that is the period in a believer's walk that will be judged for their works, as their deeds before they came to life are not counted against them.
"1000 years" is just figurative speech for "the rest of your time."
ha yikes BoL, we are just talking, and i was just reflecting a popular point of view from another angle. You can insist that you are not fat all you like, if you are fat, it won't matter.
The pop Christian concept is one of making a deal with death, to cheat death so to speak, and is not the best conception of what God wants for us in my opinion. But i don't hate or even look down on anyone, you included. You are free to put your allegiance in whatever you like, and interpret "I am a jealous God" however you like. I engage with you so that your belief system will be revealed, as will mine. I used "Roman" as shorthand anyway--the Vatican is not a part of Rome, or any other earthly dominion, same as Washington DC and London; they are all 3 the same domain, and they are not even trying to hide it; they have a common flag, and are married together in many other ways. And just so you know, i would not bring down that system even if i could, Anarchist that i am. Pulling tares is bad for the wheat!
So my point was just that if you have accepted the approved religious system of this world, you are naturally not going to understand "Leave your town, with no wallet or extra shirt, and stay in one house, and eat what they give you," etc, and i can say with confidence that you have never heard a sermon on this, nor Nehushtan, or most/all of the other vital things one needs to know about Christ, simply because they are not good for bidness, at least in certain eyes (actually your church would explode if your pastor started preaching "You came looking for God, but God is not in here; Christ is manifested wherever 2 or 3 of you happen to come together under certain conditions that will repeatedly come up IRL"). But i guess that is prolly nonsense or bizarre or moronic or whatever to you too, right now.
So i am the one being belittled, dismissed and called names, and you are the one accusing me of hate. Ok.