[Iscool]

Darby taught as dogma that when the Scriptures reveal that the Lord will reign on earth for a thousand years (Rev. 20:4), this figure is to be taken literally, rather than as a symbol for eternity as we believe. The Council of Ephesus in A.D. 431 condemned as heresy this teaching which is called chialiasmos (millenianism or 1000 years).

So the millennium or one thousand year reign on earth is just symbolic of eternity???

Apparently your Ephesus council were stupid or just lying...

Rev 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

So after eternity is over with, Satan shall be loosed from prison to go about the earth to deceive the nations...Ya right!!!

You guys must never read the scriptures...That's the only way you could be susceptible to this deception...They pull the wool over your eyes and you don't even know it...

[mdmathis6]

Wow...I didn’t know that believing in the literalness of the timing of the millennial reign of Christ was condemned as heresy...? While a lot of things in the Bible are symbolic...the wording of Rev 20 is so stark, so specific in it’s meaning that it helped prompt a certain boy at age 11 to receive Christ. Perhaps only a child or perhaps those with child like faith can see the clear meaning of Revelation 20.

I like your reasoned analysis...(”So after eternity is over with, Satan shall be loosed from prison to go about the earth to deceive the nations...Ya right!!!”) Heh heh! What you said and more! You win the eschatology discussion awards of the internet for the day!