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"...and they (they souls of the beheaded) came to life and reigned with Christ..."  Revelation 20:4  (NAS)

Jesus and His apostles promised that some would reign with Christ:

Jesus speaking to (or about) the apostles:

"And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."  Matthew 19:28  (NAS)

Jesus speaking to (or about) the saints, or those who will overcome:

"He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."  Revelation 3:21  (NAS)

"Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts?  Do you not know that we shall judge angels?  How much more, matters of this life?  1 Corinthians 6:2-3 (NAS)

Jesus' throne and dominion is forever and ever:

Not only in this age, but also in the age to come:

"...which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come."  Ephesians 1:20-21 (NAS)

Forever and ever:

"Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the utterances of God; whoever serves, let him do so as by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen."  1 Peter 4:11  (NAS)

"And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever."  Revelation 5:13  (NAS)

"He (Jesus) will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom will have no end."  Luke 1:32-33  (NAS)

"But of the Son He says "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom."  Hebrews 1:8 (NAS)

Jesus will reign while His enemies are being abolished:

"For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.  The last enemy that will be abolished is death."  1 Corinthians 15:25-26  (NAS)

Where is Jesus reigning now...and forever and ever?

After Jesus was risen from the dead, He went to heaven to sit on His Father's throne in heaven:

"...which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come."  Ephesians 1:20-21 (NAS)

"Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest (Jesus), who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens..."  Hebrews 8:1 (NAS)

"...as I (Jesus) also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne."  Revelation 3:21 (NAS)

In addition, Jesus went to heaven to prepare a place for us:

"In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also."  (NAS)

How long will His followers be with Him in heaven:

"Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord."  1Thessalonians 4:17 (NAS)

How long will the souls of the beheaded (those mentioned in Revelation 20:4-6) reign with Christ?

They will reign with Christ during the period that the devil was put into the abyss (bottomless pit):

And he (the angel) laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, ³and threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he should not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time. Revelation 20:2-3 (NAS)

"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded...and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years....The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection.  Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.  Revelation 20:4-6  (NAS)

As we discussed earlier, the number 1000 is oftentimes used in scripture symbolically to mean completeness.  As with the other images used in the Revelation, the 1000 years is most likely used as a symbol, rather than a literal 1,000 year time period.  For information, click here.

In addition to this initial period that the saints would reign, the Revelation later says that the bond-servants of Christ will reign forever and ever:

"And there shall no longer be any night; and they (the bond-servants of God and Christ) shall not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall illumine them; and they shall reign forever and ever."  Revelation 22:5 (NAS)

If you are a bond-servant of God and Christ, how does it make you feel to know that you would sit on a throne with Jesus in heaven and reign with Him forever and ever?

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