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Replying to post 13 by PinSeeker]
Here's the thing that always makes me chuckle a bit when talking to anyone who thinks the Millennium is in the future only (even disregarding the notion that it's a literal 1,000 year period). If Christ rules in the Millennium, when the Millennium is over, what happens then? Is it that He no longer rules? Well no, of course that's not the case; that can't be, because we know His rule will have no end, right? No, He's ruling now, from heaven -- though not in full yet as far as this world is concerned, because sin and death still exist for now. But when He returns, His rule (and ours) will not end but merely be consummated and will then be in person and in full.
This is an interesting aside, especially
"If Christ rules in the Millennium, when the Millennium is over, what happens then? If Christ rules in the Millennium, when the Millennium is over, what happens then? Is it that He no longer rules? Well no, of course that's not the case; that can't be, because we know His rule will have no end, right? ".
His rule continues until the last enemy is destroyed, making way for the new order.
1 Corinthians 15:
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.
25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
27 For he “has put everything under his feet.� c Now when it says that “everything� has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God Himself, who put everything under Christ.
28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to Him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
Revelation 21:
1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,� for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
2 I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ b or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.�
5 He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!� Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.�
6 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life.
7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.
Jesus reigns 'until' the end of the old order, which includes the millenium.
What will be his place in the new order?
Grace and peace to you, and to all.
