You said.............
"do we mean that an exact 1000 year period is on earth in (our) future?"
YES!
The Thousand Years
Rev. 20:1-5...........
" And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended."
Rev. 20:4............
“And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years . . . blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but
they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years” .
Three times in the passage the author, John, states “…bound him [Satan] for
a thousand years” (Revelation 20:2); “…And they lived and reigned with Christ for
a thousand years” (Revelation 20:4); and “…and shall reign with Him
a thousand years” (Revelation 20:6). In all three of these passages, the literal rendering of the text is that Satan is bound and the saints reign one thousand years (
one is included in the word
thousand in Greek). The other three occurrences “…till
the thousand years were finished” (Revelation 20:3); “again until
the thousand years were finished” (Revelation 20:5); and “…when
the thousand years have expired…” (Revelation 20:7) all refer to a specific time indicated by the use of the definite article
the. The word
the is a limiter or a definer. It tells us that something specific is indicated.
Therefore, the time frame is not something undefined but in fact it is very defined. “The thousand years…” reinforces the fact that a literal amount of time is indicated since it points back to “a thousand years” already mentioned in verse 2.
The millennium is the 1,000-year reign of Jesus after the tribulation and before the Great White Throne Judgment of the wicked.
During the millennium, Jesus will reign as king over Israel and all the nations of the world
(Isaiah 2:4; 42:1).
The world will live in peace (
Isaiah 11:6–9;
32:18),
Satan will be bound (
Revelation 20:1–3), and,
at the beginning, everyone will worship God (
Isaiah 2:2–3).
The purpose of the 1,000-year reign is to fulfill various promises God made to the world. Some of these promises, called covenants, were given specifically to Israel. Others were given to Jesus, the nations of the world, and creation. Jesus’ 1,000-year reign will be a time of promises kept.