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Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by mman, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. J. Jump

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    You can read the results in some of the parables, including the talents, pounds, virgins and wedding feast.

    You can also see this picture in the story of Abraham and Lot. Lot made it to the mountain (kingdom), but he was not dwelling in the presence of the Lord, but in a cave in shame, while Abraham was seen on top of the mountain in the presence of the Lord.

    Christ did die for our sins. That is what makes us alive spiritually (eternal savlation). But there is a temporal salvation talked about in the Bible speaking to the salvation of the soul. This is only for the 1,000-year kingdom period. Those that miss out with not rule and reign with Christ in this coming kingdom. However, they will be secure for eternal purposes, so what exactly goes on after the 1,000-year period we are not given very much information on because our focus is supposed to be on the coming Sabbath rest...the seventh day...and in order to be found worthy of that coming day we will have to be found faithful and obedient.

    Hope that answers your question at least in part. I can point you to some excellent resource material if you are interested that will be much more indepth than is possible on a message board.
     
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    I forgot to address your healing in heaven. You are correct in that there will be no more sickness or saddness in eternity, but there is a 1,000-year period that we will go through before eternity ever begins. And we must be in found a position to rule and reign with Christ during that coming time, because it is not a guaranteed position.

    So those that miss out on the 1,000-year period will in fact be in exactly the position that God wants them to be in when eternity begins, the question is are we going to enjoy the previous 1,000 years or will we be with the portion that is wailing and nashing their teeth because we missed out?

    By the way you can also see this picture in Esau selling his birthright. Once he found out that it was worth far more than he previously thought it was he sought repentence from his father with tears, but his father would not repent (change his mind).

    So it will be in that day when Christians realize the value of the inheritance that they are throwing away by focusing on the things of this world, instead of the Spiritual things of God. They will seek repentance from their Father once they realize the worth of the inheritance, but they will find not repentance. They will miss the 1,000-year period.

    I'm not sure the Bible gives specifics as to what will happen during that period, but we can know that it will not be a pleasant experience or anywhere even remotely close to it.

    We must be diligent and fully aware of what is going on so that coming day will not overwhelm us or take us like a thief.
     
  3. Hope of Glory

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    That is my hope. That is the Hope of Glory that is spoken of. Our hope is not that we are spiritually saved forever; we have that assurance, if we have accepted the Lord Jesus as our savior. But, our hope is for glory!

    That's why it's important to take Scriptures as a whole and build line upon line; so there's no mistaking it. What I said was not a dig at all; it was simply that you should accept what I say because I will be presenting it from a Scriptural viewpoint. But, it will include all Scriptures from the beginning to the end and not a few isolated passages that can easily be taken out of context.

    So, why do we look at types?

    [1 Corinthians 10:11] The OT has been called, “The Neglected Continent of the Bible.” Many know the OT for just a few favorite chapters. Others think of it only as giving a few biographical sketches. But many don't realize that for every New Testament doctrine, there is a type in the OT. Historical events took place as recorded in the OT in order to illustrate, typify, or symbolize NT truths.

    The OT contains the object lesson, and the NT contains the explanation of that object lesson. Proverbs 25:2 says, “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.” The OT is God's picture book; His object lessons; His building blocks. In the NT these blocks are put together and they always spell out or point to some phase of the person or work of the Lord Jesus Christ and our relation to Him. The coats of skin with which God covered Adam and Eve; the sacrifices of Cain and Abel; the names of the Old Testament characters; Noah's Ark; Egypt; Pharaoh; the ten plagues; the Passover; the Red Sea; the wilderness; the manna; the Jordan River; the land of promise, etc. — All of these are types and are written for our admonition.

    Our Lord rebuked the disciples on the road to Emmaus as "fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets had spoken". The prophets spoke in type, symbol, materials, colors, animals, buildings, persons, events, and in diverse manners concerning Christ. Just think for one minute — everything in the Tabernacle: the shape, materials, colors — all that was in the Tabernacle portrays something about Christ and His ministry and work.

