are used[by whom?] 8:11, The Messiah will rule over all nations. Georgia Guidestones Destroyed Who is Taking Down the U.S.? Isaiah 9:7, Zechariah 6:12-13, Jeremiah 23:5-6, Ezek. Christianity and Judaism have both produced messianic movements which featured millennialist teachingssuch as the notion that an earthly kingdom of God was at hand. Certainly it is true what Paul said in First Corinthians, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. GLORY TO GOD! These millenarian movements often led to considerable social unrest.[1]. This was a literal 42 months when Jesus poured out His wrath on those who literally pierced Him (Revelation 1:7). We will judge so that men can repent and turn to Jesus. Justice, righteousness, and holiness will prevail all over the earth, and therefore everywhere. Hallelujah! At the time he was bound, the beast/Satan was loosened (i.e. The saints stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ we will receive the things done in our earthly bodies, both good and bad (2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 14:10) the saints refinement happens in the earthly realm, but Christ will judge us as we judge our fellow brethren in Christ. Maranatha/Come Lord Jesus!! However, something different in the Millennial Reign is that men will live to be much much older than they do now. Ps. 34:23-24, The Messiah, before He reigns, is marred to the point of not looking human. Kingdom of God: present through the Spirit since Pentecost - to be experienced by sight during the millennium after Christ's return. 36:8-12, Ezek. Premillennialists believe that Christ will return before the Millennium to reign on the earth for a literal thousand years. This Zionist dispensationalist group believes that at Jesus Second Coming, He will save a group of non-repentant people based on their genetics (for more information, see the article Gods Chosen People). We will need an intimate relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost continually to be able to do such an important duty correctly. War is necessary as long as evil men try to dominate and oppress people. The lake of fire is the second death. Example: Exodus 38:29 actually reads The copper for the offering was seventy talents/coins for oxen of four hundred shekels (shekel was a commercial unit of weight, not currency). Longevity of age (Isa. [34], Millennialist thinking first emerged in Jewish apocryphal literature of the tumultuous Second Temple period,[35]. Isa 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. These verses in Matthew show us that not everyone will be a ruler with Christ. The Book of Revelation then describes a series of judges who are seated on thrones, as well as John's vision of the souls of those who were beheaded for their testimony in favor of Jesus and their rejection of the mark of the beast. Note: There was a last day of the earth/region which was Jesus second coming in 70 AD (details here), then there will be Gods wrath which will completely destroy the entire earth/kosmos on the last day of the world (details here). . [See also 1 Corinthians 4:15, 14:19 for murioi.]. This is shown in Revelation 20, a great summary of Christ's millennial rule on earth, Satan's destruction and destiny, the Tribulation saints, various . Matt. Some teach this period is entirely symbolic, and not worth fretting over. We are not going through earths fire again after we have been awarded a crown of righteousness on the day of Christs glory (the last day). Oh, how much help we will need from the Holy Ghost! For suggested study resources, click here. Those nations that reject Jesus as Lord will rebel and will suffer draught. 25:31-32) [emphasis added], I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom. The accumulated wrath of God for the accumulated sin since the beginning has been poured out on the people and kingdoms of the earth through the . And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. Thousand is an adjective of unknown origin that is DESCRIBING the 144, who are NOT 144,000 in number. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORDs house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. Zech. The Revelation of Jesus Christ "The Millennial Reign of Jesus" Rev 20:1-6. Review. reflecting the typical features of some manifestations of millennialism. But it is mistranslated as thousand in Acts 21:20, 19:19; Jude 14; Revelation 5:11, 9:16. However, I am not sure if we will be allowed to manifest ourselves on the earth at will with our glorified bodies. During the millennium, the world will not be sinless, but there will be law and order enforced to eradicate many of the evils which are prevalent today. 34:25, Isaiah 65:25 (although this verse could be applicable only to the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth), The Messiah will require that people live honorably, justly, truthfully and peacefully. [37][38], Millennial social movements, a specific form of millenarianism, have as their basis some concept of a cycle of one-thousand years. This fleshly Satan has been and will continue gathering the wicked people of the nations to cause trouble/tribulation for Gods redeemed saints (Revelation 16:14-16) hes not and will not be gathering zombified dead people from the ground, but actual people from the four quarters of the earth for the battle of Armageddon which is the last day (Revelation 20:8). The bottomless pit is unique in scripture it is only mentioned in the book of Revelation because its only happened to Satan and his spirit powers after his defeat at the cross. (16261676). However, the word thousand in Revelation 20 is a plural form of uncertain affinity. Millennium and Millenarianism, Catechism of the Catholic Church. For the Millennial generation, see, Some examples are given by Gerschom Scholem in, Among the Apostolic Fathers Barnabas is the first and the only one who expressly teaches a pre-millennial reign of Christ on earth. [47], For the Christian doctrine regarding Jesus Christ's reign in heaven, see, This article is about the Christian concept. We find that death itself will be thrown into the lake of fire at the Great White throne of judgment which occurs AFTER the Messianic / Millennial Kingdom of Jesus. Christ will manifest as king of righteousness (Isaiah 32:1), King of Israel (John 12:13), king of king (Revelation 19:17) and The original Hebrew actually says Behold, I have given oxen and silver to Sarahs brother, rather than Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, the word pieces being added by translators. 