Millenial Views

"The anomaly confronting us here is that one can read the whole Bible without discovering an inkling of this doctrine [the doctrine of two resurrections separated by a thousand years] until he arrives at its third from the last chapter. If, on coming to that chapter, he shall give a literal interpretation to one sentence of a higly symbolical passage, he will then find it necessary to retrace his steps and interpret an obscure passage of Scripture in the light of a clear statement. In this case, clear statements are being interpreted to agree with symbolism, the true meaning of which is highly debatable." Anthony A. Hoekma, The Bible and the Future, p. 242