The 1,000 Year Judgment & Beyond

[CoreyD]

Erm, there are many such metaphors, such as the king in Daniel who went from beast to man.

Daniel 5:21
He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.

This wasn't metaphorical, but in reality, Nebuchadnezzar's mind actually became like an animal's - a wild beast.
The only scripture I can think of, where animal is used as a metaphor for attitudes, is James 3:14, 15. but I could have missed some others.

It's good that you are using the Bible to get explanations.
However, why though, would you leave the book of Revelation, to try to figure out what the beast represents, when the same book of Revelation tells you directly what the beast represents?

 

[jonojim1337]

Daniel 5:21
He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.

This wasn't metaphorical, but in reality, Nebuchadnezzar's mind actually became like an animal's - a wild beast.
The only scripture I can think of, where animal is used as a metaphor for attitudes, is James 3:14, 15. but I could have missed some others.

It's good that you are using the Bible to get explanations.
However, why though, would you leave the book of Revelation, to try to figure out what the beast represents, when the same book of Revelation tells you directly what the beast represents?

I meant one of the prophecies of the kings.

The Beast and the false prophet deceive the whole world, cause the worship of the Beast, with a moving and speaking image, and causes one to be marked - he who does sin is a slave of sin.

 

[CoreyD]

I meant one of the prophecies of the kings.

I'm sorry. I don't understand what you are trying to say.

The Beast and the false prophet deceive the whole world, cause the worship of the Beast, with a moving and speaking image, and causes one to be marked - he who does sin is a slave of sin.

Are you referring to the two horned beast rather than the ten horned beast?

 

[jonojim1337]

I'm sorry. I don't understand what you are trying to say.

Daniel 7 ESV

Are you referring to the two horned beast rather than the ten horned beast?

Both, the beast and the false prophet. Arguably the false prophet is a teaching that causes the "worship" of the Beast, and it's principalities, rather than the Word of God.

 

[CoreyD]

Daniel 7 ESV

What about Daniel 7?

Both, the beast and the false prophet. Arguably the false prophet is a teaching that causes the "worship" of the Beast, and it's principalities, rather than the Word of God.

There is more than one beast in Revelation and Daniel. Which one are you referring to?

 

[jonojim1337]

What about Daniel 7?

"The first was like a lion and had eagles’ wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it."

Like a man is the mind of a man, like a beast is the mind of a beast.

There is more than one beast in Revelation and Daniel. Which one are you referring to?

I am talking about the two beasts that will end up in the lake of fire, together with Satan and Death. Shall we say, it is people who love making excuses for their sin, or "prophets".

 

[jonojim1337]

I think the little beast is the carnal mind, the little voice, that thinks it is interpreting (prophecying) correctly, however the end result, is the slavery to the flesh. Thus the flesh gives power to the carnal mind.

 

[CoreyD]

"The first was like a lion and had eagles’ wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and the mind of a man was given to it."

Like a man is the mind of a man, like a beast is the mind of a beast.

These four huge beasts represent four kingdoms that will arise from the earth. Daniel 7:17

I am talking about the two beasts that will end up in the lake of fire, together with Satan and Death. Shall we say, it is people who love making excuses for their sin, or "prophets".

There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.
And the beast which was, and is not, is also himself an eighth [king], and is of the seven, and goes into destruction. Revelation 20:10, 11

I think the little beast is the carnal mind, the little voice, that thinks it is interpreting (prophecying) correctly, however the end result, is the slavery to the flesh. Thus the flesh gives power to the carnal mind.

That's not hard to fix.
Why not stop listening to the carnal mind, the little voice, that thinks it is interpreting (prophesying) correctly, and listen to what God's word tells you?
In other words, stop trying so hard to interpret the Bible, and accept the Bible's own interpretation.
That way, you avoid the mistake so many make - that of being an expert on something they know very little about, if anything.

I'll now get back to the 1,000 year judgment - taking a closer look at details.

