BIBLE MEDITATION:
“The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.” Isaiah 65:25
ENCOURAGING WORD:
We read this in the following verse; After the Tribulation and the Battle of Armageddon, Jesus will establish His 1,000-year Kingdom on earth just as spoken of by Prophets of Old.
In; Jeremiah 30; 1-9; we read; “ This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you. The days are coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from captivity and restore them to the land I gave their ancestors to possess,’ says the Lord.” These are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah: “This is what the Lord says: “‘Cries of fear are heard, terror, not peace. Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor, every face turned deathly pale? How awful that day will be! No other will be like it. (This is in reference to the tribulation) This will be a reaction to the wrath of God that has fallen on Israel enemies.
It will be a “Time of trouble for Jacob,” (Israel) but he will be saved out of it. “‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them. Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.”
In the verse that I just read, God is promising Israel that the yoke of foreign oppression would be cast off forever right after the tribulation ends. Then “they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them” as it says in the verse above. Speaking of the same time, God says through the prophet Ezekiel, Ezekiel; 37:24; “David My servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.” (The Millennial Kingdom)
The word mille means "a thousand" so the millennium is "a thousand years." That term is mentioned six times in Revelation 20. The Millennium will be Christ's one thousand–year reign on earth, following the Tribulation. He will rule the world in righteousness and godliness. There will, however, still be sin in the Millennial Kingdom, but it will be dealt with immediately.
I believe that David, along with all the Old Testament Saints will also be resurrected during the Millennial Kingdon. The millennial kingdom is the future reign of Jesus Christ on earth as He sits on David’s throne in Jerusalem. Everyone who enters that kingdom will be redeemed by God and therefore found righteous before Him. Among those redeemed will be two distinct groups of people: those with glorified physical bodies and those with natural, earthly bodies. Those that have glorified bodies are those that were raised at the rapture of the church. This includes those that died before the rapture of the church, that died as a believer, those that were raptured and those that were martyred during the tribulation. Those with natural earthly bodies will be those that made it through the tribulation that did not take the “Mark of the Beast.”
However, all believers will rule the nations as it clearly states in the following Bible verses;
Revelation 2:26–27; “And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’—as I also have received from My Father;
Revelation 20:4; “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. and judge the world’
1 Corinthians 6:2; “ Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
The Saints are described in the scriptures as; Revelation 14:12; Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.’ All who died in the name of Jesus is considered a Saint in Gods eyes.
The Saints that are in reference here are not those that have been ordained by the Catholic Church. Only God ordains Saints, no religious sect of Christianity can ordain Saints as they apply to God. They can ordain their own saints, but they have nothing to do with the Kingdom of God. They have their own way of deifying Saints, nothing that has to do with Gods Word.
The apostle Peter calls Christians “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation” 1 Peter 2:9; “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; These are those that have submitted their live to Jesus Christ once they were called and that includes all born-again believers. These are the ones that God chose from the foundation of the world based on His foreknowledge of who would receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
In Revelation 3:21; “To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.” Jesus says about the believer who conquers, “I will grant him to sit with me on my throne.” In some sense, then, Christians will share authority with Christ; Ephesians 2:6; “and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
Here is some biblical evidence that explains what I just said, in the Parable of the Ten Minas; Luke 19:11–27; “Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’ But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We will not have this man to reign over us.’
“And so it was that when he (Jesus) returned, having received the kingdom, (The Millennial Kingdom) he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned ten minas.’ And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ And the second came, saying, ‘Master, your mina has earned five minas.’ Likewise he said to him, ‘You also be over five cities.’
“Then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief. For I feared you, because you are a strict man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.’ And he said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant.” You knew that I was a strict man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow. Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’
“And he said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.’ (But they said to him, ‘Master, he has ten minas.’) ‘For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’
This is what will take place at the “Sheep” and “Goat” judgement when Jesus comes back to the earth to set up His Kingdom.
