The document discusses the Millennial Kingdom of Christ that will occur after the Rapture and Tribulation period. During this 1,000 year period, Jesus will rule on earth from Jerusalem and bring peace between nations. Animals will live in harmony with humans and the earth will be very productive. At the end of this time, Satan will be released and gather forces against God but will be defeated, leading to the final judgment.

1. The Millennial Kingdom of Christ – 21th September 2016
“He will judge between the nationsandwill settle disputesfor many peoples. They will beat their
swordsinto plowsharesandtheir spears into pruninghooks.Nationwill nottake up swordagainst
nation,nor will they train for war anymore…”(Isaiah2:4).
In orderto learnthis,firstwe firstneedtounderstandwhatRapture means.Manyreferto pre-
tribulation rapture thatthe wordRapture isnot eveninthe Bible. Yesthe English word raptureisnot in
the Bible, butthenagain neitheristhe word Bible, or Trinity found in thebible. Inour Bible,the Greek
word, harpazo,istranslated'caughtup'whichmeans'to seize uponwithforce'or'to snatchup'. As
Christians’whatwe needtounderstandisthat those whoare in Christ(deador living) will be changed
intonewglorified,immortalbodiesandthenwe are “caught up” to meetthe Lord.
Yes,the exact wordrapture is notmentionedexplicitlyinmuchof the bible,thoughitisreferredtothis
teaching throughout,suchas thisfrom Isaiah26:19: "But your dead will live;their bodies will rise. You
who dwell in the dust, wake up andshout forjoy. Your dew is likethe dew of the morning;the earth
will give birthto her dead." We can learnfromotherexplicitversesin 1 Thessalonians4:16-18, “For the
Lord Himselfwill descend from heaven witha shout, withthe voiceof the archangel,andwith the
trumpet of God;and the dead inChrist shall rise first.Then we who are aliveand remainshall be
caughtup together withthem in the cloudsto meet the Lord inthe air,and thuswe shall alwaysbe
with the Lord. Therefore comfortone another with these words.”
The Millennial Kingdomis refers toaneventthatoccurs afterthe rapture of the church, afterthe seven-
yearlongtribulation,afterthe warof Armageddonandthe resurrectionof the saints,Jesuswillrule on
the earth forone thousandyears as we can learnfrom Revelation20:4, “Isaw thrones on whichwere
seated those who hadbeen given authorityto judge. AndI sawthe soulsofthose who hadbeen
beheaded becauseof their testimony aboutJesus andbecause of the word of God.They[a]
had not
worshipedthe beast or its image andhad not received its mark on their foreheadsor their hands.They
came to life andreigned with Christa thousandyears”.
The purpose of the millennialkingdomistoestablishChristasKinginJerusalem,sittingonthe throne of
David.We can learnfrom Luke 1:32-33, “He will be great and will be calledthe Sonof the MostHigh.
The Lord Godwill give himthe throne of his father David, 33
andhe will reign over Jacob’sdescendants
forever; his kingdomwill never end.” Furthermore,the Millennial Kingdom will fulfill the promisesGod
has made to Israel andtheywill blessthe othernations,fulfillingthe Abrahamiccovenant we findin
Genesis12:1-3, “The LORD hadsaid to Abram,“Gofrom yourcountry, your peopleand your father’s
household tothe landI will show you.2
“Iwill make youinto a great nation,and I will blessyou; will
make your name great, andyou will be a blessing.3
Iwill blessthose who blessyou, andwhoever
curses you I will curse; and all peopleson earth will be blessedthrough you.”
The millennial kingdomwill give usataste of whatlife wouldhave beenif AdamandEve had not sinned.
In thisperiod Jesuswillbe the KingandJudge aswe can learnfrom Isaiah2:4; “He will judge between
the nations and will settle disputesfor many peoples. They will beat their swordsinto plowsharesand
their spears intopruninghooks.Nation will not take upsword againstnation,nor will they train for
war anymore…” We can alsolearnfrom Isaiah11:4;” “…butwithrighteousnesshe will judge the

2. needy, with justicehe will give decisionsfor the poor ofthe earth. He will strike the earth withthe rod
of hismouth; withthe breath ofhis lipshe will slay the wicked”. Furthermore we learn thatanimals
will live inpeace witheachotherandwithhumans.We can read fromIsaiah11:6, “The wolfwill live
with the lamb, the leopardwill lie downwith the goat, the calfand the lionand the yearlingtogether;
and a littlechildwill lead them…”. The Prophetalsosaidthat believerswill worshipGodatthe new
Temple:“Manypeopleswillcome andsay, “Come,let us goup to the mountainofthe LORD, to the
temple of the Godof Jacob.He will teach us hisways, so that we may walk inhis paths.” The law will
go out fromZion, the word ofthe LORD fromJerusalem” (Isaiah2:3).
Under Jesus' leadership,the world will still bedivided into nations.Jews will bedrawn back to Israel as welearn
from Genesis 17:7,“I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your
descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you”.
The Gentiles will bedivided into nations with Jesus as their benevolent dictator.We can learn from Daniel 7: 14,
“He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be
destroyed”. We can also learn thatin the Millennial Kingdomthe disciples and themartyrs of the Tribulation will
ruleover the nations.And they will all livein peace.“I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been
given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about
Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its
mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years”( (Revelation
20:4).
In the beginningof the millennium,the kingdomwillbe inhabitedonlybythose whofollow Christ.Those
whohave diedwill be givenglorifiedbodiesandsealedagainstsin.The endof the millenniumwill be the
settingforthe final judgmentoverthe earth.Despitethe examplesof those aroundthem, the peace in
the kingdom,andthe presence of Christ,notall of the people will choose tofollow Christ.Atthe endof
the thousandyears,Satanwill be releasedfromthe Abyss.He willdeceive the unbelieversandgatheran
army to march againstJesusandIsrael. The ensuingbattle will be short-lived.Satanwillbe throwninto
the Lake of Fire and hishumanarmy killed.We canreadthisfrom Revelation20:7-10, “Whenthe
thousandyearsare over,Satan will be releasedfromhisprison 8
andwill gooutto deceive the nationsin
the four cornersof the earth—GogandMagog—andto gatherthemfor battle.Innumbertheyare like
the sand on the seashore. 9
Theymarchedacrossthe breadthof the earth andsurroundedthe campof
God’speople,the cityhe loves.Butfire came downfromheavenanddevouredthem. 10
Andthe devil,
whodeceivedthem, wasthrownintothe lake of burningsulfur,where the beastandthe false prophet
had beenthrown.They will be tormenteddayandnightforeverandever”.