Millennium

IFCA International affirms premillennial dispensationalism as its official eschatological framework. Premillennialism teaches that Christ will return to the earth prior to a literal thousand-year millennium. The millennium is a future, earthly reign of Christ during which he rules the nations from Jerusalem. During this period, Satan is bound, Christ reigns in person over the earth, the nations are governed justly, and Israel is restored to prominence as God's covenant people.

IFCA dispensationalism emphasizes the distinction between God's purposes for the church and God's purposes for Israel. The church is the body of Christ, consisting of both Jewish and Gentile believers during the current dispensation. Israel remains a distinct covenant people with promises yet to be fulfilled. After the rapture and tribulation, Christ will return to fulfill the unfulfilled promises to Israel, establish his kingdom, and reign for one thousand years.

At the end of the millennium, Satan will be loosed briefly, attempt a final rebellion, and be defeated and cast into the lake of fire eternally. The dead will be raised and judged. The eternal state follows, wherein God dwells with his people in the new heavens and new earth. The premillennial rapture and dispensational theology have shaped IFCA identity since its founding and distinguish it from amillennial and postmillennial churches.