"I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years. When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever." -- Revelation 20v4-10
When will this happen? Well it is just before the Judgement. The Book of Enoch shows the Judgement will happen at a time we can determine (from the Artaxerxes' command to rebuild Jerusalem Temple in 458 BC) is around 3030-3040 AD. So given the war of Satan takes place before this final judgement and the reign of Christ and imprisonment of Satan is for a thousand years before that, we can deduce the reign of Christ will start very soon, as early as 2030-2040 AD. But note too that it (Book of Enoch) says "in the tenth week in the seventh part" so 3030-40 AD is the latest this could be and anytime between 2930-40 and 3030-40 would be in the seventh part of the tenth week. It is just that Jesus has not yet returned (He did say it might be at the eleventh hour - just before the latest time it could be) so His return could been in line with this prophesy at anytime from 1930 to 2030-40 AD - yet quite a lot needs to happen apocalytically first and there is little time left to keep in accord with the heavenly books from which Enoch was recounting.
Obviously this first resurrection can only happen once. So God seems to be waiting till the very last minute to ensure people still struggling to repent of major sins and learn the truth in Jesus have as much time as possible before time is up. I was never sure enough information existed in scripture to say how soon this resurrection might be when the Book of Enoch was hidden from me (and most people) but now I know what much of it says I believe we can be in the light about it. If God leaves it much longer I think there will be not enough time for Christ to have His promised thousand year reign with His saints before Satan is released and the Final Judgement begins. Azazel and the other fallen angels must be judged by around 3030-3040 AD at the latest according to the heavenly written plans, it seems to me now. Then the second firey opening will appear in which the human wicked and spiritually blind will be cast. So fitting in the full thousand years of rule of Christ will be a tight fit now. Such is God's mercy to the strugglers and stragglers (like myself) to give us all the possible time to get sorted out in the grace and truth of Jesus Christ the Son of Man (with God from before time, we believe, and now crucified and raised forever).
When will this happen? Well it is just before the Judgement. The Book of Enoch shows the Judgement will happen at a time we can determine (from the Artaxerxes' command to rebuild Jerusalem Temple in 458 BC) is around 3030-3040 AD. So given the war of Satan takes place before this final judgement and the reign of Christ and imprisonment of Satan is for a thousand years before that, we can deduce the reign of Christ will start very soon, as early as 2030-2040 AD. But note too that it (Book of Enoch) says "in the tenth week in the seventh part" so 3030-40 AD is the latest this could be and anytime between 2930-40 and 3030-40 would be in the seventh part of the tenth week. It is just that Jesus has not yet returned (He did say it might be at the eleventh hour - just before the latest time it could be) so His return could been in line with this prophesy at anytime from 1930 to 2030-40 AD - yet quite a lot needs to happen apocalytically first and there is little time left to keep in accord with the heavenly books from which Enoch was recounting.
Obviously this first resurrection can only happen once. So God seems to be waiting till the very last minute to ensure people still struggling to repent of major sins and learn the truth in Jesus have as much time as possible before time is up. I was never sure enough information existed in scripture to say how soon this resurrection might be when the Book of Enoch was hidden from me (and most people) but now I know what much of it says I believe we can be in the light about it. If God leaves it much longer I think there will be not enough time for Christ to have His promised thousand year reign with His saints before Satan is released and the Final Judgement begins. Azazel and the other fallen angels must be judged by around 3030-3040 AD at the latest according to the heavenly written plans, it seems to me now. Then the second firey opening will appear in which the human wicked and spiritually blind will be cast. So fitting in the full thousand years of rule of Christ will be a tight fit now. Such is God's mercy to the strugglers and stragglers (like myself) to give us all the possible time to get sorted out in the grace and truth of Jesus Christ the Son of Man (with God from before time, we believe, and now crucified and raised forever).
