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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A premillenarian.
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Examples
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We might feel confusion over Pastor Bakker's change of theological heart until we learn that he owes the IRS $6 million -- a circumstance that would probably make His Holiness the Dalai Lama a premillennialist.
Daniel Krotz: Jim Bakker and the Counterfeit Hell Robbers Daniel Krotz 2010
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Reagan may have been a premillennialist, and that may have drawn the bright lines of his belief against the evil of the Soviet Union, but he negotiated with Mikhail Gorbachev and allowed the Shah of Iran to die a dignified death in the U.S. over the objection of most conservatives.
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Reagan may have been a premillennialist, and that may have drawn the bright lines of his belief against the evil of the Soviet Union, but he negotiated with Mikhail Gorbachev and allowed the Shah of Iran to die a dignified death in the U.S. over the objection of most conservatives.
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The Nazis looked for the marks to identify a Jew as thoroughly and eagerly as any premillennialist did for Antichrist.
Terry Krepel: Life Imitates The Daily Show: WorldNetDaily Wants You To Think Obama Is the Antichrist 2009
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Reagan may have been a premillennialist, and that may have drawn the bright lines of his belief against the evil of the Soviet Union, but he negotiated with Mikhail Gorbachev and allowed the Shah of Iran to die a dignified death in the U.S. over the objection of most conservatives.
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This is especially true for Jews, who must by 'The End' of the series of Left Behind books, either convert in the premillennialist apocalyptic worldview, or die.
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This combination of pretribulationist and premillennialist views can encourage passivity, but there are interpretations that encourage religious and political activism as well.
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But, beyond that, if Christ is coming back for the premillennialist, where does Christ land?
Chip Berlet: Palin's Religious Beliefs Must Be Explored 2008
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The one noncorporate constituency to which Bush has consistently deferred is the Christian right, both in his selections for the federal bench and in his implications that he bases his policies on premillennialist, prophetic Christian doctrine.
Of Storks and babies: Teach the controversy - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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…Tim LaHaye, who is most famous for putting a Tom Clancy gloss on premillennialist theology in the Left Behind thrillers that he co-writes with Jerry Jenkins, was heavily influenced by Schaeffer, to whom he dedicated his book “The Battle for the Mind.”
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