When every knee has bowed to Jesus in subjection and every tongue confessed that His is Lord (Phil 2:10) is when Jesus will hand all things back over to God the Father that God may be all in all. Devils are in our flawed human reasoning. Christ Jesus holds the keys of Hades and death, and holds the key of David (Revelation 1:18 & 3:7-8). Many of the Scriptures refer to the One performing the works variously and fairly interchangeably as the Messiah, the Servant, the Son of David and God. Some teach this period is entirely symbolic, and not worth fretting over. 21-22. 14:4, The Messiah, sometimes referred to as Yahweh, will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. The bottomless pit is unique in scripture it is only mentioned in the book of Revelation because its only happened to Satan and his spirit powers after his defeat at the cross. As stated above, the Millenial Kingdom and reign take place when Christ is in power for 1,000 years, whilst Satan waits in prison for his last stand against the people of God. Amillennialism sees the 1000 year kingdom as being metaphorically described in Rev. And keep in mind that it is NEVER explained how ONE ox head morphed into the number 1,000. Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. Those leftover will start to rebuild again. 3:21+), Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever! (Rev. A Rumor of War: Christ's Millennial Reign and the Rapture of His Church by Engleman, Dennis Eugene Pages can have notes/highlighting. The dragon has lost his power over those redeemed in Christ whose names are written in the book of life (Revelation 17:13-14 and 13:8). 11:15+). reflecting the typical features of some manifestations of millennialism. The Old Covenant saints have already escaped the second death (the lake of fire) when they ascended into the heavenly spiritual realm during Jesus first coming after the cross (Matthew 27:52-53). The tribulation has ended. LeFrois, Bernard J. Eschatological Interpretation of the Apocalypse. [47], For the Christian doctrine regarding Jesus Christ's reign in heaven, see, This article is about the Christian concept. The word "thousand" in Revelation 20:2 & 4-6 is G5507 in the Strong's Concordance the word is a " plural of uncertain affinity." Rev. It is not a biblical term but such is the world we live in. The Jews from this point on and forever will dwell in safety. The wicked dead will rise after the earth has been destroyed with fervent heat to face judgment/Gods wrath and be cast into the lake of fire. Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. For example, in his book, Because the Time is Near (2007), Dr. John MacArthur states that "Christ will return, and then establish a literal kingdom on earth, which will last for a thousand years" (pg. The Book of Revelation then describes a series of judges who are seated on thrones, as well as John's vision of the souls of those who were beheaded for their testimony in favor of Jesus and their rejection of the mark of the beast. This doctrine has at least ten major tenets: 1. This shall be the punishment of Egypt , and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. During the early part of the Third Reich many Germans also referred to Hitler as being the German Messiah, especially when he conducted the Nuremberg Rallies,[citation needed] which came to be held annually (1933-1938) at a date somewhat before the Autumn Equinox in Nuremberg, Germany. The word chilioi in Revelation 20:2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 is only used 1 other time in the bible in 2 Peter 3:8 the form/word used here NEVER has dis/tris/tetra/pentra/hepta in front of it. Israel will look upon the Messiahrecognizing that they are the ones who pierced Him, and they will mourn for Him. The most controversial interpretation of the Three Ages philosophy and of millennialism in general involves Adolf Hitler's "Third Reich" ("Drittes Reich"), which in his vision would last for a thousand years to come ("Tausendjhriges Reich") but ultimately lasted for only 12 years (19331945). Millennialist theories try to explain what this "1000 years of Satan bound in chains" would be like. Neither chilias nor chilioi are indeclinable numeral adjectives. Its simple really. 3:19-20, Isaiah 14:12, Isaiah 60:4, Jews will be honored. It taught them to revere the synagogue of Satan Jews and their antichrist 1948 nation creation of Israel. 2023 Copyright Thomas Taylor Ministries, Part 1 Jews, Nations, and the Church of God, Part 5 The Sixth Seal The Wormwood Asteroid Strike, Part 8 The Second Installment of The Coming of the Lord, Part 9 The Millennial Reign of Christ Time Period, Part 10 The Great White Throne Judgment and a New Beginning. Death will have no power over us ever again. I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion. Neither chilias nor chilioi are numerals, and neither word ever has a derivative in front of it. 39:25, Joel 3:1, Zeph. 25:31-32) [emphasis added], I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom. [33], Also known as Eastern Lightning, The Church of Almighty God mentions in its teachings the Age of Millennial Kingdom, which will follow the catastrophes prophesied in the Book of Revelation. