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Tom
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My personal view is that a thousand in scripture is not to be taken literally. Rather it means, 'all that are ordained'.
Psalm 105:8. 'The word that He commanded for 1,000 generations.' Is it a literal thousand? Does the word run out in the 1,001st generation? I don't think so!
Psalm 50:10. 'For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on 1,000 hills.' Is it a literal thousand? If you find 1,001 hills, do the cattle cease to be the Lord's?
And more controversially:-
Rev 20:2. 'He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for 1,000 years.' Is it a literal thousand? I say not. It's all the years that God ordains for his binding.
Steve
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