John wrote Revelations, did he not???? God made the first day, did he not???? If shortly come to pass doesn't mean shortly come to pass, the 1000 year reign could mean something entirely different! When you apply a pattern somewhere, you continue to apply that pattern until it is obvious you can't! The beast and all isn't a literal beast, but a man, so the 1000 years doesn't have to 1000 years does it? Oh, and never refer to me as YHWH. That is the original Hebrew name for God. No one knows exactly how to say it. Jehovah was a miss translation when people got some hebrew letters confused.