PROPHECY: The Millennial Reign of Jesus.
Now with the great deceiver, Satan, out of the way, we find the opportunity for Jesus Christ to rule the earth for one thousand years.
THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF JESUS
With three worldviews of the Millennium, one being started by a universalist, the second being formed by the Catholic church, and the third being based upon the Bible, Pre-millennialism, we have our worldview.
The abyss, Hell, has a key that can be opened only by God. This means that until this moment, Hell is locked shut until an angel from God opens it for its first guest – Satan, the serpent of old.
Now with the great deceiver, Satan, out of the way, we find the opportunity for Jesus Christ to rule the earth for one thousand years.
As per God’s norm, He reserves a special punishment for the master of all evil – Satan. This creature has been taunting the works of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Bride of Christ since the beginning of humanity. His prison term is one thousand years. Since God knows that Satan is the author of lies, God must contain him while His Son conducts the one-thousand-year reign as King of kings. All His faithful ones, past and present, must have a clear conscience during the thousand-year rule of the Kingdom of God on earth. This period is called the Millennial Reign of Christ.
Moments after the imprisonment of Satan, God calls all souls forward – those who gave their lives for the Gospel of Jesus, those who had not worshiped the Beast or his image – the 144,000 pure bloodline Jews. Remember that the Bride of Christ that was Raptured from the earth & those that died in Christ since His first Coming come back with Jesus in His Second Coming. The 144,000 Jews are already with Him. The Bride of Christ will be present. However, they will be in the New Jerusalem that emerges from the sky. So, all the past & present Saints are with Him. The Saints rule with Jesus throughout His thousand years. This is classified as the first resurrection of the Saints. However, the remainder of the dead who will be condemned under the ”resurrection of condemnation” will not be called forward until the end of the thousand years, which will be for judgment (Rev. 20:4-5).
What is the purpose of the thousand-year reign?
It is the Holy Sabbath of the creation of the earth. As God created the earth in six human days and rested on the seventh, God conducts the same method regarding the earth, but this time through the calculations of God. One day to God is a thousand years to humanity. God gives humanity 6,000 years to either honor God’s rules of management of the earth or to allow them to destroy it. The seventh Day of the Lord is the beginning of the Millennial Reign of Christ – His day of rest. There you have it, one statement to explain generations of mysteries.
The Millennial Reign is the time for God to hand out His rewards to His Saints. Each of His elect will receive the promise of being rewarded for faithfulness.
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with might, with His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him and His recompense before Him. (Isaiah 40:10)
Contrary to the popular grace movement, Jesus hands out rewards to His Bride due to their deeds. "For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN REPAY EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS. (Matthew 16:27)
More significantly, the ultimate reward is handed to all authentic believers. "Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. (Matthew 25:34)
Let’s face it. Most believers don’t like to embrace the reality that what we do or don’t do on earth will impact the measurement of rewards during this time. The reason is most resist rewards for performance. While the rewards are NOT based on human efforts, they ARE based on releasing the Life of Christ to perform through us as temples of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is a kind and rewarding Husband. He uses the beginnings of His Millennial Reign to deliver the rewards promised throughout the Scriptures.
The Coming Kingdom is what every Jew and graphed Jew has been waiting for. This is it – the Millennium. God’s promise that Jesus would come as King of kings to rule over the earth with His Saints as co-regents is actualized during this time. The first time He came, He met resistance from all sides of humanity and demonic rule. Now that Satan is chained, His Second Coming is without resistance or rejection. He must rule in this compacity until the Lord’s Day of Rest is complete. Then all the faithful will be ushered to the new Heaven and Earth. And sad to say, after the Great White Throne of Judgment takes place, all the unfaithful will be delivered to the pit of Hell for eternity.
Throughout the Millennium, authentic peace will dominate the world. Jesus will sit on His throne, rule the nations, bless the people remaining, and give Israel what He promised – their land. All without an ounce of evil. No deception or unrighteous thoughts or deeds will surface because the evil one is bound. This is the time that the Lord fulfills His promise to David.
"Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'" (2 Samuel 7:16)
Furthermore, the promise archangel Gabriel gave Mary comes to life. "He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end." (Luke 1:32-33)
Jesus’s one-thousand-year reign will be a time of perfect peace – real peace. There will be no temptations of rebellion, coups, or disruptions. It will be a time of promised prosperity. There will be zero cases of hunger, famines, or global confusion. Israel itself will flourish beyond anything imaginable – without selfishness. Every land and nation will be filled with purity. Because of this, prolonged life, like in the days of Noah, will be the mainstay. Joy will dominate the hearts and minds of all those alive during this time. All will know that Jesus’s first coming was as a Savior; the Millennial Reign will disclose and prove His Second Coming is to be our King.
The Millennial period answers the disciple's prayer.
His coming Kingdom has come (Matt. 6:10). The Millennial Reign answers the aged question: Why do we need Jesus Christ? God reveals what it looks like to have a world without evil. He marks the reason why His Son had to die on the Cross. The new Kingdom immediately shows humanity what life is like without humanity's depraved mindset, void of Satan's influence. However, there is a bit of challenging news in all this. At the end of the Thousand years, Satan is released to ignite one more rebellion. As soon as the author of lies is released, it permeates many minds. Why would God do this? It is simple; God tests whom He loves. The individuals who are faithful to endure to the end, those He saves. Plus, this final rebellion sets up for the Great White Throne of Judgement, where both the faithful and rebellious ones will stand before the Living God for either consequence of Hell or the New Heaven and Earth.
Explained so very well ! Thank you .
Thanks for this good introduction!