1000 year Reign

[kentappel]

One thing I have heard a lot of people say is that all the saints reign with Christ during a 1000 year reign of Christ. However, Revelation 20 shows that those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus, who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and who not received the beast's mark on their foreheads or on their hands reign with him for a thousand years.

Revelation 20 says the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished but it doesn't say if the rest of the dead are righteous or unrighteous. So we can't conclude that the righteous dead, other than those who were beheaded for their witness for Christ, will reign with Christ during a thousand year period.

Revelation 20:4-6

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

Realize I am not going by what I have heard preached in a lot of sermons but only by what the actual text says and, frankly, a thousand year reign is not mentioned anywhere else in the Bible. So we can't conclude with any complete confidence that any other passages are talking about a thousand year reign.

 

[moment_of_faith]

If the others did not come back to life then they had received the mark

 

[kentappel]

Momment_of _Faith, but many other people died before the tribulation period who had not received the mark so they, as well as the unrighteous dead, would not come back to life until after the 1000 year period is over.

 

[moment_of_faith]

The rapture pulls the dead believers off the earth. The DEAD SHALL RISE FIRST

 

[kentappel]

Momment_of _Faith, Revelation 20 still doesn't say all the saints will reign with Christ during a thousand year reign only that those beheaded for Christ's sake and who didn't take the mark will reign with Him. It still doesn't specify between the righteous dead and the unrighteous dead.

 

[kentappel]

Also, Revelation 20 doesn't say that those who didn't die, those that are raptured, reign with Christ during a thousand year period either just, again, that those who are beheaded for Christ's sake and those who didn't take the mark reign with Him.

 

[moment_of_faith]

The Bride Of Christ .. These are the people that went up in the rapture

Rev 19:
6 Then I heard again what sounded like the shout of a vast crowd or the roar of mighty ocean waves or the crash of loud thunder:
“Praise the Lord!
For the Lord our God,[b] the Almighty, reigns.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice,
and let us give honor to him.
For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb,
and his bride has prepared herself.
8 She has been given the finest of pure white linen to wear.”
For the fine linen represents the good deeds of God’s holy people.

9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb.” And he added, “These are true words that come from God.”

Comes back with the lord to fight

13 He wore a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven, dressed in the finest of pure white linen, followed him on white horses. 15 From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will release the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty, like juice flowing from a winepress. 16 On his robe at his thigh[e] was written this title: King of all kings and Lord of all lords.

 

[LawofLove]

BEFORE THE MILLENNIUM

The Second coming of Christ; righteous dead resurrected righteous living caught up to meet them.

1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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.



Righteous living are changed and caught up to meet Jesus

1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Wicked living are slain before the 1,000

2Th 1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
2Th 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
2Th 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

Satan bound for 1,000

Rev 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Rev 20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

Events that take place during the millennium; Righteous in heave judging the wicked

1Co 6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

Events that take place at the end of the millennium:

Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Christ Holy City and saints descend to the earth


Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Rev 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Rev 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Rev 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

Satan and the wicked surround the city; fire destroys them

Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

 

[moment_of_faith]

don't foret about Matthew 25 the sheep and the goats. This is how he seperates the gentile - believers from unbelivers -- also I forget where it is but he seperates the jews some where else.

 

[Mark51]

The expression “come to life” has to be understood according to context. This expression can have varying meanings in varying circumstances. For example, Paul said of his anointed fellow Christians: “It is you God made alive though you were dead in your trespasses and sins.” (Ephesians 2:1) Yes, spirit-anointed Christians were “made alive,” even in the first century, being declared righteous on the basis of their faith in Jesus’ sacrifice.-Romans 3:23,　24.

Similarly, pre-Christian witnesses of Jehovah were declared righteous as to friendship with God; and Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were spoken of as “living” even though they were physically dead. (Matthew 22:31, 32; James 2:21,　23) However, they and all others who are resurrected, as well as the great crowd of faithful other sheep who survive Armageddon and any children that may be born to these in the new world, must yet be raised to human perfection. This will be accomplished by Christ and his associate kings and priests during the thousand-year Judgment Day, on the basis of Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. By the end of that Day, “the rest of the dead” will have “come to life” in the sense that they will be perfect humans free from all effects of Adamic sin. Notice that the reference to this in verse 5 occurs immediately after the preceding verse says that those who will be in heaven “came to life.” In their case it means life free from all effects of sin; they are even specially favored with immortality.-1　Corinthians 15:54.

 

[WolfInOxHide]

the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished

Heads up, this particular phrase was added, or deleted. It does not appear in all source texts.
Someone is in trouble.

It appears that it was added.

So a bigger question is, how does one know for sure which way is correct?