Definition
Amillennialism (from Greek a- = “not” + millennium) is the eschatological position that interprets the thousand-year kingdom of Rev. 20 not as a literal future period but symbolically or as already present. Christ currently reigns as King from heaven; the “thousand years” of Rev. 20:1-6 represent the entire church age between the first and second comings. At the second coming the resurrection of the dead and the final judgment occur simultaneously, immediately followed by the new creation.
Amillennialism is the most prevalent position in the Reformed and Lutheran traditions. It appeals to the symbolic language of Revelation as apocalyptic genre, the already-inaugurated royal reign of Christ (Eph. 1:20-22), and the single resurrection depicted in John 5:28-29.
Usage in the Corpus
None of the five corpus authors holds an explicitly amillennial position. Jones and Bullinger are futurist-premillennial. Warnock, Noordzij, and Nee/Lee emphasize the spiritual realization of the Kingdom in the present without denying its future consummation — a stance that shares elements with amillennialism but transcends the categorical schema. Amillennialism functions in this corpus primarily as a contrast position.