Do animals have a soul or spirit?<\/a>” When animals die, they return to the earth (Ecclesiastes 3:21).<\/p>\nThe concept of a millennial reign of Jesus on this earth is not found in the Bible. The Bible teaches that Jesus is currently reigning in his kingdom. That reign is symbolically described in Revelation as a thousand-year reign – not because it would last exactly a thousand years. The number 1,000 frequently represents “all” in figurative language. For example, “For every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills<\/em>” (Psalms 50:10) doesn’t mean there are a thousand hills where God keeps His cattle. He is saying that all animals everywhere belong to Him. Jesus reigns for all the remaining time of this world. “For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be abolished is death<\/em>” (I Corinthians 15:25-26). Christ is reigning from heaven, and the current Christian age is the millennium in figurative language.<\/p>\nYour argument from Genesis 1 doesn’t work. The creation of plants was described as good (Genesis 1:11-12), but plants were to be eaten (Genesis 1:29). Being declared “good” doesn’t imply living forever.<\/p>\n\t
Question:<\/h2>\n
What are the false concepts that I started with? Are you saying Jesus isn’t going to be on a white horse at his return? Are you saying we won’t have a glorified physical body in Heaven? That nothing is physical in Heaven? Why resurrect our bodies at the rapture if we aren’t going to be in a physical form? Do you believe that you have to be baptized to go to heaven?<\/p>\n
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good” (Genesis 1:24-25).<\/p>\n
I’m pretty sure the word “good” is at the end of verse 25. What kind of Bible do you use? I use KJV only.<\/p>\n
God Bless!<\/p>\n\t
Answer:<\/h2>\n
Your false concepts were:<\/p>\n
\n- Treating a book (Revelation) that states it is written in symbolic language as if it was literal.<\/li>\n
- Claiming that there will be a millennial reign in the future. You appear to accept the various points of premillennialism without scriptural evidence.<\/li>\n
- Using a designation (“good”) to mean living eternally without evidence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
I answered these points in my reply, but you seem to ignore them. You stated that we will be raised in the same physical bodies but provided no proof. I pointed out what Paul stated, and you took offense at his point. There really isn’t anything more that needs to be said at this point.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: “And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean” (Revelation 19:14). Does this literally mean that there are a lot of horses in Heaven waiting to be used for the second coming? The sin curse is lifted at the start of the millennium. 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