There is NO plain language in the Revelation, past the first chapter; nor in the verse you quoted from Job. Young's Literal Translation gives the following for verse 25:
"That--I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise." (Job 19:25 YLT)
LOL! And how about this from the Psalms (King James Version?)
"Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest." (Isaiah 66:1)
Please show us, in the New Testament, where the Lord clearly states he will return to live on the earth, for any length of time. While you are at it, please explain the highlighted part of this passage:
"Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged." (John 16:7-11 KJV)
Philip
Actually it is the 21st century King James Version I quoted from...
Job says in the latter day he sees his REDEEMER standing upon the Earth. His assertion that he will see it in his flesh, though his current flesh would be subject to decay speaks of his resurrection in to a new body. Whatever issue you have with Revelation and your stated opinion that it doesn’t support Christ’s direct 1000 year reign upon the Earth, must also be squared with Job’s assertion that he sees his redeemer, Jesus Christ, standing upon the Earth(IN THE LATTER DAY); beholding Him, as Job does, in a newly resurrected body!
The verse again...from the 21st cent. KJV:Job 19:25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth;
26 and though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another, though my reins be consumed within me.
In plain English then...Job gets resurrected and beholds his redeemer, God in flesh, Jesus Christ STANDING UPON THE EARTH in the LATTER DAY! Juxtapose Job 19 with Revelation 20...and much of what Revelation 20 as well as a lot of other passages in the Bible that speak of our resurrection should immediately come into focus....like an autofocus camera suddenly snapping Mount Zion into view!