Church history shows that throughout the first three centuries of Christianity, the universal church was overwhelmingly Premillennial in its eschatology. The general idea of Premillennialism consists in the belief that the kingdom of God which was promised in the Old Testament will come to this earth with the second coming of Jesus Christ. His return is before the Millennium; hence, a “Premillennial” viewpoint.

The Old and New Testaments promise a restoration to the universe, a restoration that includes the fulfilling of every promise God made to the nation of Israel. This doctrine includes some of the following ideas:
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