For John and all the Doves....

I was going through some of the areas in "Mike's Origins Resource" that I sent in last week.  One or two were wonderful, but there is one that stopped me cold.  It was on the Millennium.  Do I believe that the Millennium will contain NO PEOPLE???  Absolutely not!!!  There is too much in Ezekiel 39 and 40 which points to those 1000 years.

And actually, I don't know much about those years.  I wondered what others thought, so I looked at around 10 opinions on the internet....and there were still no solid answers.  Opinions are worth the paper they are written on unless the bible can back them up, at least in my opinion.

What I do think is that the purpose of the Millennium is the last test of man's inherent wickedness.  In the Book of Job, the argument was between Satan and God that there was not a righteous man who would not turn from God when tested ! in all areas.  But, Satan was allowed to work on Job in this testing.  In the end, Job was rewarded seven-fold.  However, "man" has not yet been tested in a world with perfect rule without interference from Satan.  Would man again fail and prove there is no inherent righteousness in him?  Yes, it would prove man would fail even in a world of perfect rule under Jesus Christ.....Satan will be released and still be able to deceive people at the end.  So, God will prove that His judgment at the end is righteous beyond argument.

I would love to hear other opinions from various Doves on what the Millennium will be like....and its purpose.  I could be wrong.  And besides, there is nobody who is 100% accurate in everything.  But, I do believe that the whole body of Christ, in parts, knows everything.

YsiC,

Arlene

PS  And I also strongly believe in the pre-trib rapture of the "bride" (not the whole church)! which the links from Mike seems to ignore or deny.