postmillennialism

[pohst-mi-len-ee-uh-liz-uhm]

noun

1. the doctrine or belief that the second coming of Christ will follow the millennium.

postmillennialism

/ ˌpəʊstmɪˈlɛnɪəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. the doctrine or belief that the Second Coming of Christ will be preceded by the millennium

Other Word Forms

• postmillennialist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of postmillennialism¹

First recorded in 1875–80; postmillennial + -ism

Example Sentences

Postmillennialism: The belief that Jesus will return to Earth after the "millennium," a thousand-year messianic age in which Christian ethics prosper.

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Postmillennialism encourages a much more socially and politically activist orientation than premillennialism,

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In Christian Reconstructionist postmillennialism, the “dominion mandate” is thwarted by the Fall but restored with the Resurrection.

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In Mr. Gerson’s retelling of American religious history, liberal Christians “found better things to do with their Sundays than attend progressive services” and abandoned key Christian tenets: “Many combined their faith with the Social Gospel — a postmillennialism drained of the miraculous, with social reform taking the place of the Second Coming.”

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As conservative evangelicals embraced premillennialism and more liberal Christians turned toward postmillennialism, their approach toward aiding the poor changed in accordance with their beliefs.

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