AmillennialismAmillennialists believe the thousand years is figurative and that it is happening now. Transcribed by Donald J. The wrath itself IS the judgment. God's covenants were voluntary and one-sided. 36:26-29, Ezek. In simple terms there are 3 basic approaches to interpretation of "1000 years" in Revelation 20 summarized as: 1) Pre-millennial: Christ will return before the 1000 years 2) Post-millennial: Christ will return after the 1000 years. 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. Isaiah 9:7, Zechariah 6:12-13, Jeremiah 23:5-6, Ezek. . 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. However, the bible does explain the Thousand Years to us. This rejection made it impossible to fulfill the prophecy and the purposes of God at that time. 20:7-9); all participants in this rebellion along with Satan will be defeated and cast into the Lake of Fire. People today try to eradicate war but it is futile to try and wrong. Christian views on the future order of events diversified after the Protestant reformation (c.1517). Heb. If you read the study on Isaiah 65:20, you will see that this verse in the original Hebrew refutes all aspects of what people are expecting to see in a 1,000-year reign of Christ on earth after His second coming. Zech. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he threw him into the abyss . 8:19, Nations will seek the favor of the Messiah. Psalm 2:8, Psalm 9:8, Isaiah 9:6-7, Daniel 7:14 & 27, Zech. While God says He opens the eyes of the blind (Psalm 146:8), He also tells us many are called, but few are chosen (Matthew 22:14). Satan was sealed for destruction and bound in the bottomless pit (Revelation 12:7-9). The nations will see the glory of God emanating from Jesus in Jerusalem and will come bearing gifts to the Jews and God. Postmillennialism sees Christ's second coming as subsequent to the millennium and concurrent with the final judgment. You must understand that there are three heavens. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORDs house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. Jesus will make the Law go out from Jerusalem to all the earth. The MILLENNIUM: REIGN of the MESSIAH - Part One: Beginning the New Testament Examination. Some teach this period is entirely symbolic, and not worth fretting over. [42] I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion. 1. Watch more episodes of Honest Answers here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBA1qC8OOEJBdivoQvS7wtiUgvF5jpkBe"What is the Millennial Reign of Christ i. Other Characteristics Of Messiah's Millennial Kingdom: Joy (Isa. The Revelation of Jesus Christ "The Millennial Reign of Jesus" Rev 20:1-6. Review. H505 is a NOUN but used as a cardinal number in some places when it has a derivative in front of it. Catastrophic millennialism "deems the current social order as irrevocably corrupt, and total destruction of this order is necessary as the precursor to the building of a new, godly order". No one will form armies or learn war or make weapons. The lake of fire is the second death. Jesus will forever rule over the earth with His servants from this point on. 9:7), Full knowledge (Isa. 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! Jesus is reversing the rampage of sin that has been running throughout the earth for the last six thousand years. This fleshly Satan has been and will continue gathering the wicked people of the nations to cause trouble/tribulation for Gods redeemed saints (Revelation 16:14-16) hes not and will not be gathering zombified dead people from the ground, but actual people from the four quarters of the earth for the battle of Armageddon which is the last day (Revelation 20:8). This is why you do not find the word millennium or millennial anywhere in the bible. Amos 9:14, Micah 4:7, Zech. When the average Christian studies the millennial reign of Christ, it is usually from the perspective of the literal person of the Messiah ruling over the earth from Jerusalem for one thousand years. The spiritualruler-shipover the earth will forever be in the hands of Gods saints. (Mtt. There will be a time of the end of this entire world see this study but there is nothing in scripture saying that any specific visible events will happen before that occurs. 14:9, Isaiah 2:4. After that, he must be let out for a little while. 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. [37][38], Millennial social movements, a specific form of millenarianism, have as their basis some concept of a cycle of one-thousand years. See Coming in the Clouds & Jesus Second Coming. We know the beast to be the physical manifestation of the antichrist spirit as a man and as earthly works via nations, leaders/kings, and evil deeds. The saints of God will be judges of the world on behalf of Jesus. They believe that Jesus will have a reign on this earth with people in both fallible and infallible bodies, and that they will reign with Him at that time (after His appearance melts the earth with fervent heat). It will be extremely violent for those that do not want to let go of their sin. Jesus will set up His capital in Jerusalem . The Antichrist is a system of wicked men of flesh that Satan powers throughout the entire church age (Revelation 13:5). During His reign, Satan will be bound and sealed in the bottomless pit so that he will have no influence in the earth to deceive mankind. Millennium and Millenarianism, Catechism of the Catholic Church. