The beast has been here from the beginning when the devil spirit caused Eves reasoning to falter in the garden. Dan 7:18, 22, 26, 27 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and everUntil the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdomBut the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the endAnd the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Transcribed by Donald J. We will take the dominion that the devil has had over this earth for six thousand years and submit it all to the lordship of Jesus. God promised the nations of the world that they would live in peace with Jesus as their ruler. This will require me to write up an entire study to explain and I have to find the exact scripture verses again Ill post the link here when complete. 20:7-9); all participants in this rebellion along with Satan will be defeated and cast into the Lake of Fire. All the nations of the world will come into the knowledge of Jesus and what He has done. (Ps. [25], Justin Martyr (died 165), who had chiliastic tendencies in his theology, mentions differing views in his Dialogue with Trypho the Jew, chapter 80:[26], "I and many others are of this opinion [premillennialism], and [believe] that such will take place, as you assuredly are aware; but, on the other hand, I signified to you that many who belong to the pure and pious faith, and are true Christians, think otherwise. ALL LIES! We find that death itself will be thrown into the lake of fire at the Great White throne of judgment which occurs AFTER the Messianic / Millennial Kingdom of Jesus. 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. Neither chilias nor chilioi are indeclinable numeral adjectives. EARLY HISTORY OF MILLENNIUM TEACHING The Millennium doctrine started in an ungodly heretic by the name of Cerinthus, who lived in the first century. ~ 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. The Great tribulation occurs at the end of the millennium. 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. Rev. Imprimatur Potest +. 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. Ask God for strength of faith in Christ Jesus, your blessed hope of Truth who overcomes all deception! Isa 60:1 5, 19 22 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. Satans spiritual short time among us in this church age is among the people of the earth these are the unbelievers who hes constantly attacking (Revelation 12:12). Isaiah 2:4 says of the millennial reign: "He shall judge between the nations, and rebuke many people; 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 anymore." A plowshare is the cutting blade of a plow. THE MILLENNIAL REIGN Christ will be manifested to take possession of David's kingdom according to God's covenant with David (2 Samuel 7:8-16; Acts 2:29-32). During the millennium, the world will not be sinless, but there will be law and order enforced to eradicate many of the evils which are prevalent today. Bah'u'llh mentioned in the Kitb-i-qn that God will renew the "City of God" about every thousand years,[2] and specifically mentioned that a new Manifestation of God would not appear within 1,000 years (18522852 CE) of Bah'u'llh's Dispensation, but that the authority of Bah'u'llh's message could last up to 500,000 years.[3][4]. Isaiah 60:18, There is a special highway from Egypt to Assyria that presumably passes through Jerusalem. Ezek. At the time he was bound, the beast/Satan was loosened (i.e. I look forward to finding out. Those who love the lusts and excessive indulgences offered by the whore/Mystery Babylon who rides this beast of Satan, will be astonished and will marvel at the beast. In Biblical interpretation, you can make two wrongs appear to be right. This time period will be 1,000 years which has been called the Millennial Reign of Christ. The very next verse tells us that the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. Substitute thousand years with gospel era and we see what is going on here. When we consider Satans spiritual antichrist-spirit kingdom and his trinity of the dragon, the beast/antichrist system, and the second beast/false prophet system, we will see that Revelation 17:8 explains exactly where Satan is right now which gives us a correct interpretation of the Thousand Years in Revelation chapter 20. 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. 2Ti. The Italian monk and theologian Joachim of Fiore (died 1202) saw all of human history as a succession of three ages: It was believed[by whom?] 11:1-2), Instruction and learning (Isa. Longevity of age (Isa. Bound means restrained he holds no direct power over those who live in Christ during this age of the gospel message, but his antichrist spirit is working in this world through wicked men (info here). We have seen the translators change words or add derivatives to make the word thousand fit, so check the original text in an Interlinear bible whenever the word thousand is in question (a how-to is here). Christianity and Judaism have both produced messianic movements which featured millennialist teachingssuch as the notion that an earthly kingdom of God was at hand. when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. The primary biblical context for the doctrine of the millennium is found in Revelation 20:1-6 (where the Greek word for thousand is used five times). (???) This article deals with one group of participants in . End of argument (source here). And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. Isaiah 62:1-7&12, The Messiah will particularly rule over His people, the Jews. There are 3 unique Greek words that fall under G5507, the common word chilioi. Other Characteristics Of Messiah's Millennial Kingdom: Joy (Isa. Thus premillennialism is a doctrine or theory that Christ's Second Coming will precede a literal one thousand year kingdom on this earth. There are four Greek words for thousand (chilias, murias, chilioi, murioi) only two are considered relevant for this Revelation 20 study: chilioi and chilias. Those written in the book of life will be awarded a crown of righteousness for having kept up their garments by keeping their robes clean (2 Timothy 4:8, Revelation 16:15). The first heaven is the physical heaven where we can see the sky, sun, moon, stars, etc.. 