What Is Our Future?
In this video, I summarize the three distinct views of evangelicals regarding the millennium, a period of one thousand years in which Christ reigns over his kingdom on earth.
What Is Our Future?
Kevin Probst
9/19/2025
Where is history headed? Where are we going? What is in the future?
Among evangelical Christians, there are three prominent views as to how the future will unfold. The theological terms for these are: Amillennialism, Premillennialism, and Postmillennialism.
All three views affirm that Christ is sovereign over the universe, that he is the promised Savior, and that he is coming again to rule and reign over the earth. These are common beliefs shared by all three views.
These three views are all different interpretations of what is referred to in the Bible as the Millennium. This is the thousand-year reign of Christ here upon the earth. A thousand years may seem a lot to you, but in view of Christ’s eternal reign, it is just a minuscule amount of time.
Again, there is no disagreement that he is coming. The question is “When”?
Amillennialist - Going back to the Greek, you know that putting an ‘a’ in front of the word means “no “. So, Amillennialism means no millennium. A theist is someone who believes in God. An atheist is someone who does not.
Amillennialists (there is no millennium) believe the millennium is a metaphor. The thousand-year period spoken of in the Bible is not to be taken literally. When he comes, his heavenly kingdom begins, and life on earth is over. Is this really what scripture teaches? Does the Bible not teach us that history unfolds in space and time? Will the future not also unfold in like manner? All the prophecies of the Old Testament were realized in space and time, but all the prophecies about a future kingdom are simply metaphors?
Postmillennialists believe that Christ is going to come after the church has had such an impact on the world for good that it is finally good enough for Christ to come back and establish a kingdom.
Postmillennialism was much more prevalent at the dawn of the 20th century. Perhaps it was Charles Darwin’s influence that planted certain seeds of thought within the church. Darwin’s evolutionary theory reached far beyond biology. Society itself was evolving, becoming better and better. At some point, our world would improve and Christ could say, “Man has finally prepared the way for my return.”
During this period of history, we experienced a great revolution in industry. Many conveniences have made our lives so much easier. Prolonged periods of peace were experienced, especially in Europe. Governments were becoming more democratic in nature. Things were getting better and better until World War I, the war that was to end all wars. This war was a wake-up call to global society. Things are NOT getting better; perhaps things are worse than ever. If there were any not yet convinced, World War II was just around the corner to convince any remaining doubters.
I am sure that in 2025, there must be very few people who think we are making good progress toward making the world better and better in preparation for Christ’s return. The world is broken, and we can’t fix it.
Premillennialism - Most evangelical Americans are premillennialists who believe that Christ is coming back suddenly to reign on earth for a literal period of one thousand years. This fulfills many Old Testament prophecies. The end of that thousand-year reign of Christ marks the beginning of His heavenly kingdom.
Perhaps this literal thousand-year reign of Christ upon the earth reveals to mankind what life was supposed to be like had not Adam and Eve sinned. If sin had not happened, would the lamb lie down with the lion? Would there be perpetual peace on earth? Would lifespans be prolonged? Those living in that millennial kingdom will look forward to an even greater perfection in the eternal kingdom that will follow.