QUESTION:
Good morning Pearl…I am reading all you post…but the 1000 year reign of Christ doesn’t fail does it? 1Cor.15:24 indicates that he is successful. I am confused. Thank you for any clarification you can give on this verse."
MY REPLY:
1Cor.15:24 tells us that at the END, Jesus will have success.
It also tells us that at the END, all enemies will have been conquered. It also tells us that at that point (all enemies conquered and Jesus is successful) that Jesus gives over that accomplishment to the Father.
All that the verse teaches, is telling us about the final result in the end.
This verse does NOT tell us, everything that lead up to the end.
Jesus being successful, does not necessitate that he did not have any problems leading up to that success...
nor does it tell us that all Christ's success occurs during the "thousand years".
Are you thinking that the full success of Jesus (as expressed at 1Cor. 15:24), is established previous to the end of his 1,000 year reign?
If so, it is clear that you could benefit from learning the actual timeline of events.
Although I hope to make a video in an attempt to make that timeline crystal clear, for now,
Please read Rev.20:7-8....
"7 Now when the thousand years have ended, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea."
Can you see there that Jesus kingdom of 1,000 years is said to be finished,
and yet,
do you also see that ALL his enemies are not yet subdued beneath his feet?
Therefore, the full success of Jesus, in subduing all his enemies,
is not completed during his 1000 year reign.
You may notice in the verses that follow (1Cor. 15:25-26), "all enemies" but one are mentioned in verse 25.
Verse 26 singles out the last enemy, Death. That last enemy is mentioned separately, because unlike the previous enemies;
Death must be conquered after the 1000 year reign.
The Watchtower left us with a perverse timeline that is not scriptural.
Although it's doctrine agrees with the last enemy being conquered after the 1000 years; it teaches that the 1000 years take place, after Armageddon. That is not true, as is proven by scripture in many posts in this blog. The very battle referred to at Rev.20:7-8 cited above, IS Armageddon. As you can see from verse 7, it also occurs after the 1000 year kingdom of Christ.
The simplified, proper sequence of events, is:
*Christ enthroned in the first century, for a symbolic 1000 years
*Satan released/1000 years ends
*Great Tribulation/Death reigns over the remnant
*Armageddon/Death conquered by Christ and the remnant
*God's eternal Kingdom by Christ and his victorious heirs of 144000 and Great Crowd
First, Jesus is enthroned/becomes king, in the 1st century
(Luke 22:69; Acts 2:33; Ps.110:1-2; *1Cor. 15:25* Rev.3:21).
During that symbolic 1,000 year kingdom, Jesus is progressively gathering into his storehouse during their lifetime...
Matt.28:20; Matt.24:34> Ps.112:2; Ps.14:5 NKJV
...all the anointed who prove faithful... his symbolic 144000
(Luke 22:31; Matt.13:38; 3:12; Rev.14:14-16).
The ruling scepter of Jesus is extended through the faithful conquerors of the world, Mount Zion
(Rev.14:1; Psalm 110:2; Heb.12:22-23; Ps.110:1-2; 1Cor. 15:25).
They rule with him during that thousand year kingdom, because with his help and spirit, they are conquering the enemies of Christ
(Rev.20:6; 2Tim. 2:3; 2Cor. 10:3-5; Rev.17:14; Eph.6:11-12; 1John 5:4).
Next,
As Rev.20:7-8 told us, the 1,000 year kingdom of Jesus ends when Satan is released from the abyss.
Satan's release causes
*powerful, lying signs and portents/wonders (2Thess. 2:9-10,11-12; 1Tim. 4:1),
*captivity to deception and war...
...the great tribulation leading into Armageddon.
That deception includes a misleading, trampling, mental captivity, torment, sifting, and seduction into idolatry of the anointed remnant who come through the time of the end...
(Col.2:8; Luke 21:24; Rev.13:10,7; 1Tim. 4:1; Rev.16:13-14; Matt.24:24-25,4-5)
...which captivity and trampling is imposed by the agents/army, of the dark powers of the abyss*, through whom the Great Tribulation is unleashed**.
This is when the "abomination of desolation"/"disgusting thing, standing in the holy place"/"standing where it does not belong"/"Jerusalem surrounded"....
Luke 21:20; Rev.20:9,7-9; Rev.11:5,3-5; Jer.5:14 NIV
.... arises.
That abomination/idol, is the Anti-Christ/"man of lawlessness"... who has taken his throne over God's anointed Temple priesthood... trampling them into submission to his own idolatrous Image (Rev.13:15,7-8; 2:20).
(Matt.24:15-16; Luke 21:20-22; Rev.20:9; Mark 13:14; 2Thess. 2:3-4; Dan.7:21,25; Dan.8:11,12,13,14,17,24,25; Dan.11:31,32,33,36,37; 2Thess. 2:4).
When you read that last set of scriptures, ask yourself...
Is Jesus still ruling over his anointed while they are being trampled and subject to Gentiles?
Is Jesus' scepter still being extended through the living members of Zion?
Or, has his 1,000 year authority and power over his living anointed, come to an halt?
The 1000 years were successful, for their purpose... to gather in the 144000.
But after the 1000 years, there is more to do before all enemies are subdued.
As 1Cor. 15:26 states, the last enemy Death yet needs to be conquered, and will be, during Armageddon.
Those anointed who battle with Jesus in the time of the end, are not the original 144000 of the first resurrection. They are the Great Crowd who come through the Great Tribulation.
They are the symbolic "third" who repent of their idolatry.
No... those who battle with Christ at Armageddon against the last enemy Death,
are those faithful anointed, alive at that time. They are the "great crowd"
(Rev.7:13-14; 19:1; Eze.14:22-23).
Heb.4:12; Jer.23:29; Rev.19:11; 17:14; 2Cor. 10:3-5Out of regard for how Watchtower indoctrination had damaged our belief in truth, it is imperative that we do as Jesus suggested...
get a new wine-skin to hold new wine (Mark 2:22).
We should not take any teachings with us when we exit (Luke 17:30-32; 21:21-22; Jer.51:6 NIV Rev.18:4) but rather,
with a mind that is free of preconception, sample the provisions of the marriage feast (Matt.22:8-10; 24:16; Eze.36:8) Luke 17:37 NKJV .
We can't hold on to old fallacies if we hope to have mental room for the truth. We must learn afresh, from the scriptures.
I do hope you keep reading... especially the posts that reveal the genuine timeline, according to scripture.
This has been an extremely brief summary of a corrected chronology. Many questions arise from this accurate explanation of this prophetic scenario. Many posts at the blog address the details. I hope the scriptures cited here are enough to set you on a new path of thinking, liberating you from the false chronology we were previously taught.
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