MILLENNIUM: MILLENNIUM - JewishEncyclopedia.com
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Joseph Jacobs,
A. Biram
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Messianic Period an Interregnum.
Messianic Period an Interregnum.
The reign of peace, lasting one thousand years, which will precede the Last Judgment and the future life. The concept has assumed especial importance in the Christian Church, where it is termed also “chiliasm,” designating the dominion of Jesus with the glorified and risen saints over the world for a thousand years. Chiliasm or the idea of the millennium is, nevertheless, older than the Christian Church; for the belief in a period of one thousand years at the end of time as a preliminary to the resurrection of the dead was held in Parseeism. This concept is expressed in Jewish literature in Enoch, xiii., xci. 12-17; in the apocalypse of the ten weeks, in Apoc. Baruch, xl. 3 (“And his dominion shall last forever, until the world doomed to destruction shall perish”); and in II Esdras vii. 28-29......
To "Jump" on ahead, I will say that,
"a thousand years", in Revelation 20,
is equivalent to, "times, times, and a half a time",
is equivalent to, "1260 days"
or "42 months",
is equivalent to, "The Acceptable Year of The Lord",
and "Today, is The Day of Salvation",
and, "The Church Age",
"The Era of Jesus' churches on Earth",
is equivalent to, "The Last Days",
and on and on and on.
"a thousand years", in Revelation 20,
is equivalent to, "The Inner Advental Period",
between Jesus' Ascension, in His First Advent
and The Soon Coming of Jesus
to separate the goats from the Sheep, in Final Judgment.
"a thousand years", in Revelation 20,
is equivalent to, our "Current New Testament Age".
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All of the events depicted in The Book of Revelation take place during The Present "1,000 year" Spiritual Reign of Jesus, from Heaven, where after The Holy Spirit …"made us alive with Christ, even when we were dead in our trespasses.
" t is by grace you have been saved!
6 "
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
7 "in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.…"
That is TODAY.
TODAY IS "THE COMING AGES".
The Sovereign God of The Universe has "
seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,"
AS JESUS RULES THE UNIVERSE AS KING of KINGS and LORD of LORDS, OVER HIS KINGDOM on EARTH, from HEAVEN, as we Pray to Him and Jesus Intercedes.
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The words, "a thousand years" are written to express, "a long Period of Time" that is seemingly endless; as we await The Second Coming of Jesus.
The "thousand years" is the number of God, "10", multiplied AND MAGNIFIED BY 100.
The Current "thousand years" we are experiencing IS NOT FOREVER, HOWEVER.
This "long Period of Time" that is seemingly endless; as we await The Second Coming of Jesus,
IS OF A FINITE DESIGNATION.
THIS PRESENT ERA WILL COME to AN END.
Matthew 13, along with The Book of Revelation, and DOZENS of OTHER SCRIPTURES,
GIVE US THE MESSAGE FROM GOD THAT HE IS SENDING HIS SON, FOR HIS BRIDE.