 

[CoreyD]

Matthew 5:28, 29

Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out - those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

"Those who have done evil", are not the wicked. There is no hope for the wicked. Job 11:20; Proverbs 10:28; Proverbs 11:7
"Those who have done evil" are the unrighteous.
Acts 24:15

I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

The unrighteous are described at Jonah 4:11

And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”

God will have mercy on such ones, and bring them back to life, in the resurrection - the resurrection of judgment

The Resurrection of Judgment
Is that where God brings back people who were ignorant, and puts them to death?
No. God brings these one back that they would have an opportunity to learn their right hand from their left - In other words, learn God's standards of right and wrong, so that they have a fair chance to choose whether they will live by God's standards or not.

They have that opportunity within the span of 1,000.
How will they learn about God's standards?
Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged out of the things having been written in the books, according to their deeds.

Books are opened during the 1,000 year judgment, and the dead - those who do not know their right hand from left - are judged by the things written in the books, according to what they do.
So, based on their deeds, in response to what is written in those books, they are judged as either worthy of everlasting life, or everlasting death.

At the end of that 1,000 year judgment, "anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire". This is the second death. Revelation 20:14, 15

Who will be among those resurrected?

 

[CoreyD]

During the 1,000 year judgment, whom will be among those resurrected?
Jesus said there will be two groups - those resurrected to life, and those resurrected to judgment. John 5:29
The apostle Paul also says there will be two groups - the righteous, and the unrighteous. Acts 24:15

As stated in the previous post, the unrighteous are persons who do not know their right hand from their left - they never had the opportunity to learn about God's standards of right and wrong, and make a decision whether to live by them, or not.
They get the opportunity to do that in the resurrection of judgment.

The resurrection to life, then, would be for the righteous, who have learned God's ways and standards, and chose to live by them.
Such persons lived from the very beginning of the world of dying mankind.

Who was the first of the righteous?
The first righteous man was Abel.
Matthew 23:35

And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Luke 11:50, 51

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts; and through it, having died, he still speaks.

In the resurrection, then, Abel would be resurrected to life, and as Jesus said, "all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah".
That long list would include righteous Noah (Hebrews 11:7), Abraham (Hebrews 11:8-19), Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah), Samson, Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah (Hebrews 11:20-38), and many many more.

All these will be resurrected during the 1,000 year resurrection to life.
Of course we have not left out those not mentioned, including John the Baptist. Matthew 11:7-15

The unrighteous that will be resurrected to judgment will be great. Only God knows all of them by name.
One thing we are certain of though, is that persons who died without having adequate opportunity to know God, and his standards, and make a choice to live by them, or not... these will be resurrected, and given a fair chance to do so.
Imagine that! This would include dear loved ones among your family and friends!
Imagine welcoming back a brother, sister, son, daughter, father, mother, who died tragically, not having made a commitment to serve God... but also, not getting to know God.
Can you imagine the joy of seeing your loved one return to life?

Think of Mary's and Martha's joy when they embraced once dead Lazarus.

Does this mean we don't have to worry about making the effort to get to know God now?
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10

6 since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with [a]tribulation those who trouble you, 7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who [b]believe, because our testimony among you was believed.​

No. We had better make every effort to know God, and obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, if we do not want to face the coming judgment on this ungodly world. Zephaniah 1:14-2:3

 

[CoreyD]

1,000 years of peace!

Satan the Devil and his influence is not present during the 1,000 year rule of Christ!
Revelation 20:1-3

1 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; 3 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.​

No wicked person can be found during the 1,000 year rule of Christ!
Psalm 37:9-11

9 For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the Lord, They shall inherit the earth.​

10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more.​

11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.​

1 John 2:15-17

The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.​

All the animals are living in peace with each other, and do not devour flesh during the 1,000 years!
Isaiah 11:6-9

6 “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them.​

7 The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.​

8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.​

9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord As the waters cover the sea.​

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent’s food.​

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,” Says the Lord.​

No one lacks anything during the 1,000 year rule of Christ!
Isaiah 65:21, 22

21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.​

22 They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat;​

Matthew 14:19

And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.​

No one will be sick during the 1,000 year rule of Christ!
Mark 6:56

And wherever He entered into villages or into cities or into fields, they were laying the ailing in the marketplaces and were begging Him that only they might touch the fringe of His clothing; and as many as touched Him were being healed.​

No natural disasters will be a problem during the 1,000 year rule of Christ!
Mark 4:39

Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.​

...and more.

