God's 7000 year timeline for mankind.

[keras]

7000 years from the Creation to the Completion of Mankind:

Genesis 1:27 Adam was created in 3972.5 BC subtracted back from 586 BCE, from:

Gen 5:3 Seth +130, Gen 5:6 Enoch +105, Gen 5:9 Kenan +90, Gen 5:12 Mahalalel +70, Gen 5:15 Jared +65, Gen 5:18 Enoch +162, Gen 5:21 Methuselah +65, Gen 5:25 Lamech +187, Gen 5:28 Noah+182, Gen 7:6 The Flood came when Noah was +600, Gen 11:10 Our year 2314.5 BC

Arpachshad +2 - born to Shem after the flood. Gen 11:12 Selah +35, Gen 11:14 Heber +30, Gen 11:16 Peleg +34, Gen 11:18 Reu +30, Gen 11:20 Serug +32, Gen 11:22 Nahor +30 , Gen 11:24 Terah +29, Gen 11:26 Abram +70, Abram was +52 when God called him and they left Ur. Our year 1970.5 BCE He lived in Haran for 23 years, then went to Canaan at age 75. Genesis 12:4 Total years so far = 2000


Gen 17:1, Abraham was 99 when the Covenant was made with God. +47 Genesis 17:1-8

Galatians 3:17 Paul states that the Law was given +430 after the Covenant. Total years elapsed until the Exodus – 2477, in our year 1493.5 BC.

1 Kings 6:1 The Temple construction starts, in the 4th year of King Solomon +480 since the Torah was given at the Exodus.. 1 Kings 11:42 Solomon 40 minus 4 = +36, 1 Kings 14:21 Rehoboam +17, 1 Kings 15:2 Abijah +3, 2 Chron 16:13 Asa +41, 1 Kings 22:42 Jehoshaphat +25, 2 Kings 8:17 Jehoram +8, 2 Kings 8:26 Ahaziah +1, 2 Kings 11:1-3 Athaliah +6, 2 Kings 12:1 Joash +40, 2 Kings 14:2 Amaziah +29, 2 Kings 15:1-2 Azariah +52, 2 Kings 15:33 Jotham +16, 2 Kings 16:2 Ahaz +16, 2 Kings 18:1-2 Hezekiah +29, 2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh +55, 2 Kings 21:19 Amon +2, 2 Kings 22:1 Josiah +31, 2 Kings 23:31 Jehoahaz +3mths, 2 Kings 23:36 Jehoiakim +11, 2 Kings 24:8 Jehoichin +3mths, 2 Kings 24:18-20 Zedekiah +11, who ruled until the Babylonian captivity in our year of 586 BC.

Total elapsed years to the first exile of Judah = 3386.5

3386.5 + 586 = 3972.5 years from 1BC to when Adam was Created.



586 BC + 613.5 years + 2 comes to 29.5/30 AD, the date of Jesus’ acknowledgment as King of Israel. Plus 2 to include the total number of elapsed years, as our calendar system counts years from their commencement.

3386.5 + 613.5 = 4000 years from Adam to Jesus.


June 2022 AD - 29.5/30 AD = 1992 years since Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday

1992 + 4000 = 5992 years, is where we are now. 5992 + 8 = 6000 years

2022 AD + 8 = 2030 AD

Exactly 2000 years for the present Church age, until Jesus Returns.

4000 since Abraham, 6000 since Adam. Next comes the 1000 year reign of King Jesus.
The final wrap up and the Great White Throne judgement of all people: 7000 years.

Revelation 22...I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth and the Holy City, made ready like a bride... A new Beginning!

