When we understand?
When Jesus Christ returns with the holy angels, its the final judgment, lake of fire, eternal life, "Eternal Kingdom Time"
There will be no earthly 1000 year kingdom, with mortal humans present, eternity has started
Will you disregard the very simple explanation of scripture as presented below?
1.) Will you deny "Eternal Life" is seen in verse 46?
2.) Will you deny those that obtained "Eternal Life", enter a kingdom in verse 34 thats "Eternal"?
(Verses 31-32) Jesus returns with the holy angels, the nations are gathered before the throne, judgment takes place.
(Verse 34) The "Eternal Kingdom" is presented for the righteous to enter.
(Verse 41) The wicked are judged to the lake of fire.
(Verse 46) The righteous obtain "Eternal Life" and enter the "Eternal Kingdom" seen in verse 34.
Matthew 25:31-46KJV
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
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Hi to back your doctrinal view of the eternal kingdom on this verse alone is not proof of anything. Prophecy is a whole and if looking at this verse leads to a conclusion you have made a judgement perhaps without admitting all the evidence. A right a true interpretation will be harmonious with all other prophecy and not produce contradictions. In a similar thread I have taken a pro millennial point of view and have been asked to weigh in on this thread. I maintain that scripture teaches that at the 2nd coming is the onset of the kingdom age but not the beginning of the eternal state. I will bring up a few other prophetic themes and list them and hopefully be able to show that they integrate without conflict or making any private interpretation upon them. That is believing what is said will happen and waiting for it to happen.
Lets start with what you are pointing out in verse 46 as your point of emphasis. This verse shows the righteous being promised eternal life and the rest everlasting punishment.
When we look at Rev 20 the onset of the 1000 years we see a chronology established.
1. Satan is bound for 1000 years.
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is
the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
2. the nations which were deceived by Satan will not be deceived by him for a period of 1000 years then they will when Satan is released.
and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished But after these things he must be released for a little while.
3. The dead are raised and reign with Jesus for 1000 years. This includes specific references to include those who did not take the mark of the beast and those who were beheaded at this same time period.
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then
I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received
his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
4. The rest of the dead are not judged for 1000 years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. Those who live already have eternal life as the 2nd death will have no power over them.
This
is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy
is he who has part in the first resurrection.Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
5. Satan is released after 1000 years and we see he has deceived the nations as they surround Jerusalem and are destroyed by fire from heaven. He is then cast into the lake of fire where the false prophet and beast already are and there torment is forever.
7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number
is as the sand of the sea. 9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. 10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet
are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
AS you can see there is no contradiction with this view of having 1000 year kingdom and Mathew 25:46
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
In Daniel 7 we see another view of this transition to the kingdom age.
11 “I watched then because of the sound of the pompous words which the horn was speaking; I watched till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed and given to the burning flame. 12 As for the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
13 “I was watching in the night visions,
And behold,
One like the Son of Man,
Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days,
And they brought Him near before Him.
14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion
is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom
the one
Which shall not be destroyed.
In this passage we see dominion given to one like the Son of Man coming in the clouds and all peoples and nations should serve him. The horn speaking the pompous words is destroyed and given to burning flame, the other beasts have their dominion taken away but their lives are prolonged for a season and a time. I maintain this is speaking about the horn (antichrist) being thrown into hell for the 1000 years. Satan has lost his dominion and is bound for a season that is 1000 years and released for this time and that is why his life is said to be prolonged. He inherits the 2nd death after he deceives the nations one more time.
This in itself is a good case but there are so many more themes that need be examined to see if they integrate and this is really worthy of a series of books but I will take just a couple of other themes and show how they mix with the 2nd coming and the beginning of the millennial kingdom.
Luke 1 Zacharias promises that Jesus would deliver Israel from all their enemies and that they would worship and serve Him all the days of their lives without fear in righteousness and holiness.
7 Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
68 “Blessed
is the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited and redeemed His people,
69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us
In the house of His servant David,
70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,
Who
have been since the world began,
71 That we should be saved from our enemies
And from the hand of all who hate us,
72 To perform the mercy
promised to our fathers
And to remember His holy covenant,
73 The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
I will show this exact deliverance is shown in zech 14
Also is Luke 1 the angel Gabriel promises that Jesus will sit on the throne of David.
Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
This promise is reminding us that Isaiah 9 long ago promised the same thing
For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of
His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
In Zechariah 14 we see the 2nd coming of Jesus and the establishment of the kingdom and the proof of continuity in the earth.
At the 2nd coming the LORD delivers Israel from their enemies and is king over all the earth and Satan is bound and this kingdom will have no end. We see Israel being overrun when the LORD comes with His saints and there are topographical changes to the land such as the Mt of Olives is split in two and a valley formed a new river that flows year round appears.
1 Behold, the day of the LORD is coming,
And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;
The city shall be taken,
The houses rifled,
And the women ravished.
Half of the city shall go into captivity,
But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then the LORD will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.
4 And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives,
Which faces Jerusalem on the east.
And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two,
From east to west,
Making a very large valley;
Thus the LORD my God will come,
And all the saints with You.[fn]
6 It shall come to pass in that day
That there will be no light;
The lights will diminish.
7 It shall be one day
Which is known to the LORD—
Neither day nor night.
But at evening time it shall happen
That it will be light.
8 And in that day it shall be
That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem,
Half of them toward the eastern sea
And half of them toward the western sea;
In both summer and winter it shall occur.
9 And the LORD shall be King over all the earth.
These changes have never happened and must happen of Zachariah is a false prophet. This deliverance of Israel is just what LUKE 1 Zacharias was predicting. This is what Rev says that the nations will come up against Israel and be destroyed with the brightness of Jesus coming. This is when Satan loses his dominion and Jesus takes the throne of David for 1000 years while Satan is bound and the false prophet and beast are cast into the lake of fire.
In that day it shall be—
“The LORD
is one,”[fn]
And His name one.
This is Jesus having come to save Israel and now the LORD is one shows that Jesus is known to be God and in unity with the Father.
There is a continuity of life after the 2nd coming. Jesus melts His enemies and from then on Jerusalem will be safely inhabited.
The people shall dwell in it;
And no longer shall there be utter destruction,
But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
12 And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem:
Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet,
Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets,
And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.
More proof of life continuing on earth after the 2nd coming as the nations must now keep the feast of Tabernacles or they get no rain.
And it shall come to pass
that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be
that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. 18 If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they
shall have no
rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
I use 2 rules for prophecy found in Duet 18 that a prophet must be 100% right in the things he says must happen or he is a false prophet. and Peter says no prophecy is of any private interpretation. This is a very small fraction of the scriptures that integrate by seeing the Bible through this lens.
If we continue to disagree lets have grace for one another and love each other and stay unified in the gospel.
