Post by DrGadget on Jan 14, 2014 1:58:44 GMT -5
Millennial Remnant 1: The Millennium Remnant
After the Battle of Armageddon, which is also the Day of the Lord, and marks the end of the 70 weeks of judgment against Israel (Daniel 9:24-27), there will be a thousand year period where Christ reigns as King on earth. All who had part in the first resurrection will reign with Christ, in their final, perfect, resurrected bodies. These people are immune to the second death (going to Hell), and are immune to Satan’s lies. They will rule over all the regular humans with Christ for a thousand years.
70 weeks of Daniel
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Those who died without Christ would not be resurrected until after the 1000 years.
At the end of the thousand years, Satan is let loose for a season. He goes out to deceive many of the regular humans and convinces them to battle against Christ. Naturally, Christ wins.
Revelation 20:4-9
[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.
[5] But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
[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.
[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.
But wait! If everyone died in the Battle of Armageddon, and the resurrected saints are perfect and incorruptible, then who exactly is Satan deceiving? Where did they come from?
There is a small remnant of Jews who were not killed in the Battle of Armageddon. These escaped the sword (bullet, laser, nuke, etc.) and had not yet died. Therefore, they were not resurrected with those slain in the Great Tribulation. For more on this, we turn to the Book of Zephaniah.
Here, God expresses His resolve to destroy everything from the earth.
Zephaniah 1:2-3, 14-15, 18
[2] I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
[3] I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
[14] The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
[15] That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
[18] Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
None of this has happened yet. It is referring to the Day of the LORD. There is no other place in time to put these events.
Day of the Lord
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The “Day of the LORD” is the day on which the Battle of Armageddon is fought. Throughout the Bible there is reference to this day. It is a dark and terrible day of sadness and wrath. God alone will be glorified on that day. Your gold and silver won’t be able to save you. God will utterly wipe out the nations. Cities are empty. Populations are entirely wiped out. The Book of Zephaniah describes the aftermath of the Day of the LORD.
Zephaniah 2:5
[5] Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Zephaniah 3:6
[6] I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
But if God consumes everything, then what is left? How can anyone survive the Day of the LORD? From the midst of all this destruction, God reserves for Himself a small remnant.
Joel 2:30-32
[30] And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
[31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
[32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Zephaniah 2:3, 7
[3] Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger.
[7] And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
Some of this remnant will probably be the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab. Because of an act of obedience, God promised there will always be a man from his family. His lineage will never be wiped out.
Jeremiah 35:18-19
[18] And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
[19] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
At the Tower of Babel, mankind was judged. From this, we obtained different languages and different nations. Those institutions are still in effect until today. But in the Book of Zephaniah, the judgments of the Tower of Babel have been lifted. At this point, there are no nations, and the whole world (which is being repopulated by the remnant) will once more speak the same language.
Zephaniah 3:9
[9] For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
Compare this to the condition of the early Church.
Acts 2:1
[1] And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
The millennium is a time of peace. There is no fear. Jesus Himself, the King, is in the midst of the people. There is no evil. The judgments are lifted.
Zephaniah 3:13-15
[13] The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
[14] Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
[15] The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
And as we saw in Revelation 20:8, these people number as the sand of the sea. Therefore, the small remnant which survived the Great Tribulation has repopulated the earth in those 1000 years. But people born during this time have never been tempted of the devil. When Satan is loosed again, he will deceive people into following him, and many will. Now, these people have been tempted of the devil. The world is destroyed. Those last people are judged. Those who trusted Christ will go to Heaven, and those who trusted Satan will go to the Lake of Fire. Eternity starts. The End. But really, the beginning.
After the Battle of Armageddon, which is also the Day of the Lord, and marks the end of the 70 weeks of judgment against Israel (Daniel 9:24-27), there will be a thousand year period where Christ reigns as King on earth. All who had part in the first resurrection will reign with Christ, in their final, perfect, resurrected bodies. These people are immune to the second death (going to Hell), and are immune to Satan’s lies. They will rule over all the regular humans with Christ for a thousand years.
70 weeks of Daniel
deepthink.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=drgadget&action=display&thread=752
Those who died without Christ would not be resurrected until after the 1000 years.
At the end of the thousand years, Satan is let loose for a season. He goes out to deceive many of the regular humans and convinces them to battle against Christ. Naturally, Christ wins.
Revelation 20:4-9
[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.
[5] But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
[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.
[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.
But wait! If everyone died in the Battle of Armageddon, and the resurrected saints are perfect and incorruptible, then who exactly is Satan deceiving? Where did they come from?
There is a small remnant of Jews who were not killed in the Battle of Armageddon. These escaped the sword (bullet, laser, nuke, etc.) and had not yet died. Therefore, they were not resurrected with those slain in the Great Tribulation. For more on this, we turn to the Book of Zephaniah.
Here, God expresses His resolve to destroy everything from the earth.
Zephaniah 1:2-3, 14-15, 18
[2] I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
[3] I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
[14] The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
[15] That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
[18] Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
None of this has happened yet. It is referring to the Day of the LORD. There is no other place in time to put these events.
Day of the Lord
deepthink.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=drgadget&action=display&thread=753
The “Day of the LORD” is the day on which the Battle of Armageddon is fought. Throughout the Bible there is reference to this day. It is a dark and terrible day of sadness and wrath. God alone will be glorified on that day. Your gold and silver won’t be able to save you. God will utterly wipe out the nations. Cities are empty. Populations are entirely wiped out. The Book of Zephaniah describes the aftermath of the Day of the LORD.
Zephaniah 2:5
[5] Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
Zephaniah 3:6
[6] I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
But if God consumes everything, then what is left? How can anyone survive the Day of the LORD? From the midst of all this destruction, God reserves for Himself a small remnant.
Joel 2:30-32
[30] And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
[31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
[32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Zephaniah 2:3, 7
[3] Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger.
[7] And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
Some of this remnant will probably be the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab. Because of an act of obedience, God promised there will always be a man from his family. His lineage will never be wiped out.
Jeremiah 35:18-19
[18] And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
[19] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
At the Tower of Babel, mankind was judged. From this, we obtained different languages and different nations. Those institutions are still in effect until today. But in the Book of Zephaniah, the judgments of the Tower of Babel have been lifted. At this point, there are no nations, and the whole world (which is being repopulated by the remnant) will once more speak the same language.
Zephaniah 3:9
[9] For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
Compare this to the condition of the early Church.
Acts 2:1
[1] And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
The millennium is a time of peace. There is no fear. Jesus Himself, the King, is in the midst of the people. There is no evil. The judgments are lifted.
Zephaniah 3:13-15
[13] The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
[14] Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
[15] The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
And as we saw in Revelation 20:8, these people number as the sand of the sea. Therefore, the small remnant which survived the Great Tribulation has repopulated the earth in those 1000 years. But people born during this time have never been tempted of the devil. When Satan is loosed again, he will deceive people into following him, and many will. Now, these people have been tempted of the devil. The world is destroyed. Those last people are judged. Those who trusted Christ will go to Heaven, and those who trusted Satan will go to the Lake of Fire. Eternity starts. The End. But really, the beginning.