 

[eleos1954]

7000 years from the Creation to the Completion of Mankind:

Genesis 1:27 Adam was created in 3972.5 BC subtracted back from 586 BCE, from:

Gen 5:3 Seth +130, Gen 5:6 Enoch +105, Gen 5:9 Kenan +90, Gen 5:12 Mahalalel +70, Gen 5:15 Jared +65, Gen 5:18 Enoch +162, Gen 5:21 Methuselah +65, Gen 5:25 Lamech +187, Gen 5:28 Noah+182, Gen 7:6 The Flood came when Noah was +600, Gen 11:10 Our year 2314.5 BC

Arpachshad +2 - born to Shem after the flood. Gen 11:12 Selah +35, Gen 11:14 Heber +30, Gen 11:16 Peleg +34, Gen 11:18 Reu +30, Gen 11:20 Serug +32, Gen 11:22 Nahor +30 , Gen 11:24 Terah +29, Gen 11:26 Abram +70, Abram was +52 when God called him and they left Ur. Our year 1970.5 BCE He lived in Haran for 23 years, then went to Canaan at age 75. Genesis 12:4 Total years so far = 2000


Gen 17:1, Abraham was 99 when the Covenant was made with God. +47 Genesis 17:1-8

Galatians 3:17 Paul states that the Law was given +430 after the Covenant. Total years elapsed until the Exodus – 2477, in our year 1493.5 BC.

1 Kings 6:1 The Temple construction starts, in the 4th year of King Solomon +480 since the Torah was given at the Exodus.. 1 Kings 11:42 Solomon 40 minus 4 = +36, 1 Kings 14:21 Rehoboam +17, 1 Kings 15:2 Abijah +3, 2 Chron 16:13 Asa +41, 1 Kings 22:42 Jehoshaphat +25, 2 Kings 8:17 Jehoram +8, 2 Kings 8:26 Ahaziah +1, 2 Kings 11:1-3 Athaliah +6, 2 Kings 12:1 Joash +40, 2 Kings 14:2 Amaziah +29, 2 Kings 15:1-2 Azariah +52, 2 Kings 15:33 Jotham +16, 2 Kings 16:2 Ahaz +16, 2 Kings 18:1-2 Hezekiah +29, 2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh +55, 2 Kings 21:19 Amon +2, 2 Kings 22:1 Josiah +31, 2 Kings 23:31 Jehoahaz +3mths, 2 Kings 23:36 Jehoiakim +11, 2 Kings 24:8 Jehoichin +3mths, 2 Kings 24:18-20 Zedekiah +11, who ruled until the Babylonian captivity in our year of 586 BC.

Total elapsed years to the first exile of Judah = 3386.5

3386.5 + 586 = 3972.5 years from 1BC to when Adam was Created.



586 BC + 613.5 years + 2 comes to 29.5/30 AD, the date of Jesus’ acknowledgment as King of Israel. Plus 2 to include the total number of elapsed years, as our calendar system counts years from their commencement.

3386.5 + 613.5 = 4000 years from Adam to Jesus.


June 2022 AD - 29.5/30 AD = 1992 years since Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday

1992 + 4000 = 5992 years, is where we are now. 5992 + 8 = 6000 years

2022 AD + 8 = 2030 AD

Exactly 2000 years for the present Church age, until Jesus Returns.

4000 since Abraham, 6000 since Adam. Next comes the 1000 year reign of King Jesus.
The final wrap up and the Great White Throne judgement of all people: 7000 years.

Revelation 22...I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth and the Holy City, made ready like a bride... A new Beginning!

hmmm maybe??? who knows .... I do know His return is very near .... however believe the 1,000 years are spent in heaven at the 1st resurrection, before the GWT Judgement ... so it wouldn't surprise me if the 1st resurrection happens during the 7,000th year of earth .... the number 7 is symbolic and represents completion (ie. completed of creation on the 7th) .... so the 7,000th year would complete the realty of the salvation plan .... the number 8 represents a new beginning .... so perhaps early to mid on during the 8,000th year then the 2nd resurrection happens (of the lost) GWTJ happens then and then God makes everything new ... I do not believe the destruction of the wicked will be a prolonged timeframe .... the point of it is to put the lost out of their misery not keep them in it. (do not believe Jesus reigns on earth for the 1,000 years) .... nor of a "burning place" for eternity.

but ... pure speculation ... who knows? Can't wait until He returns. Even so, Lord Jesus come quickly!!!! Amen.

 

[Minister Monardo]

Exactly 2000 years for the present Church age, until Jesus Returns.

