The 1000 years Reign Revelation 20 4-6, and the false reasoning behind British Israelism.

The first resurrection

The first death is dying to the flesh in the baptism of repentance; this is how we are reborn of the Spirit. By first dying to the flesh through repentance producing a change of heart, we then are ready for Christ to be formed in us. These are the labor pains we go through initially in repentance, and then a faith patience continuance  in spiritual growth, as our sanctification increases in His truth, that Christ be formed us: (Galatians 4-19) the man child. Christ Jesus, the author and finisher of our salvation is being formed in us.

Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,


The 1000 years Reign  Rev 4-6

Rev 20:4-6 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. But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
 

The earthly kingdom of God?  Here is the identity of the hoax and its link to the false mindset of a future millennial reign. The wondrous kingdom of God is on the earth they proclaim. Ironically, as we know the bible is a capitulation of man’s repetitive fallen state that speaks volumes of irony from the beginning to the end. Actually the Hebrews fell 10 times in the book of judges alone. It has always been puzzling to me why none of the future pre-millennialist theologians never harmonize unclear verses with clear verses in scripture.


Brief overview of British Israelism: the forwarders of Ribera’s & Lacunzas’ future Millennial Reign Hoax: 


Before I begin I should like to state that I am not an a-millennialist, not such as in the false belief of Preterism. It’s quite obvious that we still have a future existence to be fulfilled but it is nothing of the likeness of pre-millennialism. Having  on many occasion  addressed the fact that pre-millennialism is a hoax, however the common false teaching of a-millennialism adopted by the Preterits’ is also a hoax, This so-called Protestant belief began with another Jesuit monk, named Louis Alcazar in the early 1600’s. The Jesuit’s actually sewed up both ends of the spectrum (pre-millennialism & a-millennialism), Yes both of these Protestant doctrines were Jesuit inventions. One could say that these to doctrines opposing each other are just one move layer describing the energy derived from the conflict between the 2 horns of the lamb. The whole scheme of the insidious kingdom on earth is that we can have no peace on earth without world gooberment, of which can only be built upon the ashes of the destruction of this present social order (and ye shall be as gods). This concept of revolution in the Protestant camp is termed Christian Identity, the (Dominnionist British Israelism)> those who supposedly crossed the Caucus mountains centuries ago, related to the lost 10 tribes, and have mischievously  preserved king David’s throne, justify themselves, as the rulers on earth. All fables. She will be joined with her sister, the other stick of sickness, known as Judea Zionism. British Israelism and Zionism are two side of the same coin.  This Franken-hybrid apostasy operates from a basis of spiritual deception and its evil spiritual force moves in the name of Christian values supported by the endless means of the Christian sub-culture, spanning the air ways 24/7, via radio, internet, TV, and Christian book stores, etc.


By planting and watering the false prophet grows the beast. She falsely uses the Bible to set up the beast’s advancement by changing the doctrines that steer the masses, thus forming the collective beast therein creating the world de-global power through spiritual deception. No political act can take place without first there be a spiritual influence behind it. This is the principle of Herod and the Pharisees. Even though these two quite often opposed each other, they will always unite together to come against the truth that stifles the flesh. So the real meaning of the N.W.O. (the world of Cain on steroids), is that, it would be a spiritual -political colossus done through a corrupted Church & State  venue, induced by a plethora of false prophets , such as the likes of John Hagee. Zionism and British Israelism United in an alliance for their lust and power, even though these two dialectic forces have combated each other over the years, thy are now slowly uniting  in a pow-wow for the benefit of a syntheses…. Example; the Elijah list.


In short, British Israelism and Zionism spiritually influence Daniels’ king of the north political system that seeks to aggravate the king of the south (Islamic nations) into battle…Even though British Israelism & Zionism oppose each other, they still have need of each other, liken to the Pharisees and Sadducees. They have need of each other to progress and manifest WW3 (the war on terror) to build the millennial kingdom on earth, fleshly making ready the kingdom for the return of Christ. Establishing such Behemoths as the Dominnionist 7 Mountains movement and their pledge to take back what the supposed church has lost, while the pendulum swings back to the religious right. Promoted by such false prophets as Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and the NAR, in the grand scheme of things Mormonism plays her part as the supposed identity of the tribe of Ephraim.  All is a plot to unite the 12 tribes…Where in truth, the apostle James teaches us that the 12 tribes are in-fact Gods’ scattered people among the nations, being therefore scattered in the natural however united in the faith. (the 12 tribes in truth are the saints that live among the many nations)


