I look forward to spending as much time as possible with the Lord, firstly. Then I would enjoy exploring and enjoying the beauty and glories of Heaven itself. And will also enjoy hearing the testimonies of others. Other than that, whatever the Lord gives me will be best suited for me! TR I have an excitement about possibly ministries that the Lord has for me to do during the millennium. I believe that God gives us unique abilities and desires for a reason and that they do not necessarily go away when we get to heaven. For example, my mom can grow just about anything she wants so long as the little bugs stay away (aphids??), but I so much as breathe on a plant and it usually dies. *groan* I have never had the "pull" to garden, kneel in the dirt, plant anything, etc. I don't necessarily see that side of me changing even on the other side of eternity. Does this make sense to y'all? I don't dislike gardening, but I don't enjoy it either. I don't think that is a part of our sin nature, so I have a feeling I will go on appreciating the beauty of gardens, but not gardening myself during eternity. There are so many things I would like to do, like y'all have mentioned. 1,000 years is a long time, so I have a feeling I will have that chance. Plus, the humans going into the millennium still have to sleep each night, so that's 8-9 hours where we can be doing other things since we will be in glorified bodies. Thoughts anyone? nothing to do with antichrist being jewish, Indeed many have concluded that the Rabbi's of Israel would not accept someone who was not Jewish. That said, the times being what they will be then, they might cave. In either case, they will be deceived! Speaking of being Jewish, I again ask why so many think that the Rapture of the Bride of Christ has to be closely related to anything Jewish? Israel by and large has rejected Christ for two thousand years and will continue to do so until midway of the Tribulation. As such, how loudly will the Rapture speak to the nation of Israel?! Truly we are told that only in hindsight and when the veil is lifted from their eyes, can they see Christ. The mystery of the Rapture seems to me to be a predominately Gentile issue. Their eyes are still focused on the coming messiah, or what we call His second coming! So if the Rapture then occurs on a day having nothing to do with Israel which is plausible, why are we prophetically focused on Israel's calendar? We certainly need to remember that the Gentile Church of Christ was established in part to invoke Israel's jealousy! Again, not replacement theology, but just simply stating the facts. It is understood that Christ is Israel's unrecognized messiah. And the gift of the Holy Spirit of God given to the Gentiles was always part of God's plans. Both of which are still refuted to this day, by Israel! So then when God acts independently and sovereignly with the Gentiles, God doesn't need Israel's validation. It seems to me that Jewish times and seasons don't necessarily need to validate the timing of the Rapture either! And though we are Gentiles, we still serve the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!!! TR and then there is the possibility that the rapture has nothing to do with Jewish something or Gentile something, but rather that we have arrived at a time planned by God since the foundation of the world. * in the fullness of time, right on God's timing, Jesus was born... Luke 1:26-35 2:5-12 Gal 4:4-5 * at the fulfillment of time Jesus died...Daniel 9:25-26 Isaiah 46:9-10 Romans 5:6 * he rose again on the third day fulfilling what Jesus said...Matt 16:21;17:22-23; Luke 18:31-32 (see Leviticus 19:5-7, nothing of the offering is to be left on the 3rd day, the dead sacrifice is gone! Jesus was no longer present in dead form, but alive on the 3rd day :yahoo: ) and then there is this account of whose side God is on... Joshua 5:10-14 What is relevant is God's plan :mail: He chooses the time and place What's happening before the second coming and also through to the eternal state is on a timeline, and so the removal of the church is also within the timeline, slotted in when God has appointed it for His reasons Daniel 12:7 tick tick tick... all i know for sure is we are closer than in 2009 or 2010 when I first started paying attention
but it could be fun to make baby hats and baby blankets for all the new little ones in the millenium.
