I have heard preachers of the premillennial doctrine espouse their beliefs since I was a child and some things I just don't get.
First, they say that the church is just an afterthought. God had wanted to establish the kingdom when Christ came the first time, but the people were just too hard-headed and stubborn and wouldn't do it, so he stuck the church in as some kind of place holder.
Second, they say that when Jesus comes back again, he will establish the kingdom then and all will be as God originally intended.
Third, they tell me this kingdom will last only 1,000 years and only the 144,000 will spend eternity in Heaven.
Here are my issues with all that and frankly, it doesn't even involve scriptures, although I could certainly quote quite a few.
First, do you mean to tell me that an Almighty, All Powerful God cannot do what He wants to do because men got in His way? I don't recall that being a problem any other time in Biblical history. And what exactly do they think "Almighty" means anyway?
Second, if He couldn't do it the first time, how do we know He will be able to do it the second time, and if you tell me, because He is God and He can do whatever He likes I will say, then why not the first time?
And third, are you telling me that the so-called hope we have is for 1000 years of bliss instead of Eternity? I just cease to exist afterward. What kind of hope is that?
I don't even need to study to know I want nothing to do with a doctrine like this, one that calls into question the power of God and turns His kingdom into a second best consolation prize.
Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things; to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord (Eph 3:8-11).
Dene Ward