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…
We continue once again with our subject, Death and Resurrection Our Adventist friends go on to state: What happens to God’s faithful people? After the final death of the unfaithful, God will create a new earth free of sin and death. God’s people will live free of pain and sorrow. They will enjoy a life of eternal happiness where sin is no more. “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth…
We continue once again with our subject, Death and Resurrection Seventh Day Adventist state: What is the Second Death? Those who are raised in the second resurrection will face judgement. They will die a final death that lasts forever. “Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:14, ESV). We have already addressed the fact that we agree the “lake of fire” is symbolic of second death,…
We continue once again with our subject, Death and Resurrection Concerning the second resurrection Seventh Day Adventist had the following to say. “The second resurrection happens after the thousand years have passed. This resurrection is for those who were unfaithful to Christ. These are the lost people who decided not to follow Christ during their life on earth. “The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection” (Revelation…
We continue once again with our subject, Death and Resurrection Concerning the second resurrection Seventh Day Adventist have the following to say. “The second resurrection happens after the thousand years have passed. This resurrection is for those who were unfaithful to Christ. These are the lost people who decided not to follow Christ during their life on earth. “The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection” (Revelation…
We continue once again with our subject, Death and Resurrection Concerning the second resurrection Seventh Day Adventist have the following to say. “The second resurrection happens after the thousand years have passed. This resurrection is for those who were unfaithful to Christ. These are the lost people who decided not to follow Christ during their life on earth. “The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection” (Revelation…
We continue once again with our subject, Death and Resurrection Let us once again consider each of the following statements made by our Adventist friends. They state: “The first resurrection happens when Christ returns. This resurrection is for those who were faithful to Christ and died. These resurrected people will join all the faithful Christians who are still living. Together they will go to Heaven.” Having in our previous post shown the true meaning of the word “resurrection” and what…
We continue once again with our subject, Death and Resurrection We were reviewing what our Adventist friends had to say concerning the First Resurrection. Having already addressed the first part in regards to the erroneous idea of a bodily resurrection, we would now like to address the rest of this comment as well as what they have say about the second resurrection and second death as they are all related. They state: “When Jesus returns at the end of time,…