Revelation 21 (CSB)

Amillennialism: the millennium is symbolic of the present age of the church between Christ’s first and second coming

Postmillennialism: Christ will return in the future after a golden age of righteousness and renewal on Earth

Premillennialism: Christ will return before a literal 1,000-year earthly reign

Jesus will return in power to put an end to evil and redeem his followers

Christian hope is not rooted in escaping earth, but living in expectation for God to renew it

Christian escapism: the use of religious beliefs to avoid confronting difficult realities by focusing solely on a future afterlife

Withdraw from mission

Passive towards injustice

Disengaged with culture

Distorted view of God

God doesn’t abandon creation — he moves in.

When the world is renewed, heaven isn’t the only thing left

God doesn’t want us to get out, he wants to get in

God makes all things new, not all new things

Every inch of God’s new world will be his home

Live like a citizen of the New Jerusalem now

Live as a prophetic sign of things to come