If you are looking to understand postmillennialism, the Dictionary of Christianity in America offers a typical definition: postmillennialism is “the belief that the return of Christ will take place after the millennium, which may be a literal period of peace and prosperity or else a symbolic representation of the final triumph of the gospel.”[1] This definition is accurate, as far as it goes, but an optimistic amillennial (like myself) could generally affirm everything contained in this definition.[2] I also essentially agree with everything contained in the definition Keith Mathison provides in his book Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope?
According to postmillennialism, in the present age, the Holy Spirit will draw unprecedented multitudes to Christ through the faithful preaching of the gospel. Among the multitudes who will be converted are the ethnic Israelites who have thus far rejected the Messiah. At the end of the present age, Christ will return, there will be a general resurrection of the just and the unjust, and the final judgment will take place.[3]
Nor do I balk at the six ways Mathison defines Postmillennialism elsewhere in the same book. Let me form his points into questions.[4]
“The kingdom of Christ has been
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