According to NT authoritative teaching, that time is now (Eph 1:20-23).
A future temporal earthly Messianic kingdom is derived from third-century Jewish interpretation of prophecy.
Refusing to believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah because he did not set up an earthly
kingdom as they had believed (which they hoped would free them from Roman rule), they eventually
went back to the prophecies of Messiah's rule and reign on earth, which they had misunderstood
to mean a worldly kingdom, and interpreted them to mean a future worldly kingdom of Messiah.
For them, the "Jesus event" was not the coming of Messiah.
He was still to come, and still to set up an earthly Messianic kingdom.
These Jewish interpretations of prophecy made their way into the church where,
in order to harmonize with Christ's first coming, sympathizers interpreted them
to mean a second future temporal worldly Messianic kingdom for the Jews,
in agreement with the Jews' misunderstanding of the first coming.
So Christian sympathizers came to see these prophecies to mean that national Israel
was off the hook for rejecting the Messiah's kingdom at his first coming, and would be given
a second chance to receive Messiah in a second temporal worldly Messianic kingdom.
None of this is according to authoritative NT teaching, all of it is derived from personal interpretation of
prophetic riddles, which interpretations conflict with authoritative NT teaching on many points and,
therefore, are incorrect.
There is only one second coming in the authoritative teaching of the NT, at the end of time to judge the world.
The only Messianic kingdom remaining for the future is the present one, which endures forever into
the new heavens and new earth of eternity.
"They came to life in the first resurrection (the rebirth/resurrection from spiritual death to eternal life)
and reigned with him (now, Eph 1:20, 2:6)
for 1,000 years (1,000=a number of fullness, completion=the church age)."
A future temporal earthly Messianic kingdom is derived from third-century Jewish interpretation of prophecy.
Refusing to believe that Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah because he did not set up an earthly
kingdom as they had believed (which they hoped would free them from Roman rule), they eventually
went back to the prophecies of Messiah's rule and reign on earth, which they had misunderstood
to mean a worldly kingdom, and interpreted them to mean a future worldly kingdom of Messiah.
For them, the "Jesus event" was not the coming of Messiah.
He was still to come, and still to set up an earthly Messianic kingdom.
These Jewish interpretations of prophecy made their way into the church where,
in order to harmonize with Christ's first coming, sympathizers interpreted them
to mean a second future temporal worldly Messianic kingdom for the Jews,
in agreement with the Jews' misunderstanding of the first coming.
So Christian sympathizers came to see these prophecies to mean that national Israel
was off the hook for rejecting the Messiah's kingdom at his first coming, and would be given
a second chance to receive Messiah in a second temporal worldly Messianic kingdom.
None of this is according to authoritative NT teaching, all of it is derived from personal interpretation of
prophetic riddles, which interpretations conflict with authoritative NT teaching on many points and,
therefore, are incorrect.
There is only one second coming in the authoritative teaching of the NT, at the end of time to judge the world.
The only Messianic kingdom remaining for the future is the present one, which endures forever into
the new heavens and new earth of eternity.
"They came to life in the first resurrection (the rebirth/resurrection from spiritual death to eternal life)
and reigned with him (now, Eph 1:20, 2:6)
for 1,000 years (1,000=a number of fullness, completion=the church age)."
You need to explain to me Ezek 40-48. These passages seem to follow a huge battle (Armageddon perhaps) followed by a Prince ruling on earth. There will be sacrifices thus death is still present. Paul teaches that the last enemy Christ defeats is death so Ezek 40-48 is not final eternal state.
There are still dead people.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]“They shall not defile themselves by coming near a dead person. Only for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister may they defile themselves.
No dead bodies in heaven. There is still work and wages being paid. Give these 8 chapters another read and tell me how they fit please.