    In the Book of [Hebrews 5:10, 11], the Spirit of the Lord rebukes Christians very sharply for their imperfect knowledge of Melchizedek as a type of Christ in His coming Kingdom, when He shall be the Prince of peace and King of kings; thus beyond any shadow of doubt, it is the duty and privilege of Christians, with the help of the Holy Spirit of God, to search into the types of the Scripture and come to a correct understanding of them. In fact, the types of Scripture — especially those relating to Christ's return, rule, judgment, kingdom, and the part Christians may have in this kingdom, and kindred subjects — are called by the Spirit of the Lord, the "meat of the Word". Christians are urged to leave the milk of the Word (the elementary things pertaining to salvation) and to go on to maturity by feeding on the meat; the types of the Word of Righteousness — the OT.

    Though the word “type” does not occur in the KJV, it does occur in the Greek text. In 1 Corinthians 10:6-11, we have the word tupoi from the word tupos, from which comes our English word type. In Hebrews 9:24 and 1 Peter 3:21, we have the words antitupa and antitupon from which comes our word antitype. A type is a divine illustration of some truth or doctrine, which is foreshadowed. For instance, the Passover lamb and its characteristics (blood — shedding, application of the blood on the doorposts and lintel, which brought deliverance to the firstborn of Israel; the blood was not for all the children of Israel) all these are types of the Lord Jesus Christ. Egypt is a type of the world from which we are delivered. The wilderness (remember, Israel was in the Promised Land while they were still in Goshen) is a type of our pilgrimage from the time of salvation until we enter the Land Flowing With Milk and Honey. Canaan is a type of the Millennial land and the reign of Christ and His saints who qualify to reign with Him.

    JJump has already started with Eve as a type of the Bride, and that's a good starting point. I will continue later.
     
  4. tamborine lady

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    HofG said:That's why it's important to take Scriptures as a whole and build line upon line; so there's no mistaking it. What I said was not a dig at all; it was simply that you should accept what I say because I will be presenting it from a Scriptural viewpoint. But, it will include all Scriptures from the beginning to the end and not a few isolated passages that can easily be taken out of context.

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    Tam says: Sorry, but if I listened to everyone I came across who said they presented stuff from scripture, I could really be led astray.

    And I still maintain that what I believe has nothing to do with what you believe, so what I believe has nothing to do with your answer. It's either true or not.

    In my opinion, you are wrong. But that's just my opinion.

    The body of Christ becomes the Bride of Christ, because when we are the bride, Jesus himself is the groom.

    Later,

    Tam
     
  5. music4Him

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    Amen Tam!

    This is what has me questioning HofG and J.Jumps idea of the Bride. The fact remains that out of the Church (the saved people who have trusted Jesus for their salvation) only a few will be chosen to be the bride to be taken out of the church to form the bride? See for the OSAS crowd this might be a little dissapointing for the ones that are not chosen as a part of the bride. What would make one spotless? The blood of Jesus so far is all I know that can make one clean. Then compared to the scripture.........

    Eph 5:25-27
    Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
    26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
    27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.


    Even in comparison to Adams rib being taken out of him so that God could make Eve....
    The way it looks as you both are saying it is that the rib (the Bride) is taken out of the Bride (the Church) to make the bride.
    To where the way I understand it and logic is saying Jesus is the groom and his bride (the church) will be taken out of him, to form the bride (who is the church). The church is all the people who love Jesus, believes in Jesus unto salvation and they make up the whole body with all their different parts in the body.
     
  6. gekko

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    J.jump. just to correct you a little bit here: the parables of the talents, virgins, wedding feast etc. are speaking of true and false conversions. and what will happen to the both of them on the day of judgement. its not a pick-and-choose for who is the "bride." those who are true believers are with Christ.

    and for the 1000 year reign.
    Revelation 20:4 "and i saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them and i saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."
    and you say that whoever is not in the thousand year reign will be in hell?
    mmm. no. read verse five: "But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection."
    verse six: "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."
    oh. another thousand years? wait. but the first resurrection happens after the thousand years is over. how could they in the first resurrection reign with Christ a thousand years... after the thousand years is up? or is it two thousand? or is there something we just wont understand until we're with the Lord?

    those who are true. are of the "bride." those who are not. aren't. plain as that.
     
  7. Hope of Glory

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    I've read these parables many times and nowhere does it say that there were 5 true virgins and 5 false virgins; they are all called virgins.

    The man was in the wedding feast. He was there! What did he do? Sneak in and God didn't notice?

