Historic Premillennialism Explained

[bryannichols]

Thank you, brother, for that good Word. We serve a Mighty God!

[robrobinson]

This teaching you have so graciously shared is excellent! Your treatment was very balanced from the standpoint that you conveyed that all eschatological positions have their points of rationality and can be argued until the cows come home. Whatever our position we need to keep uppermost in our hearts and minds our charity and unity of the faith. Your talk was right on the mark. Thank you and blessings to you.

[russelljones]

There is one thing most pastors over look when doing eschatology is that all New Testament statements have a reference in the Old Testament prophets. John’s reference in Revelation 19 and 20 has its references in Daniel 7. The duration of a thousand years is based on the Sabbatical and Jubilee calendar, presenting God’s seasons and times for mankind. The duration of the season and a time in Daniel 7: 11-14 of the antichrist’s dominions, John tells us that this duration is a thousand years completing the Millennium Week that God set out in His prophetic calendars. This is something the Ante-Nicene Fathers understood and taught.
A-millennialist have a heritage that goes back to the Sadducees and Gnostics, here again the Ante-Nicene Fathers have documented evidences showing that their beginnings started in 2 Timothy 2:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 and 1 Corinthians 15.

[AidenRKrone]

One of the questions that I think all forms of premillennialism haven't satisfactorily explained is what happens to people during the Millennial Kingdom who come to saving faith in Jesus Christ. Do they receive their glorified bodies immediately upon being filled with the Holy Spirit, or do they continue to live and die in their mortal bodies, or something else entirely? None of those possibilities are ever explicitly stated in Scripture. I'm a premillennialist but this issue has always bothered me. Since the second resurrection is only for the damned, I'm assuming born-again believers in the Kingdom receive their glorified bodies immediately, but I'm open to other suggestions.

[doughammond]

5:45 Peter says that a day is as a thousand years with the Lord, and a thousand years as a day. And he says that to know this is the thing of first importance in eschatology. Then two verses later he says, "But the Day of the Lord shall come"...
What does this mean? That the Millennium IS the Day of the Lord.
This fact proves amillennialism and post-millennialism wrong, and slso shows that the apostle was telling the truth when he said it would be 1, 000 years. Not a moment more, not a moment less.
Adam sinned and died the same day as God said he would (he didn't reach the thousand years). Jesus never sinned and is going to get His full Day.
Test it by comparing with other scriptures; you'll find it to be true!

[Mr.Fotingo-qfhk]

In every explaining that I have seen, they never mention the unbelievers that will be alive when Christ comes. I understand that the dead unbelievers will NOT get raised until the 1, 000 years...but what about those who are alive? Why is it that no one EVER talks about them?

[kimmykimko]

Jesus taught the Kingdom, the New Testament declares that we are in the Kingdom and Christ reigns currently. We are now priests and kings. Jesus clearly stated that His Kingdom is not of this earth, does not come by observation, and is within us. Jesus and Paul both taught the ressurection at his coming and the last enemy to be destroyed is death. We look for a new heaven and earth wherein dwelleth righteousness. 2 Peter 3, 2 thess 1, Rev 14, Rev 19 and other scriptures describe what this looks like. I hope people will stop listening to the teachings of men but go straight to God, with the Scripture Alone and with the Spirit alone to guide them into all TRUTH. Jesus warned about false prophets and to let no man deceive you. Study. Study. Study.

[SpotterVideo]

A Millennium Puzzle to solve… Will Christ be conducting funeral services for mortals killed in accidents 500 years after His Second Coming?

The “first resurrection” in Rev. chapter 20 is not the first bodily resurrection in the Book of Revelation, because the two witnesses are resurrected from the dead in chapter 11. There are two different types of resurrection in John chapter 5. There is a spiritual resurrection from the dead in John 5:24, and a bodily resurrection from the dead in John 5:28-29.

Does your view of the Millennium agree with what Paul said in 2 Thess. 1:7-10, when Paul said Christ returns in "flaming fire" taking vengeance on those who do not obey the Gospel? The fire comes at the end of Rev. chapter 20.

Does your view agree with what Peter said in 2 Peter 3:10-13, when Peter said this earth is going to burn and "dissolve" when He comes as a thief on the day of the Lord? The fire comes at the end of Rev. chapter 20.

Does your view agree with what Paul said in 2 Tim. 4:1, when Paul said both the living and the dead will be judged at His appearing? The time of the judgment of the dead, with reward for some and destruction for others is found in Rev. 11:18, right after the 7th trumpet, which is the last trumpet in the Bible. (This verse also proves the Book of Rev. is not in chronological order.) The judgment of the dead is also found at the end of Rev. chapter 20.

Does your view agree with what Jesus said in Matt. 25:31-46, where He described the judgment of the sheep and goats, which leaves no mortals alive on the planet at the end of the passage? There are also no mortals left alive on the planet at the end of Rev. chapter 19.

Does your view agree with Peter in 2 Pet. 2:4, and Jude in Jude 1:6, when they both said wicked angels are already in chains of darkness?

Does your view agree with what John recorded in Rev. 9:1-2, when an angel comes down from heaven with a key to unlock the pit, which means the pit was locked before that time? Are there wicked angels already in the pit in Rev. 9:11? John recorded angels already "bound" in Rev. 9:14. The beast "ascends" out of the pit in Rev. chapter 11, which means the beast was in the pit before that time.

Take all of the above and compare it to the symbolic language found in Rev. chapter 20, and the fact the Book of Revelation is not in chronological order, and you will have the truth.




Multiple Second Coming Visions in Revelation: (book not in chronological order )

Christ returns at the end of Revelation chapter 6, with signs in the sun, moon, and stars, as are found in the Olivet Discourse.
Those at the end of the chapter are hiding from the wrath of the Lamb.
Why would they be hiding if Christ is not present?
The "kings", "captains", "might men", "free", and "bond" are also found in chapter 19 at the return of Christ.


He returns at the 7th trumpet, which is the last trumpet in the Bible, and the time of the judgment of the dead in Revelation 11:15-18.


The beginning of chapter 12 is a history lesson containing the fall of Satan, and the birth and death of Christ, who is the seed promised to crush the head of Satan in Genesis 3:15.


The Second Coming is found in the "harvest" of chapter 14, which is related to the parable of the wheat and tares in Matthew chapter 13.


He comes as a thief at Armageddon, and we find the greatest earthquake in history in chapter 16. This occurs when the 7th angel pours out his vial. How powerful is an earthquake which moves islands and destroys the mountains? What is happening to the planet?


He comes on a horse in chapter 19.


Chapter 20?
Does He come with the fire, and the judgment of the dead at the end of chapter 20, which agrees with what Paul said in 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10, and 2 Timothy 4:1?
(The time of the judgment of the dead is also found in Revelation 11:18.)
There are no mortals left alive on the planet at the end of Matthew 25:31-46.
Why does an angel come down from heaven with a key to unlock the bottomless pit in Revelation 9:1-2, if the pit was not already locked before that time?
Revelation 9:14 proves some of the angels were previously bound in some manner.
Because the two witnesses were bodily resurrected from the dead in Revelation 11, the "first resurrection" at the beginning of Revelation 20 is not the first bodily resurrection in the book.


The principle of "Recapitulation" means there are multiple visions of His return.

[tcalbrecht]

Revelation 20 does not teach that Christ is reigning on the earth during the thousand years.