Amillennialism and the Age to Come: A Premillennial Critique of the Two-Age Model by Matt Waymeyer

Author:Matt Waymeyer
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Kress Biblical Resources
Published: 2016-10-11T23:00:00+00:00

PART 3

The Intermediate

Kingdom

in

Revelation 20

Chapter 11

The Timing of Satan’s Binding

INTRODUCTION

Revelation 20 has long been considered the clearest and most convincing argument for the eschatology of premillennialism. For this reason, any credible defense of amillennialism must be able to make a compelling case that its own interpretation of Revelation 20 accurately expresses the divinely intended meaning of the passage. If amillennialism is not able to do so—if it is unable to demonstrate how Revelation 20:1–6 is consistent with its rejection of an intermediate kingdom—the two-age model must be modified to make room for a millennial reign of Christ between the present age and the eternal state.

In recent years, an increasing number of amillennial voices have risen to embrace this challenge. Many of them have even insisted that Revelation 20 provides more compelling evidence for amillennialism than it does for premillennialism. For example, Sam Storms points to Revelation 20 as “a strong and immovable support for the amillennial perspective;”1 Kim Riddlebarger describes it as “the weak link in any form of premillennialism;”2 and Dean Davis argues that “the amillennial approach gives us a remarkably clear, consistent, and exegetically natural interpretation of this notoriously challenging text.”3

This kind of confidence among amillennialists raises the question of whether premillennialists may have overstated the clarity of John’s teaching in Revelation 20. The purpose of chapters 11–14 is to re-examine this monumental passage in the millennial debate, with an emphasis on the amillennial interpretation of four key exegetical issues—the timing of Satan’s binding, the nature of the first resurrection, the duration of the thousand years, and the chronology of John’s visions. These four chapters will demonstrate that the case for the amillennial interpretation is unconvincing and that Revelation 20 clearly teaches a millennial kingdom between the present age and the eternal state.4

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