    They all had the talents. What did the one with 1 talent do? Steal it without God knowing about it?
     
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    HofG, if we did accept your teaching (which I don't) what happens to the ones that are not the bride??

    Gekko, there is only one "thousand year reign of Christ", the saved are raised and reign with him and then at the end of the 1000 yrs, the unsaved are raised, and sent to their punishment, but that's another story. But I think you know that already! ;)

    Peace,

    Tam
     
  9. Hope of Glory

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    Boy, I wonder who they reign over? I mean, if everyone reigns...

    My great-grandfather used to tell my cousins and me when we would fight over who would be the leader of whatever game we were playing, "We can't all be chiefs". God says the same thing. Some will rule and reign.
     
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    Check this out. This says it better than I ever could.

    Question: "What does it mean that the church is the bride of Christ?"

    Answer: The body of Christ is identified as those who have trusted in Jesus Christ as their personal savior and have been given the Holy Spirit to indwell them. The scriptures are clear that since the day of Pentecost in Acts 2, all believers are placed into the body of Christ by the baptizing of the Holy Spirit. So all believers today are in the body of Christ as Ephesians 4 states.



    The bride of Christ speaks of the same persons mentioned above but is really a looking ahead to the time when we will be united with Jesus our groom. The bride is to prepare for her wedding by keeping herself pure and focused on the groom. The New Jerusalem is compared to the bride because of it’s beauty but is never said to be the actual bride. The bride will be brought into the New Jerusalem by the groom as often is the case of the carrying over the threshold to their new abode. Here are some verses that help clarify the concepts discussed earlier:



    1 Corinthians 12:27 – You are the body of Christ – speaking of the church and those who have been given spiritual gifts.

    Ephesians 4:12 – The edifying of the body of Christ is the reason we are equipped to minister, earlier in the beginning of this chapter is the discussion on who is in the body – one faith one baptism.

    Rev. 21:2 – The new Jerusalem is beautifully adorned as a bride because it will be the home of His bride.

    Rev. 21:9 – The bride is said to be the Lamb’s wife.

    Rev. 22:17 – The Spirit and the bride say to the bridegroom, “come.”

    Ephesians 5:25-28 – The discussion of husbands and wives. Jesus sets the example by how he loved the church and gave himself for it. Church must equal wife.

    Revelation 19:7-9 – The marriage of the Lamb, the wife is dress in fine linen, clean and white which is the righteousness of the saints.


    http://www.gotquestions.org/bride-of-Christ.html

    Peace,

    Tam
     
  11. Hope of Glory

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    Well, I got this far before I encountered the first error: There is no baptism of the Holy Spirit; it is a baptism in the Holy Spirit.
     
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    You're straining at a gnat! Did you read the rest?

    You asked, who will we rule over?

    Here's the answer.

    The church will go through the tribulation. All of it. At the last trump, the dead in Christ are raised first, then those of us who are alive and remain, are lifted to meet Him in the air.
    We are changed, in the twinkling of an eye. We get our glorifird bodies. Then we return to earth immediately with Jesus to rule with Him.

    Who do we rule? We rule over the unsaved people who were not taken up in the rapture.

    Then after 1000 yrs:

    Rev 29-7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
    8 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.
    9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

    After that there is no more heaven and earth and the New Jerusalem comes down.

    If we would just take things in order it would be so much easier to understand them.

    Selah,

    Tam
     
  13. Hope of Glory

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    Well, you have the right concept here at least.
     
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    I've read these parables many times and nowhere does it say that there were 5 true virgins and 5 false virgins; they are all called virgins.

    The man was in the wedding feast. He was there! What did he do? Sneak in and God didn't notice?

    They all had the talents. What did the one with 1 talent do? Steal it without God knowing about it?
    </font>[/QUOTE]Wow I cannot believe you would class these groups of people with the "saved" when its so painfully obvious they arent.


    Matthew 22:
    12: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
    13: Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


    Matthew 25:
    10: And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
    11: Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
    12: But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

    Don’t you realize these are referring to the same people?

    Matthre 23:
    21: Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
    22: Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
    23: And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.


