Sunday’s message looked at two passages on the “now and not yet” reality of the kingdom of Christ (Luke 17 and 21). While we didn’t spend any time talking about the different interpretive timelines of the “last days” — Premillennialism, Postmillennialism, Amillennialism, etc. — the below charts show the basic eschatological options.

AMILLENNIALISM

POSTMILLENNIALISM

HISTORIC (CLASSIC) PREMILLENNIALISM

DISPENSATIONAL PREMILLENIALISM

These are taken from Capitol Hill Baptist Church’s Core Seminar on Systematic Theology.

For further reading, I’d recommend:

• Millard Erickson, A Basic Guide to Eschatology
• “An Evening of Eschatology” — a conversation on the Millennium with John Piper, Sam Storms, Doug Wilson, and Jim Hamilton (available for free in video, audio, or text formats)
• Anthony Hoekema, The Bible and the Future
• Kim Riddlebarger, A Case for Amillennialism
• Sam Storm’s many articles on eschatology, including three (Pt 1, 2, 3) on the Olivet Discourse (Mt. 24 and Lk. 21)
• Craig Blomberg and Sung-Wook Chung (ed.), A Case for Historic Premillennialism