Yes — human reproduction will occur in the Kingdom of God.
Les Feldick teaches that the flesh-and-blood believers who enter the Kingdom will have families and children throughout the thousand years (Clips 1-3). He sees the little children described in Isaiah 11 as evidence of children on the scene, and he connects the Kingdom to the pre-fall command to be fruitful and multiply (Clips 0 and 4).
Genesis 1:28 — God's original command to be fruitful and multiply establishes the human pattern that Les applies to the Kingdom.
Isaiah 11:6 — A little child among the animals indicates that children are present in the Kingdom.
Isaiah 11:8 — The sucking child playing at the asp's hole further shows human children living safely in the Kingdom.
In the opening chapter of Genesis, God commanded the human race, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth (Genesis 1:28). He also gave the plants and fruits for food, and every green herb to the beasts (Genesis 1:29-30). Later, Isaiah describes a coming time when the wolf dwells with the lamb, the leopard lies down with the kid, a little child leads them, and the sucking child plays on the hole of the asp (Isaiah 11:6-8). Romans 8:21 adds that the creation itself will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Les Feldick plainly answers yes to the question of reproduction in the Kingdom. He says the believers who enter the Kingdom will be normal flesh-and-blood people who will have children for a thousand years, resulting in a tremendous population explosion (Clip 1). He emphasizes that the Kingdom will be a reversion to the economy before Adam sinned, so the Genesis command to be fruitful and multiply is the pattern (Clip 0). He also points to Isaiah 11's little children and suckling children as evidence that children will be on the scene in the Kingdom (Clip 4). Les is careful to distinguish the church: those in resurrection bodies will not be in physical bodies of reproduction, but they will interface with the people who are raising children (Clips 2 and 6).
Les teaches that the people who go into the Kingdom at its beginning are believers who have come through the Tribulation. They are flesh-and-blood people and they will have children for the entire thousand-year period. He describes it as a tremendous population explosion because there is no death to speak of, no sickness, and no disease, much like the Garden of Eden. Their children will still be born with the Adamic nature, but Satan will be locked up (Clip 1).
Les points to Isaiah 11 as proof that children will be on the scene in the Kingdom. The wolf dwells with the lamb, the leopard lies down with the kid, and a little child leads them. The cow and the bear feed together, and the lion eats straw like an ox. The suckling child plays on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child puts his hand on the cockatrice' den. To Les, these details are not accidental; they show that human children are present and safe in the Kingdom after the curse has been removed.
Les explains that the Kingdom will be a reversion back to the economy before Adam sinned, before the curse came in. He compares Isaiah's description of carnivorous animals eating grass to Genesis 1, where God gave every green herb for food. He also references Romans 8:21, where creation will be delivered from the bondage of corruption and restored as it was before Adam fell. Even the wild animals will lose their carnivorous appetite and become tame, on the order of household pets.
Les is clear that church-age believers who return with Christ will not be in physical bodies of reproduction or male and female; Jesus said we will be as the angels. Instead of being part of the flesh-and-blood population, they will be interfacing with the people who are living, raising children, and working in the Kingdom. It is the flesh-and-blood citizens, not the glorified saints, who will reproduce during the thousand years.
The Kingdom as a Return to Genesis
Les ties the kingdom to the pre-fall economy, reading Genesis 1 as the pattern for the kingdom's population and diet.
Children and Population in the Millennium
Les teaches that kingdom believers will have many children for a thousand years, leading to a population explosion while children retain the Adamic nature.
Flesh-and-Blood Citizens Reproduce
Normal flesh-and-blood citizens of the kingdom will have children, work, and produce under Christ's rule; glorified believers will interface with them rather than reproduce.
Yes, There Will Be Families
Les states without hesitation that those entering the kingdom will be flesh and blood, having families and reproducing.
Children in Isaiah 11
Les uses the little child and the suckling child in Isaiah 11 as direct evidence that children are present in the kingdom.
Every Animal a Pet
Les describes the tame animal kingdom of the future, showing the peaceful setting in which believers will raise families.
The Church and Reproduction
Les distinguishes the church's resurrection body — neither male nor female, like the angels — from the kingdom's flesh-and-blood parents.
Creation Restored
Les says creation will be delivered from corruption and restored as before Adam fell, with no animal eating meat in the kingdom.
Genesis 1:28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
This is the original creation mandate that Les links to the kingdom era.
Genesis 1:29: And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
God's provision of plant food for the human race is part of the pre-fall creation economy.
Genesis 1:30: And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
The original diet of the animals was vegetarian, which Les says will be restored in the kingdom.
Isaiah 11:6: The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
This verse places a little child in the peaceful kingdom scene.
Isaiah 11:7: And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The carnivorous appetite of animals is removed in the kingdom.
Isaiah 11:8: And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Children are present and unharmed even near formerly poisonous creatures.
Romans 8:21: Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Creation will be restored, which Les connects to the kingdom's return to the pre-fall state.
Matthew 22:30: For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Jesus' words that the resurrected will be as the angels, which Les uses to show glorified saints will not reproduce.
Yes. Les Feldick points to Isaiah 11, where a little child leads the animals and the sucking child plays on the hole of the asp. He says the flesh-and-blood believers who enter the Kingdom will have children throughout the thousand-year period.
No. Les Feldick teaches that church-age believers who return with Christ will not be in physical bodies of reproduction or male and female; Jesus said they will be as the angels. They will interface with the flesh-and-blood people who are raising children, but they will not reproduce.
Les teaches that the believers who enter the Kingdom will have children for a thousand years, and because there is no death to speak of, no sickness, and no disease, the population will grow tremendously. He says it will be much like the Garden of Eden in that regard.
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