The false religious movement seeks to join the two sticks together; (British Israelism and Zionism), (the stick of Joseph and Judah). As if this so called “kingdom on earth” could deceive God's very elect into believing that the true kingdom is indeed flesh and blood and of this world.  (Jesus said: my kingdom is not of this world. There false prophets employ and promote deception, all the while cloaking her true nature and hidden satanic identity of British Israel “aka” Christian-Identity. That being the lost ten tribe’s hoax. Of which they are at times seemingly Jew bashing and fighting the Jews, fighting Communism in general, fighting the blacks, fighting the gooberment on spurious issues, fighting the International Banksters with tools like their orchestrated  formation of the tea party hoax, while continuously raising issues for and against our participation in the no-win scenarios of perplexity,  along with  many other activities which are designed to draw the people into a bigger syntheses  trapped is a cyber-bowl fish hatchery of confusion and inner chaos, which are nothing more than replays over, and over, of Satan’s dialectic process, both in small cycles within bigger cycles of the two fold dialectic process, the conduit that produces the bi-polar energy from the which Satan receives his power,  the dragon”, the power of Satan that feeds the beast. This spiritual energy is formed within the opposing two horn of the lamb. Probably all spawned out of the basement of the Vatican, (Satan’s laboratory). Sadly the oblivious blind 'Christians never recognize the hidden spiritual purpose and deception within these movements. Notice Revelation 14 & 18 says Babylon “IS” fallen. It has already fallen, and continues to fall throughout the church age. All of her confusion and chaos is predetermined to first destroy and tear asunder the social order of the nations, and secondly to continually prepare the people at the same time for "a new and better world. Now after 2000 years of this confusion of faces we can clearly see the rise of the 4th Reich that came out of the ashes of WW2, making ready for a new and better kingdom> Solomon’s peace and safety city of refuge. Who knows if this is the last time or not? I perceive that it is quite possible, but only the Father knows for sure when.


In recent decades beginning from the Christi-Patriot movement such as British Israelist, Herbert Armstrong’s world-wide tomorrow prophecy show back in the 60s, now fast forward with the likes of Alex Jones, Chuck Baldwin, Rick Wiles, Glenn Beck, Pat Robertson, and countless others who cannot engage this fight from any angle and hope to expose it, unless he relates it to the spiritual lie that there is actually such a thing called 'the kingdom of God on earth. These listed are just a small part of the plethora of false prophets in this insidious movement. One may work tirelessly work exposing every fraud and deceit in the land, and present his case with seemingly great skills and perfection, (700 club etc.), however if he fails to relate the use and purpose of these forces in promoting the spiritual deception that is taking place, then he has not only not revealed the plot, but he also has become a part of it, (The deceivers themselves are deceived).  The most important revelation of Christ that is hidden from them is" my kingdom is not of this world" said Jesus, this is basic (Christian 101). The 7 Mountain Dominnionist movement is a seed of entrapment that is well laid and planned to deceive multitudes of followers, (100’s of millions) The Professed have succumb to these lies by not recognizing that God gave us power  to rule and reign with him  2000 years ago, Revelation 1-6, kings & priests “IE” a royal-priesthood having the power to tread on serpents & scorpions and all the powers of darkness as citizens of Zion, the spiritual kingdom of our Lord and King Jesus. The kingdom on earth mentality grew out of the 19th cen. building blocks; Largley out of the William Millerite movement setting the stage for John Darby having placed a great and confused focus on the 2nd advent of Christ, thus developing the rapture cult (the cult that kidnapped Christianity).