 

[Jan001]

What happens during the 1,000 year reign of Christ, and beyond?

jonojim1337 said:
The Saints are given authority to judge during the 1000 year reign, but the final judgement, or the second resurrection, is at the end of the chapter, or after the 1000 year reign.




If the new heavens are after the final judgment, when does 2 Peter 3:12, 13 take place, and does Christ's 1,000 year rule not begin after Armageddon, with a new heaven and new earth?



I think you mean they are overcome at Armageddon. Revelation 19:17-21
Is that right?

The "a thousand year " reign is happening right now. It is the time period between Jesus' death, resurrection, ascension into heaven, and his second coming. This "a thousand" years is symbolic. It is not literal.

The saints are reigning with Jesus in heaven right now.

Revelation 4:4 · Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, and upon their heads were crowns of gold.

2 Timothy 2:12 If we endure, we will also reign together. If we will deny Christ, he will also deny us.

1 Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.


Jesus is reigning in heaven right now with his saints, and he will reign there with them until his second coming.

1 Timothy 6:14-15 to obey the commands of God without fault or failure until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which he will make manifest at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only ruler of all, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

After Jesus' second coming and the judgment, he will then turn his kingdom over to his father.

1 Corinthians 15:22-28 Just as in Adam all die, so all will be brought to life in Christ, 23 but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward, at his coming, those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every sovereignty and authority and power. 25 For he is destined to reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For he has put all things under his feet. But when it says “all things are put under,” it is obvious that this excludes the one who subjected everything to him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who made all things subject to him, so that God may be all in all.

Physical death is destroyed forever when Jesus returns at the end of time. No one will ever physically die again.

 

[CoreyD]

The "a thousand year " reign is happening right now. It is the time period between Jesus' death, resurrection, ascension into heaven, and his second coming. This "a thousand" years is symbolic. It is not literal.

The saints are reigning with Jesus in heaven right now.

Revelation 4:4 · Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, and upon their heads were crowns of gold.

2 Timothy 2:12 If we endure, we will also reign together. If we will deny Christ, he will also deny us.

1 Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.


Jesus is reigning in heaven right now with his saints, and he will reign there with them until his second coming.

1 Timothy 6:14-15 to obey the commands of God without fault or failure until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which he will make manifest at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only ruler of all, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

After Jesus' second coming and the judgment, he will then turn his kingdom over to his father.

1 Corinthians 15:22-28 Just as in Adam all die, so all will be brought to life in Christ, 23 but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward, at his coming, those who belong to Christ. 24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every sovereignty and authority and power. 25 For he is destined to reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For he has put all things under his feet. But when it says “all things are put under,” it is obvious that this excludes the one who subjected everything to him. 28 When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who made all things subject to him, so that God may be all in all.

Physical death is destroyed forever when Jesus returns at the end of time. No one will ever physically die again.

Hi Jan. ...and where is the Devil?

 

[Jan001]

Hi Jan. ...and where is the Devil?

I think the power of Jesus' death on the cross is what caused the chaining of the devil Satan in the abyss; Michael chained him. However, there is more than one devil. One-third of the angels fell from grace. These fallen angels are devils—evil spirits. Satan is their leader.

Revelation 20:2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years.

We need to resist the particular devil who is tempting each of us. I doubt if he is the dragon Satan. We are not important enough for him to personally tempt us.

James 4:7 So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded! Be alert! Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour.

John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”


I think Satan has been loosed in these days. My opinion.

Revelation 20:1-3 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would not again deceive the nations until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released, but only for a short time.

 

[CoreyD]

I think the power of Jesus' death on the cross is what caused the chaining of the devil Satan in the abyss; Michael chained him. However, there is more than one devil. One-third of the angels fell from grace. These fallen angels are devils—evil spirits. Satan is their leader.

Revelation 20:2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years.

We need to resist the particular devil who is tempting each of us. I doubt if he is the dragon Satan. We are not important enough for him to personally tempt us.

James 4:7 So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded! Be alert! Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion seeking someone to devour.

John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”


I think Satan has been loosed in these days. My opinion.

