Abiding...you seem like a nice guy. But those that are being insulted are the opposing party. Surely they will come to their defence. My only desire to participate in this thread was to point out the way the sequence of events are layed out in Rev. 19 to 21. by stating that satan is bound after the return of CHRIST. I gave my input after being asked to do so....then it was trampled on and twisted in return. Natuarlly I will fight back....but as zone suggests..perhaps I can open up a thread of my own...but I know ya,ll would probably come in there to tear down every other opposing view. So whats the point?
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Maybe, I wouldnt know...im sure im not unbiased its just hard not to be. I am aware of most sides
of the major doctrines. And have changed my views before. And it shakes ya up a little in the process.
How can i condemn someone who holds a view i once had. Not to say i should condemn anyone. Im sure
I insult people thinking im just being funny..its fun even tho i regret it later.
I understand the problem with Revelation 20 and how far out it seems with a dispensational background.
And Satan being bound..I know thats difficult. Especially without understanding Revelation isnt Chronological
I was ticked when i first found out. Its alot of stuff to understand..and the bible isnt that easy to understand
but when it starts to fit and more light from scripture shines from the pages its noticed.
If i were to advise someone, I would tell them to read the gospels and the epistles first(not that you havnt)
and then interpret the old testament with the new and not the other way around as some do. Ill ask this
if you think its funny that Amill folk interpret Rev 20...1000 yrs as a term rather than literal, and as the church
age. Dont you think its even more weird that the same verse is interpreted by premills as something as big
as a 1000 yr kingdom on earth with all thats told about it......without Jesus or the epistles saying one thing
about it? Even more Jesus many times said that after this age was Judgement..then the eternal state, so did Peter...judgement then a new heaven and new earth.
Plus the Old testament uses the term 1000 as a term not a literal 1000...so that has to be considered. It cant be ignored or thought of as an excuse or twisting scripture. Most of Revelation borrows terms from the Old
Testament..just like the whole New Testament...you knew that.
Go start a thread...ill go bug you in it ...ill be gentle tho. But look into the amil/covenant theology ...I know
by experience its gona rattle you...but we are to test all things and hold on to that which is true. At least
that was why I did. Because i just grew up with dispensationalism, never doubted it once...because i didnt know there was an alternative. Then one day i heard there was and i explored it.