4000 since Abraham, 6000 since Adam. Next comes the 1000 year reign of King Jesus.
The final wrap up and the Great White Throne judgement of all people: 7000 years.

The millennium is also "the third day" of Christ.
The "latter days"= final 3X1000.
I disagree that Christ Himself returns for "the
third day".
Psalm 110:1 The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou at my right hand, until I make
thine enemies thy footstool.
The world will be ruled from the throne of David for
1000 years. The Third Day.
Hosea 3:5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.

Jeremiah 30:9 But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

Ezekiel 34:
23 I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them—My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.
24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken.

Ezekiel 37:24 David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
Notes:
I understand the tendency to see all prophecies fulfilled in Christ. This does not contradict that notion. The Body of Christ is to reign with Him. To say that
David is seated as Prince under the reign of the Son of God from heaven fulfills these prophecies.
Consistent with John the Baptist coming in "the spirit and power of Elijah", this does not require a literal interpretation either. What is necessary is that there be one of the lineage of David, and that he receive the spirit and power of David, in Christ.
The Lord's return is at the end of the age. After the 1000 year reign of Christ on earth, when Satan is released to lead a final rebellion against Jerusalem, when he will be destroyed by the breath of the Lord.
Some may find as an inconsistency the Rabbinic calendar, and this time being well short of 6000 years.
This adjustment was made at the time of the destruction of the second temple, when the Lord cut short the time for the elect.
Romans 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

In closing, I understand that there is a wide disagreement on this topic, and many will see things differently. Cool by me. I won't argue, but I will read the responses. I rate all comments in this matter as "useful".

 

[Pavel Mosko]

7000 years from the Creation to the Completion of Mankind:

Ah yes Biblical numerology...isn't it interesting


The problem is this stuff is so subject to change, like the guy that release X number of reasons Christ is coming this year (e.g. -86 reasons Christ is coming in 1986) , every year for 22 years or more until he died.

 

[keras]

but ... pure speculation ... who knows?

Ah yes Biblical numerology...isn't it interesting

What I posted in #1 was the time periods as given in the Bible, added up and attached to our calendar system. I used 47 Bible verses; they are NOT speculation or numerology.

But of course the very thought that we might actually have to go thru the graphic events prophesied in Revelation and throughout the Bible, is too much for some to handle.
Offhand rejection is the preferred action to such scary thoughts.

 

[Pavel Mosko]

What I posted in #1 was the time periods as given in the Bible, added up and attached to our calendar system. I used 47 Bible verses; they are NOT speculation or numerology.

But of course the very thought that we might actually have to go thru the graphic events prophesied in Revelation and throughout the Bible, is too much for some to handle.
Offhand rejection is the preferred action to such scary thoughts.

Not really. IF you understand prophecy that is what the signs of Christ return is about. As far as understanding the seasons. Basically the more screwed up things get, the more we have a reason to hope because things need to get worse before they get better ultimately speaking.


This also should not be news if you study the history of Christianity, especially in places like Asia and Africa, where persecution has been regular and the norm.

 

[Jipsah]

Ah yes Biblical numerology...isn't it interesting

Rubbish

 

[Spiritual Jew]

7000 years from the Creation to the Completion of Mankind:

Genesis 1:27 Adam was created in 3972.5 BC subtracted back from 586 BCE, from:

Gen 5:3 Seth +130, Gen 5:6 Enoch +105, Gen 5:9 Kenan +90, Gen 5:12 Mahalalel +70, Gen 5:15 Jared +65, Gen 5:18 Enoch +162, Gen 5:21 Methuselah +65, Gen 5:25 Lamech +187, Gen 5:28 Noah+182, Gen 7:6 The Flood came when Noah was +600, Gen 11:10 Our year 2314.5 BC

Arpachshad +2 - born to Shem after the flood. Gen 11:12 Selah +35, Gen 11:14 Heber +30, Gen 11:16 Peleg +34, Gen 11:18 Reu +30, Gen 11:20 Serug +32, Gen 11:22 Nahor +30 , Gen 11:24 Terah +29, Gen 11:26 Abram +70, Abram was +52 when God called him and they left Ur. Our year 1970.5 BCE He lived in Haran for 23 years, then went to Canaan at age 75. Genesis 12:4 Total years so far = 2000


Gen 17:1, Abraham was 99 when the Covenant was made with God. +47 Genesis 17:1-8

Galatians 3:17 Paul states that the Law was given +430 after the Covenant. Total years elapsed until the Exodus – 2477, in our year 1493.5 BC.

