Part 6 of 6 – Kingdom of God

Equipping God's Saints (Followers of Christ) through the Prophecies of the End Times …

The Bible also tells us in Isaiah 65:20 that life spans will be elongated back to the way they were in the beginning of time. It says:

“... for the child shall die an hundred years old ...”

Can you imagine going to a funeral (there will be funerals during the millennium because there will be mortals on earth), they ask, “How old was he?”

The answer may be, “Oh, he was 100. Just a kid.”

People will again live like they did in the beginning. Remember how Methuselah lived 969 years? Adam lived over 900 years. That's the way it's going to be during the millennial reign of Jesus Christ.

There is another thing I love to think about …

The Bible teaches us that Satan is going to be bound during the entire 1,000 years. Can you imagine a world without a devil? It is going to be a wonderful situation.

The majority of people serve Satan now because he's the god of this age. When he's bound, the majority of people will serve God, instead.

What happens after the 1,000 years of peace, the millennium? Revelation 20:7-8 tell us:

“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.”

Satan's loosed. He goes out once again and begins to spread his deceit. He's able, once again, to deceive the nations, Gog and Magog [referring to Russia] in particular. The Bible tells us that he will influence them to come down against Jesus Christ at Jerusalem.

Why in the world does God loose Satan? The only answer I can come up with is that before he culminates everything, he wants the people who live during the millennium to once again have free choice between himself and Satan. If He's [Jesus Christ] going to take people into eternity with eternal life, He wants to make sure that they have chosen of their own free will to follow Him.

In Revelation 20:9, when the armies of Gog and Magog come down against Jesus Christ, the Bible says:

“And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city [Jerusalem]: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.”

God said, “Enough already. I'm not putting up with this anymore.” The enemies of Jesus Christ will be consumed by fire from heaven.

Revelation 20:10 then tells us:

“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”

Satan joins the Antichrist and the False Prophet. Remember, they were cast into the lake of fire 1,000 years before. The Bible says, “They will be tormented day and night for ever and for ever.”

Then comes the Great White Throne Judgement. Revelation 20:11-12 says:

“And I saw a great white throne, and him that 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, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things that were written in the books, according to their works.”

All people who were not in the rapture that do not already have eternal life, are going to come before this Great White Throne of Judgment. It's here that they are going to be judged according to their works. I don't know exactly how that judgment is going to be, but I know it will be just because God, who sits on the throne, who knows all things and will make perfect judgment in all matters, will determine the eternal destination of all people at that time.

Finally, in Revelation 20:13-15, it says:

“And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”

Remember in Revelation 20:6 it says:

“Blessed and holy [those who made the Rapture] is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power...”

Whatever you do, make sure you are in the first resurrection. You will not have to appear before the Great White Throne of Judgment. You will have received eternal life over 1,000 years before that particular time.

What happens after the Great White Throne of Judgment? Ephesians 3:21 refers to it:

“Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughtout all ages, world without end. Amen.”

We know that when fire falls from heaven, it consumes the mortals. That will be the end of humanity as we know it. The human experiment will be over. God will have brought out of humanity this special group of people that actually will be His bride that will rule and reign with Him during the millennium.

Not just during the millennium. We don't know what all God's plans are, but God has big plans for us beyond what we know now.

WORLD WITHOUT END. AMEN.

If you want to be a part of the Kingdom of God, Jesus Christ said, Himself,

“Except a person is born again, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.”

Whatever you do, I hope you will make sure you understand what being born again is really all about. That's what it takes for you to be a part of this eternal Kingdom.

Resources: The anointing of the Holy Spirit and God Almighty, of whom I am accountable to. I have prayed diligently and am led to follow and support the teachings of Pastor Irvin Baxter from Endtime Ministries and his teachings of Understanding the End Times. I encourage you to visit his website at endtime.com.