Some Chris Creative Thoughts....
There are many who believe in the Millenial reign as a time of instant peace and tranquility wherein everyone worldwide, at the sign of the Son of Man will recognize Christ and merely sit back patiently and wait on an elected teacher to come by and bring the Truth. While I do believe that many will recognize Christ's approach and will turn to waiting for him, since there must be a great multitude who come out of the Tribulation, with all the fragmented doctrine out there, there will hardly be a common set of truths immediately evident that will not need patient instruction and correction. At the onset of the 1000yrs reign the vast preaching work must begin, but, what of those who have to wait until their opportunity for proper teaching? Will those who have lived a lifetime loving Christ, but with unsound doctrine sit idly by, thinking that, although the "rapture" might not have happened as planned, that most everything else was right and continue their "preaching" to a now-enraptured audience? Or could they, at the onset, still hold to some of their teachings and think that, "yes, much calamity has happened(but maybe that wasn't the Great Tribulation or Armegeddon)and we did see and recognize Christ's sign and approach, but, who are these people who profess to be sons of God who are telling us we've had it wrong for so long? Could they be demons who are showing signs to fool even the elect that we must refuse an audience until the Lord does "rapture" us to heaven?" The influence of Satan definitely will be made ineffective, but, can we really expect that all these will simply "get it" at the beginning?
David and I have discussed the possibility that the entire millenial reign is dedicated to "spiritual Israel". Once Israel has been restored, then she is ready to "heal the nations" and "bless all the tribes of the earth" AFTER the 1000yr reign is finished...
Rev 22:15 Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
Rev 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely. At the end of the reign!
Yes, the elect will be a relatively small class of people at the onset (even a couple of million is small compared to the population of NYC alone), but, should we discount all those who are familiar with the Christian story or have good hearts? There are the "elect"; those who are invited to the feast to be fed(heareth); and the nations outside. I think it prudent, if this line of thinking is correct, not to assume that the world will be perfected by the end of the reign. There is so much damage to be reversed within the nations known with a Christian history alone, that it seems well that the "nation of Israel" is restored first by the teaching work and judging of the elect, thus fulfilling all the promises of the OT, then, afterwards, we'll have a greater force of priests to heal the world in the age following the 1000yr reign. With many of the other nations carrying on in mortality and calamity or judgment DURING the 1000yr reign, there is more clarity as to how or why the War of Gog and Magog could come about.
This reasoning still supports the complete reconciliation of mankind and the eventual equality and perfection of all, it merely acknowledges a more reasonable pattern that harmonizes with the precedent of history.
Just thinking out loud--or actually quiet and typing;).
Chris
There are many who believe in the Millenial reign as a time of instant peace and tranquility wherein everyone worldwide, at the sign of the Son of Man will recognize Christ and merely sit back patiently and wait on an elected teacher to come by and bring the Truth. While I do believe that many will recognize Christ's approach and will turn to waiting for him, since there must be a great multitude who come out of the Tribulation, with all the fragmented doctrine out there, there will hardly be a common set of truths immediately evident that will not need patient instruction and correction. At the onset of the 1000yrs reign the vast preaching work must begin, but, what of those who have to wait until their opportunity for proper teaching? Will those who have lived a lifetime loving Christ, but with unsound doctrine sit idly by, thinking that, although the "rapture" might not have happened as planned, that most everything else was right and continue their "preaching" to a now-enraptured audience? Or could they, at the onset, still hold to some of their teachings and think that, "yes, much calamity has happened(but maybe that wasn't the Great Tribulation or Armegeddon)and we did see and recognize Christ's sign and approach, but, who are these people who profess to be sons of God who are telling us we've had it wrong for so long? Could they be demons who are showing signs to fool even the elect that we must refuse an audience until the Lord does "rapture" us to heaven?" The influence of Satan definitely will be made ineffective, but, can we really expect that all these will simply "get it" at the beginning?
David and I have discussed the possibility that the entire millenial reign is dedicated to "spiritual Israel". Once Israel has been restored, then she is ready to "heal the nations" and "bless all the tribes of the earth" AFTER the 1000yr reign is finished...
Rev 22:15 Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
Rev 22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely. At the end of the reign!
Yes, the elect will be a relatively small class of people at the onset (even a couple of million is small compared to the population of NYC alone), but, should we discount all those who are familiar with the Christian story or have good hearts? There are the "elect"; those who are invited to the feast to be fed(heareth); and the nations outside. I think it prudent, if this line of thinking is correct, not to assume that the world will be perfected by the end of the reign. There is so much damage to be reversed within the nations known with a Christian history alone, that it seems well that the "nation of Israel" is restored first by the teaching work and judging of the elect, thus fulfilling all the promises of the OT, then, afterwards, we'll have a greater force of priests to heal the world in the age following the 1000yr reign. With many of the other nations carrying on in mortality and calamity or judgment DURING the 1000yr reign, there is more clarity as to how or why the War of Gog and Magog could come about.
This reasoning still supports the complete reconciliation of mankind and the eventual equality and perfection of all, it merely acknowledges a more reasonable pattern that harmonizes with the precedent of history.
Just thinking out loud--or actually quiet and typing;).
Chris
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