Yes — the thousand-year reign is a real, finite period in God's plan and, as Les teaches, it is an introduction to the eternal kingdom, not the end of time.
In Les Feldick's teaching, the thousand years in Revelation is a specific, limited interval — the millennial reign of Christ — that serves as the opening phase of God's eternal kingdom. Rather than representing the whole of God's timeline, the thousand years is an introduction to eternity, so it does not contradict Old Testament promises that the kingdom will last forever.
Revelation 20:6 — Shows the thousand years as the duration of Christ's reign with resurrected saints.
Daniel 7:14 — Shows the Old Testament promise of an everlasting kingdom, providing the 'forever' language Les uses for contrast.
Revelation 20:7 — Marks the end of the thousand-year interval when Satan is loosed.
Revelation 20:6 describes the first resurrection: 'Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.' The same chapter adds that 'when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison' (Revelation 20:7). In the Old Testament, Daniel 7:14 describes the Son of Man's dominion as 'an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.' Scripture thus reveals a thousand-year interval while simultaneously declaring the kingdom eternal. The two descriptions are not contradictory; the thousand-year reign is a defined phase within the outworking of God's eternal purpose.
Les emphasizes that no Old Testament prophecy put a time frame on the promised kingdom; it was always 'forever.' Revelation 20 is the first place Scripture gives the kingdom a specific length — a thousand years — and from that we get the term 'millennium.' Les says do not think the Scripture is contradicting itself, because 'the thousand year reign of Christ is really just an introduction into the Eternal.' Les is also clear that the thousand years is limited: 'The Scripture says a thousand years,' and he says it 'without apology' that it is limited in time. But the same kingdom economy continues on into eternity. After the thousand years, Satan is loosed for a little season, the lost are raised at the Great White Throne, and the new heaven and new earth follow. From God's perspective, the millennial kingdom is only the opening chapter of an eternal kingdom.
No. Les says the Old Testament always spoke of the kingdom as 'forever, forever, eternally,' while Revelation puts a thousand-year time frame on it. The resolution, he teaches, is that the thousand-year reign is just an introduction to the eternal state. Daniel's vision of a kingdom that 'shall never be destroyed' and Revelation's thousand years describe the same kingdom in its finite beginning and its eternal continuation.
Les explains that when the thousand years are fulfilled, Satan must be loosed for a little season and goes out to deceive the nations. The resurrection of the unjust takes place after the thousand years at the Great White Throne, while the resurrection of the just happens before the kingdom begins. The new heaven and new earth then come on the scene with the same kind of kingdom circumstances as the millennium.
Yes. Les says plainly, 'The Scripture says a thousand years,' and he is convinced that the thousand-year reign of Christ is limited in time. Yet that same kingdom economy goes right on into eternity; the thousand years does not end time as we know it — it simply introduces eternity.
Two Resurrections Separated by a Thousand Years
Les notes the resurrection of the just occurs before the kingdom begins, while the resurrection of the unjust occurs after the thousand years, showing the millennium is a real interval in God's plan.
Revelation Adds the Thousand-Year Time Element
Les points out that the book of Revelation is where Scripture finally puts a time element on the kingdom — a thousand years — which is why it is called the millennium.
Daniel's Four Beasts and the Revived Roman Empire Explained
He will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. Now, you want to remember, the book of Revelation puts a time element on the kingdom. How long? A thousand years. Consequently, we get the term, the millennium. And even the world likes the year.
The Millennium Introduces the Eternal Kingdom
Les teaches that the thousand-year reign is an introduction to the eternal state, which resolves the apparent conflict with the Old Testament's 'forever' language.
Eternity Built on the Millennium
Les says the eternal state will be based on the physical attributes of the thousand-year reign, though the eternal state will not continue flesh-and-blood childbearing.
The Thousand Years Are Limited in Time
Les asserts without apology that the thousand-year reign is limited in time, yet the same kingdom economy goes right on into eternity.
The Thousand Years Introduce Eternity
In Daniel's vision, Les emphasizes the kingdom's everlasting dominion and repeats that the thousand years does not end time but is just an introduction of eternity.
After the Thousand Years: Satan Loosed
Les explains that when the thousand years are fulfilled, Satan is loosed for a little season, showing a defined endpoint for the millennium before the eternal state.
Revelation 20:5: But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
Explains the separation of the resurrections by the thousand-year interval.
Revelation 20:6: Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Defines the thousand-year reign of Christ with resurrected saints.
Revelation 20:7: And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Marks the end of the thousand-year interval when Satan is released for a little season.
Daniel 7:14: And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Provides the Old Testament language of an everlasting, indestructible kingdom that Les contrasts with the thousand-year time frame.
Les means the millennium is the opening phase of God's eternal plan. Old Testament prophecies call the kingdom 'forever,' so the thousand years described in Revelation is the finite beginning of what continues without end.
Yes. Revelation 20:7 says when the thousand years are expired, Satan is loosed for a little season. Les explains that the thousand years is a limited interval, but the kingdom itself goes on into eternity.
Not exactly. Les says the eternal state is based on the physical attributes of the thousand-year reign, but in the thousand years there are still flesh-and-blood people having children, while that does not continue in the eternal state.
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