Right from the first centuries, the scenario of the second coming of Jesus was interpreted spiritually-allegorically by some, and by others politically-ecclesiastical. As we have learned from the previous article of this series, even the main millenarian movement in antiquity (Montanism) led to an anti-apocalyptic reaction on the part of Moderate Christianity. Is this rejection of apocalyptic millenarianism justified? What does Revelation actually predict?
The Second Coming Files. A 2000-Year Inquiry Part II: Millenarianism as a forgotten orthodoxy
