What's the difference between there shall be no more delay as some manuscripts have it or there shall be time no longer as the KJV has it? It still says when the seventh trumpet begins to sound the mystery that had been hidden shall be known. The mystery, as I've already shown you is that Gentiles have completed the Kingdom of God. That means the Kingdom of God is complete, and is the only reason that Satan is loosed for his little season.
The Gospel of the Kingdom of God is sent out unto all the nations of the world that through Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit creation might be saved. Again when Christ says the life we have in Him from the moment we believe is NEVER ENDING....I believe Him!
Do other Amils agree with you that the 7th trumpet is the beginning of satan's little season? Speaking for myself, if I too thought satan's little season occurs in this age, the last place I would think it occurs is during the 7th trumpet. The 7th trumpet involves the wrath of God and the 2nd coming. The wrath of God is after the 42 month reign of the beast.
Maybe satan's little season can fit 42 month reign of the beast? Except that is not possible to begin with since Revelation 20:4 is already involving the 42 month of the beast, and that it places that era of time before the thousand years not after. Amil needs this 42 month reign to fit after the thousand years in order for Amil to be plausible.
Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not;
and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit , and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony,
the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them
Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw
a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and
the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority
3 And I saw
one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed : and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and
power was given unto him to continue forty and two months
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And
it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them : and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Revelation 13:11 And I beheld
another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon
12 And
he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads :
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and
which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
One would have to be blinded by their doctrines to not see that what I have underlined in Revelation 20:4 is undeniably involving what I submitted from these other Revelation passages. And according to Revelation 20:4 they are not martyred during satan's little season after the thousand years if they are already martyred before the thousand years even begin.
and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months(Revelation 13:5). Obviously, regardless whether this 42 months is literal months are not, the text plainly says he is only allowed to continue for 42 months. Which means once this 42 months expires he or it is no longer allowed to continue, obviously.
And the reason why is the 7th trumpet. And since this 42 month reign can't possibly fit after the thousand years, this indicates that both this 42 month reign of the beast and the 7th trumpet that puts an end to it's reign, they precede the beginning of the thousand years. Thus Premil and certainly not Amil.
Let's just ignore any of this. Let's continue to insist Amil is the correct position regardless that Amil needs the 42 month reign of the beast to be after the thousand years in order for Amil to be the correct position, except the 42 month reign can't possibly fit after the thousand years. And Revelation 20:4, for one, proves it.
