- Carolyn Walker Atlanta, Georgia
Answer: Yes, people can and will be saved during the Millennium. Those of us who were raptured (I Thes. 4:17) and who returned with Christ (Rev. 19:14) will now have glorified bodies (Phil. 3:20-21, I John 3:2) and we will “rule and reign” with Christ on earth (Rev. 3: 21, II Tim. 2:12, Daniel 7:27). Rule and reign over whom?
Remember, there were many who accepted Christ during the Tribulation period. Those who survived the time of wrath and who did not take the mark of the breast are still on earth when Jesus returns with the Saints. They have not gone to heaven and do not have glorified bodies. Thus, they will continue to marry and have children. Accepting Christ is always a personal decision (John 3:16), thus those who are born during this millennial reign will have to make their own decision as to whether or not they will follow Christ. After the 1,000 years of “retention” (Rev. 20:2), Satan will be loosed one more time (Rev. 20:7-8) Since Satan is to sin as a magnet is to metal, he will draw to him all of those who did not accept Christ and who still have a rebellious spirit. Then, God will cast them all of into the Lake of Fire forever (Rev. 20:10) as we move into Eternity Future
(Rev. 21:1-5).
Question: What do you say to Christian people who tell you that they are “not into that” when you try to share with them Bible prophecy?
-CW from Atlanta
Answer: Questions are a good way to initiate in someone a desire to study prophetic scriptures. You might answer them with questions like these: Oh, really? So you do not believe in that? Do you believe in the Lord’s Prayer or the Apostle’s Creed? If you do, then I remind you that if you pray the Lord’s Prayer, one of the lines is “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven” and if you recite the Apostle’s Creed, then you say the line “ from whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.” These ARE, in fact, statements of prophecy.
Remember, when these people say “that”, they are saying it as if you were referring to a strange, occult religion or voodoo philosophy or some kind of wacky knowledge with which you should not even be acquainted. Thus, it is important to show them the first Biblical links to prophecy with which they might be familiar.
Also, show them that God commands that we know prophecy and that we know the signs of the times. Point out a few scriptures and follow these scriptures with questions.
“See, I have told you beforehand.” (Matthew 24:25) is a good scripture to point out to them. (Ask them if they know what He told us beforehand?)
“Watch therefore for you do not know what hour the Lord is coming?”
(Matthew 24:42) (Ask them how they can watch if they do not know what to watch for?)
“Watch therefore and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
(Luke 21:36) (Ask, again, watch for what and then ask what are “all these things that will come to pass’?)
Question: Why is there so much hatred of Israel and the Jews?
-Atlanta, GA
Answer: At the root of anti-Israel and anti-Semitism are two beliefs, one that the Jews killed Jesus and a teaching called “Replacement Theology”. Neither of these beliefs is true.
The Jews DID NOT kill Jesus. The Romans DID NOT kill Jesus. Let me offer you the proof of this by Jesus’ own words in John 10:17: Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have the power to lay it down and I have the power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Secondly, the church has NEVER replaced the Jews or Israel as God’s elect. As a matter of fact, the Jews are referred to in scripture as
• My son (Hosea 11:1)
• Chosen People (Deuteronomy 7:6-7)
• Apple of My Eye (Deut. 32:10, Psalms 17:8, Proverbs 7:2)
• Elect (Romans 11:27-29, Isaiah 45:4, Isaiah 65:9)
• First Born (Judges 18:29)
• Beloved (Romans 11:28)
Jesus (Yeshua) is a Jew. All of the disciples were Jews, and as a matter of fact, most of the church members for the first two years were Jewish. The Bible is a Jewish book, written by Jewish men about a Jewish Messiah.
The Jews DID NOT kill Jesus and Replacement Theology is a lie! If you have even a minute, scintilla of a tinge of anti-Semitism in you, ask God to rid it from you once and for all. Remember God’s word in Genesis 12:3: I will bless those who bless thee [Israel] and I will curse those who curse thee.
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