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. The wicked go from being raised from the dead, to a review of their sins, then straight into the lake of fire there is no interim court process and they will never stand in the place of righteousness. Similarities to millennialism appear in Zoroastrianism, which identified successive thousand-year periods, each of which will end in a cataclysm of heresy and destruction, until the final destruction of evil and of the spirit of evil by a triumphant king of peace at the end of the final millennial age. Zech. Oh, how much help we will need from the Holy Ghost! All Israel will be saved during this time period fulfilling what Paul said in Romans 11:26. We, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, will certainly take part in the first resurrection. The throne of God is where only righteousness dwells Gods saints and angels are in His throne; no wicked to be found. But nowhere does it show that the number is 1,000. The New Covenant saints will escape the second death because of their first resurrection which was being born again this is their dying to self (Romans 6:6-11) and putting on the new man (Ephesians 4:24). This time period will be 1,000 years which has been called the Millennial Reign of Christ. Amillennialism is one of the many views regarding the millennial kingdomthe thousand-year reign of Christ during the end times. ~ by James Fire We have traversed the length of the Old Testament in a thorough, yet hardly exhaustive treatment in examining what the Word of GOD has to say about the Millennial Reign of Christ. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. [23] With the influence of Platonism, Clement of Alexandria and Origen denied premillennialism. 1 Corinthians 1:29 specifically tells us that NO FLESH WILL GLORY IN GODS PRESENCE this means that once Christ comes again to this earth, there will not be any sinful, carnal bodies of flesh that remain in His presence. . The 3 Greek words that fall under chilioi are used a total of 11 times in the following verses: 2 Peter 3:8; Revelation 11:3, 12:6, 14:20, 20:2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. For thousand words that fall under G3463 murioi the proper word is numberless or countless number. In Matthew 18:24, there is no word ten in the original Greek the phrase ten thousand means numberless. Revelation 20:1-3. "Since in Latin mille means 'thousand,' a millennium lasts 1,000 years" (Merriam-Webster.com). An indeclinable numeral is a numeral which does not decline; that is, whose form does not change to indicate its function in a sentence. The Future Millennial Reign of the Messiah. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Millennialism teaches the Jews rejected Jesus in the middle of his earthly ministry. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Peter describes what will happen after Christ's Millennial Reign and the Great White Throne Judgment: "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up" (2 Peter 3:10). We will not only judge in the affairs of men but also of angels. Satan was sealed for destruction and bound in the bottomless pit (Revelation 12:7-9). Hence this future reign of Christ is often referred to as the Millennium of Christ's rule on earth. The other word chilias, which they claim is a literal 1,000 years, is also an adjective and also never used as a number or a noun. When Jesus said It is finished and gave up His spirit on the cross, He conquered sin and death right there. We see that Gods judgment IS His wrath He already knows what they have done and what they deserve there is no courtroom process. The beast was means that Satan was roaming to and fro in the earth at one time, and that time was before the cross see Job 1:7. Incorrect identification of the times we . (Mtt. The Jews of today are praying for and taking part in what is called Aliyah, which means the returning of the Jews to their homeland Israel . In John 18:36, Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world, and if it were, then His people would fight to save Him from the Jews; but His kingdom is not from here, so His blood was shed as payment for our sins. Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. Thus premillennialism is a doctrine or theory that Christ's Second Coming will precede a literal one thousand year kingdom on this earth. John 17:15, Jesus prayed: I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. God will keep us, not remove us Hes been doing it all throughout the Church Age. Zech. They are waiting on some earth-type fantasy land stuff to happen when in actuality, they will become spirits in the many mansions that is God! 11.4. Ever since futurism was popularized in the early twentieth century by the publication of Scofield Bible Notes, there has been debate between those who have seen evidence that the millennial reign will be in heaven and those who have assumed that the millennial reign will be on Earth. The word mille means "a thousand" so the millennium is "a thousand years." That term is mentioned six times in Revelation 20. Jesus is coming like a thief (2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 16:15) He literally could arrive at any second to end this earth as we know it. It taught them that the mark of the beast is a visible mark that they will never see. There will be a lot of abundance and many lands will be like the garden of Eden. When chilioi is used above, without any dis/tris/tetra/pentra/hepta in front of it, it is translated a thousand 8 times and the thousand 3 times in the KJV. The lake of fire is the second death. [32], Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Christ will rule from heaven for 1,000 years as king over the earth, assisted by the 144,000 ascended humans. They will possess the fullness of what God had promised thousands of years ago but have never been able to accomplish on their own. This means the word thousand in Revelation 20 is DESCRIBING the plurality of