After nearly 2,000 years, conservative evangelical theologians remain deadlocked over the existence of a future 1,000-year earthly messianic kingdom (the restoration) before the end of the world on the last day and the beginning of the new heavens and new earth. In one camp are premillennialists, who believe that the kingdom will be restored to Israel when Christ comes again to this earth to reign as King of kings and Lord of lords. In the other camp are amillennialists and postmillennialists, who believe that there is no literal future 1,000-year restoration—that the second coming of Christ will be on the last day, when the body is resurrected, transformed and taken to heaven (the transformation). The Bible-believing church, in accord on many other essential doctrines, has not been able to reach a consensus on this divisive issue. Christians agree that Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah, but amazingly, they cannot agree on the nature of the messianic kingdom.The new eschatology (theory of end times) presented in this book finally solves this biblical puzzle that has confounded scholars for so long by offering a totally new understanding of a future 1,000-year messianic kingdom followed by the transformation (Christ’s second coming) on the last day. Postrestoration asserts that Christ returns after (post) a literal 1,000-year restoration. This new framework for the biblical future will bring clarity to this highly confused subject. Postrestoration will present a major challenge to all existing views of eschatology and is certain to play a pivotal role in all future discussions on the nature of the messianic kingdom.
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