I am no longer the premiller I used to be, but I will give it a shot.
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Originally Posted by spainharvest  Questions for any pre-millers here. These are things I've thought about and have not received any formidable answers to. I am a-mil in my understanding of the end.
1. If our Lord comes before a literal 1,000 year kingdom, what will be left of the earth for Him to reign on if the elements melt with fervent heat and the heavens are rolled back as a scroll (i.e. no universe and only a scorched earth)? |
Some premillers take the elements text to be referring to after the millennium. I actually think it refers to 70 AD and even if I were a premiller, I would still think that.
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2. Also, if when He comes as a thief in the night and takes vengence on those that know not God, who will be left upon the earth? Who will He reign over that eventually rebel against Him at the end?
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Not all enemies will be killed is one interpretation. Another is at the end of the millennium, the offspring of said belieers 100, 500, 1,000 years before will apostasize.
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3. If the Bride of Christ is consumated and completed at His coming, is there another resurrection for believers after the 1,000 year reign? If so where is this in Scripture?
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That's the only tricky part for me and is where I can't get my head around it. Short answer to your question, yes there willl be another resurrection. Revelation 20. A and postmills spiritualize this to mean a "spiritual" resurrection. Problem is, that is not what the word means in Greek.
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If you are pre-mil these are sincere questions that have led me to be a-mil. Thanks to anyone who is willing to answer including those who may not be pre-mil but have an understanding of how one would answer the above questions.
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I became premill because I was dismayed at how amillennialists would spiritualize texts in a very arbitrary fashion. While I am no longer premil, I still have the same concern.