Why a literal 1,000 years?

[Benjamin Calvary]

"What? I specifically stated that there are 0 (Zero, Nada, None, Zip, Zilch, Big Fat Goose Egg, Bubkiss) humans left alive on earth during the basic length of the 1,000 years."

"The only humans left alive on earth will be the righteous at the end of the 1,000 years as they go forth from the New Jerusalem which had come down in Revelation 20, etc."

How do you get righteous mortals at the end of your millennium, based on your statement above?.

This has been answered on numerous occasions. I am not sure what you are not understanding.

[1] (Present) before 1000 years - people (righteous and wicked (humans and devils)) dwell on earth

[2] 2nd advent (beginning 1,000 years, the first part of the "Day" of the LORD; John 14:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, etc), all righteous resurrected or translated and taken back to Heaven, to the Father's house, by Jesus and Holy Angels. All wicked humans that are alive will be slain by the brightness of that coming. Earth lies desolate, and only filled with devils, satan as a prison, unable to leave.

Thus: "What? I specifically stated that there are 0 (Zero, Nada, None, Zip, Zilch, Big Fat Goose Egg, Bubkiss) humans left alive on earth during the basic length of the 1,000 years."

Jeremiah 4:23-28, 25:15-38; Zephaniah 1:2-3,14-18; Isaiah 2:6-22, 11:4, 24:1-6,17-22, 34:1-17 and in Psalms 37:13 already mentioned above and in Psalms 149:8 (and surrounding context).

Jer 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Jer 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Jer 4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Jer 4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Jer 4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Jer 4:28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.​

The 7 last plagues, the great earthquake, the atmosphere being torn in two, and even the sun and moon will be moved out of their places, for God will even shake the Heaven, and Jesus 2nd advent leaves the earth in desolate state, taking all the redeemed with Him back to Heaven to the Fathers House (John 14:1-3), and the wicked then living are destroyed by the brightness of that 2nd Advent, and will not live again until the 3rd, the end of the 1,000 years, and satan and his angels are left alone in the pit (desolated earth) as a prison, unable to leave.

[3] the 1,000 years in Heaven, the saints, now immortalized, go over the record books and judge men (wicked, who are at that time dead) and angels (wicked, left alive on earth as a prison); Daniel 7:22; Revelation 11:18, 20:4; 1 Corinthians 6:2-3; Psalms 149, etc.

[4] 3rd Advent (nearing the ending of the 1,000 years; the ending of the "Day" of the LORD), Jesus, the angels, the glorified saints and New Jerusalem, come back to earth and are then on earth once again, see Zechariah 14:4,5,11, land upon the Mount of Olives making it a great plain; Revelation 21:3,2,1. The final events take place, resurrection of wicked, final struggle with satan, etc, Zechariah 14:12-13; Revelation 20:7-10, etc.

Thus: "The only humans left alive on earth will be the righteous at the end of the 1,000 years as they go forth from the New Jerusalem which had come down in Revelation 20, etc."

Just as it was in the days of Noah. All the wicked destroyed upon the earth, Noah and saved in the Ark, lifted from the earth and are high above it, and after a long time, Noah and the saved in the Ark come back down, and the whole earth is cleansed, and the saints inherit the earth.

Type to anti-type.

What are you not understanding?

 

[Benjamin Calvary]

To the Lord 1000 years is as a day.

It means He already knows the end from the beginning...He already knows who will reject and who will rebel against him

So the “1000” years is symbolic of the final numbers in Christ and the time of judgement when (as John 5 states) ALL will hear His Voice and rise to be judged

Here, please read:

Isaiah 24 and Revelation 19-22 parallelism (short notes):

World Destroyed - Isaiah 24:1-20
High Ones on High - Isaiah 24:21
Kings of the Earth - Isaiah 24:21
Prisonsers in the Pit - Isaiah 24:22
Many Days - Isaiah 24:22
New Jeruslam/Zion - Isaiah 24:23
Reign Gloriously - Isaiah 24:23
Sun and Moon Ashamed - Isaiah 24:23
Remnant - Isaiah 4:3
Ancients - Isaiah 24:23

World Destroyed - Revelation 19:11-21; 16:18-21
Satan - Revelation 20:1-2
Kings - Revelation 19:19
Prison/Pit - Revelation 20:1-2
The Thousand Years - Revelation 20:1,2,3,4,5,6,7
New Jerusalem/Zion - Revelation 21:2
King of Kings - Revelation 19:11,16
No Need of Sun or Moon - Revelation 21:23
Remnant - Revelation 22:14
Heavenly Elders Council - Job 1-2; Revelation 4:4,10, 5:5,6,8,11,14, 7:11,13, 11:16,14:3, 19:4

It also parallels to Psalms 37.

