Bible Question:
Prayon that is what I had always been taught and what I believed, that there would be some saints that would make it through the tribulation and go into the millennium. But two things make me question this. First what is going to be left after the tribulation? Hardly anything, most of mankind and the earth will have been destroyed. The new earth and new heaven comes later. Sure doesn't sound like there will be much for Christ and the resurrection saints to rule and reign over. Secondly the implication is there that some people will live the full 1000 years. Does that mean these people will live the whole way through the tribulation, resisting all the horrible things that would tempt them to curse God, only to rebel with Satan at the end of the millennium? I think not! As I see it the earth will have been virtually destroyed. Grass, trees, river and oceans, every living thing destroyed. Virtually all of mankind will have been destroyed, either through disaster, murder and mayhem, or in the battle of Armageddon. The teachers of the post Tribulation Millennium must have saw something in scripture that answered these concerns and I'm wondering does anyone know what scriptures they are? |
Bible Answer: Rev 20:1-6 is about the Millennium. Chapters 8-9 tell a third of everything will be destroyed. But, still there is plenty to rule over. Those who rebel will be like Eve and Adam who also had it great ... and believed the lie of Satan. I also see that while the Israelites promised to follow God in Joshua 24 ... the next generation rebelled (Jud. 2:10). So I think there will be rebels at the end of the Millennium. Steve |