Well, last time we wrestled with the texts that promise that one day we will see God and

those texts that say that we cannot see God.

And today we have a question about when the children of God will see Jesus Himself face

to face.

Will it be sooner or will it be later?

The question comes into us from John in Denver, Colorado, Pastor John.

I see two biblical realities I cannot reconcile in my own mind.

You are the man for the task.

First, I see a strong emphasis that Jesus is about to return to earth.

The church stands on her toes in anticipation, it seems.

Also, I see a millennium, a 1,000 year period on earth before Christ returns.

We are not in the millennium, I don't think.

So Christ is at least a thousand years off and soon to return.

How do I reconcile those two realities?

There is one place in the Bible where this thousand years is spoken of explicitly, and

let's read it because I guess most people don't see it in context very often.

There's baddie these things about.

So let me read verses one to six of Revelation 20 and then try to answer his question.

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless

pit and a great chain.

And he sees the dragon that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan and bound him for

a thousand years and threw him into the pit and shut it and sealed it over him so that

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