Because the belief in a literal return of Christ to reign in an earthly kingdom over a restored Israel (premillennialism) has taken such unfair criticism in recent decades, Steve will spend several messages to answer two vital questions. First, he will answer the charge that premillennialism is a fairly new doctrine by looking at the historical legacy of premillennialism. And second, he will answer the critics of the hermeneutics of premillennialism by showing the Bible study methods historically used by premillennialists as being consistently one single method: reading Scripture at face value.