There are different variations, and people who are Amil don't all believe exactly all the same things with the doctrine, but here is a short overview of what Amillennialism is:
What is Amillennialism?
Amillennialism is actually misnamed. The ‘a’ at the beginning means ‘no’, indicating the proponents of this position believe there will be no millennial reign. But that is not accurate. A better title would be something like ‘realized millennialism’, indicating that we are currently in the millennium.
This view colors all eschatology, or prophetic end times, and so in order for Amillennialism to work, much of Scripture must be allegorized, and left up the readers interpretation, instead of taking the literal view of what the Bible actually says.
Conseuently, the important prophetic passages dealing with Israel, must be "replaced" with the meaning now attributed to the Church.
This is why so many Amils are either greatly ambivalent, or outright hostile about present day Israel, and the Jews that live there. If God is finished with Israel, then they have NO Biblical claim to the Land. Some even go so far as to say they aren't even "real" Jews that live there. It inevitably leads to antisemitism and hatred of the Jews.
Here is a brief video history of where the Amil position came from. Please isolate your rebuttal to the content, NOT the person giving the content.
What is Amillennialism?
Amillennialism is actually misnamed. The ‘a’ at the beginning means ‘no’, indicating the proponents of this position believe there will be no millennial reign. But that is not accurate. A better title would be something like ‘realized millennialism’, indicating that we are currently in the millennium.
This view colors all eschatology, or prophetic end times, and so in order for Amillennialism to work, much of Scripture must be allegorized, and left up the readers interpretation, instead of taking the literal view of what the Bible actually says.
Conseuently, the important prophetic passages dealing with Israel, must be "replaced" with the meaning now attributed to the Church.
This is why so many Amils are either greatly ambivalent, or outright hostile about present day Israel, and the Jews that live there. If God is finished with Israel, then they have NO Biblical claim to the Land. Some even go so far as to say they aren't even "real" Jews that live there. It inevitably leads to antisemitism and hatred of the Jews.
Here is a brief video history of where the Amil position came from. Please isolate your rebuttal to the content, NOT the person giving the content.
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