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TITLE: 1,000 Year Reign?

TEXT: Revelation 1:9
PROPOSITION: Premillennial doctrines are false.
QUESTION: Why?
KEY WORD: Arguments
SCRIPTURE READING: Same

INTRODUCTION:

1. Almost every denomination teaches some form of Premillennial doctrine

2. Most of this teaching is a figment of man's imagination

3. Some of it seems to be supported by obscure passages in Revelation, Daniel, and Ezekiel

4. Is there a simple way to understand and refute this teaching?

Several Difficulties

1. So many forms, variations

2. Pre – Post – A

3. Rapture – Pre-trib – Mid-trib – Post-trib

4. What signs will indicate this is coming?

My Problem with this teaching

1. Kingdom

   1. Didn't Jesus and John preach a “kingdom at hand”? Matthew 3:2; 4:17

   2. Was it promised in the lifetime of the apostles? Mark 9:1

   3. Did God FAIL? Daniel 2:44 – in days of Roman Empire

   4. “Thy Kingdom come” - Did the prayer fail?

   5. Kingdom was in existence in the first century

      1. Colossians 1:13

      2. Hebrews 12:28

      3. Revelation 1:9

2. Mission of Jesus

   1. Why did Jesus come 2,000 years ago?

   2. Did he come to set up a kingdom in Jerusalem and reign forever?

   3. Died he come to die on the cross, be raised the 3^rd day?

   4. What if Jesus had succeeded in becoming King on David's throne?

      1. Under Law of Moses

      2. Still offer animal sacrifices

      3. Not have remission of sins, salvation, redemption

      4. No hope of eternal life

3. The Answer

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