These false millennial kingdom prophecies was fuel for the Hertzel Zionist chosen people myth and migration back to the supposed homeland , all  neatly knitted together in the 20th century through British Israelism, and Zionism, largely in thanks to Cyrus Schofiled’s commentaries. These are the reasons for the many pseudo-christian free masonry fronts and their patriotic appeals upon the simple-minded. They conceive and expand from this basis of “church growth” by way of effectiveness,  as they take the tithes and offerings of a bewildered and lost people, all the while stealing their identity and true freedom in the Lord Jesus Christ, offering them a bowl of pottage, thus preparing their minds for the fraudulent futurism of a Millennial Age.  (These wolves have devoured widow’s houses)


Remember that the prophecies which British Israel teaches are un- biblical. They teach that the world’s problems will diminish after it has "defeated all the enemies of Israel. Of course, what this really means, is that these enemies and all its manifestations are controlled by the Anglo Saxon Frank Families, the Royal Crown, through British Israelism, and Zionism all being done under the Vatican watch which is being used to punish and enslave the world through a New World Order, which is really the same Old World Oder of Cain. This is the insanity in the last 150 yrs that has been setting the stage for the coming Zenith of confusion upon earth. The confusion that has come to fruition in the modern era is built upon the hoax of a millennial reign, and then it can be carnally promoted into a flesh kingdom on earth. They will be paving the way for the second coming of Christ? Nothing new under the sun friends. The Vatican’s Universalism beginning 1600 years ago. This is just a layer within a bigger layer that has been going on since the crusades and before. Great Britain (the Lion) is the arm of the Vatican, and America (the eagles wings clipped from the Lion) is the arm of Great Britain. The goal is the New King Solomon’s peace and safety kingdom. Solomon is the perfect type cast in the text for this Hybrid kingdom NOW on earth. The beast kingdom was built upon the merchandizing of Tyre, (economics), the Beast's life blood system.  Religious-economics-Political.


Let’s look at the Temple of Jerusalem for example; there were the Pharisees on one side of the Temple, and King Herod on the other; however in the mist of Temple square resided the heart of the beast, the money changers, giving life to both Herod & the Pharisees> (the love of money is the root of all evil). Jesus spoke of this heart of corruption in John 8, (the treasury of the Temple). 

 

The symbolic language of Revelation written by John

John, in the book of Revelation makes use of symbols and numbers which are spiritually coded like DNA all through the Old Testament and New Testament. This is revealed in the first 10 verses of which I view as the pre-face to the book of Revelation.  It begins by telling us that it is signified. This book is about how the church overcomes, the flesh, the world, and Satan during the church age, and is written in symbols with spiritual metaphors. John says the people of this 1000 year reign are seated upon thrones. He then describes those who are seated on the thrones as persons who were martyred for their faithfulness to Jesus Christ.

Verse 4, And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus,


These are the saints over the last 2000 years having refused to worship the beast or his image. They have NOT received the mark of the beast. Remember Cain received the first Mark back in Gen 4. The faithfulness of the saints was evident by their not having the mark of the beast on their foreheads or their hands, (thoughts of the mind and deeds of the hands), thus not being marked with evil in their thoughts or deeds. In the book of Revelation there are four characteristics of these saints (1) they are reining with Christ; (2) they are martyrs (persecuted in all forms for their faith); and (3) they do not have the mark of the beast, and 4) the amalgamation of the first 3, (they are the overcomers).


And I saw the souls of them ; Actually, this is a description (in spiritual language) of every saved Christian of over the past 2000 years. Many have used the argument that the word 'soul' in this passage can refer only to those who have departed this life, but we can find that this term is used throughout the text to point to living people as well in the following verses. (Geneses 46:26; Exodus 1:5; 12:4; Acts 2:41; 7:14; 1 Peter 3:20).

Thunder, lightning, clouds,


These souls are the cloud of witnesses; the thunder is their voices crying for a call to repentance, the lightning is the truth striking downward by a conscience conviction upon the rebellious goats. We can relate this in the natural to the 1000’s of lightning strikes upon the earth each day covering the globe form the east to the west.

The lightning from the east to the west; Jesus described the going forth of the gospel in Acts 1-8, beginning in Judah, then Samaria, and then to the utter most parts of the earth during the church age. In Matthew 24-27 He prophesied the power of the gospel spreading through His cloud of witnesses; For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. This is Jesus inhabiting His saints. Then in verse 28 it describes those who hearkened not to the gospel; For wheresoever the carcass “is” there will the eagles {fowls of the air} be gathered together (the feast of Demons)> the great feast of God in Revelation 19-17,18, these are the devils that feast upon the dead souls of men.


