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.