Wormwood
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Michael,
So which promises do you believe will not be fulfilled if the earthly millennial reign does not take place? All the promises of God are "yes" to us in Christ...I dont think the lack of a millennial reign negates any of Gods promises to us in Jesus.
I dont see why the text in Hebrews and the "judging of angels" in 1 Corinthians mandates a millennial reign. Can't all that happen without a 1000 year period where Satan is caged and then released?
In my understanding, Satan is already bound by the preaching of the Gospel. Revelation is very specific about what this "binding of Satan" entails. It speaks of Satan's ability to "deceive the nations." Nothing about Satan's binding speaks of world peace, long lives, or all evil being removed. All these concepts are inserted into the millennium from other places in the Bible that do not specifically mention any millennial period. Revelation is the only place in the Bible that mentions a millennium and the book is full of symbolic numerology (in my opinion), and so there is no real reason to expect the number 1,000 here to be literal. Again, this is my opinion and I know Im probably in the minority here .
So which promises do you believe will not be fulfilled if the earthly millennial reign does not take place? All the promises of God are "yes" to us in Christ...I dont think the lack of a millennial reign negates any of Gods promises to us in Jesus.
I dont see why the text in Hebrews and the "judging of angels" in 1 Corinthians mandates a millennial reign. Can't all that happen without a 1000 year period where Satan is caged and then released?
In my understanding, Satan is already bound by the preaching of the Gospel. Revelation is very specific about what this "binding of Satan" entails. It speaks of Satan's ability to "deceive the nations." Nothing about Satan's binding speaks of world peace, long lives, or all evil being removed. All these concepts are inserted into the millennium from other places in the Bible that do not specifically mention any millennial period. Revelation is the only place in the Bible that mentions a millennium and the book is full of symbolic numerology (in my opinion), and so there is no real reason to expect the number 1,000 here to be literal. Again, this is my opinion and I know Im probably in the minority here .