Do you believe there is anything to the Millennium Sabbath theory (six
days = 6000 yrs. & the seventh day = the 1000 yr. Millennium)? If
there is, then we are fast approaching the end of 6000 yrs. since the
fall of Adam... what are your thoughts?
Mark Hauth
Dear Mark,
There are
some interesting Scriptures that suggest the millennial day theory!
Note that there is not enough Scripture for us to be dogmatic about
this issue, but it is interesting to ponder! It is also very exciting
to me to consider that the theory has merit, because we are closing in
on the end of the six thousandth year since Adam and Eve, and the
beginning of the seventh, the Millennium, during which Jesus Christ,
Himself, will rule the world with peace, righteousness, and justice! Am
I ever looking forward to this time!
Perhaps, it was Peter's writing that spawned this theory. He wrote,
"that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand
years as one day." (II Peter 3:8). Some take this to literally mean
that with God, one day = 1,000 earth years and 1,000 earth years = one
day. Barnabas, Paul the Apostle's traveling mate, evidently was
one of these.
Barnabas revealed in his writings that he believed that history would
consist of six thousand years followed by one thousand years of Jesus,
Himself, ruling the earth. He wrote, "Therefore, my children, in six
days, that is, in six thousand years, all things will be finished. ...
then shall He truly rest on the seventh day... wickedness no longer
existing, and all things having been made new by the Lord...".
Barnabas continues to say that on the eighth day, God will make the
beginning of a new world.
Another interesting piece of Scripture that raises the
thousand-year-day question, occurs in Hosea. Hosea 6:1-2 says, "Come,
let us return to the Lord, for He has torn us, but He will heal us; He
has wounded us, but He will bandage us. He will revive us after two
days; He will raise us up on the third day that we may live before
Him". Almost two thousand years (two days) have transpired since Jesus
of Nazareth was rejected by Hosea's people. The "third day" is drawing
near!
If
the thousand year day theory has merit, it would also explain why Jesus
would use the language He used several times in Revelation when He
said, "I am coming quickly". Instead of thinking that it has been
almost two thousand years since He said this, we could be thinking that
it has only been almost two days!
Whether there is any merit to this theory or not, there are plenty of
other reasons for us to believe that Jesus is returning soon! I wish it
were today!
Gary