Individuals will be given more or less authority in the Kingdom according to how they handled the responsibilities God has given them in this age. This parable is very clear as to what it is referring to. There are those that God has called to share His Gospel. According to this parable, God will bless these people with a certain level of wisdom and knowledge. Those that are wise will take the Gospel to the world and share the message of salvation with as many as they can reach. Then there are those that kept all their God given gifts to themselves. To those that kept these things to themselves, God will take from them and give them to those that used the gifts wisely. Those that used their gifts wisely, will rule and reign with Jesus Christ during the one thousand year millennium. Those that did not use their gifts wisely, will be sent to “Hades where they will stay until the “White Throne Judgement” where they will be judged for every sin that they ever committed. Hades by the way is not purgatory as the Catholics would have you to believe. Everybody in Hades will be there until the “White Throne Judgement”. Nobody can be prayed out of this place. Heresy in the highest degree.
Jesus Christ is the King of kings; Revelation 19:16; “And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS ANDLORD OF LORDS.
Humanly speaking, Jesus is from the Davidic dynasty; but in power, in glory, in righteousness, and in every other way, “The government will be on his shoulders”
Isaiah 9:6-7; “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
These verses in Isaiah is foretelling the future reign of Jesus Christ from the throne of David in Jerusalem during the one thousand year millennial kingdom. The Old and New Testaments reveal that the future King during the Millennium and all eternity is Jesus Christ and Him alone,
Those who occupy the millennial kingdom with glorified bodies will be divided into four subgroups: The born-again believers that received Jesus Christ before the rapture, the believers who died before the rapture that will be resurrected, the Old Testament Saints that will be resurrect at this time and those that died during the tribulation that received Jesis Christ during this time. These are those who will receive glorified bodies, the rest of the people that populate the Millennial Kingdom will be those that made it through the tribulation and those that would be born during the tribulation. Those that have natural bodied will marry and have children just as things are now, so obviously, the population will Have one thousand years to grow. With this bit of understanding, you can understand how the world could eventually turn evil. We read in Jeremiah where God reveals to us the nature of man. Jeremiah 17:9; “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it?”
Tribulation martyrs, are those who are resurrected after Christ returns to earth, Revelation 7:14;
I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
We read about those that were martyred during the tribulation in the following couple of verses. Revelation 20:4-6; “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his (The Antichrist) mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”
I can’t believe that the churches of today can bypass these verses to mean nothing at all. I feel very sad for all those that have been lied to, and deceived about all end time prophecies. There is definitely a time coming that most of the church is not aware of because their church leaders have neglected to teach them through the whole Bible. They have been so indoctrinated into their sect of Christianity, that when someone tries to share the truth with them, they don’t want to hear it. Side note: Remember what happened to all those that laughed at and mocked Noah? There won’t be a flood, but God will judge the world for all the evil that has made its way into society. Do you want to be here? You will, if you don’t search out the truth and get away from all the false doctrine that is being sold as truth from the pulpits of America. Those that you trusted all these years are now deceiving you.
Here is a little wisdom and knowledge that I’m sure pastors in the denominational churches do not teach. Once again, shame on them. The Millennial Kingdom is the seventh dispensation. The seventh and final dispensation brings about the culmination of life on Earth and the closest thing yet to how God really wanted to live with us on this planet. As its name suggests, the Millennial Kingdom of Christ will last for 1,000 years.
The dispensation of Innocence – In Genesis 1:27—3:19; we read of God creating the first people, Adam and Eve, to live in togetherness, or harmony, with Him in the garden of Eden. Though having no sin, Adam and Eve did possess free will, the ability to procreate, and an eternal soul. They were tasked with working the garden and also had a face-to-face relationship with God, who walked in the garden of Eden.