1 Kings 6:1 The Temple construction starts, in the 4th year of King Solomon +480 since the Torah was given at the Exodus.. 1 Kings 11:42 Solomon 40 minus 4 = +36, 1 Kings 14:21 Rehoboam +17, 1 Kings 15:2 Abijah +3, 2 Chron 16:13 Asa +41, 1 Kings 22:42 Jehoshaphat +25, 2 Kings 8:17 Jehoram +8, 2 Kings 8:26 Ahaziah +1, 2 Kings 11:1-3 Athaliah +6, 2 Kings 12:1 Joash +40, 2 Kings 14:2 Amaziah +29, 2 Kings 15:1-2 Azariah +52, 2 Kings 15:33 Jotham +16, 2 Kings 16:2 Ahaz +16, 2 Kings 18:1-2 Hezekiah +29, 2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh +55, 2 Kings 21:19 Amon +2, 2 Kings 22:1 Josiah +31, 2 Kings 23:31 Jehoahaz +3mths, 2 Kings 23:36 Jehoiakim +11, 2 Kings 24:8 Jehoichin +3mths, 2 Kings 24:18-20 Zedekiah +11, who ruled until the Babylonian captivity in our year of 586 BC.

Total elapsed years to the first exile of Judah = 3386.5

3386.5 + 586 = 3972.5 years from 1BC to when Adam was Created.



586 BC + 613.5 years + 2 comes to 29.5/30 AD, the date of Jesus’ acknowledgment as King of Israel. Plus 2 to include the total number of elapsed years, as our calendar system counts years from their commencement.

3386.5 + 613.5 = 4000 years from Adam to Jesus.


June 2022 AD - 29.5/30 AD = 1992 years since Jesus made His triumphal entry into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday

1992 + 4000 = 5992 years, is where we are now. 5992 + 8 = 6000 years

2022 AD + 8 = 2030 AD

Exactly 2000 years for the present Church age, until Jesus Returns.

4000 since Abraham, 6000 since Adam. Next comes the 1000 year reign of King Jesus.
The final wrap up and the Great White Throne judgement of all people: 7000 years.

Revelation 22...I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth and the Holy City, made ready like a bride... A new Beginning!

All I see here is you showing how many years of history there have been so far and then claiming there will be 7000 total years. But, where is it actually taught in scripture that there would be 7000 years of history? Nowhere.

 

[keras]

All I see here is you showing how many years of history there have been so far and then claiming there will be 7000 total years. But, where is it actually taught in scripture that there would be 7000 years of history? Nowhere.

Several prophesies talk about the 'days' of God. Hosea 6:2 obviously does not mean actual 24 hour days. Our revival is the Church age of 2000 years, then the raising us up to live in His sight, is the 1000 year Millennium.
But I have presented the proof in my OP. The fact of the exact 2000 year periods; Adam to Abraham and Abraham to Jesus and now almost another 2000 years to the Return of Jesus and then His 1000 year reign, is more than sufficient to prove that God has decreed 7000 years for mankind.

 

[Minister Monardo]

God has decreed 7000 years for mankind.

