Featured Will There Be a Future Literal 1000-Year Reign of Christ on the Earth?

In previous threads, various people who once used to be premillennial have argued for why premillennialism is not true. They now hold that there will not be a future literal 1000-year reign of Christ on the earth.

To support their current views, they assert that certain large sections of the Bible are symbolic and are not literally true. In this thread, I would like to consider further their claims about what passages are symbolic and what passages are not.

 

No, thanks. Feel free to start another thread to set forth your views about those passages.

 

Ephesians 2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

One person has argued that premillennialists must deny that what this verse teaches is true.

According to this text, God has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Has God literally already done both of these things for every believer?

No finite human can be in more than one place at the same time. Either we are presently alive on the earth or we are presently sitting together in heavenly places in Christ?

Those who reject premillennial views cannot have it both ways. Are we literally sitting right now in heavenly places or are we not?

Furthermore, certain people hold that humans in their physical bodies cannot be in heaven. So, either we are in our physical bodies on earth right now or we are in heaven in some non-physical body right now. Both cannot be true at the same time. Which is it?

 

These are merely your assertions. Who says that no human being really knows? How do you know that is true?

You claim that the 144 thousand in Revelation is symbolic. How do you know that is true?

 

I find no reason in Scripture to believe that the 144.000 in Revelation is a symbolic number. If you have some compelling biblical evidence to show why it is and must be symbolic . . .

 

I have set forth biblical material for discussion. If you want to discuss it . . . If you want to discuss other passages, you are free to do so in other threads.

 

Sorry, wise guy, the text means what it says. You can read. They are believing Israelites that God will use in the future for a special purpose. I do not have any explanation for why it will be 144k. Not having an explanation does not mean that it is symbolic.

 

Wow, what a remarkable showing of biblical insight to support your view!