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 word thousand in Revelation 20:2 & 4-6 is G5507 in the Strongs Concordance the word is a plural of uncertain affinity. The phrase of uncertain affinity means it is not clear which other Greek word or words this word is related to the English translators just decided to pull something out of their hat when translating it to thousand. This phrase of uncertain affinity is applied to around 100 Greek words in the Strongs Concordance (which is a scary thought). 39:29, Psalm 133:3, Isaiah 40:11, Satan is bound in the bottomless pit during the 1,000-year period. No. Many nations will choose to follow Jesus and will come to Jerusalem to worship Him. 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. When Jesus said It is finished and gave up His spirit on the cross, He conquered sin and death right there. Men will still be depraved and will need a savior. Jesus and the Old Covenant saints came and ended the Old Covenant Beast and false prophet and threw them alive into the lake of fire. 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. The English word millennium does mean a LITERAL number of exactly 1,000 actual, measurable years. I pray that helped your understanding of why thousand years in Revelation 20 is not a literal number thank you for reading. 20:3 in the original Greek I used the Greek NT INT+ bible in eSword). But, there will also be places where those slain at the return of Jesus will have their bodies placed. These millenarian movements often led to considerable social unrest.[1]. [23] With the influence of Platonism, Clement of Alexandria and Origen denied premillennialism. It is not a biblical term but such is the world we live in. Oh, how much help we will need from the Holy Ghost! Just know that Satan before the cross was an invisible devil spirit that freely affected Gods people, but is now restrained after the cross and can no longer accuse or indwell those in Christ Jesus. This was a literal 42 months when Jesus poured out His wrath on those who literally pierced Him (Revelation 1:7). [See also 1 Corinthians 4:15, 14:19 for murioi.]. 8:20-22, Isaiah 2:2-3, Many people will seek His instruction. Satan was bound/restrained. Based on these options, the most likely scenario is that the millennial kingdom is a literal 1,000-year period during which Jesus Christ will reign from David's throne in Jerusalem. Our spiritual robes are washed clean by the shed blood of Jesus Christ who atoned for the sin of ALL creation (see God Created Evil and Hell is not Eternal). The Millennium refers to the period of 1,000 year reign of Christ mentioned in Revelation 20:1-4. [37][38], Millennial social movements, a specific form of millenarianism, have as their basis some concept of a cycle of one-thousand years. We are in the Laodicean Church Age where we think we are rich with truth but are actually blind and naked by deception (Revelation 3:17-18, Matthew 24:24). What does the Bible say about Jesus Christ reigning as the millennial king? Christ Jesus was born on the Day of Trumpets, September 11, 3 A.D. and the article explains exactly why. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The "second resurrection" after the millennial reign of the Messiah (Rev. The wrath itself IS the judgment. The lake of fire is the second death. 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. Isa 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. Postmillennialism sees Christ's second coming as subsequent to the millennium and concurrent with the final judgment. They call the thousand years the Church Age or the Gospel Era. 11:15+). The study is here. 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. It taught them that the Abomination is a one-man Antichrist and that the Desolation will happen to some future Jewish brick building. 20:4-6, Daniel 7:27, Rev. This means the word thousand in Revelation 20 is DESCRIBING the plurality of years and is not attempting to count the years. "Since in Latin mille means 'thousand,' a millennium lasts 1,000 years" (Merriam-Webster.com). But nowhere does it show that the number is 1,000. Zech. 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. This reign, purchased with the blood of Christ, must increasingly be manifested on the earth until the end of the millenium. The New Covenant tribulation where millions of saints were tortured and martyred has already happened during the 1,260 prophetic days/years from 538-1798 (see this article and this article). 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. During the Millennium death will still be possible. This term of one thousand years, however, is . 12:1-14, This Millennial realm of the Messiah may be what is described in Scripture as the Kingdom of God. Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 37:25, Israel will be particularly blessed. Summary of the Millennial Kingdom. 