Millennial Questions

Brother Bob,

I do enjoy reading your posts. I agree with your posts as what you saying. You are correct. Keep up! :thumbs:

Right now, Christ is in the heaven. He is sitting on the right hand of God the Father. He already have the keys of the death and hell(Rev. 1:18). "keys" is not a literal thing. It reperents that it is power and authority. Christ now have the authority, because Father already exalted His Son after his resurrection (Phil. 2:9-11). Now, Christ is reigning from his throne, he rules over heaven and earth. Also, Christ already given the power to Church since Pentacost Day. Matt. 16:18-19 already fulfilled that Christ given the power("keys") to the Church, that the Church spread the gospel over all nations since Christ overcamed Satan at Calvary 2000 years ago. That what Rev. 20:1-6 is all about.

By the way, I haven't receive one answer of six questions from you yet. I am waiting for you to answer me of six questions.

Also, I will continue make posts to ask countless questions on millennial coming in the next days & weeks.
In Christ
Rev. 22:20 -Amen!

 

Look in 2 Peter 3:8 says, "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord AS A THOUSAND years, and A THOUSAND years AS ONE DAY."

'A thousand' of verse 8 is not taking literal exactly or specific lengeth of the years. This is a figurative of spiritual meaning.

Earlier in context of verse 8 back to verse 4, the scoffers asked, where is the promise of His coming. Many of them were sleep(died), they were expecting that the Lord would come in their lifetime, but it didn't happens in their lifetime. They make fun at Noah, and at Christians for hear old story of second coming. Often, Christians told them, that the Lord might come anytime. But, none was happen in their lifetime. They do not believe Christ will come again-never.

But, verse 10 warns the coming of the Lord shall be like as thief, it means that, his coming will be quickly - Rev. 22:20.

A thousand years seem to people that it is toooooo long time. But, in the Lord's sight, a thousand years is tooooooo short time like as one day.

Also, in Psalms 50:10 says, "For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills."

Doesn't God own 1001 hills?

Verse 10 shows the symbolic numbers that means, there are multiply of hills over the world, that God owns them all.

Look next verse - Psalms 50:11 says, "I know ALL the fowls of the mountians: and the wild beasts of the field are mine."

Verse 10 and 11 telling us, God owns all things of the world that, He created them.

So, the point is, verse 10 of 'a thousand hills', do not mean that there is the exactly number of hills over the world. Impossible for us to count the exactly number of hills over the world. There are thousands, and thousands of hills over the world. Verse 10-11 talkng about everything that God owns them.

Not long time ago, while I read Psalms chapter 50. Interesting, I looked at Psalams 50:3-5 saying, "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestous round about him. He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

This passage show the clear speaking of the second advent, that Christ shall judge the world, at the same time, He shall gather Christians together. This is speak of rapture. Clearly, this passage telling us that, rapture shall be at second advent same time is posttribulational. Also, this passage shows us, there shall be the only ONE judgment day, not two or three judgment days according to Dispensationalism doctrine.

And other example verse of 'thousand' in Psalms 105:4, 8-10 say: "Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham; and he oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law; and to Israel for an everlasting covenant."

This passage is speak of God's promise with Israel is eternal without end.

God's covenant with a thousand generations, it shows that, there is no limited of number of generations that, God made covenant with them. God made covenant with many from Abraham to all generations of today by apply to all nations who believe in Jesus Christ through Calvary. It is an everlasting covenant.

There are too many examples in Bible of 'thousand' with symbolic meanings. I could list many of them if I can. Psalms 50:10-11 and Psalms 105:8-10 both are very clear good enough for us to understand the meaning of symbolic number, what these are talking about.

Now, let's look to Rev. 20:2-6 say: "And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. And cast him into the bottoml;ess pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. 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. But the rest of the dead lived not againb until the thousand years were finished. This is the 'first resurrection'. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the 'first resurrection': on such "the second death" hath o power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

Notice, two things in this context say, "a thousand", and "the thousand". This conext didn't saying, "one thousand" or "two thousand" either.

This scene shows us that, the Church did overcame the world, mark, refused receive the mark or worship the wicked world system in their lifetime throughout Church history, their souls are now in heaven with the Lord. They are reigning with Christ in heaven. They have been reigning with Christ for nearly 2,000 years already since Calvary to now. 'a thousand years' & 'the thousand years' are represent as symbolic numbers mean that, they have been reigning with Christ IN HEAVEN for a short time or temporary time. Church reigning with Christ in the heaven(third heaven) will not be last forever and ever. Because, Christ shall descend out of heaven. As the saints shall follow Christ in the air. Then, when after Christ creates new earth, Church shall reign with Christ on new earth for forever and ever.

Understand clear?

In Christ
Rev. 22:20 - Amen!

 

The Kingdom is described in Luke 17:20-21.

"And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The Kingdom of God cometh NOT with observation; Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is WITHIN YOU."

Pharisees asked Christ, they demanded him, want to know when the kingdom of God shall come. He told them, this is not come with observation, it is inside within us. He was speak of spiritual kingdom from above.

Christ already bring kingdom from Heaven by send the Holy Spirit down upon Christians on Pentacost Day, to preach the gospel of the kingdom over the world.

Also, the kingdom, itself have no end, it is an everlasting kingdom accroding in Daniel 7:27.

Right now, the kingdom is spiritual, because Christ already given the power to Church for to spread the gospel over the world. When Christ shall come to earth at second advent. Christ shall give it to His Father. The kingdom shall became both spiritual and physical for the prepare of future new heavens and a new earth in the next age to come.

In Christ
Rev. 22:20 -Amen!

 

2 Timothy 2:1-4,

Isaiah 11:11,12 do not say, "one thousand years" in that passage.

Isiah 65:9 do not say, "a thousand years".

Ezkekiel 36:28,29; 39:28 did not say, "a thousand years"

You cannot prove them which do not mentioned "one thousand years".

So, I am still wait for you yet to prove a clear Scripture or verse saying that Christ shall reign on earth for ONE THOUSAND years.

In Christ
Rev. 22:20 -Amen!