2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Peter seems to have something to this effect on his mind. It may not prove anything, but if there is a 7th day Sabbath, and a 7th year Sabbath, is it so far fetched that the Lord has declared a 7th millennium rest for the land of Israel, during which time Satan is bound?
Isaiah 2:
2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

I once heard a preacher teaching on Revelation ask,
"why would God bind Satan for 1000 years, only to release him again?"
Consider Isaiah 2:3. If the Law of God is the Law for all mankind, then just for one example, an adulterer will be put to death. For those inclined to sin, the Law will seem exceptionally harsh. I believe in the foreshadowing of the OT. After 40 years of unrivaled peace and prosperity, the people revolted against Solomon's heir, saying that his reign was too harsh.
How difficult is it to believe that Satan would be able to lead a rebellion after 1000 years? During that period, no one will be able to say "the devil made me do it", because he won't be able to do so. Just a few thoughts to consider or reject. Don't care either way, but not sorry.

 

[Minister Monardo]

Ah yes Biblical numerology...isn't it interesting

All I see here is you showing how many years of history there have been so far and then claiming there will be 7000 total years.

As for adding up years, I don't see the necessity. We are a part of the "latter days". As I indicated in post#3
We know that we will soon be at 2000 years since Christ ascended, that is a fact. Don't have to grind out numbers.

2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

If we could not be ignorant of this one thing, then the second day is nearing completion. That puts the 7th millennium Sabbath coinciding with the third day of the "latter days". Again, no exhaustive calculations, 70 weeks of Daniel, yada, yada. The third day motif permeates the scriptures. I posted a series of threads on this last year. Or you can search "third day", and see for yourself. No numerology. No Kabbalah. Easy as one, two....third! A child can calculate, on one hand.
Not complicated at all.

 

[Minister Monardo]

Revelation 22...I saw a new Heaven and a new Earth and the Holy City, made ready like a bride... A new Beginning!

This was fun! Let's do it again some time. 1 Peter 2:15

 

[keras]

OK, try this one:
Five Thousand nine hundred and ninety two years and counting.:

God’s 7000 year plan for the earth’s inhabitants is now approaching the 6000 year point. There were 4000 years from Adam to the Triumphant entry of King Jesus into Jerusalem, His Death and Resurrection.

Luke 13:32 Listen, today and tomorrow, I shall be driving out demons and working cures and on the third day, I shall attain My goal.

This must be a prophecy and it refers to the 2000 year Christian era, then the 1000 year Millennium, as in the next verse Jesus says;

Luke 13:33 However, I must go on My way this day, tomorrow and the next, then meet My death in Jerusalem.

A matching prophecy is in Hosea 6:2 After two days He will revive us, on the third, He will restore us, that we may live in His presence. So, there are two “days” that the people of the world must wait until Jesus Returns to His Kingdom and restores us. Just before that, His people are ‘revived ‘ by going to live in the holy Land. Ezekiel 34:11-31

In Psalms 90:4 and 2 Peter 3:8 A thousand years [on earth] are as one day in the Lords sight. [in heaven]


As to where Jesus is now, we can’t know what is happening in the heavenly realms, but, there are many instances of Jesus appearing to people who cry out to Him, He promises to be with us spiritually and He performs miraculous healings.

John 5:17 My Father is always at work, to this very day and I too am working.

John 14:23 Anyone who loves Me will heed what I say.... we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.

Matthew 28:20 ... Observe all that I have commanded you and I will be with you always, to the end of time.

We have five possible ways of discerning the year when the Lord will appear in His glory and commence His Millennial reign.

1. Two thousand years from 29/30 CE, Entry as King, then His Death and Resurrection. .
2. The 7th year of the Sabbath year cycle falls on 2029/30 CE.
3. 2030 is the 40th Jubilee year from 70 CE.

4. Ezekiel 4:6..40 year exile decreed for Judah. Multiplied by 7x7 – Leviticus 26:23 & 27 and confirmed by Isaiah 40:2. Equals 1960 years. From 70 CE + 1960 = 2030 The Return of the Jewish King and of all the world.

5. Logic: The world staggers on in its apostate and wicked ways. The many prophesied events still to occur before His Return must take place.

Isaiah 46:10, Amos 3:7 and Revelation 1:1, state that the Lord reveals His plans to His servants.
It follows, therefore, that we, as His servants, by diligently searching His word, can find out and be warned of dramatic future events, to happen before the Return.
Ref: logostelos.info

 

[Minister Monardo]

OK, try this one:
Five Thousand nine hundred and ninety two years and counting.:

year 5782 in the Jewish calendar.
2000 years since the ascension is what matters, that is when the third day, millennium is reached.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

Do not scoff at the cosmic week

The following are some of the sources for the early church's teaching of this doctrine.

