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This is false. The millennial kingdom is world wide and the whole point of this period of time is to rule over the nations and they are all unbelievers when the thousand years begin.
I thought this too. But what about in Matthew at Christ's second coming where He divides the sheep and the goats?
That happens after the thousand years at the GWTJ
"The Bible also teaches that unbelievers will not be allowed to enter the millennial kingdom."
This is false. The millennial kingdom is world wide and the whole point of this period of time is to rule over the nations and they are all unbelievers when the thousand years begin.
Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite (Aorist tense verb with PRESENT tense meaning) the nations: and he shall rule (FUTURE tense verb) them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth (PRESENT tense verb) the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Here rule/poimaino is in the FUTURE tense meaning it will happen at some point AFTER the second coming and battle of Armageddon while treadeth/pateo is written in the PRESENT tense meaning it is happening during this second coming. The treading and smiting are happening at Armageddon but not the ruling which proves mortals will be alive after Armageddon is over. This proves the Premill position because indeed there is a future rule of people who were not slain during the second coming that Christ and his saints will rule over.
A second witness to this:
Rev 2:25 But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
That is the second coming. Everything we read of next comes after the second coming:
Rev 2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
After "the end" comes, there is given power over the nations to those that are overcomers which naturally includes those who "are alive and remain" at the second coming. They will be given power over the mortal unsaved nations after Christ has returned not before it.
Rev 2:27 And he shall rule (FUTURE tense verb) them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
After the second coming and after "the end" will the overcomers be given power over the nations, ruling them with a rod of iron. That proves the rod of iron rule over the nations for a thousand years does not even start until Christ has returned and has given overcomers this power to rule over the nations.
Who then are Gog and Magog who overrun your so-called future millennium as the sand of the sea?
That's the final conflict, I believe. Fire reigns down from heaven and destroys them all. Then GWTJ.
Who are they? Where do they come from? What qualifies them to avoid the destruction upon the wicked when Jesus comes? What qualifies them to inherit your millennial kingdom?
They come from those righteous ones that survived the great Tribulation. Their bodies will not become glorified, they will have an enlarged lifespan. In the Millenial Kingdom which they enter upon Christ's return, they will have the ability to procreate as we have now. Their lifespans will increase to 1000 years. Anyone who dies at 100 will be accursed for their unbelief. The children from these Tribulation survivors will repopulate the earth and it is their children who will have to choose to accept Christ or deny him, subsequently allying themselves to Satan. They will be born without glorified bodies. When Christ returns, I believe He will fulfill Matthew 25 and separate the sheep from the goats, casting the goats into outer darkness which may be either hell, the LOF, or a prison to hold them until the GWTJ after the final War of Gog and Magog whom Satan will rally, only to be destroyed by fire come down from heaven.
Think of how many children a couple can produce in a lifespan of 90 years and then multiply that by 11. Virtually 1000 years of baby making is possible for these people.
That's my apprehension of the theory. Make of it what you will. Feel free to poke holes in it if you can.
Where do you get that?
Through meticulous analysis of scripture. What's wrong with it? I trust you of all people would know how to deconstruct that which I have written. By all means.
Through deduction one comes to this conclusion. Your issue is that you do not see the second coming and the catching up as two separate events.
Okay. I guess that makes sense. So are you saying Matthew 25 is the same as Revelation 20?
Matthew 25:31 makes it pretty clear that Jesus does this separation at His second coming, not after the 1000 years. What do you think about Matt 25:31?
Who then are Gog and Magog who overrun your so-called future millennium as the sand of the sea?
They are part of the nations that were ruled over for a thousand years. They also don't overrun anything related to the Millennium as that time period is over before Satan is allowed to go to them and deceive them.