[xzins]

A few questions, Woody.

What does "rule with a rod of iron" mean to you?

Maybe you don't like the bible as a source, but here's what it means to me:

Psalm 2:9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Revelation 2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

Revelation 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

[fortheDeclaration]

Maybe you don't like the bible as a source,

That says it all!

[Woodkirk]

When will Zechariah 14:16 take place -- before or after the earth is burned up? Is that too hard of a question? You have a 50/50 chance of getting it right. Or are you going to do as you always do and ignore
the prophets?

[CCWoody]

It is irrelavent what it means to me for the Lord to rule with a rod of iron and to dash them into pieces. It is what the Bible says that this means and I just can't imagine that you are now telling me that the Millennium of peace, where the swords are beat into plowshares, must be ruled with a rod of iron and the Lord must dash them into pieces to keep all the citizens "obedient" as you have said.

Of course, I'd expect that the Lord must rule like this while His kingdom is full of offensive things and persons. Yet, I have the sure word of the Lord that at the end of this age, the age where the Son of Man sows the good seed and Satan sows the Tares, The Lord will have all things offensive cast into the furnace of fire (Mat 13:40). Unfortunately for your Millennium, this occurs 1000 years too soon.