40 Year Millennium?
Sam Frost
Further, I have taken from other commentators (Gentry and David Chilton included) that Revelation 19 was fulfilled in the apocalyptic events of 70 AD. Therefore, the end of Millennial scheme refers to the Great Tribulation period of 66-70 AD. This places the “1000 years” between the advent of Christ’s birth, ministry, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, session, and finally, his fullness in the Parousia (that “God is all in all”).
Dr. Gentry objects to the Premillennial literalism of 1000 earth years, and chides what he calls the “hyperpreterist” shortening of the 1000 years between Pentecost and 70 AD. This “reduces Christ’s reign” to 40 years. The problem here is that Christ’s reign is eternal, and has no length of years. I think he misses the point. Further, we have gone 1000 years over since Pentecost, and Dr. Gentry posits that it might be “10,000 years” (p.348, 559). He is correct if he simply stays with what he wrote, and that is, the Millennium is “a complete and perfect time” (p.348).
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