Postmillennialists distinguish between the Messianic or Millennial Kingdom and the consummate kingdom.1 The consummate kingdom is the eternal state, but the Messianic or Millennial Kingdom is fulfilled in time, not eternity, and will cease to exist at a certain point in time. As to the timing of the Millennium, Kik states: So when we speak of the kingdom of God, the millennial kingdom, and even the kingdom (Christ’s) of glory, we refer to the kingdom that God has given exclusively to the God-man
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