    Matthew 25:
    28: Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
    29: For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
    30: And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


    Claudia
     
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    One more time....what happens to the ones that are in the bride that are left once the bride is taken out of the bride? And pray tell what scripture points to this concept?
     
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    Once again, as has been pointed out:

    1 Corinthians 12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

    Look at the first picture of the type of Christ: Adam. What happened to the rest of his body after the bride was taken out?
     
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    The Real Millennium isnt like whats being protrayed on this thread from what I can see
     
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    But Jesus himself is the groom!!

    We are all the bride. I don't know where you got your concept, but it is flawed.

    If we go by your reasoning, there would be 2 grooms. The one the bride came out of and Jesus himself!

    :eek: :confused: [​IMG]

    Think about it!

    Tam
     
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    "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years." Revelation 20:6


    THE MILLENNIUM: A THOUSAND YEARS



    Armageddon is a war involving the belligerent forces of all nations. The world has known many conflicts, but Armageddon baffles the imagination. There are many causes of war, such as racial pride, colonial ambitions, desire for raw materials and markets, etc.; but the great underlying cause is the Spirit of evil and selfishness in the hearts of men. In this final conflict, the leaders and their armies are spurred on to the battle by the very spirit of devils.

    Since Armageddon is to be fought during "the day of the Lord" and just prior to the return of Jesus (Joel 3:9-13), let us study the subject in its proper setting. What events precede it, prepare the way for it, and follow after it? The answer: a whole cluster of breathtaking, world-shaking, and awe-inspiring happenings; all associated with the thousand year period of Revelation 20:1-9, called the millennium.

    The word, "millennium," does not occur in the Bible. It comes from two Latin Words: mille, meaning "a thousand," and annus, meaning "a year": thus we have millennium, or one thousand years.

    Some people think of the millennium as a thousand years of peace and prosperity here upon earth. This is quite different from the true Biblical idea.

    Never forget that Satan's business is deception. He tries to get a man to believe that what is wrong is right. He does not tell a man to believe falsehood. He poses as an "angel of light," and he has some ministers who help him (2 Corinthians 11:14-15).

    There are five current teachings about the millennium. In substance, these teachings declare:

    1. That Christ will not come the second time until the end of the millennium. This is post-millennialism. Those who believe this put Christ's coming at least one thousand years in the future. Satan is pleased thus to remove the thought and event far, far away.

    2. That the millennium will be preceded by a secret coming of Christ. This is one of the most clever deceptions Satan has ever spread among honest people. The enemy has certainly stolen a march upon men. Think of it! Although Jesus did everything, that words could do, to tell us that His coming would be open and public before saints and sinners, we find a widespread interdenominational teaching directly to the contrary.

    3. That the millennium is to be preceded by a seven-year reign of Antichrist. This also is a deception. A great host of people today, with all the glorious light of prophecy shining upon world history, do not see the real Antichrist and are looking for one to appear after Christ has come. The truth of the matter is that this false idea came as a part of the Counter-Reformation, and was introduced to offset the mighty work of such men as Luther, Calvin, Knox, Wesley, and all the other great Reformers.

    4. That the gospel will still be preached during the millennium, after the second coming of Christ. This lesson will clear up such a misconception.

    5. That Christ has already come; and the dead will be raised from time to time during the millennium and given a second chance to accept the gospel while the devil is chained up.

    If men can be led to believe any of the above five deceptions, Satan has a better chance to lead them to procrastinate. He says that Christ will not be here for at least one thousand years; so you can get ready after the secret coming of Christ. You can take a firm and glorious stand against Antichrist when he comes or, if you die unprepared, you will have a second chance. And the pity of it all is none of these statements is true.

    Dear friend, let the love of God and His holy truth be in your soul as you study this lesson. You will see the simple, clear, and beautiful Bible truth on the coming millennium.




    1 - WHAT FIVE EVENTS MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENNIUM?

    1. Second coming of Christ.

    1 Thessalonians 4:15-16 "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first."

    Jesus' advent is preceded by the seven last plagues-- most fearful scourges to strike mankind in the long history of our race. The war of Armageddon is the sixth of these plagues.

    2. Righteous dead resurrected (the first resurrection).

    Revelation 20:6 "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years."

    1 Thessalonians 4:16 "The dead in Christ shall rise first,"

    This is the "resurrection of life" to which Jesus referred (John 5:29). Only the "blessed and holy" come forth to life eternal in this-the first resurrection.

