Arguments against the “1000-Year Kingdom” are usually found in the Creed, the seventh article of which states:
“7. and He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead;
whose Kingdom shall have no end.”
In this instance, the text is taken from the Archangelic promise to the Virgin Mary: “whose Kingdom shall have no end”
(Luke 1:33).
But the Lord, next, gives an explanation: “My kingdom is not of this world: … but now is my kingdom not from hence”
(John 18:36).
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And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
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And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Isa 7:14.
Matt 1:21.
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He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
2 Kgs 7:12.
Пс 131:11.
Isa 9:7.
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And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;
and
of his kingdom there shall be no end.
1 Пар 22:10.
Пс 44:7.
Пс 88:37.
Isa 9:7.
Jer 23:5.
Dan 2:44.
Dan 7:14.
Mic 4:7.
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Jesus answered,
My kingdom is not of this world:
if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews:
but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Dan 2:44.
It is unclear what purpose is served by retaining the phrase “of whose Kingdom there shall be no end” in the Creed without the corresponding explanation: “My kingdom is not of this world.”
