Paul made it very clear that mortal flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 15:50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.
But, Premillennialism contradicts this by having "the righteous" with mortal flesh and blood bodies that are represented by "the sheep" inheriting the kingdom of God when Jesus returns.
Matthew 25:31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world..........41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels..........46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Notice here that "the righteous" who are represented by "the sheep" inherit "eternal life" in the kingdom of God prepared since the creation of the world. Since they are inheriting eternal life, that means they must have immortal bodies since only those with immortal bodies could inherit eternal life. And, again, Paul clearly taught that only those with immortal bodies can inherit the kingdom of God.
Since the rest, represented by "the goats", are instead cast "into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels" at that point, who are the mortals that would populate a future earthly millennial kingdom at that point and where are they? Nowhere. There would not be any mortals to populate an earthly kingdom at that point since all who inherit the kingdom will have immortal bodies and everyone else (the goats, which are unbelievers) are cast into the eternal fire.
So, I believe 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 and Matthew 25:31-46 clearly support Amillennialism rather than Premillennialism since I see no reasonable way to reconcile these passages with Premillennialism. At least not the Premillennial view that most Premills have. I know there are some Premills, like the SDAs, who would agree with what I'm saying here except they would say that the righteous then go to heaven for a thousand years while the earth remains desolate during that time. There's a few who believe that immortals alone populate the earth during the thousand years as well, so I guess I'm not really talking about them, either.
1 Corinthians 15:50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.
But, Premillennialism contradicts this by having "the righteous" with mortal flesh and blood bodies that are represented by "the sheep" inheriting the kingdom of God when Jesus returns.
Matthew 25:31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world..........41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels..........46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
Notice here that "the righteous" who are represented by "the sheep" inherit "eternal life" in the kingdom of God prepared since the creation of the world. Since they are inheriting eternal life, that means they must have immortal bodies since only those with immortal bodies could inherit eternal life. And, again, Paul clearly taught that only those with immortal bodies can inherit the kingdom of God.
Since the rest, represented by "the goats", are instead cast "into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels" at that point, who are the mortals that would populate a future earthly millennial kingdom at that point and where are they? Nowhere. There would not be any mortals to populate an earthly kingdom at that point since all who inherit the kingdom will have immortal bodies and everyone else (the goats, which are unbelievers) are cast into the eternal fire.
So, I believe 1 Corinthians 15:50-54 and Matthew 25:31-46 clearly support Amillennialism rather than Premillennialism since I see no reasonable way to reconcile these passages with Premillennialism. At least not the Premillennial view that most Premills have. I know there are some Premills, like the SDAs, who would agree with what I'm saying here except they would say that the righteous then go to heaven for a thousand years while the earth remains desolate during that time. There's a few who believe that immortals alone populate the earth during the thousand years as well, so I guess I'm not really talking about them, either.
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