Two-thirds of the doctrinal teaching of the New Testament has to do with future things.

And how we understand God's promises about the future have a dramatic impact on our personal

confidence, our personal involvement, whether we're going to be pessimistic and say why bother,

or whether we're going to be aggressive and working for the fulfillment of the agenda that Christ

gave to His Church.

When it comes to our view of the End Times, as you just heard Arcee Sproul say,

it has implications for how we view the world, how we live here and now as Christians,

and today we'll be discussing one of the most debated areas of the End Times, the millennium.

I'm glad you're with us today for renewing your mind, as we'll be providing an overview

of the most prominent understandings of the millennium that's recorded for us in Revelation

chapter 20. It's Saturday, we are working our way through Dr. Sproul's overview of systematic

theology, and we're currently in a section discussing eschatology. That's the study of the

last things, whether that's what happens when we die, the return of Christ, or the final judgment,

and you can add this 60 message DVD set to your library when you request a copy with your donation

of any amount at renewingermind.org. Amil, Postmil, Premil, what do these labels mean?

Here's Arcee Sproul with an overview of the millennium.

Today in a spirit of fear and trembling, we're going to approach the concept of the millennium,

which is one of the most highly debated issues there ever has been with respect to eschatology.

In fact, it's been said about my views of the millennium that they're very much like the weather

in central Florida. If you don't like it, wait five minutes, and it'll change. And there's a lot

of truth to that because I've skated through just about every millennial position there is in my

own pilgrimage as a Christian, and every time I land on a millennial position, I land like

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