Rev. 20:4, 6 - The thousand years is just a figure of speech implying a very long time
By Jimmy Lau
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Read verse 4 carefully. It did not say Christ begins His reign. It says the souls of the martyred saints reigned with Christ for a thousand years. It was a scene of the souls of the martyrs living and reigning with Christ. Who will reign with Christ for a thousand years? Notice the pronoun “THEY”? It’s not “WE” but “THEY”, referring to the martyred saints. It is not the reign of Christ for a thousand years but the martyred saints reigning with Him for a thousand years.
The thousand years is just a figure of speech implying a very long time. In Deuteronomy 7:9, God is said to keep His covenant to a thousand generations. God does not count a literal thousand generations then quit remembering His covenant.
Our focus should be on the victory of the saints. It is the same victory we shall have when we overcome the trials as them. And verse 6 introduces us the fifth beatitude in this book: “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Read verse 4 carefully. It did not say Christ begins His reign. It says the souls of the martyred saints reigned with Christ for a thousand years. It was a scene of the souls of the martyrs living and reigning with Christ. Who will reign with Christ for a thousand years? Notice the pronoun “THEY”? It’s not “WE” but “THEY”, referring to the martyred saints. It is not the reign of Christ for a thousand years but the martyred saints reigning with Him for a thousand years.
The thousand years is just a figure of speech implying a very long time. In Deuteronomy 7:9, God is said to keep His covenant to a thousand generations. God does not count a literal thousand generations then quit remembering His covenant.
Our focus should be on the victory of the saints. It is the same victory we shall have when we overcome the trials as them. And verse 6 introduces us the fifth beatitude in this book: “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.”
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