The 1,000 Year Reign Of Christ - Part Six

Revelation Chapter 20 describes all the events that will take place at the end of the 1,000 year reign of Christ. Verse 11 says, "Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it." This verse is describing what is known as the "Great White Throne Judgement." Our message will describe this God - Ordained event and its extreme importance for all people - Jews and Gentiles.

A detailed description of the Great White Throne Judgement can be found in John 5:24-29 in which Jesus says, "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has ever lasting life and shall not come into judgement but has passed from death into life. Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. For as The Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. And has given Him authority to execute judgement also, because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the grave will hear His voice and come forth - those who have done good to the resurrection of life and those who have done evil to the resurrection of condemnation." 

Notice that God The Father has given all the authority of judgement to Jesus The Son. Verse 24 is very important because it says that those who believe in Jesus as their Savior will go to Heaven when they die and will not stand before Jesus at the Great White Throne Judgement!

John 5:25-29 describes all unsaved people standing before Jesus as He judges their lives. Verses 25, 29 says "The hour is coming" in describing this event that will happen at the end of the 1,000 year reign of Christ. Verse 29 is critically important because it clearly separates those saved from those unsaved. The saved will spend Eternity in Heaven with God The Father and Jesus The Son while the unsaved will spend eternity in "condemnation" or in hell.

We come now to the most critical time of our series on the 1,000 year reign of Christ and ask the question - Are You Saved, Do You Know Jesus As Your Lord And Savior? Romans 10:9 says, "That if you confess with your mouth The Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead you will be saved."

If you realize it is time to receive Jesus as your Savior, please pray with me:

Jesus, I know I am a sinner . . . Please forgive me of all of my sins - past, present, future . . . I confess Jesus as my Lord . . . I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead . . . I am saved!

Hallelujah, Bless His Holy Name!

Frank

 

The 1,000 Year Reign Of Christ - Part Five

Revelation 20:7-8 says, "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."

When believers in Jesus Christ read the above verses, I would think most of them wonder why will Jehovah God release Satan at the end of the 1,000 year reign of Christ? This is an excellent question because Satan once again will gather a large army to destroy Jerusalem.

To properly understand why Jehovah God will allow this event to happen we need to look at the Garden of Eden and the fall of Adam and Eve. God created man and woman with the ability to decide what is good and what is evil. This is known as Freewill. Genesis 3:6 shows Adam and Eve disobeying God and bringing sin into the world.

Many Bible scholars believe Satan is released at the end of the 1,000 years to give those living at that time one more chance to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. We need to realize 1,000 years is a very long time and many people will be born in that time period. 

God Desires For ALL People - ALL Of His Creation - To Be Saved!

However, they must decide for themselves. The release of Satan means they must decide to spend Eternity in Heaven or Hell. The 1,000 year reign of Christ will be so peaceful it will be similar to living in Heaven but be on earth. Even living in these glorious conditions it is believed there will be those who still refuse to accept Jesus as their Savior. We all need to know without a doubt that Jesus is our Lord and Savior!

In conclusion, what will happen when Satan and his armies attempt to attack Jerusalem? Revelation 20:9-10 says, "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. And the devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire." This time Satan is cast into the lake of fire for eternity! 

What A Mighty God We Serve!

Frank   

The 1,000 Year Reign Of Christ - Part Four

Our messages about the 1,000 Year Reign Of Christ illustrated the major theme of Jehovah God being the God of Restoration. We have learned during Christ's Reign God will restore:

His Presence Among His People

True Peace On Earth

The Total Land Given To His Chosen People

The message this week will concentrate on the Restoration of the Jewish people as a Blessing to the world. Genesis 12:2,3 shows God speaking to Abraham, "I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing . . . and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." These verses are a prophetic word in which God is saying to Abraham that your descendants will become a nation that will be a "Blessing To All Families Of The Earth." This Word from God has happened somewhat but not to the degree planned by Jehovah God.

However, during the Reign Of Christ this desire of God will take place. God's love and favor for His Chosen People will be recognized by all the nations of the earth. Zechariah 8:22,23 says, "Yes, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek The Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before The Lord. Thus says The Lord of Hosts: 'In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'" God's Chosen People will be teachers and proclaimers of His Word and nations will come to Jerusalem to learn.

At least two of God's Feasts will be celebrated during the Reign Of Christ. Zechariah 14:16,17 says, "And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship The King, The Lord Of Hosts and to keep the Feast Of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever of the family of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship The King, The Lord Of Hosts, on them there will be no rain."

Notice the importance God places on keeping His Feasts. There will be no rain for those who do not keep the Feast Of Tabernacles. It is also believed Passover will be observed during the Reign Of Christ. 

WE SERVE A GOD OF RESTORATION . . . BLESS HIS HOLY NAME!

May The Lord Bless You And Keep You This Day And Every Day,

Frank

  

 

 

The 1,000 Year Reign Of Christ - Part Three

This will be the third in our series of messages about The 1,000 Year Reign Of Jesus Christ over all the earth. In our messages to date, we have learned: 

God Will Restore True Peace On Earth

God Will Restore His Living Among His People

Jesus Will Be King Over All The Earth

Jesus will reign from the rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem in the restored full State of Israel. What do we mean by the restored full State of Israel? We need to first realize that the current land of Israel is just a portion of the total land given by God to His Chosen People as part of the Abrahamic Covenant.

