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Amillennialism (Greek: ''a-'' "no" + millennialism), in Christian eschatology, involves the rejection of the belief that Jesus will have a literal, thousand-year-long, physical reign on the earth. This rejection contrasts with premillennial and some postmillennial interpretations of (chapter 20 ) of the Book of Revelation. The amillennial view regards the "thousand years" mentioned in Revelation 20 as a symbolic number, not as a literal description; amillennialists hold that the millennium has already begun and is identical with the current church age. Amillennialism holds that while Christ's reign during the millennium is spiritual in nature, at the end of the church age, Christ will return in final judgment and establish a permanent reign in the new heaven and new earth. Many proponents dislike the name "amillennialism" because it emphasizes their differences with premillennialism rather than their beliefs about the millennium. "Amillennial" was actually coined in a pejorative way by those who hold premillennial views. Some proponents also prefer alternate terms such as nunc-millennialism (that is, now-millennialism) or realized millennialism, although these other names have achieved only limited acceptance and usage.〔 Anthony Hoekema, ("Amillennialism" ) 〕 ==Teaching== Amillennialism rejects the idea of a future "millennium" in which Christ will reign on earth prior to the eternal state beginning, but holds: * that Jesus is presently reigning from heaven, seated at the right hand of God the Father, * that Jesus also is and will remain with the church until the end of the world, as he promised at the Ascension, * that at Pentecost, the millennium began, as is shown by Peter using the prophecies of Joel, about the coming of the kingdom, to explain what was happening, * and that, therefore the Church and its spread of the good news is Christ's Kingdom and forever will be. Amillennialists cite scripture references to the kingdom not being a physical realm: * Matthew 12:28, where Jesus cites his driving out of demons as evidence that the kingdom of God had come upon them * Luke 17:20–21, where Jesus warns that the coming of the kingdom of God can not be observed, and that it is among them * Romans 14:17, where Paul speaks of the kingdom of God being in terms of the Christians' actions In particular, Amillennialists regard the thousand-year period as a figurative expression of Christ's reign being perfectly completed, as the "thousand hills" referred to in Psalm 50:10, the hills on which God owns the cattle, are all hills, and the "thousand generations" in 1 Chronicles 16:15, the generations for which God will be faithful, refer to all generations. (Some postmillennialists and nearly all premillennialists hold that the word ''millennium'' should be taken to refer to a literal thousand-year period.) Amillennialism also teaches that the binding of Satan, described in Revelation, has already occurred; he has been prevented from "deceiving the nations" by the spread of the gospel. This is the first binding he suffered in history after his fall from heaven. Nonetheless, good and evil will remain mixed in strength throughout history and even in the church, according to the amillennial understanding of the Parable of the Wheat and Tares. Amillennialism is sometimes associated with Idealism, as both. schools teach a symbolic interpretation of many of the prophecies of the Bible and especially of the Book of Revelation. However, many amillennialists do believe in the literal fulfillment of Biblical prophecies; they simply disagree with Millennialists about how or when these prophecies will be fulfilled. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amillennialism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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