End Times across the Spectrum

C Michael Patton @ http://www.reclaimingthemind.org has provided a helpful distinction summarizing that various eschatalogical positions. From his summary:

Category #1: Approach

• Preterist: Belief that the event(s) 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.

Category #2: Events

• Event #1: Tribulation: This describes many apocalyptic happenings described primarily in Matt. 24 and Revelation 4-19. Included in this category is the anti-Christ, bowls of wrath, 144,000 witnesses, the Mark of the Beast, and the like.
• Event #2: Millennium: This describes the reign of Christ on the present earth (e.g. before the new creation).
• Event #3: The Second Coming and The New Creation: This describes the judgment and the creation of the new heaven and the new earth.

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 New Creation: futurist

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