years and is not attempting to count the years. The unbelievers will never see Gods throne/the righteous heavenly realm, and our infallible spirits will not dwell in earthly elements. Zech 8:7-8, Ezek. The bottomless pit is the word abyssou which means abyss; unfathomable depth; depthless. Its literally Satans death row he has already been judged and marked for perdition and sealed for destruction (Revelation 20:3). Who did this verse say will come out of the bottomless pit? This article deals with one group of participants in . Learn how and when to remove this template message, a final battle against God and his Saints, Eastern Lightning, The Church of Almighty God, his plans to have major parts of Berlin torn down and rebuilt, "Philip Schaff: ANF01. The text describes a time when Christ rules while Satan is bound. Isaiah 35:1-2, 6-7, Amos 9:13, Zech. For Part 2 of this study, see the phrase-by-phrase word study of Revelation chapter 20 here: Revelation 20 Millennial Reign Explained. [24] Likewise, Dionysius of Alexandria (died 264) argued that Revelation was not written by John and could not be interpreted literally; he was amillennial. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9-3-4), Glory (Isa. Looking back at German history, he distinguished two separate periods, and identified them with the ages of the 12th-century Italian theologian Joachim of Fiore: After the interval of the Weimar Republic (1918 onwards), during which constitutionalism, parliamentarianism and even pacifism dominated, these were then to be followed by: Although van den Bruck was unimpressed by Hitler when he met him in 1922 and did not join the Nazi Party, nevertheless the Nazis adopted the term "Third Reich" to label the totalitarian state they wanted to set up when they gained power, which they succeeded in doing in 1933. It was prophesied in the OT that the messiah would reign over his people Israel on the earth (Zech.14). Isa 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. The Bible Student movement is a millennialist movement based on views expressed in "The Divine Plan of the Ages," in 1886, in Volume One of the Studies in the Scriptures series, by Pastor Charles Taze Russell. The peace and harmony will even extend to nature. The word two isnt even in the verse the KJV translators just dreamed it up and DID NOT ITALICIZE this added word in the KJV bible! The spiritualruler-shipover the earth will forever be in the hands of Gods saints. And thou, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion , unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem . When it comes to Gods people, God has turned a deaf ear to Satans accusations against us. The use of it as 1000 appears to be based on translator presuppositions because it is not a literal 1,000. The following is the most popular argument given: Chilias is always used in a definite 1000. They will be utterly destroyed even during the Millennium if they do not repent. During the Millennium, man will continue to have a free will to choose to reject God or accept Him. 20:16 in which "Christ's reign" is current in and through the church. Chilias is clearly the word theyd use if they meant a literal 1000 and not a thousand or the thousand.. The listing below is not comprehensive, but it allows you to see the pervasiveness of the discussion in Scripture regarding this special time. The nations will see the glory of God emanating from Jesus in Jerusalem and will come bearing gifts to the Jews and God. They will rule the world in righteousness and godliness. Many people will survive the tribulation -- it is the armies of the nations and the beast that are killed or judged -- and Jesus will rule over remaining humanity. And even some of them believed that Messiah's reign would last a thousand years. This is an extremely interesting (and slightly upsetting) study in itself, but Ill give you the short version (or you can skip to the next section of the article): Old Testament:The Strongs words H505 (incorrectly translated thousand) and H504 (translated family), are the EXACT SAME HEBREW WORD, not a teensy little difference between the two. Re-Unification of Israel When Yahusha the Messiah returns to earth He will initiate "the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets" (Acts 3:21, NRSV). Notice that we will be rulers over all of Jesus goods which includes the Earth. Their blessed hope is a ticket out of here early instead of having trust and faith in Jesus Christ when they should be realizing that Jesus kingdom is already here, within them! Political Characteristics The reign will be world-wide ( Isaiah 2:2 and 9:6-7 ). Jesus will forever rule over the earth with His servants from this point on. And the antichrist beast system and the false prophet system that he powered are all going down with him by the end of the church age (Revelation 20:10). Author: Michele at ScriptureStudy.GuidePosted: December 25, 2021. They will own the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River. Every Jew will be associated with believing in the LORD Jesus Christ. It is a very popular belief accepted by certain premillennialists who usually promote young earth creationism. After this period, Satan will be released and will deceive the nations, enticing them to attack Christ (Rev. Thus, while this view does not hold to a future millennial reign, it does hold that the New Heavens and New Earth will appear upon the return of Christ. Amos 9:11, The Messiah will establish His sanctuary among His people from this point and continuing forever. 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