Appendix A Evidence Matrix
This matrix summarizes the principal conclusions, the level of evidence assigned to them, and the boundary that should govern teaching and application.
A.1 Principal Claims and Evidence Levels
Section titled “A.1 Principal Claims and Evidence Levels”Reading and teaching aid
| Issue | Provisional conclusion | Tier | Principal Scripture / basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ reigns on earth | Publicly present in a glorified resurrection body. | A / B | Acts 1:9–11; Revelation 19–20 |
| Jerusalem as a center | A center of governance, instruction, justice, and worship. | B | Isaiah 2:2–4; Zechariah 14 |
| Saints know the thousand-year duration | Highly reasonable, but their awareness is not directly described. | B / C | Revelation 20; Isaiah 2:3 |
| Ordinary mortal population | People still build, plant, bear children, age, and die. | B | Isaiah 65:20–23; Zechariah 8:4–5 |
| Sin during the Millennium | Mortal residents may conform outwardly without regeneration. | B | Isaiah 65:20; Zechariah 14; Revelation 20:7–9 |
| Identity of the final rebels | Possibly unregenerate descendants born during the Millennium. | C | Revelation 20:7–9 |
| A physical temple | Possible, but not certain. | C | Ezekiel 40–48; Revelation 21:22 |
| Animal sacrifice forgives sin | Impossible. | A | Hebrews 7–10 |
| Sabbatical-year practice | Consistent with the principle; exact implementation is unrevealed. | C | Leviticus 25; Isaiah 65 |
| Seven-year debt release | A worthy inference; institutional form is unrevealed. | C | Deuteronomy 15 |
| Fifty-year Jubilee | Could form twenty cycles, but Scripture does not state this application. | C | Leviticus 25; Revelation 20 |
| Money | A unit of account and medium of exchange may remain. | C | Ezekiel 45:9–12; Isaiah 60 |
| Financial institutions | Payment, clearing, and resource-pooling functions may remain. | C | Institutional inference |
| Enterprise systems | Not directly described; four models remain open for comparison. | C / D | Stewardship and inheritance principles |
| Investment | Resource allocation may remain; perpetual private claims are constrained. | C | Matthew 25; 1 Corinthians 3; Psalm 24 |
| Technology / AI | May serve governance and restoration but must not become sovereign. | C / D | Stewardship and justice principles |
| A medium of measurement in the New Creation | Unknown. | D | Revelation 21–22 is silent |
| Millennial projects pass unchanged into the New Earth | Cannot be determined. | D | 2 Peter 3; Revelation 21 |
| Population categories | Glorified saints, mortal survivors, and descendants must be distinguished; economic systems chiefly address the latter two. | B / C | Revelation 20:4–6; Isaiah 65:20–23 |
| Whether glorified saints eat | They may eat and join a feast; whether food is necessary is unknown. | B / D | Luke 24:36–43; 22:16–18 |
| Common millennial endpoint | Current governance, money, claims, and private control cannot be assumed to continue beyond it. | C | Revelation 20–21; analogy with Leviticus 25 |
| Terminal-horizon erosion | Remaining-term value declines toward the common endpoint while current use benefit may improve. | C | Leviticus 25:15–16; institutional inference |
| Three-ledger framework | Material resources, time stewardship, and Kingdom faithfulness require distinct measures. | C | Mark 12:41–44; Matthew 25 |
| Monetizing Kingdom value | Inappropriate; Christ judges truth, entrustment, motive, and actual fruit. | B / C | Matthew 6; Mark 12; 1 Corinthians 3 |
| Basic security | Housing, food, water, and opportunity to participate must not become tools of domination. | B / C | Isaiah 65:21–23; Micah 4:4 |
| Underground money / finance | Could arise from self-interest and rival sovereignty, but is not stated in Scripture. | D | Revelation 20:7–9 plus thought experiment |
| Kibbutz-like mutual aid | A voluntary present-day prototype, not the only millennial institution. | C | Acts 2, 4; 2 Corinthians 8 |
| Saints pass through walls, teleport, or fly | Mechanisms cannot be known; resurrection glory and power are clear. | D | John 20:19; Luke 24:31; 1 Corinthians 15 |
| Finite-term housing rights | A prototype against permanent domination and speculation. | C | Leviticus 25:15–30; Isaiah 65:21–23 plus inference |
| Exit-enabled rent-to-purchase | Occupancy, option, accumulation, and exit may be designed separately. | C / D | Author’s housing study plus stewardship principles |
| Purchase option premium | Decision flexibility has value; pricing requires actuarial and pilot calibration. | C / D | Real-options institutional inference |
| Portable housing equity | Vested contributions should not disappear entirely when a household moves. | C | Justice, exit, and new-start principles |
| Fair formula repurchase | May limit speculation and preserve redemption without copying Leviticus 25 mechanically. | C | Ethical inspiration from Leviticus 25:29–30 |
| Housing trusteeship institution | Multi-party governance is preferable to one developer controlling price, custody, and repurchase. | C | Transparency, accountability, and anti-expropriation |
| Reasonable housing-provider return | Cost recovery and limited transparent return are permitted; Home-Purchase Contribution(t) is not income. | C | Service, stewardship, honest measures, and nonpermanent control |
| Provider risk governance | Valuation, option, finance, maintenance, repurchase, governance, data, and disaster risks require allocation, reserves, and stress tests. | C | Faithful stewardship, honest measurement, protection of the vulnerable, public accountability |
| Satan is bound and later released | Bound for the thousand years and released briefly before final judgment. | A | Revelation 20:1–10 |
| The Millennium is transitional | A real reign before, but distinct from, the eternal New Creation. | B | Revelation 20–22; Isaiah 65; 1 Corinthians 15 |
| Taiwan’s possible preparatory role | May serve Israel and the nations through complementary gifts; no special national role is revealed. | C / D | Mission discernment and present capacities |