Armageddon, the gathering to war against the Lamb (and his body) - Psalms 37:14,12,35
The Day of the LORD, the final thousand years, beginning, middle and ending - Psalms 37:13
Final Destruction of the Wicked - Psalms 37:1,2,9a,10,20,22b,28b,34b,36,38
Heavens & Earth Made New, saints reign upon the earth made new, forever - Psalms 37:3,9b,11,18,22a,28b,29,34a,37

It is dealing with normal earth time between the 2nd (John 14:1-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:16, etc) and 3rd Advents (Zechariah 14:1~; Revelation 20:7-11~) of Jesus Christ, known as "the Day of the LORD" (Isaiah 2:12, 13:6,9, 34:8; Jeremiah 46:10; Lamentations 2:22; Ezekiel 13:5, 30:3; Joel 1:15, 2:1,11,31, 3:14; Amos 5:18,20; Obadiah 1:15; Zephaniah 1:7,8,14,18, 2:2,3; Zechariah 14:1; Malachi 4:5; Acts 2:20; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10 -- 2 Peter 3:10, tied in context to 2 Peter 3:8, which is citing Psalms 90:4) or "the last day" (John 6:39,40,44,54, 11:24, 12:48) throughout scripture, and ties into 2 Peter 3:8; Psalms 90:4; Hosea 6:2; Ecclesiastes 6:6; John 11:6.

The location of this “reign” of Jesus and the saints, for “a thousand years” is never said to be on the plague wracked, utterly sin polluted and totally cursed and devastated “earth”, wherein even the upper heaven [atmosphere] is burned away by the second Advent [Genesis 3:17, 5:29, 8:21; Isaiah 34:4; 2 Peter 3:10-12; Revelation 6:14; 11:19, 15:1,6,8, 16:9,17-21, 18:4,8 21:9, 22:18 KJB]. So likewise for the passages of “Isaiah 2, 11, 65; Amos 9; Zechariah 14”. Read prayerfully and carefully for oneself. Where then is the “thousand year” reign of Jesus and the saints to be? It is to be in Heaven, the “third” [2 Corinthians 12:2 KJB].

The “reign upon the earth” comes after 1,000 years [Revelation 20:2,3,4,5,6,7 KJB], for the “saints” must be both resurrected and/or translated, glorified, and brought back to Heaven [John 14:1-4; 1 Thessalonians 4:17, etc KJB] at the Second Advent and First Great Resurrection, to “reign” in Heaven, for 1,000 years [Revelation 20:4,5a,6 KJB] going over the record books of the lost [1 Corinthians 6:2,3 KJB]:

[1] The “thousand years” reign “in Heaven” [Psalms 50:5; Matthew 5:3,8,10,12, 6:20, 13:30, 24:31; Mark 10:21, 13:27; Luke 6:23, 18:22, 23:43; John 14:2-3, 17:24; Colossians 1:5; Hebrews 10:34; 1 Peter 1:4; Revelation 7:9, 14:3, 19:1 KJB; “Paradise”, Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:4; Revelation 2:7 KJB] with Christ Jesus [1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Revelation 20:6 KJB] and

[2] The “reign on earth” [“made new”, not this sin polluted Earth; 2 Peter 3:13; Isaiah 65:17, 66:22; Revelation 21:1 KJB] that lasts “forever and ever” [Revelation 5:10 KJB; “meek inherit earth” [“made new”, not this sin polluted Earth], Psalms 37:9,11,34; Proverbs 11:31; Isaiah 25:8, 65:21; Daniel 7:27; Matthew 5:5; Revelation 5:10 KJB].

