20:9-10. Satans only purpose during this Church Age is to refine Gods set-apart saints (details here). I am sure Jesus will give us instruction as to what the limitations may be for the Millennial Reign, if there are any. This reign, purchased with the blood of Christ, must increasingly be manifested on the earth until the end of the millenium. 20, we have six distinct references to the reign of Christ upon earth as being a literal period of one thousand years. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. 34:11-13, Ezek. Ezek. The spiritualruler-shipover the earth will forever be in the hands of Gods saints. Chilias would have been the best word for John to use in Revelation 20, if he had meant to convey a definite 1000. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. For example, in his book, Because the Time is Near (2007), Dr. John MacArthur states that "Christ will return, and then establish a literal kingdom on earth, which will last for a thousand years" (pg. . ete ). The unbelievers will never see Gods throne/the righteous heavenly realm, and our infallible spirits will not dwell in earthly elements. The nations will see the glory of God emanating from Jesus in Jerusalem and will come bearing gifts to the Jews and God. [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. Scholars have also linked various other social and political movements, both religious and secular, to millennialist metaphors. 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. Zech. New Testament:We were only given a definition of thousand in the Hebrew Old Testament (Strongs H504 which is a NOUN and not even a number). Maranatha/Come Lord Jesus!! [22] However, the premillennial views of Montanus probably affected the later rejection of premillennialism in the Church, as Montanism was seen as a heresy. Neither chilias nor chilioi are numerals, and neither word ever has a derivative in front of it. The second heaven is the spirit realm that is above the earth from which spiritual rulers have authority over the earth. Jesus will forever rule over the earth with His servants from this point on. The righteous dead who were slaughtered, both metaphorically and physically for their testimony of Jesus Christ, are ALIVE and reigning with Christ. Reply Delete The physical dead who were spiritually dead will rise again after the gospel era is finished to receive Gods judgment which is His wrath (Revelation 20:11-15). Use tab to navigate through the menu items. Christ will manifest as king of righteousness (Isaiah 32:1), King of Israel (John 12:13), king of king (Revelation 19:17) and 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). Millennial Reign of Messiah. 1Co 6:2, 3 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? all is revealed to the wicked. Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. Amillennialism is one of the many views regarding the millennial kingdomthe thousand-year reign of Christ during the end times. See Coming in the Clouds & Jesus Second Coming. 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. 39:29, Psalm 133:3, Isaiah 40:11, Satan is bound in the bottomless pit during the 1,000-year period. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. This doctrine has at least ten major tenets: 1. (Luke Luke 1:32-33), When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. Millennialism (from millennium, Latin for "a thousand years") or chiliasm (from the Greek equivalent) is a belief advanced by some religious denominations that a Golden Age or Paradise will occur on Earth prior to the final judgment and future eternal state of the "World to Come". Incorrect identification of the times we . They call the thousand years the Church Age or the Gospel Era. Rev. Certainly it is true what Paul said in First Corinthians, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. GLORY TO GOD! Jesus had His opportunity to reign on this earth, but He ran from it. 8:11, The Messiah will rule over all nations. Joy and happiness without end or limit for the righteous, but for the ungodly it will mean pain and suffering without end or limit. The Latin word for a thousand years is millennium. Who did this verse say will come out of the bottomless pit? Zec 14:16 21 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. 9:7), Full knowledge (Isa. During the 1,000 year reign of Christ there will be a lot of good things happening. We will need an intimate relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost continually to be able to do such an important duty correctly. Israel will look upon the Messiahrecognizing that they are the ones who pierced Him, and they will mourn for Him. 