Will There Be Golf Courses In The Millennium....And Will I Be Able To Shoot Championship Caliber Golf?

                The title of this post is not a joke. I could have asked.....will I be a virtuoso at any or even all musical instruments. Will I be able to run a 2 hour marathon? In other words....will I....and all of us....be able to do anything....and everything....whatever our heart's desire....to absolute perfection? Or will I say...'Oh this is great....I'm kind of in charge of everything....but I still can't putt.' I don't....nor have I ever....think on any of that....for the real question is....'Is there a real thousand year millennium?.'
                 One could literally and easily buy a stack of books promoting amillennialism and put them to the one side of you.....and then buy a stack of books promoting premillennialism and put them to the other side of you. John MacArthur....in his conference talk mentioned in the above post....made the statement that the book of Zechariah...."is the amillennialist's nightmare." Many in the auditorium laughed. It wasn't that long ago....for I hear this fairly often....an 'amillennialist' pastor used the same phrase on his verses....that were....'a nightmare to the premillennialist.'
                On issues such as this....that have been debated for centuries....and there are good men on both sides of the issue....I tend not to add my 'bucket of water in the ocean' to it....although I do often come at the issue from a different perspective.
                I guess that I was a premillennialist for a couple of decades. I say....'I guess'....because it probably takes a couple of decades to just settle into the issue. In my opinion....like many other issues....(I'm using the word 'issue' a lot. I hope you don't have an issue with that)....I do not believe that either side can absolutely prove their point. And I believe that this is God's perfect design....for reasons that we all will have to wait to hear.
                So speaking as if just sitting around a table....putting our thoughts out there....I do not see how there can be a literal thousand year millennium. Yes....the verses are there....but the verses are on the other side also! There are enough biblical verses....on both sides....for anyone from either side to come to a personal conclusion....if they want that much to come to a personal conclusion. It seems that the dueling verses are somehow God's plan.
                John MacArthur laid out in great detail that thousand year millennium. If his teaching turns out to be true....then that would be God's perfect will....and I would see why....and be thankful.....but in my current state of seeing as though darkly through a glass....acknowledging my frailties....I would not look forward to a thousand year millennium. I don't want to live here for ten more centuries....I want to be in heaven with Jesus. I don't want to rule over anyone....or still see others who do not believe.
                I have come to believe that numbers have meanings....(in Scripture!)....but you have to be very careful with that! The number 'seven' definitely denotes something particular....as do the numbers....'three' and 'twelve'....and you name the number. So...one thousand means something. In this case....I lean to the belief....that it does not mean the mathematical figure of one thousand. Hey....that's the best that I can do. You do the best that you can do! It appears that God wants us doing that.
               It may be that as Jesus is actually returning....and we all see things so very clear....that the amillennialist may say....'Oh....the premillennialist was right....praise God!' Or the premillennialist may say....'Oh....the amillennialist was right....praise God!."