What Is the Millennial Kingdom? | Episode 167

In Revelation 20, John described a vision of a one thousand-year period known as the millennial kingdom during which Satan is bound and believers live and rule on earth with Jesus Christ. Dr. David K. Bernard explains the significance of this one thousand-year period and how it fits into the overall timeline of Scripture.

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[ladyaliciaanderson]

Praise the Lord, thank you Dr Bernard for your thorough explanation

[garycornwell]

Thank you brother Bernard great teaching, may GOD'S peace and presence continue with you forever.

[corneliofamily]

Praise the Lord! Thank you Dr. Bernard for another great teaching. 🙏

[filmarfulgencio]

Praise God 🙏
Thank you for the explanation because you give me the understanding about the millennial kingdom.
God bless you more 🙏

[pcq]

As a newbie, I get so confused. Its hard to pay attention when we dont know ahead of time what is being taught. It helps to know how to set a mind frame going into a teaching. And this goes for all channels or teachings. I want to know about them all. It would be nice if every channel stated in a pinned comment what their belief is. 1) 7 year or 3.5 year tribulation. 2) Pre, mid, post or pre wrath rapture. 3) on or off earth millenum or ?.

They all seem to blend together and i finish vids with more questions than answers. Im going to post this on all my faves.

[UpwardMentalityKingdomminds]

Amen . Rightly dividing the Word of God as usual. The book of Isaiah also has plenty to say about the Reign of the Lord Jesus during the Millennium and the way things will be during this time.

[britt]

Question hopefully that can be answered.
I have been experiencing more and more of what I’ve heard it called as Deja Vu. Is that something that happens spiritually, like a discerning gift to warn and tell you that you are on a right path. When that feeling happens should I take note of what I was doing in that moment and where I was?

[wannamonslo]

Christ reigns in the believer’s heart most when they are under persecution. Maybe the thousand year reign will just be Him reigning in the hearts of believers during a thousand years of darkness and persecution.

[CarlixtaMercedes]

Amazing that a man so learned and anointed can miss entirely the book of Revelation and eschatology!

[bobbyadkins]

I believe in the premillennial view but how can people who didn't receive the Gospel and become born again enter into the kingdom of God when Jesus said except a man be born again, he cannot see or enter into the kingdom of God? Not saying he was wrong about. I just can't see how to harmonize it.

[qwertyuiopqwertyuiop]

It's unfortunate to see our movement continue to get our eschatology from trinitarians because of the modernist-fundamentalist conflict from over 100 years ago.

Hopefully someday we will take an objective look at pre-millenial dispensationalism and its origins without the risk of being blacklisted.

[apocryphanow]

If the 144, 000 are waiting to be resurrected when the 1, 000 year reign of Jesus starts, where are the 144, 000 now?

[larrybedouin]

Jewish wedding symbolism:
(A gospel within the gospel)

"Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.

In my Father's house (in heaven) are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I WILL COME AGAIN, and receive you unto myself; *that where I am* there (in heaven) you may be also.

And where I go you know, and the way you know."

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

Jesus saith unto him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: *no man* comes unto the Father (who art in heaven), *but* by me."
{John 14:1-6}

-- The time of the wedding was determined by the bridegroom's father and at the time determined by the father the bridegroom would fetch his bride and bring her back to his place prepared for them at his father's house.

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
{Revelation 8:1}

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
{2 Peter 3:7} (Jer 4:23-28, Zeph 3:6)

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Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
{2 Peter 3:13}

-- The resurrected saints will enter in the gates of heaven into the new Jerusalem, that has been prepared for us *in heaven*

Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
{Revelation 22:14}

(But *the rest of the dead* lived not again until the thousand years were finished.) This is the first resurrection.
{Revelation 20:5}
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No man left alive on earth, after Jesus Christ comes again.

Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus will raise up us also by Jesus, and will present us with you (in heaven).
{2 Corinthians 4:14}

To the end [objective] he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness *before* God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ *with all his saints*
{1 Thessalonians 3:13}

(The time of the wedding feast)
"But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you IN MY FATHER'S KINGDOM."
{Matthew 26:29}

--The saints, after the thousand years (tabernacle) in heaven, the saints of God will descend with the Father and the Son and the host of heaven, with the new city and we will be spectators in our Creator's new six day creation of the new heavens and of the new earth. (Rev 21:1, Is 66:22-23, Zach 8:3, 14:4)

And the goat (scapegoat) will bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land NOT INHABITED: and he will release the goat in the wilderness.
{Leviticus 16:22}

And when the thousand years are expired, satan (the literal Azazel the scapegoat) will be loosed out of his prison, (also chains of circumstance.)

(The resurrection of the condemnation.)
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

And will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, GOG and MAGOG, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and DEVOURED them.
{Revelation 20:7-9}

And the saints will sing;

O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?
{1 Corinthians 15:55}

These [The Patriarchs] all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed THAT THEY WERE STRANGERS AND PILGRIMS ON THE EARTH.

For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

But now they desire a better country, THAT IS AN HEAVENLY: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: *for he hath prepared for them a city*
{Romans 11:13-16}

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
{Matthew 5:12}

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, *we have a building of God* an house not made with hands, eternal *in the heavens*
{2 Corinthians 5:1}

[DannyLoyd]

Jesus said in Mark 9:1 " There are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come with POWER". So, when did this happen? In Col 1:13 it says, " God has transferred us from the dominion of darkness and TRANSFERRED US TO THE KINGDOM OF HIS BELOVED SON"....so when does God transfer us to the KINGDOM of his beloved Son? Heb 12:28 says that "we have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken", so when did we receive that kingdom?
Perhaps David could tell the kingdom is here, or there is some very old people walking around, for they would not taste death until the kingdom came with power....

[realmccoy]

Revelation almost didn’t make the cut to be included in Scripture in the 5th CE. Martin Luther certainly almost yanked Revelation out of the Reformed Bible with the other books he and the Rome Revolters removed from Christian Canon.

So. The question one should ask themselves what is the concern with Revelation?

Orthodox Christianity accepts Revelation as canon as it was included in the standard of Scripture. But, you will never hear it included in the Divine Liturgy. The Church Fathers warned that this particular book contained too much imagery and was nearly impossible to understand concretely. They warned that Revelation, although canon, could be used to manipulate followers of Christ and harm many.

Their wisdom stands - even Dr Bernard states that there is a lot going on and it’s difficult to understand.

Best rule of thumb - whenever you read in Revelation, or hear folks teach or proclaim out of Revelation - is to remain skeptical of any conclusion folks come up with - as greater than 90 percent of what folks say is pure speculation. This guards you from harming yourself or others.

Why such an emphasis with Revelation in Pop Christianity? Firstly, a Scottish immigrant to the US in the American Revival period got the ear of Moody - and the whole Jesus Saves folks discovered that the Book was influential on the behavior of folks. And the rest is history ….

It’s no different today. I remember praying nightly at my church was a young Oneness convert nearly alone most nights. But - someone released a book or something in 1988 — 88 Reasons why Jesus would return in 88… folks caught wind of this teaching and the local church was full of folks praying.

Know Jesus in the power of His resurrection. And don’t look at Eschatological books until you solidly understand the Faith… AND when you do read in Revelations, be careful not tie yourself tightly to an opinion. Things in that book have changed … not the scriptures themselves - but how folks teach as so called sound doctrine … has changed with the times.

Dr Bernard’s commentary here was certainly central and I didn’t take away anything that I considered outlandish. But at the end of the day - it’s just an opinion. Good job!