    3. Wicked living slain.

    2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 "The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven With His mighty angels. in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Thessalonians 2:8; Jeremiah 25:31-33),

    The angry nations at war with one another receive of the wrath of God as Christ, the "King of kings and Lord of lords," comes to "destroy them which destroy the earth" (Revelation 11: 18). As Sovereign Lord of the world, Christ uses His arsenal of weapons, which are much more potent than any thermonuclear devices and atomic bombs that are likely to be used in the war of Armageddon.

    2 Peter 3:10 "The heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."

    The spirits of devils inspire the Armageddon conflict. Satan rejoices in war and in the death of God's creatures. All nations from east, west, south, and north plunge into the terrible slaughter. Then God arises to punish the transgressors of His law of love.

    Jeremiah 25:30-32 "The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter His voice from his Holy habitation. , For the Lord hath a controversy with the nations. . Evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth,"

    "The kings of the earth and of the Whole world" (Revelation 16: 14) are destroyed as Christ, the great warrior of heaven, rides forth to put down the forces of rebellion (Revelation 19:11-16). All the wicked die and the earth is depopulated.

    4. All the righteous taken to heaven,

    1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 "The dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together With them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be With the Lord" (John 14:1-3).

    The resurrected saints and the living righteous are taken out of this world to heaven. Please remember that the hour is coming when mercy's voice will be hushed (Revelation 22:11). Then the seven last plagues will be poured out upon an unrepentant world. Armageddon, coming during the sixth plague, follows after man's probation has closed. Those who wait for the time of that battle to get ready for heaven will be disappointed; it will be too late then.

    Many who have long put off the day of salvation, secretly plan to make a grand rush for heaven when the opening gun of Armageddon is fired. This attitude is itself unworthy, and the plan is doomed to disappointment. Today is the day of salvation.

    5. Satan is bound.

    Revelation 20:2-3 "And He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."

    Since the blessed and holy come up in the first resurrection, at the beginning of the millennium, at Christ's second coming, we see that Christ's second coming is at the beginning of the millennium. This is what is known as the pre-millennial teaching of Christ's second coming, as opposed to the post-millennial, or after-millennial teaching.

    Jesus said that He would return and take His people to the mansions He went to prepare. That settles it for you, doesn't it? He will take all the righteous to heaven. The wicked living will perish. The wicked dead who are already in their graves will remain there. Satan will be left alone in the ruined earth, his work of deception ended for 1,000 years. Satan is sentenced to a one-thousand-year term of imprisonment in this world-the very pit of destruction. He is truly bound, "that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled."

    When the wicked are raised at the end of the 1,000 years, he will have a chance to deceive again. He will be loosed. Remember, the righteous dead will be raised at the beginning of the 1,000 years, the wicked at the close.

    2 - WHAT FOUR FACTS MARK THE 1,000 YEAR PERIOD?

    1. The earth is desolate-a bottomless pit.

    Jeremiah 4:23-"I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void."

    The desolation of the earth is brought on by a series of tragic events: (1) the awful plagues, including the general carnage and devastation of Armageddon; (2) the awesome advent of Christ in glory, at which time the wicked are destroyed by fire and the earth is broken up by a great earthquake (Revelation 16: 17-21).

    Jeremiah 4:23-27-"I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by His fierce anger. For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end."

    The expression, "bottomless pit," means a place of chaos, darkness, or desolation, and is translated from the Greek word from which we get "abyss." The same Greek word is used in the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament in Jeremiah 4:23-25, where the earth is pictured as "without form and void." The cities are broken down by an earthquake: everything is in a state of chaos. The birds have fled, and darkness covers the ugly scene of ruin.

    2. The wicked are all dead (see question 1, point 3).

    Said Jeremiah, "I beheld, and, lo, there was no man." The people are in heaven; the bad people are in the graves. The whole earth is as desolate as a ghost city.

    3. Satan is thus "bound" on a desolate earth.

    On this earth, Satan is "bound," for there is no living person on earth to deceive. He will have a thousand years' vacation from deception, a millennium to meditate on his long career of rebellion and the pitiful condition to which it has brought him. He will have plenty of time to lay plans to make a final assault against God at the end of the long, long darkness when the wicked dead shall come forth to their final brief season of life.

