Theology for the Church Historic Premillennialism with Jim Hamilton
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Oct 6, 2025 Jim Hamilton, Senior Pastor of Kenwood Baptist Church and a professor of Biblical Theology, explores the nuances of Historic Premillennialism. He discusses the significance of Revelation 20 and the two resurrections presented in the New Testament. Hamilton connects Old Testament prophecies to premillennial views, emphasizing the timeline of tribulation, Christ's return, and the new creation. He addresses interpretative challenges and highlights the relationship between Israel and the Church, along with the symbolic nature of biblical timelines.
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Early Formation Through Preaching And Study
- Jim Hamilton first learned end-times teaching from Tommy Nelson and later studied Revelation and Daniel in seminary and pastoral ministry.
- He solidified his views while preparing to preach Daniel and Revelation and learning Aramaic for exegesis.
Read Revelation Against Itself
- Revelation must be read as a literary unity and its symbols compared within the book to interpret them rightly.
- The thousand years in Revelation 20 functions as a long symbolic period distinct from the shorter 3.5-year tribulation motifs.
Sequence In Revelation 20
- Revelation 20 shows a sequence: Satan bound, martyrs raised in a 'first resurrection,' a thousand-year reign, then the rest of the dead raised.
- Hamilton argues alternative amillennial readings (spiritualized resurrection) strain the text and its language of bodily rising.
