Timtofly
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They should remove the mil part, because they reject the fact that the Day of the Lord, The Lord's Day, and Day of God, in physical time is 1000 years. God and the Lamb are there at the start of the 1000 years, and the earth being dissolved with fire is at the end. All of the day happens. It does not end before it starts. It does not start after it ends.The Amil understanding is that all is spiritual and nothing in this physical universe that exists now will ever matter because when Jesus comes back, the earth and universe will burn up and be replaced by an entirely new heavens and new earth. The only reason why that has not yet happened (in the A-mill understanding) is because of the great commission.
There is one verse + one passage of scripture which ensures the A-mills keep the kingdom of Christ spiritual only, and this present creation, completely corrupt and waiting only for complete destruction by fire:
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would fight so that I might not be delivered to the Jews. But now My kingdom is not from here. (John 18:36).
The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any of us should perish, but that all of us should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up.
Then, all these things being about to be dissolved, what sort ought you to be in holy behavior and godliness,
looking for and rushing the coming of the Day of God, on account of which the heavens, being on fire, will melt away, and the elements will melt, burning with heat?
But according to His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (2 Pet 3:9-13).
Every other passage of scripture both in the Old and the New Testament must be interpreted in the light of the above (in the A-mill understanding). Thus you will never, never, get a real, physical kingdom of Christ, or reign of Christ over the kingdoms of this world in a very real and literal way that is not merely spiritual, following His destruction of the beast and before the earth and all its works are burned up.
Therefore there has not only been a divorce between God and the genetic seed of Abraham who reject Christ, but there has also been a divorce between God and this current creation, according to this over-emphasis on certain scriptures and total ignoring of (more than de-emphasis of) everything else.
This is why A-mills will never, never consider the possibility of a literal thousand year reign of Christ. To them it contradicts the rest of the New Testament.
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