When Adam and Even chose to disobey God, they introduced sin and death into the world which has since been inherited by all people. Their innocence was lost. God announced the consequences to their choice, then set a pattern of extending mercy by sacrificing an innocent animal. This time, the blood was shed to provide clothes for Adam and Eve, which God tailored for them Himself! We see this requirement of a blood sacrifice for atonement throughout the Bible. Hebrews 9:22(b) says, "and without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins."In the dispensation of innocence, God gave people responsibility, they failed to meet His requirements, they suffered judgement, then God provided grace and hope for the future. Genesis 3:15 prophecies Jesus coming as the ultimate Redeemer. Jesus, completely innocent, would die to redeem mankind for those who believed in Him. Jesus is described as the last Adam as no further atonement is necessary.
The dispensation of Conscience – The end of the first dispensation, that of innocence, came about when Adam and Eve disobeyed God. God then instituted conscience as a way humans could delineate between good and evil, choose good, and have a relationship with God through blood sacrifice. Almost immediately, people chose evil. Cain killed Abel (Abel was the first person ever to die) because God accepted Abel's animal (blood) sacrifice but did not accept Cain's grain sacrifice. Cain had a choice, clearly communicated by God, it was to choose good in obedience. Cain refused, expecting God to fall in line with his own ideas of how to have a relationship with Him. First act of works, which clearly does not save you.Mankind did not fare well, violating his conscience and failing to do what was right. Evidently God wanted to demonstrate to mankind that conscience cannot be our only guide. During the dispensation of conscience, only three people were declared righteous—Abel, Enoch, and Noah. Before the Flood, "The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually"
Because Noah was righteous, God chose him to warn others as he built the ark for 120 years. None listened. God righteously judged the sin of people, and they suffered the consequences of their choices—but the human race also experienced God's mercy. God spared Noah and his family showing how He could and would "rescue the godly.” A new dispensation began (that of government).Today, those who aren't in a relationship with God through Jesus Christ are ruled by their conscience. Just as Noah still needed God's rescue, so do we. The apostle Peter harkens back to Noah when he equates Noah's salvation, or rebirth, through the flood waters with the baptism of the Holy Spirit. "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” We are baptized into the Holy Spirit when we come to faith in Jesus Christ. It is only by Him that we can be saved.
The dispensation of Human Government – The end of the second dispensation, of conscience, came at the Flood when God saved eight people. God covenanted with Noah to never again destroy all people by water. Then, He instituted human government as a way for humans to battle evil. God gave to Noah a set of expectations to enforce—beginning with Genesis 9:6; "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image." This command established the sanctity of human life and the authority of man to govern man. This authority continues. This also condones capital punishment and slams the door on abortion.
However, sin ("lawlessness") in 1 John 3:4 “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. This continued in Noah's time and with his descendants, and instead of following God's provision, people created their own idols and fell into moral degradation. People relied on their own selves and elevated their reasoning above God, culminating in the Tower of Babel. "Then they said, Genesis 11:4; “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth'".
This was disobedience to God and He enacted the consequence of their inability to communicate with one another. This confusion of language caused the people to disperse and fill the earth as God had previously commanded they do. God demonstrated His grace in choosing Abraham and his descendants to be those through whom Messiah would come to redeem the world.
The dispensation of Promise – In the dispensation of promise, God promised Abraham he would be the father of a great nation, that his descendants would be blessed, and that the earth would be blessed through him. These promises were part of a covenant between God and Abraham. Abraham would live in the "land of promise" This was an unconditional covenant, which means it cannot be broken under any circumstances, which blows replacement theology out the door.
However, Abraham failed when he slept with Sarah's handmaiden, Hagar, to father Ishmael. God had promised him a son by Sarah, but Abraham and Sarah attempted to garner an heir by human methods. Abraham also moved to Egypt and lied to people there about Sarah. Even still, the promises God made to Abraham were valid, as were His promises to Isaac and Jacob. God did not rescind His promise due to Abraham's disobedience as His covenant with Abraham was unconditional.When Abraham's descendants, the nation of Israel, chose to disbelieve God's promise to protect, bless, and guide them, God gave them over to bondage and separation from Himself. After 430 years in Egypt (a time of judgment), God had mercy and provided Moses to lead them out from under certain death—in the Passover, then again from the Egyptian army.