    4. The righteous are engaged in a work of judgment in heaven.

    Revelation 20:4-"I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgement was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands: and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years" (1 Corinthians 6:1-3).

    The Bible teaches that the saved will have a part in the judgment. But why have a judgment after all cases have been decided?

    When Christ comes, He brings His reward with Him and takes His people to heaven. But the wicked are to raised from the dead at the end of the 1,000 years, to receive the punishment of the second death. Just how will God deal with these cases? Who will be beaten with many stripes and who with few?

    Suppose you had a very dear friend on earth, but in heaven he was not to be found. Well, during the millennium you will find out just how God has dealt with his case and the cases of all others. God takes a thousand years for this work. He will run no risk of having one single doubt in any mind about His work for fallen man. When the wicked finally have sentence pronounced upon them, it will be clear to all that they deserve the punishment.

    During this period God allows the saved to sit, as it were, beside Him and learn how hard He tried to save every person. I think we shall understand Him better and love Him more after we have learned from the Saviour, Himself, His story of salvation. Don't you? When it is all over we shall say. "True and righteous are Thy judgments." There will be no soil in our hearts for the growth of seeds of doubt. "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."


    3 - WHAT SIX EVENTS MARK THE CLOSE OF THE MILLENNIUM?

    1. The wicked are raised.

    Revelation 20:5-"But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished."

    Since the righteous dead were raised one thousand years earlier, the expression, "the rest of the dead," must refer to the wicked.

    2. Satan is thus loosed to deceive.

    Revelation 20:7 "And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison."

    Now that the wicked have come forth to life again. the devil is free to ( pursue his evil work of deception.

    3. The Holy City descends from heaven.

    Revelation 21:2 "And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

    4. Satan gathers the wicked about the city.

    Revelation 20:8-9 "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. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city."

    5. The wicked are destroyed.

    Revelation 20:9 "And fire came down from God out of Heaven, and devoured them."

    This fire purifies the earth and burns up sinners and the last traces of sin.

    6. A new earth is created.

    2 Peter 3:13-14-"We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless" (Revelation 21:1-5).

    Here is the sequence of events: The wicked dead are raised: the Holy City descends to earth with the saints: Satan mobilizes the vast multitude of the wicked against the Holy City and the saints; God destroys sin, sinners, death, and hell in that last, final destruction. This is the second death. Then He creates a new earth with all the marks and tracings of sin erased, and He will dwell with His people forever. 0 what a wonderful future will be ours.

    4 - WHO WILL INHERIT A PLACE IN THE NEW EARTH?

    Galatians 3:29-"If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

    If we are Christ's. we are heirs and shall inherit a place in the new earth. This means complete surrender to Him. It means not merely to profess Christ, but to possess Christ - to believe in Him, to build on His words, and to walk in His steps. Then, at last, we shall inherit and come into possession of the realities of eternity. We shall actually be there in person.

    Revelation 21:7-"He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I Will be his God, and he shall be My son."

    Whether we are to be among God's people in the Holy City depends upon whether we are overcomers now. Whether we have our names on the roll of that city depends upon whether we get them in the book of life now, and keep them there. Whether we serve God over there depends upon whether we obey Him now.

    The next lesson is entitled "Bible Views of Heaven." It is a sweet study that will show you some of the beauties of our eternal home. How very important it is that we meet there! Be faithful, my friend, be faithful! Trust in Jesus and obey His inspired Word.


    THE BIBLICAL MILLENNIUM

    We live in the last days of history. The end of life as men now know it is nearly ended. Soon Jesus will return. We only have one period of probation and that is during our present life. The millennium will not be a thousand years of glory and peace here on earth. And it will not be an age of technological progress or a "second chance" for the wicked. All mankind will not be converted before it, during it, or after it. And neither Christ nor His redeemed ones will be on the earth during the thousand years.

    Here is the truth about the millennium and the events that mark its beginning and end:

    1 - Jesus is going to return for His people: He promised us that He would (John 14:1-3), and so we can know that He will.