Revelation 20:1-3 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, with the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would not again deceive the nations until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released, but only for a short time.

Thanks for sharing your opinions Jan.
I am happy to know that you are humble enough to acknowledge these are what you think, rather than what is truth, because they have problems with scripture.
Would you be willing to adjust, based on that fact?

First. The Revelation given to John, was given, about 50 years after Jesus' death "to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John." Revelation 1:1

If you accept this scripture, then it would call for making adjustments in what you said here, and previous.

Something you said about there being more than one devil.
Were you trying to say that the old serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, is not the same one Jesus spoke about at John 8:44?

 

[Jan001]

First. The Revelation given to John, was given, about 50 years after Jesus' death "to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John." Revelation 1:1

If you accept this scripture, then it would call for making adjustments in what you said here, and previous.

The Book of Revelation was written in the mid-60s AD.

John was told to go forth and measure the temple. The temple had to have been still standing in Jerusalem in order for him to do this.

Revelation 11:1-2 I was next given a staff to use as a measuring rod, and I was told, “Go forth and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the people who are worshiping there. 2 However, exclude the outer court of the temple from your measurements, because it has been handed over to the Gentiles and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months.

This measuring of the temple was done shortly before the Gentiles (Roman armies) surrounded, trampled, and destroyed Jerusalem and its temple in the latter 60s AD.

The prophecy of Daniel was fulfilled just as Jesus said it would be.

Matthew 24:15-16 Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation, about which the prophet Daniel spoke, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand), 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains,

Jesus explains what this abomination of desolation will be:

Luke 21:20-21 When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you may be certain that her desolation is near. 21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are within the city must escape from its boundaries, and those who are in country areas must not return.

Jesus told his followers that when they see armies building encampments around the city of Jerusalem, they should flee from Judea to other provinces in order to be safe from the Roman armies, who were going to destroy the people living in Jerusalem.

Something you said about there being more than one devil.
Were you trying to say that the old serpent, the one called Devil and Satan, is not the same one Jesus spoke about at John 8:44?

This particular devil is Satan.

Definition of Devil:

1. The personal supreme spirit of evil (Satan) often represented in Christian belief as the tempter of humankind, the leader of all apostate angels, and the ruler of hell

2. Evil spirit, demon

3. An extremely wicked person: FIEND

 

[CoreyD]

The Book of Revelation was written in the mid-60s AD.

John was told to go forth and measure the temple. The temple had to have been still standing in Jerusalem in order for him to do this.

Revelation 11:1-2 I was next given a staff to use as a measuring rod, and I was told, “Go forth and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the people who are worshiping there. 2 However, exclude the outer court of the temple from your measurements, because it has been handed over to the Gentiles and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months.

This measuring of the temple was done shortly before the Gentiles (Roman armies) surrounded, trampled, and destroyed Jerusalem and its temple in the latter 60s AD.

The prophecy of Daniel was fulfilled just as Jesus said it would be.

Matthew 24:15-16 Therefore, when you see the abomination of desolation, about which the prophet Daniel spoke, standing in the Holy Place (let the reader understand), 16 then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains,

Jesus explains what this abomination of desolation will be:

Luke 21:20-21 When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you may be certain that her desolation is near. 21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are within the city must escape from its boundaries, and those who are in country areas must not return.

Jesus told his followers that when they see armies building encampments around the city of Jerusalem, they should flee from Judea to other provinces in order to be safe from the Roman armies, who were going to destroy the people living in Jerusalem.




This particular devil is Satan.

Definition of Devil:

1. The personal supreme spirit of evil (Satan) often represented in Christian belief as the tempter of humankind, the leader of all apostate angels, and the ruler of hell

2. Evil spirit, demon

3. An extremely wicked person: FIEND

Good morning Jan. I hope you slept well... that is, if you did sleep, because nowadays, many people work the night shift, and sleep during the day. Some hardly sleep.

Anyway, let me not get side tracked.
I don't want to get side tracked from the subject of the thread either, so while I am curious as to why you think John wrote Revelation so early, and I am really amazed that you think the New Jerusalem is the actual temple that existed in Jerusalem before 70 A.D., I will not derail the thread to discuss those details.
What I am interested in here is the 1,000 years rule and beyond.