So from a prophetic point of view one day is a thousand years. From the time of Adam there will be 6,000 years followed by 1,000 years of rest. The early church fathers believed this. Irenaeus (ca. 125-202) was bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, which is now Lyons, France. Irenaeus was born in Smyrna in Asia Minor, where he studied under bishop Polycarp who in turn had been a disciple of the Apostle John.

In his work, "Against Heresies" (Book5, Chapter 8, paragraph 3), Irenaeus said the following:

3. For in as many days as this world was made, in so many thousand years shall it be concluded. And for this reason the Scripture says: ''Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their adornment. And God brought to a conclusion upon the sixth day the works that He had made; and God rested upon the seventh day from all His works''. Genesis 2:2. This is an account of the things formerly created, as also it is a prophecy of what is to come. ''For the day of the Lord is as a thousand years''; 2 Peter 3:8. In six days created things were completed: it is evident, therefore, that they will come to an end at the sixth thousand year.

Another source from which we get the teaching of the 7,000 year cycle is the Epistle of Barnabas. There is much discussion over who wrote this epistle. Some attribute it to the Barnabas of the Book of Acts who was a companion of the Apostle Paul. Others doubt this. However there is general agreement that whoever wrote it, it was written some time between 70 AD and 132 AD. Consequently it demonstrates that the teaching of the 7,000 year cycle was part of church teaching right from the start. In Chapter 15:4-5 the epistle says the following. J.B.Lightfoot translation.

Barnabas 15:4
Give heed, children, what this meaneth; He ended in six days. He
meaneth this, that in six thousand years the Lord shall bring all
things to an end; for the day with Him signifyeth a thousand years;
and this He himself beareth me witness, saying; Behold, the day of
the Lord shall be as a thousand years. Therefore, children, in six
days, that is in six thousand years, everything shall come to an end.

Barnabas 15:5
And He rested on the seventh day. this He meaneth; when His Son
shall come, and shall abolish the time of the Lawless One, and shall
judge the ungodly, and shall change the sun and the moon and the
stars, then shall he truly rest on the seventh day.

Hippolytus

Hippolytus of Rome was an early Christian theologian who lived between 170 and 235 A.D. His commentary on the Book of Daniel is the oldest surviving Christian commentary on scripture. The following is from Fragment 2 of his commentary on Daniel, paragraph 4.

And 6, 000 years must needs be accomplished, in order that the Sabbath may come, the rest, the holy day on which God rested from all His works. For the Sabbath is the type and emblem of the future kingdom of the saints, when they shall reign with Christ, when He comes from heaven, as John says in his Apocalypse: for a day with the Lord is as a thousand years. Since, then, in six days God made all things, it follows that 6, 000 years must be fulfilled. And they are not yet fulfilled, as John says: five are fallen; one is, that is, the sixth; the other is not yet come.

https://www.prophecy-workshop.com/the-7-000-year-cycle

 

[eleos1954]

What I posted in #1 was the time periods as given in the Bible, added up and attached to our calendar system. I used 47 Bible verses; they are NOT speculation or numerology.

But of course the very thought that we might actually have to go thru the graphic events prophesied in Revelation and throughout the Bible, is too much for some to handle.
Offhand rejection is the preferred action to such scary thoughts.

Yes, there are some who think all of mankind will not go through the great tribulation ... whereas it is clear that all of mankind will ... it's going to be an extremely difficult time ... but the Lord will be with them through it.

 

[Minister Monardo]

Yes, there are some who think all of mankind will not go through the great tribulation ... whereas it is clear that all of mankind will ... it's going to be an extremely difficult time ... but the Lord will be with them through it.

Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego!

 

[ChetSinger]

Yes, the Millenial Day Theory. This has a long history in the church and can be found as early as the Epistle of Barnabas. I can see the sense in it.

