1. Earth is desolate for 1000 years.
2. One thousand years end...
3. New Jerusalem comes down
The Bible doesn't say that the New Jerusalem comes down at this time. It only shows it coming down in the new earth.
4. The wicked are raised and surround the camp of the saints
The Scriptures do not speak of a resurrection until verse 13. It does not say the resurrected wicked surround the camp, rather it says the nations surround the camp. The same nations that satan could not deceive while he was locked in the pit of the abyss are still there at the end of the 1k years, When he came out they were still there.
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison
Rev 20:8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
You change the order of the various events as stated in Scripture, and add to them. Upon what basis do you do that?
BobRyan said: ↑
Rev 19 shows us that nothing but a desolate earth is left after the appearing of Christ in Rev 19
Revelation 19-20 does not show that only a desolate earth is left after Jesus' appearance in chapter 19.
The angel summons the birds to a particular place to gather for the battle:
Rev 19:17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God,
Rev 19:18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all, both free and slave, both small and great.”
This is then explained, as John sees the armies of the kings of the earth also gathered to one place to resist Jesus. This is why the list above includes kings, mighty men, captains, horses, horsemen, and all the others, slave and free, among the armies that were gathered at the battle. The angel announces ahead of time the outcome of the battle, the slaying of the armies gathered to resist the Lord.
Rev 19:19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army.
From these armies two members are captured, the beast and the false prophet, which are placed in the lake of fire, and the rest of the members of the armies are slain:
Rev 19:20 And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Rev 19:21 And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.
The birds now eat of the bodies of those in the armies that were slain.
However, while these kings and their armies were slain, the earth is not said to be empty at this time.
Rev 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain.
Rev 20:2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
Rev 20:3 and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
Satan is bound in the pit so that he might not deceive the nations, which are still present. But they are reigned over by Christ:
Rev 20:4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
The nations are still there at the end of the 1k years as well
Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison
Rev 20:8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
BobRyan said: ↑
All who are not saved - are destroyed as we see in 2 Thess 1
All who are saved are eventually destroyed. However, this does not prove a desolate earth with no people after Rev. 19, as is seen by the text of Rev. 20. The nations are still there. And the text in 1 Thessalonians summarizes all of the events from the coming of Jesus to the final destruction of the wicked, which happens after the 1k years:
2Th 1:6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
2Th 1:7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
2Th 1:8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
2Th 1:9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
2Th 1:10 when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
This passage indeed shows the suffering of the saints at the hand of the wicked being relieved when He comes on that day. But the destruction of the wicked in this passage is described as "punishment of eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord", which even you do not see as happening until after the 1k years.
Regarding Jeremiah 4, you have divorced the passage from its context, and inserted it into Rev. 19-20, even though Rev. 19-20 do not quote or reference this at all.
The context makes clear it is speaking of earlier events, where the Lord brings judgment from the north against Judah:
Jer 4:5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, “Blow the trumpet through the land; cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble, and let us go into the fortified cities!’
Jer 4:6 Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring disaster from the north, and great destruction.
This is continuing the theme that started even in chapter 1:
Jer 1:13 The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.”
Jer 1:14 Then the LORD said to me, “Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Jer 1:15 For behold, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, and they shall come, and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls all around and against all the cities of Judah.
Jer 1:16 And I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil in forsaking me. They have made offerings to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
This power from the North is going to lay waste to the cities:
Jer 4:7 A lion has gone up from his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has gone out from his place to make your land a waste; your cities will be ruins without inhabitant.
Jer 4:8 For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us.”
The cities in Judah will be laid waste because of the anger of the Lord, who brings armies from the north.
This is referring to the soon coming judgment brought against Judah by Babylon.
Jer 4:9 “In that day, declares the LORD, courage shall fail both king and officials. The priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.”
Jer 4:10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you,’ whereas the sword has reached their very life.”
Jer 4:11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,
Jer 4:12 a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them.”
Jer 4:13 Behold, he comes up like clouds; his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles— woe to us, for we are ruined!
Jer 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
Jer 4:15 For a voice declares from Dan and proclaims trouble from Mount Ephraim.
Jer 4:16 Warn the nations that he is coming; announce to Jerusalem, “Besiegers come from a distant land; they shout against the cities of Judah.
A power that besieges, again a reference to Babylon. It does not describe the judgment in Rev. 19. There is no siege there.
Jer 4:17 Like keepers of a field are they against her all around, because she has rebelled against me, declares the LORD.
Jer 4:18 Your ways and your deeds have brought this upon you. This is your doom, and it is bitter; it has reached your very heart.”
They will be surrounded. This is happening because of their deeds.
Jer 4:19 My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jer 4:20 Crash follows hard on crash; the whole land is laid waste. Suddenly my tents are laid waste, my curtains in a moment.
Jer 4:21 How long must I see the standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jer 4:22 “For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.”
Crash upon crash, the whole land laid waste, describing the conquest of the cities.
Now you claim the following verses are a contextual island and speak of the 1k years. But that doesn't follow at all.
Jer 4:23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was without form and void; and to the heavens, and they had no light.
Jer 4:24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all the hills moved to and fro.
Jer 4:25 I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled.
Jer 4:26 I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert, and all its cities were laid in ruins before the LORD, before his fierce anger.
He uses language of the pre-creation earth to emphasize the extent of the devastation. The cities are destroyed, as foretold at the beginning of the chapter. It is showing the aftermath of the siege of the cities.
Jer 4:27 For thus says the LORD, “The whole land shall be a desolation; yet I will not make a full end.
Jer 4:28 “For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be dark; for I have spoken; I have purposed; I have not relented, nor will I turn back.”
The heavens and earth are said to mourn because of the judgment poured out. But He will not make a full end.
Jer 4:29 At the noise of horseman and archer every city takes to flight; they enter thickets; they climb among rocks; all the cities are forsaken, and no man dwells in them.
The cities are abandoned as it is seen the forces are overwhelming.
Jer 4:30 And you, O desolate one, what do you mean that you dress in scarlet, that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, that you enlarge your eyes with paint? In vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.
Jer 4:31 For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, anguish as of one giving birth to her first child, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands, “Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
This theme has been stated before by the prophets. God's idolatrous people who turned to the gods of the nations are now being destroyed by the adulterous lovers they turned to instead of the Lord.
So Jeremiah makes sense in its own context. But you have tried to apply it to Rev. 19-20, even though
Jeremiah 4 is not quoted or referenced there, and the details of Rev. 19-20 do not match up with your take on these verses from
Jeremiah 4.
There is no statement of destruction of cities in Rev. 19-120. There is no statement of a desolate earth. In fact, when Satan is let out of his prison there are not only nations still there, but there is a city that is intact, not desolate, and it is surrounded.
And to explain this you postulate it is the new Jerusalem. But the New Jerusalem is only described in the text as coming down in the new earth.
So because you can't explain anything in 19-20 in line with what the text actually says, you base all of your argument on an out of context proof text, and even that doesn't match what Rev. 19-20 says.