As for the word "bottomless pit", as found in the GNT TR of Revelation 9:1,2,11, 11:7, 17:8, 20:1, it is the Koine Greek "αβυσσου" [abussou, or abyssou], in GNT TR of Revelation 20:3, it is again "αβυσσον" [abusson, or abysson], which in the transliterated English is the word "abyss", which according to the first use in Genesis, means the "deep", being in "darkness", and "without form and void [empty of/having no life]", thus is associated with a dark chaotic wilderness/desert [water or earth], symbolic of death/no life (see Revelation 9:1,2,11, 17:8, 20:1,3; Luke 8:31; Romans 10:7. See also the so-called LXX uses in (LXX) Genesis 1:2, 7:11, 8:2; Deuteronomy 8:7, 33:13; Job 38:16,30, 41:32 (41:24); Psalms 33:7 (32:7), 71:20 (70:20), 71:21 (70:21), 78:15 (77:15), 106:9 (105:9), 107:26 (106:26), 135:6 (134:6); Proverbs 8:24; Isaiah 44:27, 51:10, 63:13; and in the apocryphal books/texts of (LXX) Daniel 3:54; Wisdom 10:19; Sirach 24:5,29.), as per: Jeremiah 4:23-28, 25:15-38; Zephaniah 1:2-3,14-18; Isaiah 2:6-22, 11:4, 24:1-6,17-22, 34:1-17 and in Psalms 37:13 already mentioned above and in Psalms 149:8 (and surrounding context).

If one were to consider the so-called 'ECF' and the studies of others, a thread was kindly posted already on the subject by user 'EvangAlived', seen here (a great resource tool) - Ante-Nicene 'fathers' 7,000 year old earth, based on 7 days of Genesis & Psa. 90:4; 2 Pet. 3:8

It is also listed here in more detail in the first posting than on these forums - The 7 days of Genesis & 7,000 years old earth view (Ps. 90:4, II Pet. 3:8)), + Ante-Nicene view

It is also now online available as a download, as stated by user "EvangAlived" here - TinyUpload.com - best file hosting solution, with no limits, totaly free

Excellent material.

The 1,000 years 'sealing' away of Satan on the desolate earth (for he is bound by 'chain' of circumstance (Psalms 73:6; Lamentations 3:7), since the devil can easily break physical chains (Mark 5:4), is also tied directly to the '7 seals' by language, as see here: TinyUpload.com - best file hosting solution, with no limits, totaly free

Revelation 20:4, is directly tied to Daniel 7:22 (in its 4 "time" portions), by language (Revelation 20:4 "judgment was given unto them", Daniel 7:22 "judgment was given to the saints of the most High", which again ties into Psalms 149).

Revelation 20, is also directly ties to Revelation 9, 11, & 17, by language, speaking of the "the bottomless pit" "key" (9 & 20), "the king" (9), "beast" (11 & 17), and "dragon" (20).

Revelation 20, is also tied directly to Leviticus 16 & 23 by event:

Leviticus 16:8,10,20 -- Revelation 20:1
Leviticus 16:21-22 -- Revelation 20:2-3

 

[BABerean2]

What are you not understanding?

I do not understand how you get your view to line up with the words of Jesus found below?

Joh 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Joh 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Joh 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

In the text above we find both the good and the wicked "all" resurrected in the same "hour".

This resurrection and judgment of the dead, which includes both the good and wicked, is confirmed in Revelation 11:18.

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[Benjamin Calvary]

I do not understand how you get your view to line up with the words of Jesus found below?

Joh 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Joh 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Joh 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

In the text above we find both the good and the wicked "all" resurrected in the same "hour".

This resurrection and judgment of the dead, which includes both the good and wicked, is confirmed in Revelation 11:18.

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Again:

Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Joh 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.​

There are two great (and one special before the first, after probation closes) resurrections, 1,000 years apart (roughly).

Why do you make them a single resurrection, when the scripture just told you that there were two?

Special Resurrection to come, before the Great First Resurrection - Daniel 12:2,12; Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; Revelation 1:7, 14:13, &c;

First great resurrection of the saints, just, life, before/at start of the 1000 years when Christ Jesus returns in Power and Glory, raised - 1 Samuel 2:6; Job 14:12-14, 19:26; Hosea 13:14; Matthew 22:31; Mark 12:18,23,25; Luke 14:14, 20:35,36; John 5:29a, 6:25,28,29,39,40,44,54, 11:24,25; Acts 4:2, 17:31,32, 23:6, 24:15a,21; Romans 6:5,8, 8:11; 1 Corinthians 15:12,13,16,20,21,23,29,32,35,42,43,52-55; Philippians 3:10,11; Colossians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 2 Timothy 2:18, 4:1; Hebrews 6:2, 11:35; Revelation 20:5b,6; -- All the Holy "Clouds" of Angels, the "reapers", with Him -- Psalms 68:17, 104:3; Isaiah 66:15; Matthew 13:39,49, 16:27, 24:30, 25:31,51, 26:64; Mark 8:38, 13:27; Luke 9:26, 21:27; Acts 1:9-11; 1 Thessalonians 3:13, 4:16-17; Hebrews 1:7; Revelation 1:7, 12:7;

