How did Christians of WW1/WW2 view the book of Revelation?

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While there must have been groups of Christians that understood these times as you suggest, the time leading up to the world wars actually was a time of great progress and optimism. While there certainly were premillennial groups, much of mainline Christianity during the 17-19th centuries was actually post- or a- millennial; that is, many believed that things would continue to get better and better until everyone on earth became Christians, then Christ would return. A nice example of this comes from my own tradition, whence the serial publication The Millennial Harbinger comes.

The increase in popularity of premillenialism (at least as it is commonly expressed nowadays) was actually the result of the great Wars. The wars called into question whether or not things actually were getting better—many argued that they weren't. So instead of thinking things would get better prompting Jesus' return, many people began to assume things would actually get worse, and would only get better by the direct intervention of God—hence the great tribulation, rapture, etc. of modern premillennialism. Interestingly, this falls nearly perfectly in line with the Apocalyptic movement in Judaism during the Second Temple Period out of which Christianity grew.

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