At Mount Sinai God reminded the people, "You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel" When the people were on the brink of entering into the Promised Land, at Mount Sinai, God moved onto the fifth dispensation, that of the Law.
The dispensation of Law – God gave the Law to help His people understand righteousness and sin, and to point to the Messiah, but the Law didn't save people, nor was it ever meant to. The Law also did not abolish the Abrahamic covenant, which is unconditional and is still awaiting final fulfillment.
During the dispensation of Law, the Law defined for the Israelites how and when God would bless their nation based on their ability to keep the Law. Of course, people are not able, on their own, to reach the level of righteousness that God demands, as evidenced almost immediately after the Law was given when Aaron and the people created a false god in the form of a golden calf.
Though punished, Israel then tried to establish righteousness through ceremony and detailed examination of the minute definitions of the Mosaic laws which they used to pursue their own holiness. Their myopic focus on the Law prevented them from even recognizing and embracing their Messiah.
The Law was for Israel only, and not Gentiles, as Jesus explained in; Mark 12:29–30; “Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. Paul also explained that the Law was for Israel, not Gentiles, and not the Church. This covenant made through the Law lasted thousands of years, but still was temporary. It ended when the new covenant was established.
Failure to uphold the Law characterized Israel's history from Mount Sinai until 70 AD when the temple was destroyed. However, as all God's dispensations, the dispensation of Law served the purpose for which it was instituted. The Law was fulfilled in Jesus. As He said, Matthew 5:17; "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them". Jesus' fulfillment means that we, by putting our faith in Him, may also be justified by Him, and not through the Law.
Jesus's fulfillment of the Law ushered in the sixth dispensation, that of grace (God's relationship with people by the Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus), which is followed by the final dispensation, the millennial kingdom (God's establishment of justice and His rule).
The dispensation of Grace – The dispensation of grace, also called the Church Age, refers to the creation and expansion of the church. God bestowed grace to humans through the death of His Son and the coming of the Holy Spirit into believers' lives. The central Scripture related to this dispensation is found in; Acts 2:38–39 says, Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”
The offer of salvation is extended to all people, both Jew and Gentile. The Church is made up of individuals experiencing God's saving grace through Jesus Grace is the undeserved benevolence of God offered to people. The Bible tells us that God uses grace in many ways, including to support us, teach us, and discipline us.
As the Church grows and matures (is sanctified) in Christ, a picture of a perfect relationship with God is viewed. Though that perfection will not be realized until heaven, the Holy Spirit provides us a relationship with God through Jesus now.
The Church, that is, the body of believers, will return to earth with Jesus at His second coming after which will come the seventh dispensation, that of the Millennial Kingdom of Christ.
The dispensation of the Millennial Kingdom - Revelation 20:4-6; “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.”
Stewardship during this time, The resurrected Old Testament saints, the glorified Church, and survivors of the Tribulation and their descendants, in which King David would be a part of. What their roles will be, only God knows.
The Period of time during the Millennial Kingdom, From the Second Coming of Jesus Christ until the final rebellion, a period of one thousand years.
The Responsibility of those that entered the Millennial Kingdom, To be obedient, remain undefiled, and worship the Lord Jesus; Isaiah 11:3-5; “His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist.”
Zechariah 14:9; “And the Lord shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be—“The Lord is one,” And His name one.”
Grace: Jesus Christ restores creation and rules righteously in Israel, with all saints assisting; Isaiah 11:1-5; “There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of His ears; But with righteousness He shall judge the poor,And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, And faithfulness the belt of His waist.”
Matthew 25:31-46; “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and you gave Me food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you took Me in; I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
“Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
“Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry, and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty, and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
“Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
These will be the most devastating words you will hear. Especially because God blessed you with many riches and you used them only for your own purpose. You could have helped thousands of people and yet you declined to help anybody but yourself. Thousands of people starved to death, and you had the where with all to help them and you didn’t. If you are still alive and well, and you possess many riches, now is the time to help those that can’t help themselves. If you do it in the name of Jesus Christ, you will be blessed by God. It is a promise from Him. If you decline to help others, remember this, you will not take anything you own on earth with you and you will most likely be cast into the “Lake of Burning Fire” for all eternity with nothing. Pain, Torment and suffering forever, because of the choices that you made on earth while you had the chance to serve Jesus Christ. Life is a vapor, eternity is forever.
