Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea. And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them, and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Common sense could play into it.
For starters, perhaps you could explain how Jesus will only reign figuratively for a figurative 1,000 years.
Then address the vision of the woman in heaven let us know if it could be literal? Please explain how.
“For starters, perhaps you could explain how Jesus will only reign figuratively for a figurative 1,000 years.
The thousand years is figurative, not the ruler ship. The very first comment Jesus made upon reappearing after the resurrection was that all authority in earth had been granted to him. The thousand year rule is not mentioned anywhere else in the New Testament. Revelation is strictly word pictures taken from the Old Testament used by John to get around Roman spymasters so as not to have the church members killed if Roman authorities found out what he taught regarding the Roman empire and Nero (and Jewish leaders).
“Then address the vision of the woman in heaven let us know if it could be literal? Please explain how?”
I never said it was literal. And, no, I am not an expert on Revelation. You can’t find anyone on Earth that can understand it thinking it is future prophesy. The present understanding of the end timers only started about 1830. There have been major panics before, especially 1000 AD. People went nuts.