oming, second resurrection at the second coming. This alone makes me mad. Along with the resurrection wickedness, amillenialists will disagree with the thousand year reign on earth. Revelation 20:3 speaks about Satan being locked away in the abyss so that he cannot tempt or deceive the nations - - earth. I personally believe that God will reign in both heaven and on earth during the thousand year period.Dispensational Premillennialism Dispensationalism is "a period of time during which man is tested in respect to his obedience to some specific revelation of the will of God" (Pentecost 391). There are three components of dispensationalism that I need to go over before I get deeper into the theology of it; first, dispensationalism consistently interprets the Bible literally. I have found that other views go literal and symbolic, depending on the subject, but not dispensationalism. Second, dispensationalism distinguishes between the church and Israel. This kind of approach allows us to understand that at one time, God was dealing with Israel, but now He is dealing with the church, and one day He will deal with Israel again. Lastly, dispensationalism has to do with understanding God's ultimate purpose; that is, God's drawing His people to Him by the sacrifice of His son. Finding these components were very easy to locate. Dispensational interpretations of the Biblical clearly focus on the need for deliverance, by bringing out the dismal position man is in without Christ, and then it showing God's amazing grace through salvation. The Dispensational Premillennial view believes that Christ will return before the millennium (pre-tribulation) - - the thousand years. There are two stages or phases that must happen. First, "the church will be raptured out of the earth seven years prior to the commencement of the millennium" (Gregg 458). The church represents the resurrection of all true believers: Jew and Gentile, ...
