Postmillenial Idealism

What is it? What does the Bible say about it?

According to Ross Taylor's interpretation of Revelation, Idealists believe the following concepts:

Between messages for the first century and prophecies of the far future, Revelation deals chiefly with principles that are always valid in Christian experience.
The beast is the Roman empire of John's day but also a succession of ungodly empires leading to the last empire from which the antichrist will come.
Because Christians have been persecuted throughout the generations, each generation should be able to identify who their beast is.

Ross Taylor is a postmillenialist who thinks that the "idealist interpretation is probably the most relevant today." Check out his commentary on revelation here.

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