Rev 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 souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus "Beheaded" is 5 times in the NT.  FIVE the number of grace. It means to pound, that is to inflict with calamity to smite, the narrow way of tribulation. I believe this to be the persecution of the saints over the last 2000 yrs, (those of the great tribulation) who have received the grace by God. God gives His grace “power of godliness”  to these who are afflicted through tribulation and remain faithful to HIM. As He told the apostle Paul; “My grace is sufficient for thee” The power of God to stand and escape all things. (Lamentations 5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest...This is the only time the word “persecution" is written in the OT. However the word “persecution” is 14 times in the NT, # 14 the number of  deliverance. 2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution..


These are those who have refused to be marked by the beast as evil doers. 14, the number of the remnant joined with the multitudes (7 plus 7), the number of deliverance in the bible. They are spiritually coded and described in many places in the text such as in Gen Ch. 8, the 7days of the dove, plus 7 more days> Gen Ch. 41, the 7 years Jacob worked for Laban to obtain Leah, plus the 7 years Jacob worked for Laban to obtain Rachael for the purpose of gathering his 12 sons. It is also seen in the Matthew 14-14 the account when Jesus fed the 5000 plus women and children. Jesus blessed the bread and gave to 1) His disciples, and 2) they did give to the multitudes, representing the dispensing of the bread of life going forth within the gospel message during the church age. We can find it also in Revelation 7, the sealed servants of God, those of the 12 spiritual  tribes of Israel, “aka” the workers in the field during the great harvest then being joined with the great multitude that no man could number. These are the 24 elders serving God round about the throne, the cloud of witnesses encompassed by His rainbow). In the natural earthly realm the rainbow actually is full in circularity and encompass the cloud. We on the ground only see partially (in part), but by flying above the clouds in an airplane one can see that the rainbow makes a full circle. These overcomers are the ones who suffer persecution, the saints who walk in covenant with the Lord Jesus Christ. The covenant keepers for a thousand generations Deuteronomy 7:9., 1 Chronicles 16:15, Psalms 105-8, the mercy given to thousands in Exodus 34.The little season in Rev 6 , of the which probably runs concurrently throughout the entire gospel age, but most likely manifests itself in a final epoch of tribulation events, the trampling down "beheading" (persecution of the saints, not necessarily a literal beheading) of the just who do not take the spiritual mark of the beast. These in verse. 6 over the last 2000 years are asking "how long must we wait” and they are told "that they should rest yet for a little season"  the Zenith of the little season is the final birth pain of the entire church age episode, the last multitudes gathered into the fold. “Until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in” Romans 11-25. When the entire church of Christ is gathered, thus all Israel shall be saved as it is written.


Mark 6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.  In this verse Herod is asking himself; I thought this guy was dead? Is he now raised again? He was seeing the spiritual works of John who paved the way now being manifested and continued forward with astonishing power by Jesus Christ. He says to himself. I thought I killed this movement in John the Baptist, and now it is alive again? How do I kill the truth, thinks Herod? Mark 6- 20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. Those who are trampled down and beheaded {persecuted} for Christ’s sake are given power to rule and reign over the darkness of this world.


The symbolic 1000 year reign runs concurrent and takes place during the same literal time period of which Satan is bound. We can establish this from verses 1-3 in Revelation Ch. 20. Compared with clear NT passages, the time of Satan's binding is the same parallel period as the 1000 year reign. So that to fix the time of Satan's binding is to fix, at the same time, the time of the 1000 years. The main understanding of this passage is what is thought to be the futuristic term "the millennial reign".  What it really is, is a symbolic number describing those who have reigned with Christ since His Resurrection 2000 years ago on the 3rd day of the feast of unleavened bread, then going forth at Pentecost 47 days later with the put pouring of the Holy Ghost.


Concerning the reign of the saints, John himself described them to be the living Christians as kings and priests (Rev 1. 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.


This are also in Isaiah 61-6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. And again those of whom Peter referenced as "a royal-priesthood”. Certainly a king is one who reigns. Paul speaks in the past tense in (Col. 1:13) when he pictures the present reign of the saints as the gospel word transcends time: These are the two witnesses typed as Joshua and Zerubbabel in the book of Zachariah.


Col 1-13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. Eph 2-6 also is in the past tense: And raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. As to the description of those on the thrones as martyrs, this also can be applied to every Christian, since the words 'martyr' "testimony" and 'witness' are taken from the same root word along with the word beheaded. Every single covenant believer is a witness (a martyr) and is commanded to die to the flesh, bear his cross, and sacrifice his life for the Lord in his daily walk as a Christian.  