The Second Great Resurrection of the wicked, unjust, damnation, at the end/close of the 1000 years, when Christ Jesus and all of the Saints, then immortal, descend to Earth in New Jerusalem upon the Mount of Olives, and the Great White Throne Judgment takes place; Zechariah 14; Revelation 20; -- John 5:29b; Acts 17:31, 24:15b; Revelation 20:5a;​

The words "the hour is", refers to the 'time' or 'moment' of each of those respective resurrections. It is like me saying, "the hour comes when I will have to leave, and you will have to leave'. See Luke 2:38, Mark 6:35; John 5:34-35; 2 Corinthians 7:8; Philemon 1:15 and Matthew 14:15,18:1; Mark 6:35; Luke 1:10, 14:17; John 16:2,4,25; Romans 13:11; 1 John 2:18 (2); Revelation 14:15, etc. or see Revelation 14:6, "the hour of his judgment is come", which means the time, moment, etc, which is already on going even now.

 

[BABerean2]

Again:

Joh 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
Joh 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
There are two great (and one special before the first, after probation closes) resurrections, 1,000 years apart (roughly).

Why do you make them a single resurrection, when the scripture just told you that there were two?

Maybe, it is because I have not cut the words "hour" and "all" out of my Bible, in John 5:27-30.

Maybe, it is because I find the "time of the judgment of the dead" with "reward" for some and "destruction" for others in Revelation 11:18, and the time of the judgment of the dead is at the end of Revelation chapter 20.

Maybe, it is because Christ returns "in flaming fire" taking vengeance on those who do not know God in 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, and the fire also comes at the end of Revelation chapter 20.

Maybe, it is because I understand that the Book of Revelation is not in chronological order, since Christ returns in Revelation 16:15-16, and also in chapter 19.

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[shilohsfoal]

What place is this, "camp of the saints", the "beloved city":

Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.​

Will you say earthly Jerusalem, on Mt. Moriah? The "saints" do not look to that earthly city, but an "heavenly city", which comes from "above", and here (on earth) we (saints) have no continuing city, but await the one to come built by God:

Gal_4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Heb_11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Heb_11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Heb_12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Heb_13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.​

Where did that city come from? When does it come?

In Zechariah 14, it speaks of Jesus coming down upon the Mt of Olives, and a city with Him. When does that happen?

Zec 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Zec 14:5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
Zec 14:11 And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.​

Then a fire consumes the enemies, when does that happen?

Zec 14:12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Zec 14:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
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Zechariah is in chronological order, while Revelation is in chiastic structure.

I dont see anything in zech 14 about streets of gold or any of the attributes of the heavenly Jerusalem described in revelation.

So how did you add the new jerusalem to Zech14?

Can you showus the temple in zech 14 ?

Are any of the walls of new jerusalem mentioned?

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Since I take it be literal, can you convince me that it can't be literal?

What is one of the reasons I am convinced it has to be literal? For one thing, all throughout the OT and NT, when a cardinal number is followed by years, those amount of years are always taken as literal years every single time. That is the pattern. The question is, is 1000 a cardinal number or not? If it is, and that when it is followed by years, this same pattern has to apply here as well.

At least two ways to debunk this. 1---show that it is not always the case throughout the OT and NT, when a cardinal number is followed by years, those amount of years are always taken as literal years every single time. 2---show that 1000 is not a cardinal number.

What about the 10 days the Saints spend in prison.......it that a literal 10 days?
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Revelation 2:10: thrown in prison, tribulation 10 days

Is the 10 days a literal 10 days or some other amount of time?

Revelation 2:
9 I have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty — yet thou art rich — and the blasphemy of those saying themselves to be Jews and are not, but [are] a synagogue of the Satan.
10 ‘Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer, behold!
the Devil is about to cast of you to prison<5438>,
that ye may be tried,
and ye shall have tribulation ten days;
become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

 

[DavidPT]

What about the 10 days the Saints spend in prison.......it that a literal 10 days?
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Revelation 2:10: thrown in prison, tribulation 10 days

Is the 10 days a literal 10 days or some other amount of time?

