“For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn’t send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
This is the judgement, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.” (John 3:16-21)
According to the original study notes for Revelation 20 written by Reformer Franciscus Junius (which were standard in the 1608 edition), the "thousand years" was a literal, historical era that had already concluded:
The Starting Point (36 AD): The notes state that
the binding of Satan began roughly 36 years after
the Passion of Christ. This was interpreted as the
period when the Gospel successfully spread to the
Gentiles and the early Christian Church flourished
despite Roman persecution.
The Millennium (36 AD - 1036 AD): The 1,000
years of Christ's reign was viewed as a spiritual
era where the true Church grew and Satan was
legally restrained from entirely deceiving or
destroying the nations.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God didn’t send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
This is the judgement, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.” (John 3:16-21)
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Did you know the 1560’s to 1640’s Geneva Bible says that Jesus already returned?
Here is the Geneva Timeline for Revelation 20
According to the original study notes for Revelation 20 written by Reformer Franciscus Junius (which were standard in the 1608 edition), the "thousand years" was a literal, historical era that had already concluded:
Which would make our current time “Satans little season”
Exactly. Did you read the book by Allan Cornford titled "Welcome to the little season”?