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). Hallelujah! But many people believe that Jesus is going to wait a thousand years, then dredge up Satan again for a terrifying battle with skeletal zombies. Every Jew will be associated with believing in the LORD Jesus Christ. The Millennium will serve at least three important functions in the plan of God. He will come from heaven with the elect angels and the church to deliver Israel from Satan and the non-elect angels and Antichrist, the false prophet and the Tribulational armies. In simple terms there are 3 basic approaches to interpretation of "1000 years" in Revelation 20 summarized as: 1) Pre-millennial: Christ will return before the 1000 years 2) Post-millennial: Christ will return after the 1000 years. 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). Micah 4:1-4 is a classic millennial prophecy: "Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it. All the various aspects about the Lord's millennial reign are spelled out in detail in the book of Isaiah. Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 19:23, Isaiah 35:8-10, Isaiah 49:11, Isaiah 62:10, It is called the Highway of Holiness. The Millennium (also known as the Millennial Kingdom) is the 1,000-year reign of Jesus after the tribulation and before Satan will be let loose ( Revelation 20:7-8) by the Gog and Magog people ( Khazars, askeNazi Jews) and all the people of the world are sent to either heaven or hell (Judgement Day). One of the names for the Messiah is The Prince Of Peace. They will own the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River. [21], In the 2nd century, the Alogi (those who rejected all of John's writings) were amillennial, as was Caius in the first quarter of the 3rd century. He will do this by giving them authority to reign over the earth. Listening to people 'wrongly accusing God' will be a thing . California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. It will end once evil has complete and total control of the world and there is only a small remnant remaining. The throne of God is where only righteousness dwells Gods saints and angels are in His throne; no wicked to be found. The text describes a time when Christ rules while Satan is bound. He considers the Mosaic history of the creation a type of six ages of labor for the world, each lasting a thousand years, and of a millennium of rest, since with God one day is as a thousand years. Millennial Sabbath on earth will be followed by an eight and eternal day in a new world, of which the Lords Day (called by Barnabas the eighth day) is the type" (, Note this is Victorinus of Pettau not Marcus Piav(v)onius, Kirsch J.P. There are four Greek words for thousand (chilias, murias, chilioi, murioi) only two are considered relevant for this Revelation 20 study: chilioi and chilias. Jesus will set up His capital in Jerusalem . 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. Its sole meaning is simply one (the italicized words in the Strongs definitions were added/made up by men). 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). dispensationalism took the Christians true kingdom from them. God judges the wicked, but not from His place of righteousness. This Zionist dispensationalist group believes that at Jesus Second Coming, He will save a group of non-repentant people based on their genetics (for more information, see the article Gods Chosen People). During the Millennium, man will continue to have a free will to choose to reject God or accept Him. The new heaven and new earth came with the New Covenant of Jesus Christ and His reign over our spiritual kingdom (details here). Hence this future reign of Christ is often referred to as the Millennium of Christ's rule on earth. Transcribed by Donald J. LeFrois, Bernard J. Eschatological Interpretation of the Apocalypse. ), This page was last edited on 1 January 2023, at 03:02. 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. 25:31-32) [emphasis added], I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom. 26:29, Mark 14:25, Everyone will know the Messiah. A Rumor of War: Christ's Millennial Reign and the Rapture of His Church by Engleman, Dennis Eugene Pages can have notes/highlighting. Who was thrown in the bottomless pit in Revelation 20:2-3? The Messiah (also called the Branch of David) will build the Temple, and he will rule from a throne as a king and also be a priest and counselor. Millennialist theories try to explain what this "1000 years of Satan bound in chains" would be like. Isa 2:1 4 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem . All Israel will be saved during this time period fulfilling what Paul said in Romans 11:26. Why is this called the Millennium? [43][need quotation to verify]. They will be seen by the righteous. The "second resurrection" after the millennial reign of the Messiah (Rev. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he threw him into the abyss . Rev. 14:21, There will be many celebrations. The wrath itself IS the judgment. The Scripture references and considerations have been placed into categories for convenient reference. The duration of this glorious reign of Christ and His saints on earth, is frequently given as one thousand years. danner bulalinrevelation 20:1 1 and. (16261676). It will be extremely violent for those that do not want to let go of their sin. He is bound/restrained which accompanies his being loosened a little for the church age metaphorically speaking, he is on a long leash (read Rev. [30] Previous Catholic and Orthodox theologians had no clear or consensus view on what this actually meant (only the concept of the end of the world coming unexpectedly, "like a thief in a night", and the concept of "the antichrist" were almost universally held). 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). The Old Covenant saints have already escaped the second death (the lake of fire) when they ascended into the heavenly spiritual realm during Jesus first coming after the cross (Matthew 27:52-53). 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). This is based on his interpretation of the previous chapter as describing a physical return of . This view holds that the gospel will triumph over evil and not the visible second coming of Jesus Christ. 11.5. They will possess the fullness of what God had promised thousands of years ago but have never been able to accomplish on their own. This passage is notoriously difficult to interpret has been the source of debate among three eschatological schools of thought: Amillennialism, Postmillennialism, and Premillennialism. This article "The Millennial Reign" was excerpted from the book Revelation Unveiled by Dustin L. Abbott. H505 is a NOUN but used as a cardinal number in some places when it has a derivative in front of it. They just created H505 because they wanted to create a number where there is no number. [See also 1 Corinthians 4:15, 14:19 for murioi.]. Its false doctrines are the cause of the Falling Away that deceived and continues to deceive many (2 Thessalonians 2:3). The most controversial interpretation of the Three Ages philosophy and of millennialism in general involves Adolf Hitler's "Third Reich" ("Drittes Reich"), which in his vision would last for a thousand years to come ("Tausendjhriges Reich") but ultimately lasted for only 12 years (19331945). In all probability, none of the other participants in the Millennial Kingdom are considered. This is an extremely interesting (and slightly upsetting) study in itself, but Ill give you the short version (or you can skip to the next section of the article): Old Testament:The Strongs words H505 (incorrectly translated thousand) and H504 (translated family), are the EXACT SAME HEBREW WORD, not a teensy little difference between the two. A. 36:33-36, Jerusalem and Israel will be made a notable item of Gods delight. 20:12) which has been titled the Great White Throne Judgment by many teachers. Isaiah 24:23, Psalm 2:6-9, Psalm 9:11, Psalm 14:7 (and matching verse Psalm 53:6), Psalm 50:2, Psalm 87:1-3, Psalm 99:2, Psalm 102:13&16, Psalm 110:2, Psalm 132:13-14, Psalm 134:3, Psalm 135:21, Zech. Those leftover will start to rebuild again. I pray that helped your understanding of why thousand years in Revelation 20 is not a literal number thank you for reading. Jesus will reign on this earth for 1000 years and he will solve all the socio-economic and political problems that perplex us today. [34], Millennialist thinking first emerged in Jewish apocryphal literature of the tumultuous Second Temple period,[35]. Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. There are 3 unique Greek words that fall under G5507, the common word chilioi. During His reign, Satan will be bound and sealed in the bottomless pit so that he will have no influence in the earth to deceive mankind. 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. Bible Students believe that there will be a universal opportunity for every person, past and present, not previously recipients of a heavenly calling, to gain everlasting life on Earth during the Millennium. Know ye not that we shall judge angels? Revelation 20:11 tells us that there was found no place for the wicked in Gods throne room. Our doctrinal statement also reads: "We believe that following the tribulation Christ will return to the earth with His glorified saints to establish the millennial kingdom; that during the 1,000 years of peace and prosperity Satan will be bound and Christ will reign with a rod of iron; that at the end of the millennium Satan will be released . One example: Peter said something to Jesus that He did not like, and He said to Peter, Be quiet, Satan! Example 2: Eve was tempted by her eyes when she saw the fruit of the tree and convinced herself she wouldnt die. 3:14-20, Isaiah 60:5-7&10-17, Peace in Israel will be permanent. The study is here. 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