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You are the one who is not grasping what Revelation 20 is actually saying as you hold to a symbolic interpretation thereof that the text thereof does not corroborate.
The intent is that all are to be enlightened and that will surely come to pass. And Premils are not arguing for the universal salvation of nations.
You make it sound as though the Gospel has gone forth without fierce resistance from the forces of darkness but that is not the picture that scripture gives in that while we who are in Christ are redeemed from our sins and given eventual liberty from death, the Bible often times warns us of opposition, not just from man, but also from the dark forces unseen and that opposition and resistance to the Gospel has taken place in more ways than one.
Those who deny that there is still an ongoing spiritual warfare will be the first to become discouraged when resistance comes their way and their faith will be the first to be shaken because they were unprepared for the fight and underestimated the formidability of our adversary.
If they inhabit people, then they inhabit nations that are formed and maintained by the people. As to what extent they inhabit a nation depends on how many people within that nation they have in their possession and service and as the Apostle Paul pointed out, people and even entire nations can still be deceived. (2 Cor. 4:4)
You don't require everything mentioned only once in scripture to be corroborated by other scripture and don't call the acceptance of those things as they are presented as being a false doctrine but why treat Revelation 20 any differently?
You must rubbish the success of the great commission in order to let the Premil theory fit. But it lacks any biblical corroboration (which you have admitted) because it is a forced doctrine that was never held by any of the NT writers and orthodox early church fathers.
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