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This may come as a shock to you but I actually believe this theory. Yes, humans have been on this earth for about 6,000 years. Christ returns with his elect, and we are with him for 1,000 years in heaven, giving the earth a 1,000 year sabbath rest.

Naw...Right after the Tribulation Jesus comes to Earth...Jerusalem to be exact...A new temple will be built...Jesus' throne will be in that temple...People will come from all over the world to worship Jesus...These will be live human terrestrial bodies...

Those people are not part of the bride of Christ, the church...The body of Christ, the church, will have a spiritual, celestial presence...We will be able to travel and operate the same as the risen Jesus does...We have already been judged, and passed...Or else we wouldn't be there...

Same principle in the bible as letting the land rest every 7th year and forgiving debts, etc... You’ll get no argument from me there. After the 1,000 years Jesus moves the New Jerusalem to the earth and we are forever with Him here. (we will also be keeping the 7th day sabbath as Isiah clearly tells us).

While I agree with you on the Sabbath and the other things related to that, I don't agree with your earth scenario...Those who inhabit the earth for 1000 years are those who come out of the Tribulation, alive and breathing air...OT tells us there will be all kinds of animals there...It is said animals won't go to heaven because they lack a spirit...Doesn't make sense for the animals to be recreated after a thousand year absence from the earth...

And besides, why would the earth need to rest since it's going to be destroyed along with heaven and replaced with a new heaven and earth???

Yeah, as far as putting an EXACT date to His return, I would probably advise against it.I'm not at all concerned about that...Nothing in the bible indicates someone will be punished for trying to guess the date...But while we will not know the day nor hour, we are instructed to understand the times and seasons that he will show up...And there's no doubt in my mind that we are in the times and seasons.. But, that won’t matter to you because you and MHGinTN will be out of here before that happens, right?

I don't know that it won't matter but absolutely we'll be outta here faster than a meteorite travels...

And besides, why would the earth need to rest since it’s going to be destroyed along with heaven and replaced with a new heaven and earth???

Because until the wicked are resurrected at the second resurrection, only Satan is alive on earth. Here’s what the earth looks like after the first resurrection, after the saints are in heaven for 1000 years..

Jer 4:23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Jer 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Jer 4:25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Jer 4:26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
Jer 4:27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

So at the second coming, all the wicked living at the time will be slain. This is why Satan is restrained or bound for the 1000 years. He will have no one to deceive! The world will not have a living person left on it! This was also illustrated in the sanctuary service with the scapegoat-

Lev 16:21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Lev 16:22 And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

The scapegoat represented Satan, put into an uninhabited land, bearing all the sins of the world, which he is responsible for.

So, if the wicked are all dead, the earth barren but for Satan and his angels, then what of the righteous?

1 Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1 Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

First the righteous dead from all time will be raised from the grave, then the righteous living will be changed, and together all the righteous from all time with join with Jesus in the air. This is the rapture you hear so much about. Please note that no one living is left on earth to wonder what just happened. The wicked are all dead, and the righteous have met the Lord Jesus Christ in the air. What happens next? Let’s return to Rev 20 for the answer-

Rev 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.

The righteous will live and reign with Jesus in heaven for the period of 1000 years, and judge the wicked. How do I know this happens in heaven and not on earth? Good question-

John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

At the second coming Jesus returns to earth to gather the righteous, that they may return with him to live in heaven in the mansions He has made for us.

So for the 1000 years, the books of all the wicked dead are open and available to the righteous, that they may be reviewed and judged. Now back to Rev 20-

Rev 20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
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.

Clearly there are two resurrections. The first happened at the second coming and consisted of the righteous from all time, and they live with God in heaven for 1000 years. These people are immune from the second death, the fate of the wicked.

At the close of the 1000 years, Jesus and all the saints return in the New Jerusalem to earth-

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