The last 1991 years has been a 95% failure. Slightly better than the 98% failure of nation of Israel prior to the Cross. So much of a failure that certain protestants declared total depravity of mankind. I would not go that far. We have the ability to destroy ourselves, not a mandate and certainly not the only ability. The ability to change one's mind seems lost on the very people who have claimed to have been able to change their minds. There are some points that many still have to work out, before one can set their thoughts in concrete. Those who have declared victory in the cemented state, do they accept if they are wrong they will want to remain cemented in wrong theology? Is there really a point any human can have it all figured out?
Speaking of having everything all figured out, I ran across an article just the other day where it appears that maybe this person thinks that they have it all figured out.
The following is an excerpt from that article. If you care to read any more of it, just go to the link I provided.
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The "Day of the Lord" Can Also Be Exactly 1,000 Years;
Reconciling Millennial and Amillennial Bible Prophecy Viewpoints
"The Day of the Lord" is mentioned in various ways more than 80 times in the Old and New Testaments in the
Bible‐‐so we should pay close attention to what it means. In Revelation chapter 20 we are also told that
resurrected believers will reign exactly 1,000 years with Christ during this time of the Day of the Lord.
(Revelation does not say where they will reign.) Also Satan will be bound and sealed in a spiritual abyss prison
for exactly 1,000 years. Why are both of these events in Revelation exactly the same amount of time? How
are they related? What is God telling us? Is it just symbolic or literal? It is literal!!!!
In Christianity today there is a great debate between those that interpret the 1,000 years as literal and those
that do not. Those that see the 1,000 years as literal are generally called "millennialists", while those that do
not are called "amillennialists." Understanding the 1,000 years as literal at first seems simple, but a 1,000 year
kingdom (on earth) after Christ returns on the Day of the Lord conflicts with many dozens of other equally
important Bible prophetic passages. This will be discussed in more detail later, but a simple rebuttal about an
earthly reign is from Jesus himself:
John 18:36 (NIV)
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants
would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is
not from the world.”
Where does Jesus reign? Since his ascension to heaven after His resurrection, Jesus reigns in heaven. The
Apostle Paul tells us this: "For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to
be destroyed is death." (1 Corinthians 15: 25‐26) In Psalms King David makes this clear as well: "The Lord says
to my lord: 'Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.'” (Psalm 110:1)
A clue to understanding more about this comes from both King David and the Apostle Peter. Peter writes:
"With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." (2 Peter 3:8) Peter was
writing about the apparent slowness for Christ to return. He tells the believers not to worry about the Day of
the Lord. The primary context of Peter's writing is that believers should be patient.
A secondary context is that Peter uses the phrase "a thousand years". This is the only place in the New
Testament this is mentioned other than in Revelation 20. So Peter is helping us interpret Revelation 20 as
well! Likewise in Psalms, David writes a similar line: "A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just
gone by, or like a watch in the night." (Psalm 90:4)
https://revelation-now.org/wp-conte...the-Lord-Will-Be-a-Unique-Day-v-2018-1.00.pdf
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