#9~ MORE ABOUT THE KINGDOM -#2 8-17-13
Last time I said a few things about the 1000 year Kingdom reign of King Jesus, and today we'll continue talking about the people that will inhabit the Kingdom.
Again let me say that the millennial reign of King Jesus is before the "white throne judgment of the lost".
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~ At the end of the 7 year tribulation Jesus returns, Rev.19:11-21- He destroys the armies of the world that are gathered to make war with Him at what is known as the battle of Armageddon.
~ With the tribulation over but before the millennial begins there is a Judgment known as the judgment of the nations, actually it is a judgment of individuals from among the nations, these people lived through the tribulation, they will be judged according to their treatment of the 144000 Jewish missionaries of Rev.7: during the tribulation.
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~the people that aided these Jewish missionaries are referred to as "sheep" in Matt.25:31-46, these enter the Kingdom, the people that did not aid the missionaries are referred to as goats, their cast into hell, we've already talked about these last time so we don't want remain on this subject to long.
~The "sheep" are saved, they'll never be lost again, the reason that they are saved is because they heard the "gospel of the Kingdom" message, preached by the 144000 true Jehovah witnesses that we read about in Rev. 7:, remember these did not go in the rapture as the Church did, because at that time they had never heard the truth about Jesus, so they will be left behind, they will manage to live through the 7 year tribulation.
~ during the tribulation the 144000 Jewish missionary's will go all over the world preaching their Kingdom message, the people that hear and believe are the people called "sheep" in Matt. 25:31-46, they are then saved, they'll enter the Kingdom in their natural bodies.
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~ LISTEN--because their in their natural bodies they will have children born the natural way, just as their born today, their children will have children and so on.
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~LISTEN- the "sheep" will be saved, they'll never be lost again, but the children that will be born in the Millennium are not saved, they still have the old sinful ADAMIC nature, they'll have to be saved the same way people are saved today, many of these will be saved, but the majority won't be saved, all that are not saved when Satan is freed from his prison in the abbsy, will believe Satan as Satan leads them to try to destroy Jesus and His people, and the Holy City Jerusalem, this is near the end of the millennial.
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>Rev.20: 7-10 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8And 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. 9And 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.
10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, (present tense) and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
~day and night -- tells us there'll never be any let up.
~ for ever and ever--tells us there will be no end.
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~ The antichrist and the false prophet were cast into the lake of fire at the end of Armageddon, their 1st to be cast into the lake of fire, and they were alive when it happens, so their there during the entire millennial.
>Rev.19: 20 And the beast (antichrist) was taken, and with him the false prophet (many believe will be a pope) that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
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~ Then JEHOVAH God sends fire from Heaven and destroys all these unbelievers, God is getting rid of sin and sinners as He will soon create a new heaven and earth in Rev. 21: & 22:.
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~ so, at the end of the tribulation, but before the Millennium begins Jesus will sit on His Throne of Glory as He goes about setting His Government in place.
~ He will set up His Government that will operate during His 1000 year reign, He will assign whosoever He chooses to rule over where and whatsoever He chooses in different locations of the world, from among His Church.
~ He will choose people according to what their deeds, their works, were before the rapture, what they did for Him back then, which is right now being recorded in our record books.
> Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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* ~The "THRONE OF HIS GLORY" Matt.25:31 will last 30 days.
Dan. 12:11- And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. ---1,290---
~So we see 30 more days added to the 1260 days, that make up the last 3 ½ years of the 7 year tribulation.
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~According to the scriptures the Church will be "kings and priest" during the Millennium,
>REV. 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
~And what that means is; Christ will allow us to have a part in His Government.-{world affairs}
> ISA. 9:6 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
We're plainly told here in ISA. 9: that Christ will have a Government.
And like all governments there must be a Head** and then people will be assigned certain positions and locations in HIS government to govern.
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The setting up of His Kingdom Government will last 45 days.
Dan. 12:12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. ---- 1,335 days---
~ Here are 45 more days, a month and a half; --- This will be the time He takes to set His Kingdom Government in order, placing who ever He chooses over what ever He chooses. --- I'm sure the record books will be consulted.
* These 45 days will be to put His Governmental machinery in order.
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~30 days after the Tribulation to judge the nations, --- then 45 more days to put His Government in order.= 75 days altogether are added to the 1260 days of the last half of the tribulation.
