Three Assumptions of Premillennialism To accept the doctrine of Premillennialism involves the acceptance of certain views. We refer to these as the Three Assumptions of Premillenialism. That in no way means that these assumptions are limited to three for we believe many more can be cited. However, these are selected solely for the purpose of this brief writing. Premillennialism Assumption No. 1: All Prophecy Must Be Literally Interpreted This assumption, advanced with evangelistic fervor ignores the genre of literature of the Old Testament prophets. They often spoke in metaphor and hyperbole, using many different figures of speech to get their messages across. Such ...

Eschatology At our potluck for our church group last night we had some interesting discussions with our teenagers about money and responsibility. Are Only 144,000 Going to Heaven?, was a question asked that was as much out of place in that conversation as it is in this paragraph. After we finished some good food and a lively discussion, we had a ten minute devotional. Everything went well, but at the end of the discussion, one of the members, a really nice lady said she was called “Miss Goody-Two-Shoes” by a coworker. Her coworker told her to chill and stop being such a good person because only 144,000 people were going to heaven. She said, her minister, (a ...