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Kingdom Exclusion or Millennial Exclusion

“Kingdom exclusion” is a branch of theology stemming from dispensationalism that maintains carnal Christians will be “excluded” from the millennial kingdom as punishment for sins committed as a believer. There are several varieties. At one end of the spectrum, exclusion proposes that every Christian will occupy a place in the millennial kingdom commensurate with their faithfulness as a believer. Some will occupy low places, perhaps as servants; others, high places, perhaps as rulers. At the other end of the spectrum, exclusion maintains that “non-overcoming” Christians will suffer the hurt of the second death, or be cast into the lake of fire, or merely cast out into a place of darkness. The terms “kingdom exclusion” or “millennial exclusion” are in common usage.

This view is held by  Zane Hodges and many of his followers, but it is not held by all free grace proponents.

The “Outer Darkness”: Heaven’s Suburb or Hell? -  * J. Hampton Keathley,  IV

The purpose of this paper is to examine (Kingdom Exclusion or Millennial Exclusion) and the theological presuppositions that drive it. It is this author’s (J. Hampton Keathley, IV) contention that those who hold to this view have a certain agenda that distorts their exegesis.

* = Free Grace Teacher or Ministry

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