Where did any of the OT prophets mention or describe a future "thousand years" or any of the detail mentioned in Revelation 20?
Maybe in Isaiah 2, for one?
Let's start with the following.
Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
This verse says nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
What does Jesus say in the Discourse?
Matthew 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Let's now do some closer comparing of the texts in order to determine if the texts agree with one another, or if they contradict one another, if these events are meaning during the same period of time.
A) Let's first assume this age is meant before the 2nd coming.
nation shall not lift up sword against nation(Isaiah 2:4)-----For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom(Matthew 24:7)
Do these texts agree with one another? Or are they contradicting one another? Keeping in mind---if this age is meant before the 2nd coming.
neither shall they learn war any more(Isaiah 2:4)-----And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars(Matthew 24:6)
Do these texts agree with one another? Or are they contradicting one another? Keeping in mind---if this age is meant before the 2nd coming.
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B) Next let's assume Isaiah 2:4 is not meaning in this age before the 2nd coming, but is meaning after the 2nd coming, and that Matthew 24:6-7 is meaning in this age before the 2nd coming.
nation shall not lift up sword against nation(Isaiah 2:4)-----For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom(Matthew 24:7)
Do these texts agree with one another? Or are they contradicting one another? Keeping in mind---if Isaiah 2:4 is not meaning in this age before the 2nd coming, but is meaning after the 2nd coming, and that Matthew 24:6-7 is meaning in this age before the 2nd coming.
neither shall they learn war any more(Isaiah 2:4)-----And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars(Matthew 24:6)
Do these texts agree with one another? Or are they contradicting one another? Keeping in mind---if Isaiah 2:4 is not meaning in this age before the 2nd coming, but is meaning after the 2nd coming, and that Matthew 24:6-7 is meaning in this age before the 2nd coming.
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The way it looks to me, both Amil and Premil encounter possible contradictions via A) or B) above, assuming their position is the correct position. Since I'm Premil I will try and deal with the possible contradictions concerning Premil, since Premils would be choosing B) above as the position containing no contradictions. Amils need to deal with their own possible contradictions since Amils would be choosing A) above as the position containing no contradictions.
Some might argue, doesn't B) above contradict even Premil since there is a battle after the thousand years, according to Revelation 20? That's a fair argument. What happens after the thousand years? Are nations battling against nations, as Jesus predicted would happen before He returns? No. There is no contradiction in that part, then. What about the part in Isaiah 2:4----neither shall they learn war any more, wouldn't that be a contradiction if there is a battle after the thousand years?
In order to try and answer that, let's look at Isaiah 2:4 again.
Isaiah 2:4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
It seems to me----and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks---that these things symbolize weapons of wars. Since we are in the 21st century, some weapons of war might include tanks, missles, atomic weapons, so on and so on. Assuming the thousand years are after the 2nd coming, and that there is a battle after the 2nd coming, would this battle be involving weapons of war, such as tanks, missles, atomic weapons, so on and so on?
Let's look at something in Ezekiel 39 that might help us here.
Ezekiel 39:9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
If this is happening in the end of this age, or better yet, in the beginning of the next age, and since it would be the 21st century that is in view, obviously no one is literally burning ancient weapons with fire seven years. But that this symbolizes the destroying of modern day weaponry, but that the 7 years are literal, as in, it apparently takes 7 literal years to fully accomplish this. With all of that in mind, no there would not be literal weapons of war being used in the battle after the thousand years, assuming that battle is after the 2nd coming, rather than prior to it.
The way it's beginning to look to me, though there appears to be contradictions with B) above if there is a battle after the thousand years, and that the thousand years are after the 2nd coming, is there really, though? Maybe not.
But there are clearly undeniably contradictions with A) above, though. But that's for Amils to sort out and try and prove there are no contradictions with A) above.
BTW, my point with Ezekiel 39:9 above is meaningless to you since you are unable to grasp, at least concerning Ezekiel 39, that even OT prophecies can contain symbolism, etc, thus no actual ancient weaponry are being meant.