In the Gospel of John, chapter 15, verse 20, our Lord himself tells us what to expect: A servant is not greater than his Lord. If they persecuted me they will also persecute you. In John 16:33 Jesus says: In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. Paul tells us in 2 Tim 3:12, Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. As I mentioned,  persecution is written 14 times in the NT.  #14 is the joining of the remnant with the multitudes of new believers coming into the fold, (the fullness of deliverance)


In Revelation 7 John saw a future vision of all the saints in the gospel age verse 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all (nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues), stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; From a physical layer these 4 descriptions of (nations, and kindred’s, and people, and tongues)  are all described in Gen Ch. 10, these are the  generations of Noah's 3 sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth.  # 4 the number of tribulation. On a large scope all of the multitude produced in the last 2000 years are out of these three sons of whom also populated the pre-world. These NT saints are those who have come out of great tribulation "the overcomers". Luke Ch. 21- In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:


This entire post-cross multitude (the saints) are those who have come through the great tribulation (Rev 7- 13, 14), having been washed in the blood of the lamb. Each being unique different and as white as snowflakes treasured by the Lord, which HE has reserved against the day of trouble (Jacobs trouble), against the day of battle, (the entire church age) the war of Armageddon, Job 38. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? The third identification used in describing these saints is that they do not have the mark of the beast, a spiritual mark on their hands and forehead's. In contrast to this mark of the beast, each Christian receives the mark of God's approval; this is the sealing found in Rev 14. (See “the ink horn" Ezekiel Ch. 9, 2 Cor 1:22 Ephesians 1:14  Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.

Eph 1:13  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.---Eph 4-30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.---Rev 7-3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.


The Lord does not take his people around persecution, but rather he protects them through it, as He told the 70 in Luke 10-19 (and nothing shall hurt you). Jesus also prayed this to the Father while in He garden said: “take them not out of the world” John 17-. Thus the true Christian of every generation is a martyr for his faith, while at the same time he reigns with Christ in His kingdom. The Lord God reigns spiritually in the hearts of his people even while they are persecuted in their physical surroundings of this world. Christians indeed find their lives by losing their life. This is an uncomfortable and unacceptable truth to the worldly apostate Christian Corporate Church of today. Being absent of this truth is why they follow such heresies as the millennial kingdom. False futurist millennialism teaches that those who rule and reign with Christ during the 1000 years and are said to have experienced a first resurrection when Christ comes to rule with a fist of iron. This is not the first resurrection they have it wrong. Then they draw a faulty conclusion that the rest of the dead lived not until the 1000 years were passed, which is also flawed doctrine. None of this Archie and Jug head comic-book theology can be supported by scripture, just as none of the rapture theology can be supported by scripture. The bible NEVER speaks anything other than one physical resurrection John 5-29, Acts 24-15, Daniel 12-2, Matthew 25:31-46, Matthew 13-41.


I ask you; how does one become an overcomer if Christ does not rule and reign in your heart? He defeats all enemies that we wrestle with (the principalities and wickedness from spiritual high places) And of course when Christ returns the fact that "time shall be no more" doesn't fit well in this false theology either if it is a literal futuristic 1000 years. Millennialists take this passage to indicate two bodily resurrections, separated by a one thousand year gap theory injected between resurrections. This is total bogus theology. This contradicts many clear passages of Scripture, and indeed contradicts the last part of this very same twentieth chapter of the Revelation. However, when view with the symbolic language in the text, this passage coincides nicely with many clear passages from the New Testament. The new birth being reborn again, a resurrection from the spiritual dead, as Jesus told Nicodemus. Certainly this would be the first resurrection found in the Gospel of John, who also wrote the book of Revelation and records a message of Jesus in which he spoke of two distinct resurrections, one of them being spiritual the new birth, (and the hour now is) John 5-25, while the second is a physical resurrection (the hour is coming) John 5:28-29


The second resurrection is when Jesus said; "but I should raise him up again at the last day".  This is written 4 times in John Ch. 6; meaning; the #4, or the number of tribulation. He who endureth to the end and overcomes gets raised up.  (Called -chosen- faithful) going through the tribulations of life. Side note; the #4 is woven into the text in multiple places describing tribulation,  it rained for 40 days & nights, the dove went out for 40 days, Moses was 40 days on Mt. Sinai, the Hebrew children were 40 years in the wilderness, Jesus tempted for 40 days in the wilderness etc..

