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However, the pre-millennialists pointed out that 'Christian' Europe was not at this point united or at peace. Moreover, Roman Catholicism was spreading throughout the colonies even as Protestantism was. To the Protestants, it appeared increasingly as if the nations were being gathered by the 'beast', mentioned in the Book of Revelation, to wage war with Christ when He returned. Consequently, they reacted against the very popular post-millennial view. Unfortunately, they also reacted strongly to the allegorical interpretations of the post-millennialists. They advocated a strict literal approach to the Scriptures, building upon the views espoused by Martin Luther when he broke with the Roman Catholic Church.
(179:2)
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