polonius wrote:
JehovahsWitness wrote:
Revelation 20 verse 6 speaks of Christ ruling with others for the 1,000 years. As one if Jehovahs Witnesses I understand ...
a) Jesus will rule over humans beings (not spirits) that are NOT designated as kings
b) The subjects (those not designated as kings) will live on earth
c) Jesus will not relocate from heaven to rule from a specific location on earth but will rather be in heaven ruling over the earth.
Please share your thoughts on any or all of the points. How do you understand Revelation 20:6 as regards to
a) subjects : who ir what will he rule over?
b: location where will the subjects his rule live?
c) location where will Jesus (and his co-rulers) be situated during this rule?
RESPONSE: We are dealing with a symbolic book, not a prophecy.
A symbolic book, yes. But why do you think that it has nothing to do with prophecy? John wrote that it is "a revelation by Jesus Christ, which God gave him,
to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place." (Rev.1:1.)
It is obvious, then, that the book is about
real situations and events that would actually take place.
John said he was seeing visions of happenings "
in the Lord's day." (Verse 10.) Bible students have determined "the Lord's day" to be the time just before the "new heaven and new earth" that has been promised throughout the Scriptures.
Everything that is symbolized in the Revelation is vitally important for us to know and understand, because it symbolically describes events that we have seen happen within the last 100 years, and some that are still to take place.
Anyone who ignores this book is bereft of vital knowledge and the hope that it provides. Rev. 1:3 says, "
Happy is the one who reads aloud and those who hear the words of
this prophecy and who observe the things written in it."
It calls itself "a prophecy," so why would you say it is not?