The answer
This is not true. The expression “Millennial Rule,” according to the Faith of our Church and all of the other apostolic churches, is figurative, and not literal. It means that the Master Christ has ruled over the hearts of the believers from the time of His death on the Cross, to His Second Coming for Judgement.
This means that we now live in this time. It is also know that the number 1000 is amongst the numbers of perfection.
The Millennial Rule began when the Lord reigned from a Wood,42 becoming truly the “King of Kings, and Lord of Lords” (Rev. 19:16), and we became His subjects, Who is our King and Captain of our Salvation43. He is a Spiritual King, and not material.
There is no other rule, as is thought by some, in a material fashion that they desire. That would be disparaging to Christ’s present rule in the Church.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Notes
42 Translator’s note: According to the Coptic and LXX translations of Ps. 95:10; “Say among the nations that the Lord has reigned from a Wood” (cf. Agpeya, The Ninth Hour Prayer).
43 Translator’s note: Cf. Heb. 2:10.
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 125–126.
The pages in the book (125–126)
