Prelude To Eternity!
"Blessed and holy is he who has part in
the first resurrection. Over such the second
death has no power, but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ, and shall reign with
Him a thousand
years."
Revelation 20:6
The modern era has witnessed the arrival
of only one new millennium—the one
that
began in year 2000. This rarity of a new
millennium reveals how long a thousand
years truly is.
When we speak of the biblical Millennium,
we forget what a lengthy period it will be.
A thousand years. And that term is not
figurative.
Based on the law of repetition in
biblical
interpretation, the author of Revelation
meant a literal thousand years when he
mentioned a “thousand years” five times
in the space of six verses (Revelation
20:1-6).
It will last more than 13 times the length of the
average human life span of 75 years. But
here
is exciting truth: We who have died in Christ—
or are alive in Him when He returns—will “reign
with Him a thousand years” (Revelation 20:6).
Our eternal life with God will begin in the
thousand-year reign of Christ
on earth. The
Millennium will be the prelude to our glorious
eternity in the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21).
"There is a land of pure delight,
where saints immortal reign."
Isaac Watts
