After Armageddon

I like to point out, as I have previously posted, that Armageddon is a place, not the end of the world. In fact, it says that God stops the battle at Armageddon and that if he did not then everyone would be dead. So far so good. But something has always intrigued me, what happens afterward.

Here is the part that intrigues me. The anti-christ and his followers are stopped and Satan is thrown in the abyss for a thousand years. During that time it says Jesus and those who did not take the mark rule on earth for a thousand years. It then says that Satan is released for a short time. Why? What happens during those thousand years with Jesus ruling on earth?

Firstly, what is it like while he is ruling on earth, I assume that we would continue having stuff to do. Babies would be born, people would pass on. Here is my guess. Remember Satan accuses us day and night before God; but, it also says he has control of this earth. Consider how he accused Job and tested him. Satan said Job was only faithful because he had it easy so Satan was allowed to take everything away from Job and Job was able to prove himself.

What if the 1,000 years was our opportunity to prove what we would be when not continually tempted, an unrigged game. Most likely some would still fail to be their better selves; but, they would not be able to say that they were unfairly tempted. The question still remains, why release Satan again? Perhaps for the same reason, to see if he learned his lesson.

What is fascinating is that there is so much that the bible does not go into. In truth, it doesn't need to; but, it does leave some interesting questions. Sorry, I walked away, a little bout of bronchitis. I lost my choo choo and don't where I was going with this post.

Joseph

Lord Godygod is very nice to me. He is going to let me talk about Joseph. Joseph, Jesus' step father was just a guy. He didn't expect what he got. He did not expect to marry the mother of Jesus. He didn't expect to take care of God's child. How could he?

He was a carpenter, an average Joe. He loved a girl who was worthy of love and got caught up in something very strange. The woman he loved and loved him got knocked up by God. He accepted that. Ahhhh, bet that was easy. Not.

They do not mention him at Jesus' funeral. I wonder why. He was chosen as much as Mary was. Why did he not show up for the crucifiction. Because he could not. It was too painful. He knew what he raised, he knew his son. Could you watch your son be nailed to a fricken cross and have the bad death? I couldn't.

Can you imagine seeing your child have nails driven through their wrists and feet? His mother watched, I bet that wasn't fun. His father did not, he did not want to see his son break, he gave his son his dignity. He did not want his son to have his father witness him break. He gave him that respect. He did not look at his son's nakedness, remember, Jesus was also a man.

From what we know, Joseph was just a guy. He got up everyday and went to work. Oh, yeah, and raised God's child. Yeah, that must have been easy. Lots of room for error. Nope, he did it. He paid for Jesus' growth. He went to work so that Jesus could have the time to go to church and teach others. It says that there is none good but God. That means that Joseph was not "good". How was he not good, what was his shortcoming? Do you think that he woke up one day asking for this?