* Moses and Elijah are the two Prophets on the scene during the last half of the tribulation that is how we know the last half is 1260 days.
>Rev.11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. -1260 days.
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~LISTEN - Jesus will reign as a literal KING on a literal throne in Jerusalem, the Jerusalem that we know about today, only there will be some geographical changes made; we'll get around to talking about them later.
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* He will also restore the judges to Israel- LISTEN--
> Isaiah 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
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~LISTEN; David will be the vice-regent of King Jesus; he will sit directly under King Jesus, as in all governments there must be a rank structure. --David will not be over the Church; David will be over seer of what goes on in Israel.
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>Ezek 37:24-25 And David my servant shall be king over them; (Israel, not the Church) and they all shall have one shepherd: {JESUS} they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. -- {PRINCE} MEANS RULER. LISTEN --David will be raised from the dead at the time the O.T. saints are raised prior to the millennial reign of Christ.
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~LISTEN, there are many people that say the "DAVID" here is a reference to Jesus Christ Himself, but we're about to see this great truth. --LISTEN
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>Jer. 30:8-9 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, *{Israel} and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: 9But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
~ This is certainly a reference to the man David, it can not be Jesus as He's already raised from the dead, -- SO this removes all speculation.
Jesus was raised from the dead 3 days after He was crucified, David will be raised when the O.T. Saints are raised.
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~ David will be raised from the dead and will reign over the people of Israel in the millennium, and possibly over Israel in the new earth as well.
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~~The Head of the Kingdom government will be King Jesus; David will be the director of the government of Israel, the 12 Apostle that judge the 12 tribes of Israel are under David.
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~ The Church that has been appointed positions of authority through out the world will have some kind of rank structure system that governs them as well.
~ King Jesus government will be a well structured chain of command, and it's all under the True Commander in Chief, King Jesus, the TRUE POENTATE.
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>Rev. 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron:
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~The twelve Apostles will have a part in ruling over the 12 Tribes of Israel; which will be directly under the co- regent David. -- Let me point out that although the 12 Apostles are members of the N.T. Church, they are Jews, no one else of the Church rules over Israel in any way.
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* The twelve Apostles will sit on 12 thrones and judge the 12 tribes of Israel.
MATT.19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
~Let us remember that Israel has earthly promises and the Church has heavenly promises, and we must not try to mix them.
~God told Abraham in
Genesis 17: 7-8 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
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* Paul tells us that our citizenship is in heaven.--not in the land.
Philippians 3: 20 For our conversation (citizenship) is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
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~The temple of the millennial kingdom is described in detail in Ezekiel chapters 40-44.
1. The glory of the Lord will fill the temple (Ezekiel 43:5).
2. The law given by God through Moses will still be kept including the sacrifices (Ezekiel 43:19-27).
3. The Levites will still minister in the temple (Ezekiel 44:9-11).
4. The laws and statutes delivered by Moses will be obeyed (Ezekiel 44:24).
5. Ezekiel 44:25 and 31 show that some death of people and animals can and will occur in the kingdom.
6. The Sabbaths and feasts of the Israel will still be kept including the Passover,
7. The feast of unleavened bread (Ezekiel 45:21), and the feast of tabernacles (Ezekiel 45:25 will be kept.
8. All will know that Jesus Christ gave his life as the perfect Sacrifice for all mankind, but the sacrifices will still be kept and the Law of Moses strictly followed.
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~There will still be people that will die during the Kingdom, the people that are the dissidences of the "sheep" will still have a sinful nature, they must believe on Jesus just like every body else, they can be saved if they'll believe.
>Isaiah 65:20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
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~ The phrase, "the child shall die a hundred years old," means that if someone were to die at a hundred, he would be considered a mere child. However, death shall cut off the sinner without hesitation.
~ It is a time when men shall have the potential of living for a thousand years.
~ People will live long lives as they did before the flood, it is a time when Christ shall rule the earth with a rod of iron and the gentile nations shall accept His authority or be cut off. ~ Multitudes of unbelievers will still be alive when Satan is released from his prison, he will cause these to come against Jesus and the saints, they intend to destroy the saints and the Holy city Jerusalem, but Jehovah destroys these with fire from heaven, when it's all said and done, all sinners will be destroyed.
