I had to show that dispensationalists are believers in what the Bible says so I am continuing the thread on Dispensationalism.
Re 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom [is] as the sand of the sea.
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.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
The passage says a thousand years , which is a millennium.
The saints are resurrected to reign.
With whom? Christ.
Where? on the earth.
Where is Christ at this time? He is on the earth having returned from heaven in chapter 19. Read it now.
It is not as innocent as a difference of opinion with Bible believers when you deny the plain sense of simple words and say they are not true. Someone who can read these words and boldly say they are not true as you have done is refuting an eye witness account by an apostle of the Lord, namely John, who was told by the Lord to write what he saw. In verse 1 of chapter 20 he wrote that he saw an angel come down from heaven and bind Satan and imprison him for a thousand years. Afterward, in verse 4 he said he saw thrones and resurrected martyrs who had been killed for their faith reigning with Jesus Christ on earth over the nations for a thousand years after having been resurrected from the dead. You seem to be saying that John did not see these things.
Revelation 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it (the book, the revelation) unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Ps 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Bible believing Christians do no rejoice over bold illogical and unreasonable statements like this. I sure don't. I am saddened by it.
Re 20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom [is] as the sand of the sea.
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.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
The passage says a thousand years , which is a millennium.
The saints are resurrected to reign.
With whom? Christ.
Where? on the earth.
Where is Christ at this time? He is on the earth having returned from heaven in chapter 19. Read it now.
It is not as innocent as a difference of opinion with Bible believers when you deny the plain sense of simple words and say they are not true. Someone who can read these words and boldly say they are not true as you have done is refuting an eye witness account by an apostle of the Lord, namely John, who was told by the Lord to write what he saw. In verse 1 of chapter 20 he wrote that he saw an angel come down from heaven and bind Satan and imprison him for a thousand years. Afterward, in verse 4 he said he saw thrones and resurrected martyrs who had been killed for their faith reigning with Jesus Christ on earth over the nations for a thousand years after having been resurrected from the dead. You seem to be saying that John did not see these things.
Revelation 1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it (the book, the revelation) unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Ps 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.