excuse me sir. premills take scripture literally.
It is those who think that there is no millennium after that do not take the word literally
That is not true at all. What is your excuse for your ignorance? Amillennialists take much of the word of God more literally than Premillennialists do.
Tell me, do you take the following scriptures literally?
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,
All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Do you believe that Jesus has all power in heaven and in earth right now? That means He reigns now.
Revelation 1:5 And from
Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and
the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And
hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
This passage indicates that Jesus IS the prince of the kings of the earth now and that His followers are "priests unto God and his Father now. Do you believe that? If so, that should tell you about the timing of Revelation 20. It's not talking about the future when Jesus will begin to reign with His followers being priests, but is talking about how Jesus began to reign after His resurrection at which time His followers had been made priests.
Acts 26:23 That
Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
This verse indicates that Christ's resurrection was the first resurrection. You don't take that literally because you say the resurrection of the dead in Christ at His coming is the first resurrection instead.
John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for
the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Do you believe that there is one hour coming when all of the dead will be raised at that same hour, as Jesus indicated, instead of believing that there are two or more hours coming when the dead will be resurrected?
1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so
in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's
at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
Do you believe that all of the dead who belong to Christ will be resurrected at the same time and that the end when Jesus delivers the kingdom to God the Father will come at that time, as Paul taught?
I saw in another post of yours that you agree that all of the wicked will be killed when Jesus returns, so I won't post all of the passages which literally teach that, such as Matthew 24:35-39 and 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10. But, I'll post these...
1 Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that
the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
2 Peter 3:10 But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Since you agree that all of the wicked will be killed when Jesus returns, I would think you would agree that is what Paul taught in 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3? But, can you see that Peter taught the way in which the wicked will all be killed with "sudden destruction" from which "they shall not escape" is by way of fire coming down on the entire earth? So, how can any mortals survive that to populate the future millennial earthly kingdom that you believe in? If you truly take scripture as literally as you think you do, then you would see that there will be no mortals who survive the return of Christ.
Also, in 2 Peter 3:13 Peter says that it is the new heavens and new earth that we are looking forward to in fulfillment of the promise of Jesus's second coming, not an earthly millennial kingdom. So, Amills are the ones who take these scriptures that I referenced above literally and not Premills. And there are plenty of other examples I could give as well.