How completely amazing that you disagree with 99.99% of the church, and some of the commentators, and think you are right!
On the other hand, I have never met a postmillennialist who believes like you. And, in case you don't understand this, the
Church Creeds declare that the millennial reign
began in the first century, and they believe that
when Christ comes it will be the final judgement.
So which "church" are you referring to? Are you referring to:
1. The Church that was established by the powers of the Apostles in the first century--those who declared that Christ ascended to the throne upon his resurrection and must reign until all enemies are under his feet?
2. Or, are you referring to modern-day "faith healers," like this fellow named Dave Roberson from Tulsa, Oklahoma?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WukyfhkhE7E
It appears Dave Roberson took over where Oral Roberts left off. Is that your church?
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If Dave has that much faith, he should be able to move mountains, since it only requires faith as a grain of mustard seed:
"And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." -- Matt 17:20
Those who Christ chose to serve him on earth received
all five of the following powers (not some, but all,) aside from the ability to speak the oracles of God (which was given only to the Jews):
"And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." -- Mark 16:17-18
The mere shadow of Peter could heal the sick. The power of "
speaking in tongues" was not to speak gibberish, but was the power to speak in
bona-fide foreign languages in which they had no training.
This is from the day of Pentecost about AD 30, when Christ sent the Holy Ghost from the Father to his disciples, who were
all Galileans:
"And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God." -- Acts 2:5-11
I would be very cautious of anyone who claims any of those powers in modern times. I seem to recall a statement warning us of those exact same things:
"Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders," -- 2Th 2:9
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As an aside, I need to bring up the following because I noticed that some were confused about these statements by Jesus:
"He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:" -- John 1:11-12
"But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house." -- Mark 6:4
When the Word of God said, "His own," it was referring to Christ's own people, which were the Jews of Judaea, where he was born and raised. His disciples (except for maybe Judas Iscariot) were from Galilee,
which was not a part of Judaea.
Therefore, God chose Christ's permanent disciples from
outside his own country, where he would be believed; the same for the devout men from "
every nation under heaven" (referenced above) who were in Jerusalem to celebrate the day of Pentecost.
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Rev 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
In case you don't understand this: Revelation 20 will not come to pass until Revelation 1-19 have come to pass. Very few believers today will agree with your theories.
In case you don't understand this, Revelation 1-19 was fulfilled in the first century. The plain words "shortly," "time is at hand," "this generation," "not taste of death," and "will not have gone over the cities of Israel,"
did not mean 2000 years.
I am awaiting the final judgement, like the my Church denomination teaches:
"God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end.
Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly
the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell.
The righteous
will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord." -- Southern Baptist Convention, Basic Beliefs
That is derived from the traditional Church Creeds. Unless one believes the so-called "millennial reign" is only one day long (as in a "thousand years equals one day,") the Southern Baptist Basic Beliefs, and the traditional Church Creeds, teach that the millennial reign began in the first century.
Why is it that we never hear futurists teach that the so-called millennial reign is
only one day long? They certainly use the other side of this equation:
"But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." -- 2Pet 3:8
The fact that many Christians of today have been led astray by modern dispensational theology is sad, indeed. But a growing number of Christians are learning to read without the blinders of modern bias, and are abandoning the dispensational myth-makers in droves.
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By the way, most of those people that will rise after the 1000 year reign of Christ will be all those assigned to the 2nd death or the lake of fire. Why would you wait for that?
That is pure, man-made myth. Please show us in the scriptures where that can be found? If it were true, there should also be several supporting scriptures.
I won't hold my breath.