Rev 20-6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.


This is found in Isaiah 61 where our Lord is recorded as saying that the believer hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

Note: the use of language as John says in Revelation 20:6 that he who has a part in the first resurrection will escape the second death. (Eternal damnation).

 

The separation from God; in the Lake of fire.

Jesus said He would baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire Matthew 3-11. The fire is the tribulation of fire, the persecution, or beheading in verse 11, however the other fire found in Matthew 3-12 is the unquenchable fire of consummation, the Lake of fire, the second death. The same fire that proves Gods’ children simultaneously consumes the wicked. This is apparent from the fact that those cast into the lake of fire –In Geneses, Cain is an example of one being separated from God, his separation into the land of Nod (a type and shadow of outer darkness), the lake of fire, meaning removed from the presence of the Lord. Which is another layer of the second death in (Rev 20:24)  Separated into the abyss by a huge gulf. This is a world separated from God like Cain was in the Land of Nod—the Abyss- separated by a gulf, outer-darkness). In Gen Ch. 4-16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD. Cain a type of tare was cursed. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth and he went forth and dwelt in the land of Nod, a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.  And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Wondering stars in outer darkness

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

These are eternity separated from God's spirit. It is incongruous to have John say that a physical resurrection guarantees against a spiritual punishment. Both are spiritual, both the first resurrection and the second death. When the saints die in the physical it has no effect because they are already spiritually alive in Christ for eternity. Then they are resurrected in new bodies on the last day. The tares remain dead in the spirit (Jesus said let the dead bury the dead>I did not come to bring death, you already have that, but I came to bring life; HE said) the spiritually dead are bound and cast out of HIS Kingdom into the lake of fire. Matthew 13-41,42,43..

Rev 20-6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.


The full weight of scripture in the New Testament teaches that all unbelievers remain in trespasses and sin, while all the believers have already been made alive and resurrected. The 144,000 are those who have made covenant with God, are sealed and protected from the 2nd death, as long as they remain in covenant and endure to the end. This does not mean that they are necessarily protected from a physical death. The 144,000 is purely a symbolic identity of those walking in covenant with Christ for the last 2000 years. Those saints thus far in the gospel age, as well as in those birthed in the final birth pains of the women, laboring in the wilderness at the end of the age.


Yes, the bible does declare that there will be some left alive at the end of the age when Christ returns. The 144,000 has nothing to do with a quantity, it is purely a symbolic identification. The number may have possibly been multi millions upon millions over the last 2000 years. To make an end day’s religion out of the sealing and the 144,000 is fleshly and of carnal thought, and a very dangerous road to go down. We should just strive to make and keep covenant with the Lord Jesus Christ as being lively stones in the faith, (and he that endures to the end the same shall be saved)


The first resurrection mentioned in Rev 20:6 fits very well together with other scriptures about being born again (spiritual resurrection). In Rev 6:9 the saints cry out to the Lord asking when He is going to judge and avenge their blood, and they are told to rest a little longer until both the number of their fellow servants and brethren was complete Rev 20 is a spiritual picture of Christ’s reign from beginning to the end of time. He then brings down the New Jerusalem and reigns forever Rev. 21, He is given authority to bind Satan (which he did at the cross), He gives his saints power to be priests and kings during his reign (they reign with Him in spirit), Satan is given a final chance to deceive the saints, and then the ONE judgment comes at the end of the age. All are judged at the Great White Throne Judgment. The New Jerusalem is brought down ,the kingdom is delivered up to God 1 Corinthians 15:24; meaning; the office of REDEEMER is now finished, eternity is ushered in, and Christ rules and reigns in His kingdom forever.

 

Christ is king forever

Luke Ch. 1-31-33 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a  son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

 

Hebrews 1:8-9 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

For those who believe that there will be a future 1000 year millennium, may I ask?

Why would God reward the saints with a physical kingdom that lasts 1000 years when Christ already told us the kingdom is within you (in spirit)? The pre- millennium doctrine is also contradictory to Rev 21-4

Revelation 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

John 5-25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. (my sheep hear my voice) those who are born again of the Spirit.


