For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. Peoples shall stream to it, and many nations shall come. In the days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains. With an equally exciting vision of earthly hope, the prophet Micah promised,
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They will not hurt or destroy on my holy mountain for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea (11:6-9). The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den. The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them. The concept of an earthly millennium also harkens back to the dreams of the Hebrew prophets for a period of peace and prosperity on earth. The concept usually refers to a long reign of the Messiah on earth.
The Greek word translated “millennium” occurs six times in Revelation 20 and it means a thousand-year period. What was that speculation and how did it impact Wesley’s preaching? As we shall see in this article, John Wesley participated in speculation about the coming millennium.
Ideas about the so-called millennium or millennial reign of Christ on earth is usually part of the discussion of “end things.” While the millennial reign of Christ on earth is not usually a major discussion point in Wesleyan theology, John Wesley’s speculation about a millennium did occur in some of his later sermons. Though eschatology was not in the forefront of Wesley’s preaching, it was always in the background of his preaching because of what he believed to be the possible, even probable, extent of God’s soteriological work in this world.
Is the preacher seeking a great spiritual awakening in history or just trying to get a few souls into heaven as an escape from the downward spiral of Christian culture in this world? John Wesley looked for a period of great revival in history before God consummates the kingdom on this earth. What is God doing in history? How a preacher answers this question will impact the content of preaching.
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