Previously, I had stated that I thought that Jesus Christ's Millennial Kingdom had already happened during the 1000 years Dark Ages, and that we were living after that time during Satan's little season of rule spoken of in Revelation 20:7. I now think that I was wrong about this and subscribe to Walter Veith's explanation of Revelation, rather than my own.
Walter Veith explains that Revelation is written as a Chiasm, meaning the Book of Revelation meets in the center of all its chapters. That is, the first half is a portion, and the latter half is a portion. Revelation is not written to be understood front to back.
Here was my reasoning:
I had thought the Millennial Kingdom already happened based on my study of the Bible and research into the possibility that history as we know it was nearly all a complete fabrication. My reasoning was: If Satan was allowed rule, as it seems he has been, and the Dark Ages aligns with the thousand years - and also has these two documents to back it up: "Exhortations to the Christian People About the Calamities which are Presently Happening Everywhere" and the "Chronicle of all the Noble Emperors of Rome"; which the "Exhortations" speak of a dragon in the sky, severed heads and swords also in the sky, and metal and blood raining from the sky; while the "Chronicle of Emperors" mentions that Emperor Octavius was alive during and after Jesus Christ's sacrifice and resurrection, and saw a "universal peace over all the world" - then why couldn't we now be after the Millennium and awaiting the final return of Christ?
Further, I used what the Book of Adam and Gospel of Nicodemus said of Jesus Christ arriving 5500 years after the Fall to redeem us, with the "Chronicle of Emperors," to calculate an accurate number of both Rome's founding, and the life of Jesus Christ.
Ultimately, the main substance of my previous conclusions were incorrect, yet many of my assertions still hold up.
Logos Prevailing.
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