The Millennium
Part 2
THOSE THAT ARE ALIVE WILL NOT PRECEDE THOSE THAT HAVE DIED
1Thes 4:13-18
We that are alive will not precede those that have died in Christ. We will be called up to be with them in the clouds and we will remain with Christ for ever.
This verse tells us that we will all reign with Christ when he redeems us from the earth at his second coming (if we do not fall away).
CHRIST WILL NOT RETURN UNTIL THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS HAS BEEN REVEALED
2Thes 2:1-13
WHEN HE COMES HE WILL OVERTHROW THE LAWLESS ONE WITH THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH AND THE SPLENDOR OF HIS COMING
2Thes 2:7-10
2Thessalonians 2:8 tells us that the Lord will overthrow and destroy the man of lawlessness by the breath of his mouth and the splendor of his coming. This can leave us with no doubt that Christ's return is at the end of the great tribulation which is the beginning of his millennial reign. People who teach post millennialism are thus in error. We, the believers, are not in heaven and the devil is not locked up in the abyss where he can no longer cause trouble. Thus the millennium cannot have started. The Bible therefore foretells of the premillennial return of Jesus Christ. The return of Christ and the Millennium are, no doubt, in the future (at the time of writing of this document!)
DANIEL'S VISION OF THE ANTICHRIST AND HIS DOWNFALL AFTER TIME TIMES AND TIME AND A HALF FOLLOWED BY THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
Dan 7:1-28
MULTITUDES WHO LIVE IN THE DUST OF THE EARTH WILL AWAKE : SOME TO EVERLASTING LIFE AND SOME TO EVERLASTING CONTEMPT
Daniel 12:1-13
Those who wake to everlasting contempt are not raised until the end off the millennium
THE DEVIL IS BOUND UP FOR THE DURATION OF THE THOUSAND YEARS WHERE HE CAN'T DECEIVE ANYBODY
Rev 20:2 Rev 20:3
AT THE END OF THE THOUSAND YEARS SATAN IS THROWN INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE AFTER BEING SET LOOSE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD
Rev 20:7-10
AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM, CHRIST HANDS THE KINGDOM BACK TO THE FATHER
1Cor 15:25-28
Christ is a member of the trinity (the Triune God we worship), yet he is distinct from the Father. Christ must hand all authority back to the Father in fulfilment of prophesy.
(Psalm 110:1 The LORD (Jehovah) says to my Lord (Adonai -that is Jesus): "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.")
At the End of the Millennium, Christ will hand the kingdom back over to the Father. The Millennium is therefore the only way that this prophesy can be fulfilled if Christ is to reign at his coming and the believers are to reign with him. The Millennium is the period for which the Believers are differentially rewarded according to what they have done whilst in the body. People who preach amillennialism usually don't preach about the reward of believers and Christ handing things back over to the father once the devil has been thrown into the lake of fire.
A DAY IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS TO THE LORD
2Peter 3:8
2Peter 3:8 says that a thousand years are like a day to the Lord. The old testament has many types and patterns that are seen in the New Testament. God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th. We are now 6000 years approximately since Adam. It may be that Christ will reign in the Seventh millennium, after all, the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath (Matt 12:8 Mark 2:28 Luke 6:5)