The 2^nd Coming of Jesus – Millennialism

     There are 3 different types of millennialism. They are:

Pre-millennialism…this type believes that the 2^nd Coming of Jesus will happen before the millennium. That when Jesus returns, He will then set up His Kingdom.

Post-millennialism…this type believes that the 2^nd Coming of Jesus will happen at the end of the millennium.

Amillennialism…this type believes that the 2^nd Coming of Jesus will happen after the millennium. But that the millennium will be a spiritual, symbolic one and probably not 1,000 years in length.

Pre-millennialism can be further divided into:
– dispensational premillennialism…these people believe that the rapture and the 2^nd Coming are 2 separate events with the rapture happening before the 7 year tribulation starts (pre-tribulational) or during the tribulation (mid-tribulational) and the 2^nd Coming happening after the 7 year tribulation period.
– historic premillennialism…these people believe that the rapture and 2^nd Coming are the same event and will happen at the end of the 7 year tribulation period.

     These graphs illustrate the pre, mid & post tribulation views…

                                                                                                                            Pre-Tribulational view;

  Mid-Tribulational view;

Post-Tribulational view;

These types of graphs help to illustrate these different viewpoints: