MILLENNIUM-Part One

“Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the bottomless pit and a heavy chain in his hand. He seized the dragon—that old serpent, who is the devil, Satan—and bound him in chains for a thousand years. The angel threw him into the bottomless pit, which he then shut and locked so Satan could not deceive the nations anymore until the thousand years were finished.” Revelation 20:1-3

This is the final moment of what will someday be the seven year tribulation. After everything Satan does to destroy the world in only seven years, this is where it ends for him. Well…at least for a long time. But we’ll get to that in the fourth part of our series about Christ’s Millennial Reign.

As you can tell, this series will not focus on the tribulation itself, but instead the one thousand years after it. The bible gives us a lot of information concerning these years and I hope to bring everyone encouragement through this series, as well as maybe some knowledge you did not know. As we get further into this study keep in mind that no matter how amazing things seem, the kingdom Christ rules for a thousand years is not Heaven. It may seem that way, but it’s not.

One of the first questions that came to my mind concerning this topic was, “who will live in the millennial kingdom? Will I get to be part of it?” The Bible tells us in the Old and New Testament just who will be amongst those in the millennial kingdom. In the beginning (after the tribulation) this group of people will meet before Jesus. Now just try and imagine the fact that everyone standing before Jesus at this time is a believer! How do we know this? Because Jesus has already thrown Satan and his followers into the pit so all that can remain are believers. And it will be that in this time Jesus will put those individuals to the right of His throne and announce who they are.

Those that will live in the millennial kingdom will include:

Believers who were apart of the rapture at the beginning of the tribulation.

Believers who died or were martyred during the tribulation.

Those who trusted Christ as their Savior during the tribulation and survived.

And finally, the Old Testament Saints (Daniel 12:2-3, 13, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 Corinthians 15:21-23, 51-53, Revelation 20:4-6).

These people can really be broken down into two groups; those with glorified bodies and those with earthly bodies who lived through the Tribulation. Because of these differences, both groups will live different lifestyles, and we’ll discuss these differences in part three of the series.

So now that we know just who will enter the millennial kingdom, what kinds of things will they experience? What will the earth’s environment look like? And will everyone speak the same language? Tune in next week, April tenth, as we dig deep into part two of our series.

If you have any questions or comments, leave a comment! :o) I’ll get back with you just as soon as I can.

Some Extra Information:

–In Christ’s reign during the millennial kingdom, David will be resurrected as king and serve under Christ (Jeremiah 30:9, 33:15-17, Ezekiel 34:23-24, 37:24-25, Hosea 3:5).

–The twelve apostles also will have part in the reign of Christ on earth and will judge the twelve tribes of Israel (Matthew 19:28)