This article specifically relates to Premillennialism in Christian eschatology, for political millenarianism and other uses of the word see Millenarianism

Premillennialism in Christian eschatology is the interpretation of chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation in the Bible which sees Christ's second coming as occurring before or pre- his literal thousand year reign on earth which some envision to be centred literally on King David's throne in Jerusalem.

Proponents of Premillennialism have existed ever since the early church fathers of Christianity. Some premillennialists throughout Church history were also Covenantalist such as Charles Haddon Spurgeon, but in its current form Premillennialism is almost completely linked to Dispensationalism and eschatological

Premillennialism is by far the dominant interpretation of the "millennium" in Revelation 20 amongst Christian evangelicals, especially in America. Premillennialism is most often associated with Futurism as regards the rest of the Book of Revelation. Premillennialism's widespread acceptance can be partly attributed to the success of such Dispensational End times thrillers as Hal Lindsey's The Late Great Planet Earth in the 1970s and more recently Tim LaHaye's Left Behind series.

Premillennialism stands in contrast to Postmillennialism and Amillennialism.

See also

• Summary of Christian eschatological differences
• Christian eschatology
• Postmillennialism
• Amillennialism
• Idealism
• Futurism
• Preterism
• Historicism
• Biblical hermeneutics