Now, before I end this teaching, let me share with you something that should get you thinking. Let me start out with what The Apostle Peter said in the following verses. 2 Peter 3:8; “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
God gave us six days to work, and He gave us the seventh day to rest. We have just spent six thousand years on earth but in Gods eyes, it has only been six days. We are now entering the seven thousandth year of existence here on earth or the seventh day in Gods eyes which is the day of rest. The thousand years that are in the very near future will be one thousand years of rest. Just think about it this way, In Gods eyes we have just spent six days, now just as He has promised, we will enter the seventh day which in our time frame will be one thousand years. After that, those that accepted Jesus Christ, will enter heaven in the most imaginable setting possible for those that received Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. The Bible is full of patterns, once you understand those patterns and examples God gave us to follow, many things will make so much more sense.
The thousand years millennial kingdom will start out with no evil people. But like history teaches us, over time, evil corrupts evil. God will show us that the heart is deceitfully wicked and over time man’s rebellion will one more time corrupt the world. We read this fact in the following Bible verses;
Revelation 20:7-10; “Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
This will end time as we know it, but right after God has once and for all ended Satan’s reign, we read what will happen to all those that rejected Jesus Christ.
Revelation 20:11-15; Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
It’s over! This will be your day in court where you will stand before Jesus Christ and be sentenced to the “Lake of Burning Fire” forever. Not because you sinned, but because you didn’t receive the free gift of grace given to all who have trusted in Jesus Christ for their salvation. Everybody who stands before Jesus at this Judgement will be cast into the Lake of Burning Fire. One sin unrepented of will send you to hell, so don’t think for a moment that you will be judged by how good you were. You either die in your sins, which is eternity in “The Lake of Burning Fire” or you spend eternity in the most beautiful environment imaginable, or should I say unimaginable. No way out at this time. Your eternal destination had been sealed.
So, You have a choice, do you want to live the rest of your life enjoying the pleasures of sin for a season, which could end very soon, or do you want to prepare yourself for the kingdom that God has prepared for those that have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. The next step of your existence is eternity. There are only two options, eternity with Jesus in a perfect environment, or eternity separated from Jesus forever. The Bible has a many names for this eternal dwelling outside of God's existence, such as outer darkness and the lake of burning fire, and quite frankly, none of them sound like a place that I want to be. You have to make the choice now, tomorrow might be too late. Eternity with Jesus or eternity without Jesus! Are you taking the Christian life seriously? If this were your last day on earth, how would you spend it? In amusement? Or in evangelism? Stop believing the lies that are being taught in our country today, get into the Bible where the Holy Spirit will guide you through all truth with wisdom and knowledge.
John 16:13; “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.”
The Holy Spirit is guiding many born-again believers and telling them things that are coming, and coming soon! Are you listening or are you mocking? It’s up to you what you decide! Nobody can make that decision for you!
Now, I know a lot of people will mock this message because the Bible says very few will be that find the way. My hope is that regardless of what you believe, I ask that you please keep this message at your disposal because when millions of people mysteriously vanish from existence, and they will, you can read this message again and hopefully you will turn to Jesus Christ. It is then that you will know that I knew what I was talking about. There is hope for you if you miss the rapture, but know this, if you choose to go through the tribulation, you will be put through the worst time in human history. You can escape this horror, but only you can make that choice.
One more thing, I feel the Holy Spirit has been tugging at my heart with a sense of urgency, which means there may be less time than we think before the rapture of the church takes place. Once again, only God knows for sure what is in the immediate future, but He is giving us more signs and warnings than we could have ever imagined.
Be wise or be foolish.
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