Can someone explain to me..

[Mormon Red Death]

What happens after the millenium?

Satan gets loosed for season...

Battle of Gog and Magog

Judgement


My question is.... Why loose satan for a season? Why not just have the judgment at the end of the millenium? Won't there be ressurected people living on earth at the time of Gog and Magog? How do they fit in the war?

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

What happens after the millenium?

My question is.... Why loose satan for a season? Why not just have the judgment at the end of the millenium? Won't there be ressurected people living on earth at the time of Gog and Magog? How do they fit in the war?

ooh, that makes me curious. Are Mormons pre-millenialists, post-millenialists, or a-millenialists? Or does that question not make sense in an LDS context?

Feel free to disregard this and continue with MRD's thought. That was just a tangential inquiry I had.

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

ooh, that makes me curious. Are Mormons pre-millenialists, post-millenialists, or a-millenialists? Or does that question not make sense in an LDS context?

Could you define those terms?

[UtahDan]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Could you define those terms?

Careful Barb. Don't tell him anything you wouldn't want put into the dossier he is compiling.

[Indy Coug]

As long as she doesn't join the church, she doesn't have anything to worry about.

[BarbaraGordon]

Well, premillennialism and postmillennialism presume an actual, bodily return of Christ. One party argues that this will occur before the millennium, the other argues that this will occur after.

A-millennialists believe that the entire thing is a metaphor. There is no bodily return of Christ and there is no literal millennial reign.

[Indy Coug]

Based on that, I'd say we're premillennialists. We're definitely not a-millennialists.

[Mormon Red Death]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Well, premillennialism and postmillennialism presume an actual, bodily return of Christ. One party argues that this will occur before the millennium, the other argues that this will occur after.

A-millennialists believe that the entire thing is a metaphor. There is no bodily return of Christ and there is no literal millennial reign.

Pre-millenialist... Christ ushers in the millenium

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

Pre-millenialist... Christ ushers in the millenium

Interesting. Very standard evangelical response.

[minn_stat]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Well, premillennialism and postmillennialism presume an actual, bodily return of Christ. One party argues that this will occur before the millennium, the other argues that this will occur after.

A-millennialists believe that the entire thing is a metaphor. There is no bodily return of Christ and there is no literal millennial reign.

One aspect of pre- and post- millennialism that I find interesting is that premillenialism generally views the millenial reign as happening because Christ comes to cleanse the earth of wickedness, while postmillenialism views the millenium as at least partially being brought about by the human family choosing to live in such a way that makes the millenium possible. I've discussed this with a few LDS friends, who almost invariably lean towards the postmillenialist view in this regard, although they all see elements of both. This seems to be tied to LDS theology about individual progression, making it natural to see human history about humanity's progression, that God is building society as a whole as well as individuals. And when at least a significant portion of society is ready to live by a higher law, the time is right for Christ's return. I tend to lean towards this aspect of postmillenialism, although by more formal definitions, I would agree that the church is definitely premillenialist.