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Remember that the words for thousand (G5505 chilias, and G5507 chilioi) are both of uncertain affinity this means no one knows the origin of these words they are never a number or an indeclinable numeral, and in Revelation 20, chilioi is not a noun that can be used as a number. Chilioi is a plural ADJECTIVE (never a numeral adjective and never a noun). Millennial Reign of Messiah. (This series is still being published, since 1927, by the Dawn Bible Students Association.) The text describes a time when Christ rules while Satan is bound. There are 3 unique Greek words that fall under G5507, the common word chilioi. 39:25, Joel 3:1, Zeph. and Use of Spiritual Gifts. "Nazism as a Millennialist Movement", in Catherine Wessinger (ed. Jesus had His opportunity to reign on this earth, but He ran from it. 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). In particular, new emphasis was placed on the passages in the Book of Revelation which seemed to say that as Christ would return to judge the living and the dead, Satan would be locked away for 1000 years, but then released on the world to instigate a final battle against God and his Saints. when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And keep in mind that it is NEVER explained how ONE ox head morphed into the number 1,000. Jesus will make a decree for the nations of the world to come and worship the true God. And this will be its name: 'The Lord Is Our Righteousness" ( Jer 33:16). Identification of Antichrist, False Prophet & Mystery Babylon, Modern-day Strongs Concordance Deception, New Heaven & New Earth is Not What Weve Been Taught. The Jews from this point on and forever will dwell in safety. Premillennialism, 1000-Year Kingdom, and Jesus' Millennial Reign Does Premillennial Doctrine about a Thousand-Year Earthly Kingdom of Christ Agree with the Bible? Its going to get ridiculous in earths final years, but it is going to be more of a spiritual rather than a physical battle and is nothing that God will not keep us through. Arguably the most debated passage in scripture is the Thousand Years described in Revelation 20:1-6, and what comes after its expiration which is told in verses 7-10. and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? The unbelievers will never see Gods throne/the righteous heavenly realm, and our infallible spirits will not dwell in earthly elements. 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. Ezek. Some believe its a literal thousand years; some believe it is figurative for an age/period of time. Those called by God will recognize the dragon that empowers the beast and will see the beast for the evil that it is, but the unrepentant will not. Micah 4:1-4 is a classic millennial prophecy: "Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it. The idea of the Millennial Reign of Christ stems from Revelation 20:1-3. Ezek. "In that day Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. Revelation 20:4 tells us the righteous live and reign with Christ a thousand years. 26:29, Mark 14:25, Everyone will know the Messiah. This doctrine has at least ten major tenets: 1. It is this heaven from which we will be ruling. Massive confusion exists within Christian churches about the "Millennium," a unique thousand-year period depicted in the book of Revelation. 2:2-3). The use of it as 1000 appears to be based on translator presuppositions because it is not a literal 1,000. Gods people are justified and sanctified by the blood of Jesus Christ and their spirits have aionios life (i.e. This Zionist dispensationalist group believes that at Jesus Second Coming, He will save a group of non-repentant people based on their genetics (for more information, see the article Gods Chosen People). One of the names for the Messiah is The Prince Of Peace. A. He is bound/restrained which accompanies his being loosened a little for the church age metaphorically speaking, he is on a long leash (read Rev. The millennium rule of Christ is the ever expanding Lordship of Jesus Christ which began at His resurrection and will continue until the Second Coming [Dan. Remember, there are 4 Greek words translated as thousand. We have covered chilias and chilioi. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. The world will worship the dragon/Satan that powers the beast (Revelation 13:4). And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. We, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, will certainly take part in the first resurrection. Christ Jesus holds the keys of Hades and death, and holds the key of David (Revelation 1:18 & 3:7-8). ete ). And He promised creation that the curse would be lifted, animals and the earth would be restored to peace and prosperity, and people would be freed from disease. Chilias is clearly the word theyd use if they meant a literal 1000 and not a thousand or the thousand.. Rev. Thus premillennialism is a doctrine or theory that Christ's Second Coming will precede a literal one thousand year kingdom on this earth. During the Millennium, man will continue to have a free will to choose to reject God or accept Him. I just used the term Millennial Reign in the title of this article so it can be found in a search by the reader. The listing below is not comprehensive, but it allows you to see the pervasiveness of the discussion in Scripture regarding this special time. 12:1-14, This Millennial realm of the Messiah may be what is described in Scripture as the Kingdom of God. . When it comes to Gods people, God has turned a deaf ear to Satans accusations against us. Less than half the Jews in the world have done this. Return to: Questions about the End Times Georgia Guidestones Destroyed Who is Taking Down the U.S.? 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