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?
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. (I Corinthians 15:22)
All humans who ever lived will be made alive again, or resurrected. All includes both believers and nonbelievers!
But all will not be resurrected at the same time.
There will be an order to the resurrections:
But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. (I Corinthians 15:23)
So Jesus will be resurrected first, and that has already occurred.
The resurrection which we presently await is the one at which "they that are Christ's" will be resurrected. "They that are Christ's" refers to Christians.
This resurrection for all Christians will occur at the Second Coming of Jesus to the earth, or "at his coming."
The Second Coming is described in Revelation chapter nineteen:
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:11-13)
Jesus was the Word made flesh:
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us... (John 1:14)
Therefore, the deity named "The Word of God" coming from heaven on a white horse is Jesus Christ, or the Word of God.
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Answers to your questions:
a:
who or what will he rule over?
They (The Word and born again believers) will reign or rule over the earth & its inhabitants.
b:
location where will the subjects his rule live?
The earth.
c)
location where will Jesus (and his co-rulers) be situated during this rule
The earth.