Revelation 2:
9 I have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty — yet thou art rich — and the blasphemy of those saying themselves to be Jews and are not, but [are] a synagogue of the Satan.
10 ‘Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer, behold!
the Devil is about to cast of you to prison<5438>,
that ye may be tried,
and ye shall have tribulation ten days;
become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

A moot point. We are talking about years, not days. Obviously days in the Bible don't always mean literal 24 hour days every single time. It depends on context as to what they are referring to. But as to years though, every single place in Scripture where cardinal numbers are followed by years, it always literally means the amount of years specified. That is the pattern. Why wouldn't this apply to 1000 as well, when that cardinal number is followed by years? The only reason it doesn't, is not because it actually doesn't, but because if it does that clearly debunks a position such as Amil. Amil cannot work, therefore would be undeniably debunked if this thousand years are meaning a literal thousand years. Amils can't have that, now can they? It's no wonder that they often go to great extremes trying to prove the thousand years can't be literal years.

 

[BABerean2]

It's no wonder that they often go to great extremes trying to prove the thousand years can't be literal years.

Would you consider posting the words of Jesus in Matthew 25:1-13, and Matthew 25:31-46, and posting the words of Paul in 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, and 2 Timothy 4:1, and posting the words recorded by John in Revelation 11:18, as going "to great extremes"?


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[JM]

If Rev. 20 is literal...

How does an Angel lay physical hold of Satan, a non-physical being?

Is the pit Satan is cast into literal?

Is it a physical pit or spiritual pit?

If a spiritual being like Satan is loosed, how is he loosed?

Did John see these things with his literal eyesight?

How are the saints going to physically exist during the 1000 years with Christ if “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom?”

If Christ returns to judge the world in Rev. 19, when Satan is released in Rev. 20:7-10, he deceives the nations…but they’ve already been judged Rev. 19:15?

How are they judged twice?

How is it possible a person in their resurrected glorified body is deceived by Satan and consumed with fire from heaven?

You would have to believe a person can have a resurrection body and be lost…where in scripture do we find those who have been resurrected living with those in their natural bodies?

How do people in their natural bodies escape the resurrection and judgement?

When Christ returns living and dead believers are caught up to meet Him in the air and those who are not believers are left to face His wrath [Matt. 24:37-41]. How does the Premil view account for the people who are not judged or raised when Christ returns?

 

[shilohsfoal]

If Rev. 20 is literal...

How does an Angel lay physical hold of Satan, a non-physical being?

Is the pit Satan is cast into literal?

Is it a physical pit or spiritual pit?

If a spiritual being like Satan is loosed, how is he loosed?

Did John see these things with his literal eyesight?

How are the saints going to physically exist during the 1000 years with Christ if “flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom?”

If Christ returns to judge the world in Rev. 19, when Satan is released in Rev. 20:7-10, he deceives the nations…but they’ve already been judged Rev. 19:15?

How are they judged twice?

How is it possible a person in their resurrected glorified body is deceived by Satan and consumed with fire from heaven?

You would have to believe a person can have a resurrection body and be lost…where in scripture do we find those who have been resurrected living with those in their natural bodies?

How do people in their natural bodies escape the resurrection and judgement?

When Christ returns living and dead believers are caught up to meet Him in the air and those who are not believers are left to face His wrath [Matt. 24:37-41]. How does the Premil view account for the people who are not judged or raised when Christ returns?

You dont believe God could accomplish much do you.

 

[JM]

You dont believe God could accomplish much do you.

Doesn't answer a single question I posted.

 

[claninja]

Convince me the 1,000 years of Revelation must be understood as 1,000 literal years, please.

Yours in the Lord,

jm

When Jesus rose again and ascended heaven to sit on the throne he fulfilled God's promise to David, that a descendent would sit on the throne
Acts 2:30-31 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.

This also fulfilled God's promise that David would NEVER FAIL to have a man sit on the throne
Jeremiah 33:17-18 For this is what the Lord says: ‘David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of Israel, nor will the Levitical priests ever fail to have a man to stand before me continually to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to present sacrifices.’ ”

It was 1,000 years from the time of David to the time of Christ. Thus, Christ ascending to the throne fulfills the 1,000 years of David NEVER FAILING to have a man sit on the throne.

 

[JM]

Doesn't answer a single question I posted.

Still stands.