Questions about the timing of the thousand years

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This seems mighty strange to me (new tradition/ false teaching/ what? ) , and I haven't seen anyone of any persuasion say this is in nor from nor in line with Scripture, ever.

The millinium.


What event begins this 1,000-year period?

“They lived [came alive] and reigned with Christ for a thousand years” Revelation 20:4 .

The 1stresurrection begins the 1,000-year period.

What is this resurrection called? Who will be raised in it?

“This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection” Revelation 20:5, 6 .

It is called the first resurrection. The saved—“blessed and holy” from all ages—will be raised in it.

The Bible says there are two resurrections. When is the second resurrection, and who will be raised in it?

“The rest of the dead [those who were not saved in the 1st resurrection] did not live again until the thousand years were finished” Revelation 20:5 .

“All who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life (1st resurrection), and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation” (2nd resurrection) John 5:28, 29 .

The second resurrection takes place at the close of the 1,000-year period. The unsaved will be raised in this resurrection. It is called the resurrection of condemnation

The resurrection of the saved begins the 1,000 years. The resurrection of the unsaved ends the 1,000 years.

What other momentous events take place when the 1,000 years begin?

“Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him” Revelation 1:7 .
“The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout. ... And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17 .

“There was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. ... And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent” Revelation 16:18, 21 .

See also Jeremiah 4:23–26; Isaiah 24:1, 3, 19, 20; Isaiah 2:21.
Scholars’ estimates of the weight of a talent vary from 58 to 100 pounds!

Other momentous events that take place as the 1,000 years begin are: the most devastating earthquake and hailstorm in history strike the earth; Jesus returns in the clouds for His people; and all the saints are caught up into the air to meet Jesus.

The living wicked will be slain by the brightness of Jesus' second coming.

What happens to the unsaved—living and dead—at Jesus’ second coming?

“With the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked” Isaiah 11:4 .

“When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God” 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 8 .
“Let the wicked perish at the presence of God” Psalm 68:2 .
“The rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished” Revelation 20:5

The living unsaved will be slain by the very presence of Christ at His second coming.

When an angel appeared at Jesus’ tomb, the entire group of Roman guards fell as dead men Matthew 28:2, 4 . When the brightness of all the angels, God the Father, and God the Son combine, the unsaved will die as if hit by lightning. The wicked already dead when Jesus returns will remain in their graves until the end of the 1,000 years.

The righteous will be in heaven with Jesus during the 1,000 years.

Many believe the unsaved will have an opportunity to repent during the 1,000 years. What does the Bible say about this?

“The slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall become refuse on the ground” Jeremiah 25:33 .

“I beheld, and indeed there was no man” Jeremiah 4:25 .

The wicked will lay dead upon the earth during the 1,000 years.

It will be impossible for any person to repent during the 1,000 years because there will not be a person alive on the earth. The righteous will all be in heaven. All the wicked will be laying dead upon the earth. Revelation 22:11, 12 makes it clear that the case of every person is closed before Jesus returns. Those who wait to accept Christ until the 1,000 years begin will have waited too long.

The Bible says that Satan will be bound in the “bottomless pit” during the 1,000 years. What is this pit?

“I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit. ...
He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit ... till the thousand years were finished” Revelation 20:1–3 .

The word for “bottomless pit” in the original Greek is “abussos,” or abyss. That same word is used in Genesis 1:2 in the Greek version of the Old Testament in connection with the creation of the earth, but there it is translated “deep.” “The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.” The words “deep,” “bottomless pit,” and “abyss” here refer to the same thing—the earth in its totally dark, disorganized form before God made order of it. Jeremiah, in describing this earth during the 1,000 years, used virtually the same terms as these in Genesis 1:2: “without form, and void,” “no light,” “no man,” and “black” Jeremiah 4:23, 25, 28 . So the battered, dark earth with no people alive will be called the bottomless pit, or abyss, during the 1,000 years, just as it was in the beginning before Creation was completed. Also, Isaiah 24:22 speaks of Satan and his angels during the 1,000 years as “gathered in the pit” and “shut up in the prison.”

What is the chain that binds Satan? Why is he bound?

“An angel ... having ... a great chain in his hand ... laid hold of ... Satan, and bound him for a thousand years ... 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” Revelation 20:1–3 .

The earth, in a torn-up, darkened condition, is the “bottomless pit” where Satan will be forced to stay during the 1,000 years.

The chain is symbolic—a chain of circumstances. A super-natural being cannot be confined with a literal chain. Satan is “tied down” because he has no people to deceive (they are all dead). The unsaved are all dead and the saved are all in heaven. The Lord confines the devil to this earth so he cannot roam the universe hoping to find someone to deceive. Forcing the devil to stay on the earth, alone with his demons for a thousand years with no one to deceive, will be for him the most galling chain ever forged. Nobody to tempt.
 
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Simple answer?
The only ones I see raptured to heaven are the 2 witnesses, the 1st Resurrection.............

Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Revelation 11:11 And after the three days and half days, a breath of life out of the God entered in them and they stand<2476> upon their feet and fear great fall upon the ones observing them.
12 And they hear a Voice great out of the Heaven saying to them "ascend ye here!" And they ascended into the heaven in the cloud....

Revelation 20:5
The rest of the dead not live until should be being finished<5055> the thousand years,
This is the first Resurrection<386>


The millinium.


What event begins this 1,000-year period?

“They lived [came alive] and reigned with Christ for a thousand years” Revelation 20:4 .

The 1st resurrection begins the 1,000-year period.

What is this resurrection called? Who will be raised in it?

“This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection” Revelation 20:5, 6 .

It is called the first resurrection. The saved—“blessed and holy” from all ages—will be raised in it.

The Bible says there are two resurrections. When is the second resurrection, and who will be raised in it?

“The rest of the dead [those who were not saved in the 1st resurrection] did not live again until the thousand years were finished” Revelation 20:5 .

“All who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life (1st resurrection), and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation” (2nd resurrection) John 5:28, 29 .

The second resurrection takes place at the close of the 1,000-year period. The unsaved will be raised in this resurrection. It is called the resurrection of condemnation

The resurrection of the saved begins the 1,000 years. The resurrection of the unsaved ends the 1,000 years.

What other momentous events take place when the 1,000 years begin?

“Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him” Revelation 1:7 .
“The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout. ... And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17 .

“There was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. ... And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent” Revelation 16:18, 21 .

(See also Jeremiah 4:23–26; Isaiah 24:1, 3, 19, 20; Isaiah 2:21.)
Scholars’ estimates of the weight of a talent vary from 58 to 100 pounds!

Other momentous events that take place as the 1,000 years begin are: the most devastating earthquake and hailstorm in history strike the earth; Jesus returns in the clouds for His people; and all the saints are caught up into the air to meet Jesus.

The living wicked will be slain by the brightness of Jesus' second coming.

What happens to the unsaved—living and dead—at Jesus’ second coming?

“With the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked” Isaiah 11:4 .

“When the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God” 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 8 .
“Let the wicked perish at the presence of God” Psalm 68:2 .
“The rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished” Revelation 20:5

The living unsaved will be slain by the very presence of Christ at His second coming.

When an angel appeared at Jesus’ tomb, the entire group of Roman guards fell as dead men Matthew 28:2, 4 . When the brightness of all the angels, God the Father, and God the Son combine, the unsaved will die as if hit by lightning. The wicked already dead when Jesus returns will remain in their graves until the end of the 1,000 years.

The righteous will be in heaven with Jesus during the 1,000 years.

Many believe the unsaved will have an opportunity to repent during the 1,000 years. What does the Bible say about this?

“The slain of the Lord shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall become refuse on the ground” Jeremiah 25:33 .

“I beheld, and indeed there was no man” Jeremiah 4:25 .

The wicked will lay dead upon the earth during the 1,000 years.

It will be impossible for any person to repent during the 1,000 years because there will not be a person alive on the earth. The righteous will all be in heaven. All the wicked will be laying dead upon the earth. Revelation 22:11, 12 makes it clear that the case of every person is closed before Jesus returns. Those who wait to accept Christ until the 1,000 years begin will have waited too long.

The Bible says that Satan will be bound in the “bottomless pit” during the 1,000 years. What is this pit?

“I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit. ...
He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit ... till the thousand years were finished” Revelation 20:1–3 .

The word for “bottomless pit” in the original Greek is “abussos,” or abyss. That same word is used in Genesis 1:2 in the Greek version of the Old Testament in connection with the creation of the earth, but there it is translated “deep.” “The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.” The words “deep,” “bottomless pit,” and “abyss” here refer to the same thing—the earth in its totally dark, disorganized form before God made order of it. Jeremiah, in describing this earth during the 1,000 years, used virtually the same terms as these in Genesis 1:2: “without form, and void,” “no light,” “no man,” and “black” Jeremiah 4:23, 25, 28 . So the battered, dark earth with no people alive will be called the bottomless pit, or abyss, during the 1,000 years, just as it was in the beginning before Creation was completed. Also, Isaiah 24:22 speaks of Satan and his angels during the 1,000 years as “gathered in the pit” and “shut up in the prison.”

What is the chain that binds Satan? Why is he bound?

“An angel ... having ... a great chain in his hand ... laid hold of ... Satan, and bound him for a thousand years ... 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” Revelation 20:1–3 .

The earth, in a torn-up, darkened condition, is the “bottomless pit” where Satan will be forced to stay during the 1,000 years.

The chain is symbolic—a chain of circumstances. A super-natural being cannot be confined with a literal chain. Satan is “tied down” because he has no people to deceive (they are all dead). The unsaved are all dead and the saved are all in heaven. The Lord confines the devil to this earth so he cannot roam the universe hoping to find someone to deceive. Forcing the devil to stay on the earth, alone with his demons for a thousand years with no one to deceive, will be for him the most galling chain ever forged. Nobody to tempt.
 
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