Are they reigning over anyone?
I have already provided you with the correct answer to this question with several different proof texts in different responses of mine, but I will reiterate a couple of truths now.
Dan 7:11
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld
even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Dan 7:12
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
When the little horn, or when the beast, or when the Antichrist is slain as his body is destroyed and given to the burning flame
(Rev. 19:20), the rest of the beasts, or the rest of the kings
(Dan. 7:17) and their kingdoms
(Dan. 7:23), shall have their dominion taken away, but their lives will be prolonged for a season and time, or for 1000 years, as Christ and the saints rule over them during his coming Millennial Reign.
The very popular belief that all of the wicked will be destroyed immediately at Christ's second coming is a totally unscriptural belief. Do millions of people currently believe that totally unscriptural nonsense, even as millions of people in ages past have similarly believed the same? Unfortunately, yes, they do, and, unfortunately, yes, they have, but it is totally unscriptural nonsense just the same.
Let me remind you of what Jesus said here:
Luk 19:11
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
Luk 19:12
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Luk 19:13
And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Luk 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this
man to reign over us.
Luk 19:15
And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Luk 19:16
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
Luk 19:17
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Luk 19:18
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Luk 19:19
And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
Luk 19:20
And another came, saying, Lord, behold,
here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
Luk 19:21
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Luk 19:22
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,
thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Luk 19:23
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
Luk 19:24
And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give
it to him that hath ten pounds.
Luk 19:25
(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
Luk 19:26
For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
Luk 19:27
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay
them before me.
As I sought to explain to you once before, Jesus told this parable because he was near Jerusalem, and because the people of his day thought that the kingdom of God was going to immediately appear here on earth. They were all looking for the right thing, or for Jesus. as the prophesied Messiah or Christ, to reign over this earth from Mt. Zion in Jerusalem, but their timing was off. Whereas they thought this would be fulfilled at his first coming, he needed to inform them that it would not be fulfilled until the timing of his second coming or
when he was returned, having received the kingdom (Luke 19:15).
What are the rewards of his good and faithful servants going to be at the time of his second coming?
Are his good and faithful servants going to inherit heaven while sitting on clouds and strumming harps?
No, they are going to be given authority over cities
(Luke 19:17, 19) right here on earth as Christ returns to rule the nations with a rod of iron.
Do you know what makes me sad?
Paul asked:
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?
Unfortunately, most professing Christians have absolutely no clue whatsoever in relation to the saints one day judging the world. Why? Because so-called ministers in so-called churches have no clue about the same themselves, and we have a very real situation where the blind are leading the blind. Unlike so many professing Christians today, Paul understood that the saints will ultimately judge the world with Jesus, and I have not only already provided you with some of the reasons why he understood the same, but I could also easily provide you with more reasons.