Woody, read Rev 20. Especially verses 4 & 5. There are 2 resurrections mentioned...they are separated by a 1000 years.
I'm not disputing that!
That's no reinterpretation --- that IS premillennialism. It's exactly the same as John the Apostle wrote and taught.
To be exact, it is merely an interpretation that the resurrection of the just and the resurrection of the damned are separated by 1000 years. I'm not even disputing that that is PreMillennialism.
I am disputing that this is what the gospel of John wrote and taught.
The words of the gospel of John:
- The hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth--those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
You must reinterpret these gospel words to force it to fit your PreMillennial notions about what the Revelation says. There is really no disputing this. This
is what you are doing.
You must believe that Jesus is speaking in a cryptic language which needs the Revelation as a key to unlock.
You must believe that the gospel itself is a cryptic language.
In short, you are making the gospel into a lie with your interpret the gospel according to the PreMillennialist interpretation of Revelation method of Biblical interpretation. And this you are not allowed to do.