Read More Than Conquerors, pp. 232–235 A. THE SYMBOL At the close of the thousand-year period the devil is released from his imprisonment. He summon’s a vast host for an all-out attack upon “the camp of the saints, the beloved city.” Fire descends from heaven and devours them. The deceiver himself is cast into the lake of fire […]

Read More Than Conquerors, pp. 235, 236 THE GREAT WHITE THRONE (The treatment of Rev. 20:11–15 is continued in Lesson 23, Part 1) A. THE ONE WHO SITS UPON IT, verse 11 Christ’s glorious return is portrayed in vivid colors. John sees a great, white throne. Upon it is seated Jesus as Judge (cf. Matt. […]

Read The Bible on the Life Hereafter, pp. 185–194 THE GREAT WHITE THRONE (continued) C. THE SCENE THAT IS ENACTED NEAR IT, verses 12b, 13b Books are opened: the records of the life of every person (Dan. 7:10). Opened also is the book of life, containing the names of all believers and their deeds (cf. […]

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, […]

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead […]

Throughout this series of articles on the major millennial views, I have been stressing the fact that there are two major types of views, each of which has two distinguishable expressions. The first two views considered, classical premillennialism and dispensational premillennialism, share the conviction that Christ’s return will precede the period of the millennial kingdom. […]