So, what I am saying to you Jan, is that since John wrote Revelation more than 30 years after Jesus death, for the purpose, as stated in Revelation 1:1 "to show to his servants the things that must soon take place."
Then any view that what is contained in Revelation, pertains to things that happened, prior to when John was given these visions by Jesus' angel, needs to be adjusted, because such views are incorrect.

I know that's a mouthful, but I hope it was not too much for you.
Jan001 said:
The "a thousand year " reign is happening right now. It is the time period between Jesus' death, resurrection, ascension into heaven, and his second coming. This "a thousand" years is symbolic. It is not literal.

Jan001 said:
I think the power of Jesus' death on the cross is what caused the chaining of the devil Satan in the abyss;

When Jesus died, the angel of Jesus did not yet give the Revelation of things that must shortly take place, which would have been, according to you, 30+ years later.
When Jesus was resurrected, the angel of Jesus did not yet give the Revelation of things that must shortly take place, which would have been, according to you, 30+ years later.
When Jesus ascended into heaven, the angel of Jesus did not yet give the Revelation of things that must shortly take place, which would have been, according to you, 30+ years later.

Therefore, the 1,000 year reign could not have begun when Jesus died. Nor could the 1,000 year reign of Christ have begun when Jesus was resurrected, nor at his ascension into heaven.
Neither could the binding of Satan have occured at any of those times.
The Revelation of things that would soon take place, was given 30+ years subsequent to those three events.

Hence to get a correct understanding of the events in Revelation, you would need to start from scratch, and discard your current opinions.
I hope that was clear. I tried to simplify it as best I could.

 

[Jan001]

I don't want to get side tracked from the subject of the thread either, so while I am curious as to why you think John wrote Revelation so early, and I am really amazed that you think the New Jerusalem is the actual temple that existed in Jerusalem before 70 A.D., I will not derail the thread to discuss those details.

The temple that John measured was not in the New Jerusalem. He measured the temple in the Jerusalem that was still standing on earth.

There is no physical temple in the New Jerusalem. God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) are the temple in the New Jerusalem.

Revelation 21:22 I did not see any temple there, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.

John did not write a prophecy about measuring a temple that was to be built thousands of years in the future; he wrote a prophecy that was soon to take place.

Daniel wrote a prophecy that was to begin in his time with the return of the Israelites to Jerusalem and the building of the second temple, and it would end 490 years (70 weeks) later at the time of the end (destruction) of the second temple.

Daniel 12:4
As for you, Daniel,
keep these words secret,
and seal the book until the time of the end.
Many shall fall away,
and evils shall increase.”

Daniel's 70 weeks began with the Israelites returning to Jerusalem under Cyrus' reign. The building of the second temple took 7 weeks (49 years).

62 weeks later, the 70th week began. This 70th week was in the 1st century AD. This 70th week ended with the destruction of the second temple.

Daniel's prophecy was about the building of the second temple and the destruction of the second temple 490 years later.

What I am interested here is the 1,000 years rule and beyond.

We are living in the "thousand year" reign of Jesus' church on earth right now. This is a symbolic number and it means the long time period between Jesus' death, resurrection, ascension and his second coming. Jesus and his saints are ruling in heaven right now.

Hebrews 10:12-13 But Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, and then took his seat at the right hand of God, 13 where he now waits until his enemies are made his footstool.

1 Corinthians 15:24-26 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every sovereignty and authority and power. 25 For he is destined to reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Death is destroyed at his second coming.

Jesus will not set up an earthly kingdom on earth before his second coming at the end of time.

John 18:36 Jesus replied, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my followers would have fought to prevent me from being handed over to the Jews. The fact is that my kingdom is not here.”

Acts 7:49a ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool.

 

[CoreyD]

John did not write a prophecy about measuring a temple that was to be built thousands of years in the future; he wrote a prophecy that was soon to take place.

When you say "a prophecy that was soon to take place", do you mean after mid 60 A.D.?

 

[Jan001]

When you say "a prophecy that was soon to take place", do you mean after mid 60 A.D.?

Yes. The prophecy was to be fulfilled within a few years. It was actually fulfilled by the end of 70 AD.