At Pentecost, in the book of Acts, those who feared the Lord called upon his name, same as Seth and Enos did in Gen 4-26 "and men began to call upon the name of the Lord" Acts 2-21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.


We can find in John 5:24 the same statement as Rev 20-6 and Isaiah 61 and 2 Peter 3 .

John 5-24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Rev 20- 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

John 5- 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,{the gospel of the kingdom} when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. {Born again in Christ}

Isaiah 61- 6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;

 

How do men in the post-cross era enter into the kingdom?

 

A. By repenting of sins and following Jesus Christ in baptism Matt11:12; 21:31-32; Le 7:29-30

B. This was the very same message Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost Acts 2:33-39; 8:12.

C. This was the very same message Philip preached in Samaria shortly after Pentecost Acts 8:12

 

 

There isn’t  another kingdom described or foretold in the Bible.

 Paul actually told the Israelites that the gospel kingdom was the last kingdom (Hebrews. 12:22-29)

 


The redeemed have been made kings and reign (Revelation 5:10).

 


The “heavenly kingdom” is only that part of Jesus Christ’s kingdom that is in heaven 2 Timothy 4:18 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

 

The kingdom will be delivered up to God in the last day to be an eternal kingdom; Jesus Christ will be king forever. (I Cor. 15:24-28).


Rev20-4 describes a life of reigning with Christ for the duration of the period of time under consideration, meaning, this church age dispensation. The thrones and sitting in judgment are symbolic representations of spiritual authority given by Christ to his remnant elect body of believers. This describes the spiritual position of Christians in this life. They sit upon thrones; that is, they reign with Christ. Judgment is given unto them; that is, by their testimony in the word and the world is judged and condemned. Same as with Noah, his testimony condemned the wicked and they were destroyed.  

2 Peter 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.


It’s the “testimony” of the saints, (their martyrious), that condemns the wicked. And the Lord cometh with 10 thousand of His saints.

 

 

THE REST OF THE DEAD

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. These are those who live and die without ever obtaining eternal salvation in Christ, They do not have part in the first or spiritual resurrection spoken of by Jesus in John 5-24,25 who are still in spiritual darkness and deadness-will remain spiritually dead until the time of our Lord’s second coming when they shall have part in the physical resurrection unto condemnation (John 5:28-29). Then they will be brought before Christ, and the Judgement seat, at the Great Judgment Acts 24-15, The goats in Matthew 25. where they will be cast into to the lake of fire (Revelation. 20:11-15); which is the second death. We can see this in Revelation 20-14:

Rev 21-8 "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH." These remain in spiritual darkness forever wondering in the abyss of outer darkness, being separated from God for eternity. 


The last day judgement

John 5: 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

Acts:24-15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

Daniel 12-2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 25 verses 31-47

Psalms 9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness

The unjust will be resurrected to a body of existence, a damnation. The just are the saints who will be raised to life and a given new body at the 7th trump when the dead in Christ shall rise. In short, apostate Christianity has taken the Spiritual New Testament along with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and turned it into a carnal gospel of men. This is how they end up with the false understanding of Daniels 70th week, the erroneous doctrines of  flesh Jews, British Israelism, the futuristic millennial reign, OSAS,  etc.etc. etc.  One of the traps to watch out for is ending up with TWO, if they can’t be reconciled as two witnesses, then it is most certainly none other than two factions of evil.

Is the gospel of the kingdom and the gospel of grace different?

NO. They are precisely the same thing, for there has always been only one gospel (Galatians 1:6-7; 3:8). However, Cyrus Schofiled hallucinated that the gospel of the kingdom was our Lord’s attempt to set up an earthly kingdom, and the gospel of grace is the Pauline message of salvation that had to take the kingdom’s place until the seven-year tribulation, which is invisible scripture, along with the false rapture theology.

 

They claim that there is a kingdom of heaven and a kingdom of God, 2 kingdoms, and the gospel of grace, and the gospel of the kingdom are separate, this is serious dispensational error. There is no two anything in Christ; this is the snare of dispensational thought.  Eternity in Gods kingdom is pure oneness. It always ends up with the # 1. One sacrificial Lamb, one High Priest, one King, one Sheppard, one flock, one body, one kingdom, one remnant, one house, one Zion  etc. As the old saying goes; “There are no two ways about it”. The devil is 2 factional (a house divided)

Written by: Bill W