The Last Enemy

You often hear postmillennialists speak of the absurdity to suggest that there are enemies that remain after Christ destroys the last enemy, which is death. The argument goes that if the last enemy is death, and the resurrection precedes His coming to destroy the wicked of the earth, then the last enemy is the wicked of the earth, not death. But the Scripture tells us that it is death, so the world must be converted to Christianity at that point.

There are a few problems with this.

1. There are numerous depictions of Christ returning and destroying the wicked of the world at His coming. The resurrection seems to precede this or happens at the same time in various texts.

2.  Prophecy very rarely happens in the exact order of speaking. The last enemy may simply mean the one that persists beyond the others, or is the last to be addressed. Certainly, Christ disarmed and disarming the rulers of the world, but physical death has not yet been addressed in terms of beginning the work of applying the cross and resurrection of Christ to it. That happens last.

3. To whom is it an enemy? I think this is often read as the enemy of Christ, but Christ isn't in any danger from it. He's already overcome death. It's already defeated in relation to Him in that sense. So it's actually the enemy of His people. Their last enemy will be death, even if the wicked remain upon the earth and are destroyed by Christ later. In fact, enemies will exist forever in hell. But once death is addressed among His people, there is nothing left that can harm them. It truly is the last enemy.
The fact that it is our enemy, and not directly Christ's enemy, is brought out by Paul's point that it will be defeated at the resurrection of His saints. They will be the ones who are relieved from it, as it is their enemy.

Hence, I don't think the postmillennial argument that follows this reasoning is persuasive.