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Vinsight4u,
It occurs to me that your posts on this thread are, when it comes down to it, not on topic. You're kind of obsessed with angels, but it's not clear at all how all of this microscopic examination impinges on the theory of the millennium.
My view is that the millennium begins at the glorious coming of Jesus to judge the living and the dead. Only the resurrected (and/or transformed) holy ones take part in it. Thus the rebellion after the end of it is recognizable as the resurrection of the unrepentant, which is pictured twice: first in battle imagery and then in courtroom imagery (Rev. 20:7-10 || Rev. 20:11-15). The new creation occurs at the glorious coming of Jesus, and not later. Thus Rev. 21:1-5 is yet another of the many visions of the glorious coming of Jesus in Revelation.
Do you have any new comments or questions about that?
Concerning Rev. 20:11-15, when you say that those who come to life again after the millennium make up the resurrection of the unrepentant, that sounds like you are omitting others that would be included – those who never heard of Christ nor any gospel calling them to repent. If you get really picky, yes they have never repented, but that is because no gospel was told to them that they should examine themselves and repent. During the judgment of these verses, books are opened, including the book of life v.12. It strikes me, from 20:11-15, that there will be quite a few of those who live again after the millennium that will, upon hearing the Gospel and seeing its fruits in the fabulous millennial earth and its residents, repent at that time.
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