    2 - There are four identifying marks of His second advent that cannot be counterfeited by false christs:

    (1) He will come so that all alive on the earth at that time can see Him return (Rev 1 :7; Acts 1 :9-11; Matt 24:30,23-27).

    (2) He will come so all can hear Him as He returns (Matt 24:31; 1 Thess 4:16).

    (3) He will come in immense glory-that of His own and the millions of angels that will come with Him (Lk 9:26; Matt 28:2-4; Matt 25:31; Rev 6:14-17).

    (4) He will come unexpectedly (Matt 24:44,36).

    3 - His second coming will mark the beginning of the millennium. Six events will take place:

    (1) He will raise the righteous dead (1 Thess 4:16).

    (2) He will catch up the righteous living together with the righteous dead-to meet Him in the clouds (1 Thess 4:17).

    (3) He will change their vile bodies to be like unto His glorious body (Phil 3:20-21) and translate them (1 Cor 15:51-55; Isa 25:9).

    (4) Having gathered all the righteous (1 Thess 4:17-18; Matt 25:34-40; 24:3031), He will take His redeemed ones to heaven (In 14:1-3; 17:24; 1 Thess 4:16-18).

    (5) He will destroy the living wicked with the brightness of His coming (Lk 17:26-30; 2 Thess 2:8).

    (6) He will bind Satan to this earth (Rev 20:23).

    4 - During the millennium, the earth will be desolate (Rev 20:3; Jer 4:23-26; Isa 24:1,3). The wicked are dead (2 Thess 2:8), and there is no man left (Isa 24:20-22; Jer 4:25-26; 25:31-33). Satan is bound on a desolate earth (Rev 20:1-3), and the righteous are in heaven (Rev 20:4,6; Dan 7:22), engaged in a work of judgment (Rev 20:4; 1 Cor 6:1-3; Acts 24:25; Jude 6).

    5 - At the close of the millennium, the Holy City descends from heaven (Rev 20:9; 21:1-5; Zech 14: 4, 9), the wicked are raised-the "second resurrection" (Rev 20:5, first part), and Satan is thus loosed to deceive them again (Rev 20:7-8). Satan and the wicked surround the City to take it (Rev 20:8-9). All of the wicked are destroyed (Rev 20:9), and this earth is made new (Rev 21:1-5; 2 Pet 3:10-14). How we long for the second coming of Christ!




    THE MILLENNIUM

    "For six thousand years, Satan's work of rebellion has 'made the earth to tremble.' He had 'made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof.' And he 'opened not the house of his prisoners.' For six thousand years his prison house has received God's people, and he would have held them captive forever; but Christ had broken his bonds and set the prisoners free.

    "Even the wicked are now placed beyond the power of Satan, and alone with his evil angels he remains to realize the effect of the curse which sin has brought. 'The kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, everyone in his own house [the grave]. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch. . Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people' " (Isaiah 14: 18-20).

    "For a thousand years, Satan will wander to and fro in the desolate earth to behold the results of his rebellion against the law of God. During this time his sufferings are intense. Since his fall his life of unceasing activity has banished reflection; but he is now deprived of his power and left to contemplate the part which he has acted since first he rebelled against the government of heaven, and to look forward with trembling and terror to the dreadful future when he must suffer for all the evil that he has done and be punished for the sins that he has caused to be committed . .

    "During the thousand years between the first and the second resurrection the judgment of the wicked takes place. The apostle Paul points to this judgment as an event that follows the second advent. 'Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts' (1 Corinthians 4:5) . . At the close of the thousand years the second resurrection will take place. Then the wicked will be raised from the dead and appear before God for the execution of "the judgment written." Thus the revelator, after describing the resurrection of the righteous, says: 'The rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished' (Revelation 20:5)." -Great Controversy, 659-661
     
  20. tamborine lady

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    Short version:

    1. 7 years tribulation
    2. Rapture
    3. Get new bodies
    4. Return immediately to earth
    5. Rule unsaved that were left here.
    5. That goes on for 1000 years.
    5. Satan released from pit where he has been
    for the entire 1000.
    6. Gog and Magog war (all nations amass an army
    to fight against God)
    7. God wipes them out. (Great and mighty day
    of the Lord).
    8. Nothing remains
    9. The new Jerusalem comes )new heavens and a
    new earth)

    Peace,

    Tam
     
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