This is the second part of my series, if you have not read part one go here first in order to make more sense of this post: Coming out of the Dispensationalist Cult (Part 1). I want my dear friends who probably most likely grew up in the 80's to realize that they have been taught a diagram concerning the end times. Examine the diagrams below and figure out what diagram you've been taught. Have you ever been exposed to the other theories about the Millennium? I need to ask you a very important question.
Who will inhabit the Millennium? Let's see what the Bible says.
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
The obvious answer is that those who have been martyred go into the 1000 year Millennial reign of Christ.
These saints are mentioned in Revelation again in Chapter 7: 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, “Who are these that are arrayed in white robes, and from whence have they come?”
14 And I said unto him, “Sir, thou knowest.” And he said to me, “These are they that came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore, “they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
Now, if you go with diagram 1 or diagram 2 which are Dispensational in nature, especially Diagram 2. You see that they believe that Jesus will come again then the Millennium begins. This means that the resurrected martyrs who have been given immortal bodies are going to live with mere mortals. Does this make sense to you?
Diagram 3 are the folks that think that the Millennium will occur near the end due to Christian efforts to take over and subdue the enemy so Jesus can come back. Most of the NAR, otherwise known as Dominionism teachings fall into this camp. I can't think of a better example of this kind of teaching other than Kat Kerr. Many of the Maga Trump Patriotic Christians, although well intended, have fallen for this sort of teaching. Some have even gone further into Qanon craziness.
Qanon borders on insanity, and teaches that all these evil people in Government have been executed at Gitmo and now only their clones are walking around. That's an awful lot of clones. Will someone please tell these folks that these clones are doing just as much damage as the original humans. I am not saying Kat Kerr teaches this, I am just pointing out the evolution of this.
As a Christian I do believe that we are the salt of the earth and that we should be voting good people into office. I have fought the good fight and opposed evil, I have joined protests, I have written letters. I have gone to school board meetings. I have gone to Washington D.C. and protested on the steps of the Supreme Court. I've even set up voter registration drives outside the door of a church I went to. But, despite all our efforts, we cannot bring justice to the earth, only Jesus can.
The last diagram, number 4 makes the most sense to me and this is the one that most of us have never even heard about or examined. We have been so saturated with all the three theories above that we have not even taken diagram 4 into consideration much less know what it is. I urge you to watch the video below by Sam Storms. He explains how he came out of Dispensationalism. Please take a minute away from the sensationalism that is going on and watch your life and doctrine closely. (2 Tim. 4:16). This made all the pieces of the puzzle fit for me. Amillennialists do believe in a Millennium. However, they believe it's location is in heaven and it's running concurrently right now with the events that transpire on earth.
Concerning the time span of 1000 years: "It’s known among Greek scholars that the Greek word translated as 1000 in Rev 20 is chiilioi, the plural form of chillias (1000) and might be translated as “thousand(s)”. See Strongs: Plural of uncertain affinity; a thousand -- thousand.
Those programmed by Dispensational teachers, their first thought is that, "Oh no, the Millennium is on earth", then they will quote you passages about people beating their swords into plowshears. Re-examine all these passages, because they apply to the NEW EARTH that has been promised in the end. The famous passage in Isaiah 65 that is so often attributed to the Millennium: The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. This is about the new earth. It says so right in the chapter: Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
As Saints we are already living simultaneously on earth, but spiritually in heaven. Remember this passage: Ephesians 2:5-7 ...even when we were dead in our transgressions, he made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Ever since I have been posting such videos as these I have upset many Dispensationalists online. Why is this? Pastor Chuck Baldwin sheds some light on this, it has to do with the promotion of Zionism. Dispensationalism was created to promote Zionism plain and simple! I invite you to watch Pastor Baldwin's expose of the Zionist agenda in the video below if you have not already seen this.
My dear friends, we have to realize what is at stake. Revelation 20 talks about Satan being bound for 1000 years and then loosed in the end to deceive the nations. This is happening now, not in some distant future scenario. Satan has been bound in this sense: Jesus said, "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. -John 12:31-32
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed[a] in heaven.” -Matthew 16:19
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. -Luke 10:19
Here's 100 more verses about binding the devil on this page. Binding the Devil. This is Satan's last hurrah, he doesn't get another shot at it in the future.
The period of time mentioned in the book of Revelation that Satan is truly loosed is the time when he will overcome the Saints with persecution. See the passage in Revelation 13:7 below:
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
This does not happen twice for Satan. When Jesus returns, he finishes Satan for good! Ask yourself this question. Why would Jesus come back in all his glory and set up his Kingdom only for a limited time when the Bible says consistently that his Kingdom is Forever? Also, when you go over all the Old Testament passages that have been attributed to the Millennium by the Dispensationalists please notice it says that God's kingdom is forever in these passages. It does not show the enemy coming in to spoil the perfect society again. Go to the passage about when the swords are beaten into plowshears. (Isaiah 2:4) It does not say later on that they turned their plowshears into swords. There is nothing to show that this period ends with the devil's return. Whenever it is talking about a paradise on earth, this is about the new earth.
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