We continue with, The Millennium and the End of Sin Once again based upon our Seventh Day Adventist friends’ interpretation of Rev 20:1-6 they say: The millennium, begins with Satan being locked up in a pit, along with all the angels who chose to follow him (Revelation 12:4). So where is this pit where Satan is to be locked up so he ‘might not deceive the nations any longer’? Though the Bible doesn’t specifically state it, we can infer this…
We continue with, The Millennium and the End of Sin Having examined Verses 4-6 let us now return to Verses 1-3 and what our Adventist friends have to say concerning these verses. “Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he…
We continue with, The Millennium and the End of Sin In our last post it was suggested that only our Lord reigns the whole thousand years, and the Church only for those years following their resurrection. The sleeping saints first from the time they were resurrected in 1878 A.D., and the rest of the saints, those presently alive and remain from the time they have proven themselves faithful unto death (Rev 2:10), and are resurrected. However, there is an alternative…
We continue with, The Millennium and the End of Sin We continue with our examination of Revelation 20:1-6. We were examining Verses 4-6 first and planned to return to Verses 1-3 after. “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them, even the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received…
We continue with, The Millennium and the End of Sin In our previous post we noted that our Adventist friends quote Rev 20:1-6 in explaining the millennial age and what is to occur. The problem however is in how they have interpreted this text and the erroneous conclusions which they have gleamed from it. Therefore, we deem it expedient to reexamine the text for ourselves. We have decided to concentrate on Verses 4-6 first and save 1-3 until later when…
Our next subject under consideration is, The Millennium and the End of Sin Seventh Day Adventist state: “The millennium is the thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven between the first and second resurrections. During this time the wicked dead will be judged; the earth will be utterly desolate, without living human inhabitants, but occupied by Satan and his angels. At its close, Christ with His saints and the Holy City will descend from heaven to earth. The…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 18 continued “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” Once again as stated in our previous post: “Jesus, who gave this revelation to us (Rev 1:1), well knew that this symbol could not be properly understood until about the present time, for the reason that the Image of the Beast (The Evangelical Alliance) was only first made…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 18 continued “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” The following we add as an addendum to our study on Verse 18 and the number of the beast as we hope it will prove of further insight. His Number is 666 “Some believe that every word and letter of Scriptures was divinely directed. This has led to…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 18 continued “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” The Golden Image There is a direct comparison to be made between the golden image of the Book of Daniel and the image of the beast in the Apocalypse. Image of Beast (Revelation 13:18) 600 (six hundred) 60 (threescore) 6 (six) 666 Image of Gold (Daniel 3:1) Height…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 18 continued “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” The tiara, in ecclesiastical usage, is the triple crown of the pope. It is a beehive-shaped, somewhat bulging, approximately 15-inch-high headpiece preferentially made of either silver or gold cloth encircled by three coronets, with a mound and cross of gold on top and two loose pendants or streamers…