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Some propose that the concept of virgin birth is found in paganism before Christianity was born to argue that millennialist thinking amongst pagans is not a problem. However, a glaring gap in that reasoning is the fact that the virgin birth is detailingly expressed in the New Testament, whereas no where does the bible express a thought of a seventh world sabbath day of 1000 years, following a time of clash between good and evil. Modern millennial theories parallel mythology in almost every detail. Try to find the weight of details concerning a millennium in the bible as there are details of virgin birth in the bible.
Between the Testaments was the time period in which the Jews first believed a millennial teaching. Prophets of God had not spoken for 400 years. But there were astrologers to listen to.
THE TRADITION OF THE HOUSE OF ELIAS uncannily mirrors millennialism today. The present world is divided into three periods of time when man had varying relationships with the Law of God, each of which contains Bi-Millenniums.
The first period is called the time that was VOID OF LAW. It is comrpised of two lesser periods of 1,000 years each, adding up to 2,000 years.
The second period is UNDER THE LAW. Again, another 2,000 years is noted in two groups of 1,000 years each.
And then there is the period UNDER MESSIAH. It proposed two eras of 1,000 years each.
Finally is the RENEWED WORLD. It is the 7th WORLD SABBATH DAY. It lasts One Thousand Years.
This above thought is a case of marrying pagan mythology with the creation-week account of Genesis.
It was the precursor of the age-day creation-week theory, which many believers erringly adhere to in some degree. They believe the six days of Genesis speak of ages, followed by a seventh sabbath day which refers to the Millennium. Note that no writing in the bible ever interpreted this in this manner.
It seems obvious to the unbiased reader that the captivity of Israel under Babylon and Persia allowed a great influence of pagan thought upon Israelite thinking.
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