When God was establishing His Covenant with Abraham and His descendants, who are the Jewish People, He said to Abraham in Genesis 15:18, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates."  This land covers a major part of the current Middle East including North Egypt, current Israel, Gaza, Judea, Samaria, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. The Jews have never lived on all of this God given land. During the 1,000 Year Reign of Christ and into Eternity they will indeed live in all of this land! Hallelujah! 

There are two vitally important reasons why Jehovah God will open all this land to His Chosen People. We live in a prophetic time when the Jewish people are moving back to Israel from every part of the world. There are over 700 Scriptures in the Word of God predicting this event. It is believed the year 2020 will see more Jews moving back to Israel than ever before. This relocation of God's People will be completed at the start of The Reign of Christ.

Additionally, since the Fall of Man in the Garden of Eden, Jehovah God has desired to live again among His people. The Reign Of Christ will restore this 6,000 year desire of God. It is also believed that the restored Land of Israel is approximately the same size as the Garden of Eden and in the same location!

What A Mighty God We Serve! He Is The God Of Restoration!

May The Lord Bless You And Keep You This Day And Every Day,

Frank

The 1,000 Year Reign Of Christ - Part Two

We started a new series last week and learned when the 1,000 Year Reign Of Jesus Christ starts after the Tribulation Period there will be True Peace on earth and Jehovah God will live among His People. This week we will look at how and why Jesus is entitled to reign on earth.

Even before Jesus was born there were prophetic messages predicting that He will rule and reign not only over Israel but over the whole earth. Isaiah 9:6 says, "For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder." Additionally, Luke 1:30-33 says, "Then the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His Father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever and of His kingdom there will be no end.'" These verses illustrate that the day is coming  when the government of the world will be on the shoulders of Jesus.

How is Jesus entitled to rule the whole world? God ordained it plus Jesus is in the lineage of Abraham and King David. In fact, when we look at the genealogy of Jesus as outlined in Matthew Chapter one we learn Jesus is the Son of David and the Son of Abraham. Jehovah God says to Abraham in Genesis 17:6 "I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of You and kings shall come from You." God was saying kings will come through Abraham - David and Jesus.

In closing, we will look at how Jehovah God places Jesus on the Throne of David. Jehovah God said about Jesus in Matthew 22:44, "Sit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool." As a result, Jesus has been sitting at God's Right Hand ever since ever interceding for all the saints. {Hebrews 7:25.} 

We have learned  previously that Jesus arrives on a White Horse and defeats Satan and his armies during the Battle of Armageddon. {Revelation19:11-16.} On His robe is written: KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS. JESUS WILL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH DURING HIS 1,000 YEAR REIGN! 

May The Lord Bless You And Keep You In His Care,

Frank    

The 1,000 Year Reign Of Christ

Last week's message highlighted the end of the Tribulation Period when the following events will take place: {Revelation Chapters 19, 20}

Jesus physically comes back to earth and wins the Battle Of Armageddon 

Jesus casts the Anti-Christ and the False Prophet into the Lake of Fire

Jesus binds Satan into the Bottomless Pit for a 1,000 years 

Once the Battle of Armageddon is finished, Jesus returns to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. It is believed Jesus will come back to the same location on the Mount of Olives from which He ascended to Heaven as described in Acts 1:11.

Why will the 1,000 year reign of Christ take place? This glorious event is the fulfillment of a number of prophetic scriptures that promise true peace on earth. Isaiah 2:2-4 says, "Now this 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 all nations shall flow to it. Many people shall come and say, 'come, let us go up to the mountain of The Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths.' He shall judge between the nations and shall rebuke many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation." There will be total peace on earth! Hallelujah!

Additionally, Jehovah God will live among His people just as it was in the Garden of Eden. Ezekiel 37:26-28 says, "Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God and they shall be My people. The nations also will know that I, The Lord, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore."

Next week's message will show how Jesus was born to be the Savior Of The World but also to Rule And Reign over all the nations of the world for 1,000 years. Bless His Holy Name.

May The Lord Bless You And Keep You This Day And Every Day,   

Frank

The Future Of Israel - Part Ten

In this last message about The Future Of Israel we will learn about Jesus physically coming back to earth and in the process destroying the Anti-Christ and his armies. Jehovah God has been in control from Creation to this current day. Hallelujah!

We learned in one of our earlier messages that the Anti-Christ will be identified shortly after the Rapture of the Church. He will then establish a supposed Peace Treaty with Israel allowing them to build their third Temple in Jerusalem. However, this is a massive deception! The Anti-Christ has no intention of functioning in "Peace" with Israel. His goal is to destroy Israel and set up his empire in the whole world.

After three and a half years or half way through the Tribulation Period, the Anti-Christ will break his treaty with Israel and take control of Jerusalem establishing the throne of his evil empire in the Jewish temple demanding all people worship him as God. This is called the "Abomination Of Desolation."

At the end of the seven year Tribulation Period, the Anti-Christ will attempt to get control of the world during the Battle Of Armageddon most likely to be the largest war in history. Zechariah 12:2,3 says, "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it." 

Suddenly "Then I saw Heaven open, and behold a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True and in righteousness He judges and makes war. And the armies in Heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. . . And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: King Of Kings and Lord Of Lords." {Revelation 19:11,14-16}

Jesus returns to Jerusalem on the Mount Of Olives setting up His Earthly Kingdom. The Anti-Christ and the False Prophet are thrown in the Lake Of Fire and Satan is bound for 1,000 years. What A Mighty God We Serve! 

Next week we will start a new series of messages about the Thousand Year Reign of Jesus Christ.

My The Lord Bless And Keep You In His Loving Hands,

Frank