END TIMES

This is from The Vineyard Statement of Faith …

THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE FINAL JUDGMENT

We believe that God's kingdom has come in the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ, that it continues to come in the ministry of the Spirit through the Church, and that it will be consummated in the glorious, visible and triumphant appearing of Christ; His return to the earth as King. After Christ returns to reign, He will bring about the final defeat of Satan and all of his minions and works, the resurrection of the dead, the final Judgment and the eternal blessing of the righteous and eternal conscious punishment of the wicked. Finally, God will be all in all and His kingdom, His rule and reign, will be fulfilled in the new heavens and the new earth, recreated by His mighty power, in which righteousness dwells and in which He will forever be worshipped.

The Vineyard’s emphasis on the already, but not yet of the Kingdom of God has implications for our view of the End Times. Without getting into all the intricate details of the eschatology (the study of the End Times), this means the Vineyard leans toward Classic Premillennialism and A-millennialism because these views embrace the already, but not yet of the Kingdom. The Vineyard, therefore, leans away from Postmillennialism and Dispensational Premillennialism because these views reject the already, but not yet of the Kingdom.