This book is for the person who is trying to understand the meaning of the Millennium and is about to abandon the effort. Richardson has taken a fresh approach that differs from the typical format of studies on the Millennium. Rather than review and critique the content of other millennial theories, Richardson begins with the principles of interpretation evangelical scholars have accepted as valid since the Protestant Reformation. He then evaluates the interpretive options by their conformity to these principles. The reader is left to decide for himself which interpretation is most faithful to Scripture. Richardson's goals: 1) to explain these principles so that the ordinary reader might apply them with confidence, 2) to determine what an interpretation of a passage of Scripture cannot mean because it violates one or more of these principles, and 3) to produce an interpretation of the Millennium that is consistent with these principles and in harmony with the teachings of the prophets, apostles, and Jesus.