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1 | 1,000 year reign | 1 Thessalonians | beana21 | 159613 | ||
On Revelation 20:1-6 it talks about the thousand year reign. A question I have is whether all believers take place in this dead and living or whether it will be just the believers that are alive on earth at the time. It seems like that is the first resurrection according to verse 5. My guess from reading this is that all saved believers in Jesus will be present for the 1,000 year reign. Does anyone have any information or insight into this. | ||||||
2 | 1,000 year reign | 1 Thessalonians | David24597 | 159614 | ||
Hi Beana, I would suggest you examine I Thess. 4:13-18 while studying Rev. 20. To answer your main question Rev. 20:6 "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." Which would seem to indicate that those alive at Jesus' coming, together with the resurrected saints, will reign with Christ for the 1,000 years. Since this is the "first" resurrection then there would be none before it. The second resurrection would take place after the 1,000 years. Read I Thess. 4:13-18 again and tell me - is this the 1st or 2nd reserrection spoken of here? Obviously this takes place at the 2nd coming of Jesus and marks the beginning of the 1,000 years. Notice that the saints "meet the Lord in the air". Where (anywhere in the Bible) does it indicate the 1,000 year reign actually takes place on the earth? If the saints are taken off the earth as indicated in I Thess. 4 and this is the "first" resurrection of Rev. 20 then the 1,000 year reign must take place somewhere else, I would assume in heaven. After the 1,000 years is over Jesus comes back bringing with Him all the saints (Jude 1:14-15) and the evil dead are raised to face judgement and destruction (the 2nd resurrection). |
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3 | 1,000 year reign | 1 Thessalonians | Searcher56 | 159639 | ||
Scripture ... Rev 20:4 Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. Rev 20:5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. David24597 There are a limited number of people who will reign with Him for 1000 years ... not all the saints. Unless you see something different in the above verses. Searcher |
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4 | 1,000 year reign | 1 Thessalonians | David24597 | 159663 | ||
Hi Searcher, There are only 2 resurrections in the last days. Jesus' own words in John 5:28-29, the resurrection of life (i.e. the 1st resurrection of Rev. 20) and the resurrection of damnation (the 2nd one after the 1,000 years). To say there are more than these 2 resurrections is a direct contradiction of Rev. chapter 20. If there were others then John has lied calling the resurrection at the beginning of the 1,000 years is the 1st (if there are/were others before the 1st). All the righteous dead are raised at the same time, Jesus' second coming, and this marks the beginning of the 1,000 years of Rev. 20. These are the only ones "immune" from the second death - Rev. 20:6 |
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