Christology Audio SeriesWho is Jesus ChristThe word “Christology” comes from two Greek words meaning “Christ / Messiah” and “word” – which combine to mean “the study of Christ.” Christology is the study of the Person and work of Jesus Christ. There are numerous important questions that Christology answers:  Today Dr. Hocking raps up our final session in this tremendous study on Christ Jesus.  The Second Coming of Christ — Part Two.   And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.  And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,…

And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.   Revelation 20:1-3

Christology Session 14

The Second Coming of Christ

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The first phrase of Revelation 20:7 says, “When the thousand years are expired.” The war over the Millennium basically comes down to the view of how you teach Revelation. Is it literal? Does it have symbolic language? Is it symbolic language that should be interpreted as an allegory? This battle has been fought all the way through church history.

In the present century (the twentieth century), the Reformed tradition that usually believes amillennialism has really gone to bat on this to prove their point. Behind this point is what we call replacement theology. Only currently is it being called replacement theology. The basic doctrine of Reformed theology is, that Israel becomes the church in the New Testament. That is where the whole problem starts. All Reformed theologians believe that, and as a result, they become amillennial.

Now the problem here is that in Revelation 20 there is no indication here of such allegorical language. In fact, it is quite the opposite. First, we are told that Satan is bound for a thousand years. He cannot deceive the nations until the thousand years are up. So that does not represent the church age at all. We also have the crowning blow to amillennialism, which is in Revelation 20:4 and following. That is specifically, the martyrs are the martyrs of the Tribulation and they do not reign with Christ until after it. You see, we do have a very serious problem, especially if you think the thousand years is the triumph of the gospel or something else in the present church age, you cannot explain this verse. In fact, almost every amillennial book skips it, because this passage teaches a literal thousand years.

Scriptures References:  

Rev 20:1-7; 2Pe 3:8; Psa 103:19;Psa 93:1-2; Mic 5:2; Mic 4:8;Zec 14:16; Dan 2:44;

Isa 11:1-10;Isa 32:1; Jer 33:14-16; Rev 11:15;Rev 19:16; Gen 12:1-3; Eph 1:10;

Gal 3:6-9; Dan 12:1; Zec 12:10;Zec 13:8-9; Rev 3:5; 1Jo 5:3-4

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