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. The Theosophist Alice Bailey taught that Christ (in her books she refers to the powerful spiritual being best known by Theosophists as Maitreya as The Christ or The World Teacher, not as Maitreya)[clarification needed] would return sometime after AD 2025, and that this would be the New Age equivalent of the Christian concept of the Second Coming of Christ. Jer 23:5, 6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. LeFrois, Bernard J. Eschatological Interpretation of the Apocalypse. Jesus will forever rule over the earth with His servants from this point on. We are the 'Joshua Generation,' who are called to take God's people into the promised land, by ushering in the millennial reign of Messiah. These verses in Matthew show us that not everyone will be a ruler with Christ. Rev 2:26 , 27 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. "But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David's descendant, their king. I imagine we will be able to traverse from the third heaven to the second heaven at will. Ezek. 14:9, Isaiah 2:4. 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. The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; A beast in Scripture is a world-ruling empire (Beast studies: Part 1 and Part 2). We, who have glorified bodies, will help Jesus rule the earth for 1,000 years from the heavens. Incorrect identification of the times we . Satan. See Coming in the Clouds & Jesus Second Coming. These souls: came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. [41] This includes the spiritually dead who died before and after the cross (Old Testament age and New Testament age). John 6:15 tells us Jesus perceived the people would come and take Him by force to make Him a king, so He departed from them. 36:24, Ezek. The twelve apostles of the Lamb will be the judges over the nation of Israel . Only those that have been faithful in the present life will be deemed worthy to rule with Him in the Millennium. And wonders, wonders, of His love.". When Satan's reign on Earth and in Heaven concludes, voices in heaven cry out, "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever" (Revelation 11:15). The Scripture references and considerations have been placed into categories for convenient reference. Jesus will set up His capital in Jerusalem . Christ will manifest as king of righteousness (Isaiah 32:1), King of Israel (John 12:13), king of king (Revelation 19:17) and Micah 4:2, The land of Israel will be restored from its desolation. Christ Jesus holds the keys of Hades and death, and holds the key of David (Revelation 1:18 & 3:7-8). But Scripture does seem to make it clear that this case . The wicked dead and the nominal Christians are the ones who go before Gods judgment they are judged/punished according to their works on the earth which are recorded in the books (Revelation 20:12-13). The wicked are literally trying to bust Satan out of prison, and the deceived self-righteous are their naive accomplices! Millennialism teaches the Jews rejected Jesus in the middle of his earthly ministry. Following the Battle of Armageddon, Christ will replace the Antichrist's worldwide system with his own superior kingdom, which we call the millennial kingdom. Isaiah 35:3-6, Living water will flow out of Jerusalem. 5:10. They believe the saints are spiritually reigning with Christ right now on earth as priests (teachers) and kings (Christs example) from their birthplace in spiritual Zion their renewed spiritual hearts are new Jerusalem in Revelation 21:1-3 (for more information, see the article The Kingdom of God is Here). This (July 2014) is the first time I seen any attempt to reconcile the biblical evidence with what has been almost universally accepted as orthodoxy. He will judge all nations on behalf of God the Father and will chastise those who will not obey. 2:2-3). The world will worship the dragon/Satan that powers the beast (Revelation 13:4). Every Jew will be associated with believing in the LORD Jesus Christ. This chapter portrays what will occur at the end of the Tribulation, which leads to the start of the millennial kingdom - in which Christ will reign on Earth for 1,000 years. Revelation 20:1-3. There are 3 different interpretations: PremillennialismPremillennialists believe the thousand years is a literal period of time that will occur AFTER the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to the earth. For the complete list of articles, click here. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Millennial Kingdom. AmillennialismAmillennialists believe the thousand years is figurative and that it is happening now. Catholic author Bernard LeFrois wrote: The early Christian concepts of millennialism had ramifications far beyond strictly religious concerns during the centuries to come, as various theorists blended and enhanced them with ideas of utopia. They will own the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River. There are much fewer men on the earth by this point. Premillennialism, 1000-Year Kingdom, and Jesus' Millennial Reign Does Premillennial Doctrine about a Thousand-Year Earthly Kingdom of Christ Agree with the Bible? All the various aspects about the Lord's millennial reign are spelled out in detail in the book of Isaiah. The names of these beliefs (including premillennialism and postmillennialism) do not refer to when the millennial kingdom will occur, but to when Christ will return to earth in relation to the kingdom. The millennial kingdom is the title given to the 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ on the earth. Chilioi is a plural ADJECTIVE (never a numeral adjective and never a noun). They claim with a MAJOR stretch of the imagination that an ox head was the first number of the alphabet so it means one, and that first alphabet letter just somehow evolved to eventually become a number meaning a thousand ones. millennial reign of jesus christ and the three classes of people to be in it. Many passages from Scripture address the future millennial reign of the Messiah. Most Christian millennialist thinking is based upon the Book of Revelation, specifically Revelation 20,[5] which describes the vision of an angel who descended from heaven with a large chain and a key to a bottomless pit, and captured Satan, imprisoning him for a thousand years: He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years and threw him into the pit and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. When Jesus returns to this earth, He will bring His saints with Him ( Jude 1:14; Revelation 19:14 ). Satan has been defeated and hes trying to spiritually kill you (see Mark of the Beast). For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. and Use of Spiritual Gifts. [You can see most of the English translations of Exodus 38:29 on one page here on Bible Gateway its a literary train wreck.]