I would have included those verses if they had anything to do with the first resurrection or the 1000 year reign with Christ.
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(Rev 20:7-9) Satan gathers the nations from the four corner of the earth, and they march across the earth to get to Jerusalem, where God's people (spoken of in verses 4-6) are.<<<
It doesn't say Jerusalem. That is a misnomer, invented out of thin air. What the verse actually says is:
"And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them."
The "breadth of the earth" means the entire earth, according to a dictionary. The camp of the saints is on heavenly mount Sion, as follows:
"Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit." (Eph 2:19-22 KJV)
The "chief cornerstone" mentioned in that passage was laid on mount Sion, as follows:
"Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." (Ps 2:6 KJV)
"Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste." (Isa 28:16 KJV)
"Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded." (1 Pet 2:6 KJV)
The "beloved city" is the Church, the new Jerusalem, which is also on mount Sion:
"But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant ..." (Heb 12:22-24 KJV)
You are partly correct in that Satan is coming after God's people; but they are in the Church, not in Jerusalem.
Philip
“It doesn’t say Jerusalem. That is a misnomer, invented out of thin air.”
“The “breadth of the earth” means the entire earth, according to a dictionary. The camp of the saints is on heavenly mount Sion, as follows:”
Hmm, if the “beloved city” is not Jerusalem, but heavenly Jerusalem, then how do the armies of Gog and Magog go across the entire earth to get to heaven? Is it possible for men to walk to heaven? They can walk to Jerusalem, which makes it the only sensible interpretation, unless you can reconcile that.
“You are partly correct in that Satan is coming after God’s people; but they are in the Church, not in Jerusalem.”
How is he going to get to them if they are already permanently in Heaven with Jesus as you say? By the time of those verses, Satan is on earth, and verse 9 says “fire came down from Heaven and devoured them”. If fire came down from Heaven, then they couldn’t be in Heaven, but were obviously on earth. They were gathered from the four corners of the earth, they traveled across the earth, and surrounded God’s beloved city. There is no mention of any teleportation, flying, or ladders to Heaven in any of those verses.