
One thousand years is a long time. Many people get stuck wondering when does the 1000 years start? All the references we have encountered in Revelation thus far have been symbolic to represent God’s dominion and victory of sin and death. Why would the reference to 1000 years be any different?
One thousand years in Latin is millennium. This in the only place in the Bible where this is mentioned. Think of it, the number 10 represents “completeness” and when multiplied by itself three times (3 being the divine number) we get 1000, or “completely divine.” Because people want answers and try to break the code to when Jesus is going to return, I discovered there are several schools of thought among Christians of how we view this reference to the millennium.
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