revelations. They normally do not hold that Revelations writes of literal things that actually will happen. Then there are the Non-Millenialists or Amillenialists, who believe that the Kingdom of God is on earth, right now. Then there are the Post-Millenialists, who hold that we are approaching the point where we will have the Kingdom of God. They believe that when they have converted enough people to Christianity then Jesus Christ will return and reign for 1000 years, judging people and resurrecting the dead. They normally do not have much to say about the “Rapture” or the “Tribulation” as do the Pre-Millenialists, who hold that the Kingdom of God will be preceded by a “rapture,” or taking up of those who believe in Jesus Christ both dead and alive after a period known as the “great tribulation.” There are presently three primary Christian sectarian views Orthodox, Liberal, and Fundamentalist.

Why do you think the Christian Fundamentalists are primarily Pre-Millenialists?