Believers will rule and reign with Christ, be rewarded with responsibility, and serve actively in His kingdom — not only for a thousand years, but on into eternity.
Les Feldick teaches that rewards for this life are compensated with activity and responsibility when Christ sets up the kingdom (Clip 1). Believers are joint heirs with Christ and will rule and reign with Him on the earth (Clip 5). The thousand-year reign is the beginning of a kingdom economy that continues into eternity, so believers keep their ruling role forever (Clips 4, 6, 7).
Revelation 20:4 — This is the key passage Les cites showing believers sitting on thrones and reigning with Christ for a thousand years.
Romans 8:17 — This verse underlies Les's teaching that believers are joint heirs with Christ and therefore share in His reign.
Revelation 20:4 shows thrones and those who sat on them, and judgment was given to them. The verse specifically mentions those who were beheaded for Jesus' witness and who did not worship the beast, and says they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. This is a direct biblical statement that believers are not idle spectators in the coming Kingdom: they are seated on thrones and given rule with Christ. Romans 8:17 adds that believers are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ, which ties inheritance and heirship to sharing in what belongs to Christ — including His Kingdom and reign.
Les explains that when the church is raptured, believers step out of time into eternity, so the Lord has all the time He needs to personally evaluate and reward every individual believer (Clip 0). He connects those rewards to activity and responsibility when Christ sets up His kingdom on earth (Clip 1). Les repeatedly emphasizes that believers are joint heirs with Christ and will rule and reign with Him on the earth (Clip 5). The thousand-year reign is a distinct, time-limited phase, but the same kingdom economy continues into eternity — with nations, sub-government under Christ, and believers still ruling and reigning (Clips 2, 4, 6). He calls the idea of floating on an ethereal cloud with an invisible harp not heaven (Clip 4). For the body of Christ, Les adds that believers are heavenly people with responsibilities in God's new creation. They will rule with Christ in the heavenlies, and because they are not limited by time and space, that service extends through all of God's new creation for eternity (Clip 7).
Les says the rewards believers receive for labor in this life are compensated then with activity and responsibility when Christ sets up His kingdom. Because believers step out of time at the rapture, the Lord can give each one individual attention — no seven-year limit constrains the evaluation or the rewards (Clips 0, 1).
Les points to Revelation 20:4, which mentions the martyrs who reigned with Christ a thousand years, and applies the same promise to all believers: we are going to rule and reign with Him on the earth as joint heirs with Christ (Clip 5). He teaches that this ruling activity is God's reward for service (Clip 1).
Les says the thousand-year reign is limited in time — "Absolutely it is" — but the same kingdom economy goes right on into all eternity. Nations, sub-government, and Christ's rule from the New Jerusalem continue beyond the millennium (Clips 2, 4, 6). Heaven is not empty cloud-floating; believers will have ongoing responsibilities and will rule with Christ in the heavenlies forever (Clips 3, 4, 7).
Rewards After the Rapture
Les explains that believers leave time behind at the rapture, so the Lord can give each one personal, unhurried attention for rewards.
Rewards Become Responsibility
Les ties kingdom rewards to activity and responsibility and shows that the faithful reigned with Christ a thousand years (Revelation 20:4).
Kingdom Continues Into Eternity
Les says the same basis of the kingdom — nations, Christ ruling, and believers reigning — continues beyond the thousand years into eternity.
Eternity Is Not Cloud-Floating
Les rejects the idea of eternity on clouds, insisting the kingdom promises continue with Christ ruling on David's throne forever.
Thousand Years Is Not the End
Les teaches that the thousand-year reign is limited but the same kingdom economy carries on forever, not as ethereal harp-playing.
Joint Heirs Rule and Reign
Les teaches that believers are joint heirs with Christ and will rule and reign with Him on the earth as the reward for their service.
Nations and Rule in Eternity
Les finds nations and sub-government in the eternal state, showing that believers will rule and reign with Christ forever.
Heavenly Rule Over the New Creation
Les tells the body of Christ they will be heavenly, with responsibilities throughout God's new creation, ruling with Christ forever.
Revelation 20:4: And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
This is the verse Les cites directly when teaching that believers reign with Christ for a thousand years.
Romans 8:17: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
This verse shows the family relationship behind Les's teaching that believers share Christ's inheritance and rule.
No. Les Feldick says that is not going to be heaven. He teaches that the kingdom economy continues into eternity, with nations and believers ruling and reigning with Christ (Clips 3, 4, 6).
No. Les says the thousand-year reign is limited, but the same kingdom economy continues forever. Believers will rule with Christ in the heavenlies for eternity, not just for a thousand years (Clips 2, 4, 7).
Les teaches that believers are joint heirs with Christ, meaning they share in what belongs to Christ and will rule and reign with Him on the earth (Clip 5). Romans 8:17 grounds this in the believer's position as a child of God.
They will have activity and responsibility, rule and reign, and responsibilities throughout God's new creation. Les describes a universe of garden plots for believers, with service continuing into eternity (Clips 1, 7).
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