THE PREMILLENIALIST DOCTRINE OF THE 1000 YEAR REIGN IS FALSE

The Premillennial doctrine of the 1000 year reign (or, the millennium) [point 8 on chart] teaches that the kingdom of Jesus is to begin when He becomes victorious at the battle of Armageddon and takes His throne in Jerusalem. The nation of Israel is to be supreme over all nations, and the saints are to rule with Jesus at Jerusalem. This situation is to last 1000 years.
The premillennialist doctrine of the 1000 year reign is false because: those who are to reign with Jesus for 1000 years are to reign in heaven—NOT earth. Revelation 20:4-6 are the verses from which this premillennialist doctrine is based. The first and last part of verse 4 reads, “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them…and they reigned with Christ a thousand years.” Notice, those who reigned sat upon thrones. However, every time the word “throne” is used in the book of Revelation (44 times), the throne is located in heaven. The exceptions are the three times it refers to the throne associated with Satan! Thus, those who are reigning are either reigning with Jesus in heaven, or elsewhere with Satan! Furthermore, the verse makes clear that those who reigned with Jesus were those whose entity was their souls, “…and I saw the souls of them….” The scriptures teach that man has a body while on earth and a new body when in eternal heaven (1 Cor. 15:36-54), but the only time man exists as a soul without a body is the duration from the point of death to the beginning of eternity (Jam. 2:26; 2 Cor. 5:1-9). At such a time they are with God (Eccl. 12:7; Phil. 1:23; Luke 16:20-31) and not on earth! Truly then, the Bible teaches that those who reign with Jesus are those souls who reign with Him in heaven–not earth!
The premillennialist doctrine of the 1000 year reign is false because: those who reign with Jesus during this era are those who were martyrs. Those who were to reign with Jesus for 1000 years are those that “were beheaded for the witness of Jesus…” (Rev. 20:4). Thus, all those who have not been beheaded for Jesus will not be reigning with Jesus 1000 years. But, how many of the premillennialists have been beheaded?! Since premillennialism maintains all saints will reign with Jesus, it is obvious they have built a false doctrine upon a misinterpretation of this verse.
The premillennialist doctrine of the 1000 year reign is false because: immediately following the 2nd coming (thus, before this “1000 year reign on earth”) there is no more earth. Regarding the coming of the Lord, 2 Peter 3:10 states, “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.” Thus, when Jesus comes the second time, He will take all humanity from earth to Judgment (Mat. 25:31-32) and then annihilate the physical creation. Thus, there cannot be a 1000 year reign on earth which begins at His coming because there will not be an earth upon which to reign.
The premillennialist doctrine of the millennium is false. The Bible does not teach it. Rather, the Bible teaches that life will continue as it is now (Mat. 24:36-41) until Jesus returns the second and final time to resurrect and judge all to either eternal damnation or eternal bliss (John 5:25-29).
[Sixth of six in a series of the misinterpretations of Premillennialism] Gary Henson