And I think there's an interesting modern fact related to it: the end won't come until the gospel is preached to every nation, and according to a relative of mine who's familiar with New Testament translation work, that's almost been done.

 

[DavidPT]

Do not scoff at the cosmic week

The following are some of the sources for the early church's teaching of this doctrine.

So from a prophetic point of view one day is a thousand years. From the time of Adam there will be 6,000 years followed by 1,000 years of rest. The early church fathers believed this. Irenaeus (ca. 125-202) was bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, which is now Lyons, France. Irenaeus was born in Smyrna in Asia Minor, where he studied under bishop Polycarp who in turn had been a disciple of the Apostle John.

In his work, "Against Heresies" (Book5, Chapter 8, paragraph 3), Irenaeus said the following:

3. For in as many days as this world was made, in so many thousand years shall it be concluded. And for this reason the Scripture says: ''Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their adornment. And God brought to a conclusion upon the sixth day the works that He had made; and God rested upon the seventh day from all His works''. Genesis 2:2. This is an account of the things formerly created, as also it is a prophecy of what is to come. ''For the day of the Lord is as a thousand years''; 2 Peter 3:8. In six days created things were completed: it is evident, therefore, that they will come to an end at the sixth thousand year.

Another source from which we get the teaching of the 7,000 year cycle is the Epistle of Barnabas. There is much discussion over who wrote this epistle. Some attribute it to the Barnabas of the Book of Acts who was a companion of the Apostle Paul. Others doubt this. However there is general agreement that whoever wrote it, it was written some time between 70 AD and 132 AD. Consequently it demonstrates that the teaching of the 7,000 year cycle was part of church teaching right from the start. In Chapter 15:4-5 the epistle says the following. J.B.Lightfoot translation.

Barnabas 15:4
Give heed, children, what this meaneth; He ended in six days. He
meaneth this, that in six thousand years the Lord shall bring all
things to an end; for the day with Him signifyeth a thousand years;
and this He himself beareth me witness, saying; Behold, the day of
the Lord shall be as a thousand years. Therefore, children, in six
days, that is in six thousand years, everything shall come to an end.

Barnabas 15:5
And He rested on the seventh day. this He meaneth; when His Son
shall come, and shall abolish the time of the Lawless One, and shall
judge the ungodly, and shall change the sun and the moon and the
stars, then shall he truly rest on the seventh day.

Hippolytus

Hippolytus of Rome was an early Christian theologian who lived between 170 and 235 A.D. His commentary on the Book of Daniel is the oldest surviving Christian commentary on scripture. The following is from Fragment 2 of his commentary on Daniel, paragraph 4.

And 6, 000 years must needs be accomplished, in order that the Sabbath may come, the rest, the holy day on which God rested from all His works. For the Sabbath is the type and emblem of the future kingdom of the saints, when they shall reign with Christ, when He comes from heaven, as John says in his Apocalypse: for a day with the Lord is as a thousand years. Since, then, in six days God made all things, it follows that 6, 000 years must be fulfilled. And they are not yet fulfilled, as John says: five are fallen; one is, that is, the sixth; the other is not yet come.

https://www.prophecy-workshop.com/the-7-000-year-cycle

Since you are SDA, this apparently means your position is that the thousand years are spent in heaven rather than on earth, and that the earth is empty and has no humans dwelling there during the thousand years, and the fact you are using early church fathers as support of a future thousand years, how many ECF writings can you come up with that support the thousand year reign is in heaven rather than on earth?

The ones you submitted here do not support that one way or the other as far as I can tell.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

Since you are SDA, this apparently means your position is that the thousand years are spent in heaven rather than on earth, and that the earth is empty and has no humans dwelling there during the thousand years, and the fact you are using early church fathers as support of a future thousand years, how many ECF writings can you come up with that support the thousand year reign is in heaven rather than on earth?

The ones you submitted here do not support that one way or the other as far as I can tell.

Sorry David I was not discussing wheather the 1000 reign is in heaven or on earth.
But you have stated the truth in this post as to where the reign is, in heaven.