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.
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.