1. No thousand year period of time after the second coming of Jesus Christ, called the millennium, is mentioned anywhere in the Bible at all, except as advocates of such a theory derive it from the manner in which they interpret Revelation 20:1-10.
2. There is no evidence anywhere in Scripture to indicate that Christ only begins his Messianic reign after His second coming, as many assume to be taught in Revelation chapter twenty.
3, There is no rational basis for the assumption that the events of Revelation 20:1-10 must follow chronologically in time the events of chapter nineteen.
4. The binding of Satan in Revelation chapter twenty has no reference to a literal physical binding of anything, for Satan is a spiritual being, and how is it possible to incarcerate a spiritual being in physical chains?
5. The ascension of Satan, who is also called the beast, from the bottomless pit in those passages in the book of Revelation prior to chapter 20 (i.e., 9:1-11; 11:7 and 17:8) should be determinative for the way in which that latter passage must be interpreted.
6. Internal thematic evidence adequately demonstrates that Revelation chapter twenty recapitulates back again to the first advent of Christ, and carries forward to His second coming, thus forming, by way of overview, a fitting conclusion to the main apocalyptic section of the book, just as Revelation chapter six provides an introduction to the body of what follows by the same method.
7. Lastly, there is good evidence to indicate that the "thousand years" of Revelation 20:1-10 is a symbol intending to indicate that entire period of time now lying between Christ's first and second advents. For a complete hoe down on this, and many other related issues please read our book Biblical Foundations Of The Amillennial Faith, which you may now order from online by clicking here.
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