. 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. The use of it as 1000 appears to be based on translator presuppositions because it is not a literal 1,000. 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). 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. After the antichrist, his prophet, and the devil are defeated, Jesus will set up peace on earth. Read on to see how the Messiah will bring peace and restoration to a world that has been devastated by the Great Tribulation. Return to: Questions about the End Times The Millennium is a Biblical term (taken from the Latin word meaning "a thousand") referring to the thousand- year reign of Christ. 14:21, There will be many celebrations. All will know who the Lord is and will be given the choice to follow Him or reject Him. Satan is the spirit power of the beast which is the man vessels he indwells. Rev 20:4 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 worshiped 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. 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. For a study on how the beast is working in mankind, see the article Human-Nephilim Hybrids? Teachers should be warning us to check the words in our bibles (a how-to is here). There will be severe judgment for those that do not follow God. 34:14-15&26-30, Ezek. We see the glorious arrival of Jesus coming in the clouds with the spirits of the saints (who physically died), taking up His physically alive righteous into the clouds with Him, then destroying the earth and all who are in it with fire and brimstone. 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). They understand the 1,000 years as merely a figurative way of saying "a long period of time," not a literal, physical reign of Jesus Christ on the earth. 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 saints of God will be judges of the world on behalf of Jesus. The Millennial Reign of Christ (What the Bible Says Book 6) - Kindle edition by Dake, Finis. 20:4) (hence, "millennial"). it is never used as a number. Millennial Reign of Messiah. The English word "millennium" does mean a LITERAL number of exactly 1,000 actual, measurable years. Joy and happiness without end or limit for the righteous, but for the ungodly it will mean pain and suffering without end or limit. Satan (through worldly mankind) physically killed Christians back then but realized he was only sending them straight to their Messiah and Father God in heaven. Idea Sheets: Issue 21-2. The German thinker Arthur Moeller van den Bruck coined the phrase "Third Reich" and in 1923 published a book titled Das Dritte Reich. [47], For the Christian doctrine regarding Jesus Christ's reign in heaven, see, This article is about the Christian concept. It taught them that the mark of the beast is a visible mark that they will never see. The nation of Israel knew this. 21-22. 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). Thank you so much for reading and sharing Gods Truth! 14:20, There will be sacrifices in Jerusalem. 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). Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. This reign is known as the millennium. Millennial Reign of Messiah Imagine a world dominated by righteousness and goodness, a world where there is no injustice, where no court ever renders an unjust verdict, and where everyone is treated fairly. Because this article was published on December 25, please consider reading Is Christmas Jesus Birthday? while you are here. Zech. Second to reign on the earth a thousand years. Spirit: Do the Wicked Cease to Exist? What does this tell us? One of the saints jobs will be to convict the sinners on the earth of their sin. Overcoming in this Age of Deception through Jesus Christ and God's Word. It is derived from the word chilioi which is not a number and is not affiliated with any other Greek word. It may be used for study & research purposes only. A Golden Era of Christ believers on this earth is not scriptural the world hates those who have the Holy Spirit residing in them (2 Timothy 3:12, John 15:18-19, Matthew 10:22, John 7:7, John 17:14, 1 John 3:13). Rev 20:6 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. Some believe its a literal thousand years; some believe it is figurative for an age/period of time. Intro: The pre-millennial view holds that Christ will return to earth (this .read more. The Jews will be sought after by the nations to seek God on their behalf. Zech. And pray that you will also be accounted worthy to stand in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORDs house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Zech 8:7-8, Ezek. "In that day Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. Theologian Dr. Charles Ryrie cites essential features of premillennial view of Christ's reign as follows: "Its duration will be 1,000 years; its . 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).
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