1,000 years of peace The Golden Age: The Millennial Reign of the Messiah Rev.20:1-7 In Rev. Zech 8:23, Psalm 126:2-3, Micah 4:7, The Messiah will provide a unique cleansing and salvation of Jews. During the Millennium, man will continue to have a free will to choose to reject God or accept Him. And even some of them believed that Messiah's reign would last a thousand years. This includes the Old Covenant saints whose Paradise moved from Hades/the grave into the heavenly spiritual realm at Jesus resurrection; and also includes the New Covenant saints who are the 3rd temple of God Himself. To Reward the Faithful The first reason we need the Millennium is so God can reward the faithful. The Catholic Church strongly condemns millennialism as the following shows: The Antichrist's deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. 1Co 6:2, 3 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? It is different from Hades which is the holding place of the spirits of the wicked dead. This reign is known as the millennium. Micah 4:1-4 is a classic millennial prophecy: "Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it. ete ). It will end once evil has complete and total control of the world and there is only a small remnant remaining. This shall be the punishment of Egypt , and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. [citation needed] Millennial social movements need not have a religious foundation, but they must[need quotation to verify] have a vision of an apocalypse that can be utopian or dystopian. War will be no more. All Israel will be saved during this time period fulfilling what Paul said in Romans 11:26. Isaiah 52:13-15 (see also verses 7-10 for context that its the Messiah; see also Isaiah 53). Much of the physical earth has been changed dramatically at the coming of the Lord and His judgments. Judgment on the wicked is just recompense for what was done to Gods people the saints judgment isnt determined based on their thoughts, ideas or feelings. I pray that helped your understanding of why thousand years in Revelation 20 is not a literal number thank you for reading. Re-Unification of Israel When Yahusha the Messiah returns to earth He will initiate "the time of universal restoration that God announced long ago through his holy prophets" (Acts 3:21, NRSV). 2023 Copyright Thomas Taylor Ministries, Part 1 Jews, Nations, and the Church of God, Part 5 The Sixth Seal The Wormwood Asteroid Strike, Part 8 The Second Installment of The Coming of the Lord, Part 9 The Millennial Reign of Christ Time Period, Part 10 The Great White Throne Judgment and a New Beginning. Satan was bound/restrained. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Their blessed hope is a ticket out of here early instead of having trust and faith in Jesus Christ when they should be realizing that Jesus kingdom is already here, within them! End of argument (source here). Then search for judge and judgment and look at it in Revelation. Zech. The duration of this glorious reign of Christ and His saints on earth, is frequently given as one thousand years. The Theosophist Alice Bailey taught that Christ (in her books she refers to the powerful spiritual being best known by Theosophists as Maitreya as The Christ or The World Teacher, not as Maitreya)[clarification needed] would return sometime after AD 2025, and that this would be the New Age equivalent of the Christian concept of the Second Coming of Christ. He promised He would bless Israel and restore the world in specific ways, and He will. Isa 11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Perhaps the best way to understand the concept is to read the text to which the doctrine is referenced. And the antichrist beast system and the false prophet system that he powered are all going down with him by the end of the church age (Revelation 20:10). The millennium rule of Christ is the ever expanding Lordship of Jesus Christ which began at His resurrection and will continue until the Second Coming [Dan. The first two refer to different views of the relationship between the "millennial Kingdom" and Christ's second coming. The Old Testament prophets also announced and longed for this messianic kingdom of peace on the earth. Death will have no power over us ever again. Neither chilias nor chilioi are numerals, and neither word ever has a derivative in front of it. 14:21, There will be many celebrations. 39:25, Joel 3:1, Zeph. Therefore God stopped the prophetic clock, and postponed the fulfillment of his promise, until the second coming of Christ. The New Covenant saints will escape the second death because of their first resurrection which was being born again this is their dying to self (Romans 6:6-11) and putting on the new man (Ephesians 4:24). 21-22. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:51-55. A Golden Era of Christ believers on this earth is not scriptural the world hates those who have the Holy Spirit residing in them (2 Timothy 3:12, John 15:18-19, Matthew 10:22, John 7:7, John 17:14, 1 John 3:13). The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. The Millennium is the 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ described in Revelation 20. The Latin word for a thousand years is millennium. Postmillennialism sees Christ's second coming as subsequent to the millennium and concurrent with the final judgment. Satan in Mankind. The wicked are literally trying to bust Satan out of prison, and the deceived self-righteous are their naive accomplices! The beast was Satan who once stood before God accusing Gods people, and could directly affect the saints. Zechariah 6:12-13; Jeremiah 23:5-6, Acts 2:29-36, Isaiah 33:6, Micah 4:3, The Messiah will repair the Tabernacle of David. 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