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I reject your claims here and happy to discuss the detail as to why I disagree with you from the scriptures. For example you say that Jeremiah 4:23-26 is not much help because it is not stating that the word "devil" or "Satan" is used. It does not have to as the scriptures here are talking about what happens at the second coming at the presence of God and that the earth as we know it being made desolate by Gods' judgements becomes empty with no more mankind being present. You say the SDA has the devil and his angels reigning 1000 years on the new earth yet how can that be true if there is no one for them left to reign over? Malachi 4:1-5 is the message of the prophet Elijah to make straight the paths of the Lord which was the same message as John the baptist gave before the coming of Christ the first time (compare Malachi 4:1-5 with Luke 1:12-17; Matthew 11:7-11; Matthew 11:13-14; Matthew 17:10-13; John does not say he is Elijah but has the message of Elijah Isaiah 40:3 with Matthew 3:1-3; John 1:19-21) In this sense the Elijah message is to be given to the world as Gods last warning to be given for all mankind just before the second coming of Jesus and the great day of God's judgements put an end to the living wicked when Jesus comes to receive His people as a groom receives His bride (Gods true people).From the 28 Basic Beliefs of the SDA
Seventh Day Adventist Basic Belief #27
“The Millenium is the thousand year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven between the first and second resurrections. During this time the wicked dead will be judged, the earth will be utterly desolate, without living human inhabitants, but occupied by Satan and his angels. At its close Christ with His saints and the Holy City will descend fro heaven to earth. The unrighteous dead will Jeremiah 4:23-26 ; Ezekiel 28:18-19 ; Malachi 4:1 I Corinthians 6:2-3 ; Revelation 20 ; Revelation 21:1-5
I am baffled by the SDA claim that God will give the earth to demons during the Millennium.
The usual interpretation of the Millennium is that Jesus Christ will reign on earth during that time. Instead, the SDA say that Satan will reign on earth during the Millennium but won’t have any humans to tempt or possess.
The scriptures they cite are not much help. The words “Satan,” “devil” and “demon” do not appear in the books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel or Malachi. While the Basic Beliefs cite Malachi 4:1, if we keep reading we find:
“See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and
dreadful day of the LORD comes.
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the
hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and
strike the land with a curse.”
Malachi 4:5-6 NIV
These are the last two verses in the Old Testament, and they point to the coming of Jesus Christ and His ministry.
The references to the New Testament don’t help much either. In I Corinthians 6: 2-3, Paul says that the saints will judge the world. I presume that this means that the saints will in some way assist Jesus in judging the world.
There is no contradiction here. Satan is bound up as there is nothing for Satan to reign over. At the second coming those who have remained faithful have been gathered to Christ while the wicked have been destroyed. The Greek word used here for "bound" according to Liddell/Scott/Jones Greek-English Lexicon - G1210 δέω also means forced to be alone, bind, keep in bonds, πῶς ἂν ἐγώ σε δέοιμι; says Hephaistos, pointing to the nets in which he had caught Ares, Od. 8.352; αὐτὸς δ' ἔδησε πατέρα A. Eu. 641; δήσαντες ἔχειν τινάς Th. 1.30; δησάντων αὐτὸν οἱ ἕνδεκα Lex ap. D. 24.105, etc. metaph., bind, enchain, γλῶσσα δέ οἱ δέδεται Thgn. 178; κέρδει καὶ σοφία δέδεται Pi. P. 3.54; ψυχὰ δ. λύπῃ E. Hipp. 160 (lyr.). So the scripture does not necessarily mean to be literally chained up for 1000 years. Here the scripture means that he is no longer able to tempt mankind to sin until the 1000 years have been completed. Essentially at this time Satan is not reigning as anything as he and his angels are in prison in the earth that has been desolated and destroyed by the second coming of Christ in the clouds of heaven.Revelation 20 and 21 contradict the SDA scenario instead of supporting it. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. Revelation 20:2 NIV Revelation 20 says that Satan will be “bound,” as in tied up, or chained, for a thousand years. There is nothing about Satan having the run of the earth during that time.
Your claims here are not true because according to the scriptures after the 1000 years after the second coming, the wicked dead in Christ are raised after the 1000 year reign at the second resurrection (Revelation 20:5-9). The first resurrection being to those who had died in Christ that were returned to life at the second coming (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 compare the trumpet of God at the second coming with 1 Corinthians 15:51-54; compare with Revelation 20:5-6).Moreover, Satan will once more deceive mortals and gather them for war when the Millenium is over. This wouldn’t be possible if there were no mortal people on earth to deceive. When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. Revelation 20:7-9 NIV
Exactly which has already been shown through the scriptures. Please see previous sections of this post and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 compare the trumpet of God at the second coming with 1 Corinthians 15:51-54; compare with Revelation 20:5-9.For the SDA interpreation of these two chapters to work, Jesus would have to return, gather the righteous and take them to heaven. At the same time, Jesus would have to destroy or slay everyone who is unsaved. Then, after conquering the earth, Jesus would have to go back to heaven and leave the earth to the demons. This last point isn’t consistent with Satan being “bound.”
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