constitute "one resurrection". The Millennium signifies "the immensity of eternal life" [Discourse 96. On repentance]. Theodoret of Cyrrhus (386 – 457) expressed similar views on the Millennium to those of Ephrem's. [A Brief Exposition of Divine Dogmas, chapter 21]. Teaching Amillennialism rejects the idea of a future millennium in which Christ will reign on Earth prior to the eternal state beginning, but holds: that Jesus is presently reigning from heaven, seated at the right hand of God the Father; that Jesus also is and will remain with the church until the end of the world, as he promised at the Ascension; that the millennium began with the resurrection of Jesus, the first resurrection (Colossians 1:18 [Jesus Christ] is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence; Revelation 20:4-6 [the millennium] is the first resurrection); that at Pentecost (or days earlier, at the Ascension of Jesus), the millennium began, citing Acts 2:16-21, wherein Peter quotes Joel 2:28-32 on the coming of the kingdom, to explain what is happening; and that, therefore the Church and its spread of the gospel is Christ's Kingdom and forever will be. Amillennialists also cite scripture passages that they believe to indicate that the kingdom of God is not a physical realm. Several verses cited by amillennialists in this context are: , where Jesus cites his driving out of demons as evidence that the kingdom of God had come upon them; , where Jesus warns that the coming of the kingdom of God can not be observed, and that it is among them; and , where Paul speaks of the kingdom of God being in terms of the Christians' actions. Because amillennialists believe that the millennium is simultaneous with the present age, they also believe that the binding of Satan in Revelation 20, which occurs at the beginning of the millennium, has already occurred; in their view, he has been prevented from "deceiv[ing] the nations" by the spread of the gospel. Nonetheless, they maintain that good and evil will remain mixed in strength throughout history and even in the church, according to the amillennial understanding of the Parable of the Wheat and Tares. Amillennialism is sometimes associated with Idealism, as both schools teach a symbolic interpretation of many of the prophecies of the Bible and especially of the Book of Revelation. However, many amillennialists do believe in the literal