You can't just take doctrines out of the bible, it has a domino effect. It changes other doctrines and of course leaves a gap which must be filled ... with false doctrines.
One great effect of the church's decision in the 4th century to drop the doctrine of the 1, 000 year reign of Christ on earth with His saints in favour of Amillennialism is to compound the coming again of our Lord Jesus to gather His church with His coming to judge the living and the dead.
These in truth are 2 seperate events 1, 000 years apart.
His coming again or 2nd advent to gather His church is followed by His kingdom being set up on earth and the restoration of all things as we are taught to pray "Thy kingdom come will be done ON EARTH as it is in Heaven."
His coming to judge the living and the dead on the last day comes after the earth is destroyed.
This is what makes the last judgement between the sheep and goats impossible to be a judgement between the church and the nonchurch as it always presented in evangelism. This is what produces the brimstone and hellfire style of evangelism so beloved by many, the turn or burn brigade.
The world is to be judged by how they ministered to the people of God during their pilgrimage on earth, "in-as-much as ye have done it to one of the least of these My brethren ye have done it to Me" If carefully considered this makes for a much, much wider mercy than is generally supposed.
Those sheeps are not the church but they recieve an inheritance. Is their inheritance Heaven? I don't think so ...
"Blessed are ye that do hunger and thirst for righteousness for yours is the Kingdom of heaven"
"Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"
One great effect of the church's decision in the 4th century to drop the doctrine of the 1, 000 year reign of Christ on earth with His saints in favour of Amillennialism is to compound the coming again of our Lord Jesus to gather His church with His coming to judge the living and the dead.
These in truth are 2 seperate events 1, 000 years apart.
His coming again or 2nd advent to gather His church is followed by His kingdom being set up on earth and the restoration of all things as we are taught to pray "Thy kingdom come will be done ON EARTH as it is in Heaven."
His coming to judge the living and the dead on the last day comes after the earth is destroyed.
This is what makes the last judgement between the sheep and goats impossible to be a judgement between the church and the nonchurch as it always presented in evangelism. This is what produces the brimstone and hellfire style of evangelism so beloved by many, the turn or burn brigade.
The world is to be judged by how they ministered to the people of God during their pilgrimage on earth, "in-as-much as ye have done it to one of the least of these My brethren ye have done it to Me" If carefully considered this makes for a much, much wider mercy than is generally supposed.
Those sheeps are not the church but they recieve an inheritance. Is their inheritance Heaven? I don't think so ...
"Blessed are ye that do hunger and thirst for righteousness for yours is the Kingdom of heaven"
"Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"