TheDivineWatermark said:
The way I understand it, is that no "saved" person (during the MK age) will ever have need to "die"... "death" will be much more rare in the MK age, reserved only for the rebellious [i.e. unsaved].
Gary is using "saved" incorrectly regarding the Millennium. There is no "saved from the Millennium. Everyone who enters the Millennium who survived the Tribulation will be mortal unbelievers,
Here is the crux of our (overall) disagreement.
I thoroughly disagree that Scripture presents as you suggest, that "
Everyone who enters the Millennium who survived the Tribulation will be mortal unbelievers,"
...as the various terms and phrases
referring to "the promised and prophesied earthly MK age / entrance into the earthly MK age," are (to name but a few):
--
"the wedding FEAST / SUPPER" (only the INVITED guests who accept the invitation and are wearing the provided "apparel" are permitted)--Matt22:9-14; etc;
--
"the kingdom OF THE heavenS" (the
earthly MK age)--see passages like Matthew 13:
24,30,39,40,49-50, where only the WHEAT enter (not the TARES) and only the GOOD fish enter (not the BAD); and (where Jesus' Olivet Discourse response to their Matt24:3 question to Him was BASED ON what He'd ALREADY spoken to them about in Matt13, so His response covers...) in Matthew 25:1-13, where only the 5 WISE "virginS" enter (not the 5 FOOLISH ones);
--"the kingdom HAVING BEEN prepared... FROM [apo] the foundation of the world" (the
earthly MK age) in Matthew 25:31-34 and context (same time-frame also in Matt19:28 and Lk22:30,16,18), where only the "BLESSED [/righteous]" SHEEP will enter (not the GOATS [/the 'cursed']), of the nationS; same "BLESSED" as in about 8 other passages re: same time-slot / circumstances, like Rev16:14-16 "BLESSED", Dan12:12 "BLESSED", Matt24:42-51 "BLESSED", Luke 12:36-37,38,40,42-44,45-48 "BLESSED"... etc (where ONLY the "BLESSED" will enter the MK age);
--etc... (the above is just a FEW examples)...
and there is no indication from Scripturd that any of them get saved during the Millennium, which explains WHY the whole world rebels when Satan is released and the whole world attacks Jerusalem in an attempt to overthrow King Jesus.
The saved mortals who ENTER the earthly MK age will produce children (grandchildren and so forth) who are not "BORN automatically righteous" (and note, I'm not saying they all STAY that way);... so this is how there will be the possibility at the END of the MK age for mortals to potentially be "deceived" by Satan, or for "DEATH" to be experienced (tho a more rare thing in the MK) ONLY by the rebellious (i.e. UNsaved) throughout the MK age;
Scripture does not say that "the whole world WILL BE deceived," rather it says that's Satan's INTENT--it doesn't really state definitively that he will be SUCCESSFUL at this endeavor, just that he's released out-from his prison TO go forth TO deceive the nations, as his INTENT--Where it says "the number of whom is as the sand of the sea," that is regarding whom it is his intent to gather to battle, from "the four quarters of the earth," but it doesn't really say "and THEY
ALL CAME" (thus
ALL "get fried," no)
But they all get fried. Only to be resurrected back into their mortal bodies to be cast into the LOF where their bodies die again.
I wouldn't agree that ALL who will exist in the
earthly MK age
"all get fried" in the end [/the end of the MK age], no.
And the ones who DIED during the MK age (because "DEATH" will be much more rare, reserved ONLY for the rebellious [/unsaved]), they will indeed be among "the dead [of all times]" who will be resurrected at the GWTj time-slot, to be "cast into the lake of fire" at that point.