Varieties of Eschatological Theories Chapter 7 Special Literary Forms, Virkler's Hermeneutics pg 178

Virkler attempts to justify 3 Theories

• 1. Premillennialism Christ will return before the millennium, set up a literal 1,000 year earthly kingdom headquartered in Jerusalem
• 2. Postmillennialism Through evangelism, the world eventually will be reached for Christ and experience joy and peace because of its obedience to God, and Christ will return at the end of this millennium
• 3. Amillennialism a form of postmill wherein millennium is symbolic referring to the time (but not 1,000) when Christ rules symbolically in human hearts and IF He does return (as His return might only be symbolic as well) it will simply end this period.