The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Premillennialism defended

kingsaint,<br><br>Thanks for the further clarification of your position. However, whether one takes "1000 years" to be 1000 365 days or some relatively close period of time, give or take a few days or years, the hermeneutic caveat remains true and doesn't resolve the problem for Premillennialists. To be consistent within the immediate context of chapter 20, one would of necessity have to also hold that the spiritual being, known as the Devil, is "literally" bound with a "literal" chain by another angel who also possessed a "literal" key. The Devil would then have to be thrown into a "literal" bottomless pit, etc.<br><br>Admittedly, apocalyptic literature is inherently difficult to interpret. But it is no excuse for one to pick and choose within a specific text to interpret one thing "literally" but another "spiritually" so as to justify a preconceived theological position. [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/wink.gif" alt="wink" title="wink[/img]<br><br>I believe that the articles which I recommended for reading in my above post are sufficient to show the fallacy in the Premillennial view and it's erroneous hermeneutic used to interpret this chapter of the Bible.<br><br>In His Grace,