Please be aware - I am repeating things found at the original post. This is not my work.
In a nutshell, the author looks at the different approaches one may take to events:
Preterist: Belief that the event(s) (such as the tribulation) happened in the past.
Historicist: Belief that the event(s) happen throughout history.
Idealist: Belief that the event(s) are symbolic or parabolic and are always present.
Futurist: Belief that the event(s) are yet future.
Then he separates the three main events in the book of Revelation:
Tribulation - Matthew 24 & Revelation 4 - 19
Millennium - Revelation 20
The Second Coming and The New Creation - Revelation 21
And then he simply defines the differing positions by how they treat these three events:
Historic Premillennialist
Event #1: Tribulation: historicist, preterist, [futurist], or idealist
Event #2: Millennium: futurist
Event #3: The Second Coming and The New Creation: futurist
Dispensational Premillennialist
Event #1: Tribulation: futurist
Event #2: Millennium: futurist
Event #3: The Second Coming and The New Creation: futurist
Amillennialist
Event #1: Tribulation: historicist, preterist, or idealist
Event #2: Millennium: idealist (normally)
Event #3: The Second Coming and The New Creation: futurist
Postmillennialist
Event #1: Tribulation: historicist, preterist, futurist, or idealist
Event #2: Millennium: historicist (normally)
Event #3: The Second Coming and The New Creation: futurist
Partial-Preterism (considered orthodox Christianity)
Event #1: Tribulation: preterist
Event #2: Millennium: preterist
Event #3: The Second Coming and The New Creation: futuristic (believes Christ came in Judgement, but that this was not the 'Second coming')
Full-Preterism (considered heterodox by orthodox Christianity)
Event #1: Tribulation: preterist
Event #2: Millennium: preterist
Event #3: The Second Coming and The New Creation: preterist [this is the heresy]
Well, I thought it was helpful! I then put this data into a table:
| POSITION / EVENT | Tribulation | Millenium | Second Coming |
| Historic Premillenialist | H, P, [F], I | F | F |
| Dispensational Premillenailist | F | F | F |
| Amillenialist | H, P, I | I | F |
| Postmillenialist | H, P, F, I | H | F |
| Partial Preterist | P | P | F |
| Hyper Preterist | P | P | P* |
| KEY | TERM |
| H | Historicist |
| P | Preterist |
| F | Futurist |
| I | Idealist |
| * | Outside of the orthodox teaching of scripture |

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