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R.C. Sproul on the millennium & Christ's return

1939 – 2017 · PRESBYTERIAN (PCA)
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Amillennial — the millennium is the present church age

THE POSITION

Generally understood to hold amillennialism combined with a substantially preterist reading of the Olivet Discourse, developed at length in his book The Last Days According to Jesus — in contrast to the dispensational premillennialism common among some of his contemporaries. Not confirmed against a video this round; no eschatological-timing material was reached in the Trinity or Resurrection playlists.

6 OTHERS HOLD THIS

AquinasAugustineCalvinTim KellerLutherPhilip Melanchthon
Premillennial — Christ returns before a future millenniumIRENAEUS · JOHN MACARTHUR · JUSTIN PETERS · JOHN PIPER
Postmillennial — the gospel triumphs before Christ returnsJONATHAN EDWARDS · JOHN OWEN
No required position; several views held faithfullyATHANASIUS · M. HEISER · JOSH HOWERTON · SECOND LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION · WESTMINSTER CONFESSION
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Founder of Ligonier Ministries and teaching elder in the PCA. Chaired the drafting committee for the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy; best known for The Holiness of God and for popularizing Reformed theology — the five solas and TULIP — for a lay audience.

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"R.C. Sproul on the millennium & Christ's return", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/sproul/millennium (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/sproul/millennium).

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