Yes, really. You need to shorten your posts. No need for them to be this long.
I can give you a line upon line break down of Rev.20, and other relevant Scripture that reveals that 1,000 year period is for after Christ's return, which is not difficult at all. The Zechariah 14 witness of Christ's reigning from Jerusalem (on earth) over the nations and the Rev.20 witness of Christ reigning over the nations with His elect is really all one needs. 1 Cor.15:23-28 also gives a witness of that future reign by Christ Jesus on earth, as does Psalms 2; Psalms 110; Psalms 132; Revelation 14; Acts 1; Revelation 3:9.
There are many more Scripture examples of Christ's future reign over the nations at His coming return; they are scattered all throughout God's Word. Many of them are hard-linked to the "day of the Lord" event that will occur on the day of His return in our near future.
There's also this one which many miss...
The Two Comings of Lord Jesus Christ --
First Coming Meek as a Lamb:
Zech 9:9
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Second Coming To Reign:
Zech 9:10
10 And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from river even to the ends of the earth.
KJV
The idea of a "dominion" means a kingdom. That's about Christ's future reign when He returns in our near future.
Christ’s teaching on the kingdom of God was totally alien to the hyper-literal thinking of the Jews of His day, who anticipated a literal carnal earthly racist kingdom, with the Messiah reigning over the Gentiles from Jerusalem in a tyrannical manner. But Jesus taught something completely different. His kingdom was spiritual. It was entered by faith. It was heavenly-centered. It was international in expanse, and knew no boundaries. This cut across the Zionism of the religious apostates that opposed Christ. It exposed the racial prejudice of the unbelieving Jews. It countered their carnal earthy expectation. It blew apart their parochial mindset. The Christ-rejecting Israelites had absolutely no comprehension of the spiritual fulfillment or the heavenly focus of the kingdom promises. That is because they were spiritually blind.
They had no grasp of the spiritual reality of kingdom living. That is why the parables were foreign to them.
The fact is, Christ would ascend to rule at the right hand of glory in heaven and rule over his enemies as the messianic King. When Jesus returns we will see the eternal reward of his people and the eternal retribution to all who rejected Him.
As we get into the New Testament and observe the teaching of Christ and the New Testament writers we see much teaching on the nature, timing and purpose of the kingdom.
Christ taught some of His most profound teaching on the kingdom in His parables. These were everyday earthly stories revealing deep spiritual truths. They were simple recognizable figurative illustrations designed to explain important moral or spiritual lessons.
What we see frequently in Scripture is that what was vague, distant and couched in old covenant terms and locations in the Old Testament, was interpreted in the New Testament in a spiritual manner. The Pharisees couldn’t catch this.
Every time the kingdom is mentioned by Christ, it is in a spiritual sense. The apostles initially struggled with this, with the hyper literal old covenant mindset. But as they become increasingly enlightened, their revelation became clear.
There was a seismic change happening from the old to the new, from the natural to the supernatural, from the shadow and type to the substance and reality, from the imperfect to the perfect, from the inadequate to the all-sufficient, from the physical to the spiritual, from the external to the internal, from the temporary to the eternal, from the earthly to the heavenly, from the national to the international and from the conditional to the unconditional.
This whole change was understandably revolutionary for all Israeli citizens, including the disciples. The whole playing field was changed. Natural Israel’s favored position was gone forever. Physical circumcision as a sign old covenant was gone forever. The physical temple in Jerusalem was gone forever. The Judaic ceremonial system was gone forever.
Now the disciples were being asked to move on to a better, albeit, completely diverse system built upon superior promises. This covenant would be both eternal and heavenly.
The fact is:
· The old covenant was based upon man’s obedience.
· The new covenant was based upon Christ’s obedience.
This is why it would be a complete success and have no end.
The kingdom parables have absolutely nothing to do with some future millennial kingdom or Christ physically reigning in natural Jerusalem over the Gentile nations with a rod of iron. It has absolutely nothing to do with the re-introduction of the old covenant ceremonial system. Christ did away with that forever with His sinless life, His atoning death and His victorious resurrection.
The old is gone, the new has arrived. Heavenly Jerusalem has become the focus. Christ reigns in glory at the right hand of majesty over His enemies. Men are born from above. Their citizenship is in heaven. God’s people are heavenly people. Why? What changed?
Before the earthly ministry of Christ, His vicarious death and His physical resurrection, man’s focus was generally earthly, temporal and physical. Upon death, the believer’s hope was merely Abrahams bottom in Hades. This was so since the fall because man sin had not been fully and finally paid for. Sin, death and Hades had not been defeated. Jesus removed every hindrance that came in between God and man. This opened up a spiritual union and communion between both.
When Jesus comes again He will remove everything that is an offense to Him. He will finally have put down all rule and authority (1 Corinthians 15:24). He will introduce everlasting and perfect righteousness (2 Peter 3:13). It is at this time that the righteous shall shine forth as a sun in “the kingdom of their Father” (Matthew 13:43). The wicked will be destroyed from Christ very presence (2 Thessalonians 1:9 & Luke 17:26–30) but the righteous will be glorified at His arrival (2 Thessalonians 1:10). This is the end. It is the end of time. It is the end of this evil age. It is the end of the mystery of God (Revelation 10:6-7). It is the end of salvation for mankind. Man cannot survive Christ’s glorious and climatic return (Revelation 19:17-21). It is indeed all-consummating!
Christians today share in the Messianic triumph of Christ. Believers are citizens of a heavenly kingdom (Philippians 3:20–21). They are seated in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:4-6, 11-14, 3:1). They rule and reign with Him in life and in death.
The incorruption that will be inherited at the
parousia is the newly generated earth. There’s no place for mortals. There’s no place for the unsaved (1 Corinthians 15:50-58).
