What are the events leading up to the
"1000 years", the Millennium, the Messianic Age, when Christ reigns over the
earth from His throne in Jerusalem?
This section will address this question
and provide a temporal context by which one can better understand the
doctrine of the Millennium. The diagram at the end of this page summarizes
much of the following discussion in the form of a Timeline to help you
quickly see the relationship of the complex array of end time events
immediately preceding the Millennium.
For the purposes of this discussion, the
last 7 years
(click
diagram) of Daniel's Seventy Weeks (Da
9:27-note) will be
the main time period to which all the other events preceding the Millennium
will be referenced.
Daniel's Seventieth Week
is often called "the Tribulation" by evangelical commentaries but is
actually never specifically given that designation in Scripture, although
the last 3.5 years of this 7 year period is specifically designated by Jesus
as the Great Tribulation (Mt 24:21, Re 7:14-note).
Although we will not discuss the rapture, note that many evangelicals believe that the
body of Christ composed of all genuine believers will be "raptured"
before
Daniel's Seventieth Week,
the Pre-Tribulation Rapture
(1Th 4:13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18-see notes
1Th 4:13;
14;
15;
16;
17;
18;
compare
Jn 14:1,2,
3;
1Co 15:51, 52, Rev 3:10-note) and thus
will not be present on earth during this time seven year period.
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The
Tribulation
Seventieth Week of Daniel |
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Pre-Tribulation
Rapture
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Antichrist
Breaks
Covenant w/ Israel
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Millennium |
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3.5 Years
2 Witnesses
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Tribulation |
According to
Daniel 9:24-27,
Daniel's Seventieth Week
is inaugurated by a
peace treaty between the
Anti-christ and Israel ("he will make a firm
covenant with the many for one week" - Da 9:27-note).
The Antichrist (little horn, man of sin, man of lawlessness, son of
destruction, the beast - see
complete list of his aliases) is characterized by boastful words and ascends to
power out of a 10 nation/kingdom loose confederacy ("another will arise
after them" Da 7:24) which most literal interpreters
take to be a form of the "revived Roman Empire", possibly related to modern
day Europe and/or the European Union (speculation). In Antichrist's rise to
power, 3 of the 10 kingdoms are rooted up and destroyed ("he will be
different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings." Da
7:24), leaving 8 "kingdoms" (the
original 7 plus that of the antichrist's kingdom).
From
Re 11:1, 2
(notes)
we know that
the
Jewish Temple is
rebuilt either before or during the first three and one
half years of
Daniel's Seventieth Week
(the exact timing of the Temple rebuilding is not clear in
Scripture but it is interesting that Jewish members of the
Temple Mount Faithful Movement
are actively preparing for such an event) thus allowing the Jews to reinstitute
Temple sacrifices. At the time of this writing (July, 2008), such an event
would appear to be an impossibility and could even initiate a "Jihad".
Why? Because the
Dome of the Rock,
one of the Islam's holiest shrines, now occupies a major portion of the
Temple Mount,
where the future Jewish Temple will be rebuilt (although some believe the
actual site of the previous Jewish Temple is in the northern section of
Temple Mount, so that theoretically one would not have to destroy the Dome
of the Rock to rebuild the Jewish Temple but this is speculation). Because
of the "firm covenant" (Da 9:27-note) between Israel and the antichrist, the Jews will be
living at peace in the land of Israel during the first half of
Daniel's Seventieth Week for the first
time over 2000 years! And they will owe their allegiance to the Antichrist
who brokered this long sought Middle East peace accord.
During
the 3.5 years of the Tribulation or
Daniel's Seventieth Week,
God grants "authority to two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1260 days
(42 months, 3.5 years, time, times, half a time) clothed in sackcloth" (Re
11:3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - see
notes
Re 11:3;
11:4;
11:5;
11:6;
11:7)
until the antichrist, "the beast" kills them (see note
Revelation 11:7).
At this
midpoint (of the 7 years) a critically important
set of events transpire (Re 11:13,14, 15 - see notes
Re 11:13;14; 15) John recording the worldwide "breaking news"
documenting the literal resurrection of the 2 witnesses in Jerusalem...
And after the three and a half days the
breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and
great fear fell upon those who were beholding them. And they heard a loud
voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." And they went up into
heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them. And in that hour there
was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city
(Jerusalem) fell; and 7000 people were killed in
the earthquake (these details will undoubtedly be reported widely reported by the
news media so that the whole world recognizes the time of the "Great Tribulation"
is at hand - see below), and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of
heaven. (see notes
Re 11:11;
11:12;
11:13)
Israel's
peace will prove to be a false peace, as the subsequent events that occur at
the middle of
Daniel's Seventieth Week
begin to transpire. John records that at this
midpoint of the seven years
Satan will be "thrown down to the earth"
(Re 12:7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13-see notes
Re 12:7;
12:8; 12:9; 10; 11; 13) and will give "his authority to the beast (the antichrist)" (Re
13:4-note), thus
"energizing" him. Empowered by Satan, the antichrist breaks his covenant
with Israel, causing her sacrifices to cease (Da 9:27-note) and
exalts himself above every so-called god
or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. (2Th 2:4).
THE
GREAT TRIBULATION
Jesus emphasizes the critical importance of recognizing these
midpoint events declaring that...
Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION
OF DESOLATION (the antichrist displaying himself as being God) which was
spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (the holy
of holies in the rebuilt Jewish Temple) (let the reader understand)...for
then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred
since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall. And unless those
days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of
the elect those days shall be cut short. (Mt
24:15, 21-22)
The
midpoint events
inaugurate the Great Tribulation, the horrific last half of
Daniel's Seventieth Week,
a time period so important in God's prophetic timetable that it is described
in multiple passages under various synonyms as outlined in the following
table...
SYNONYMS FOR
"THE GREAT TRIBULATION"
(Mt 24:15, 21, 22) |
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SCRIPTURE |
DESCRIPTION |
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Deuteronomy 4:29, 30 |
when you are in distress
(ESV = tribulation) |
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Daniel 11:36 |
indignation |
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Daniel 12:1 |
a time of great distress
(ESV = time of trouble) |
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Is 26:20 |
indignation
(ESV = fury) |
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Jeremiah 30:7 |
the time of Jacob's distress |
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Revelation 7:14 |
great tribulation |
The false prophet actively
promotes the antichrist during the last half of
Daniel's Seventieth Week,
deceiving
those who dwell on the earth
because of
the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the
Beast
(note)
(another
note on "beast"; the Antichrist
=
his aliases), telling those who dwell
on the earth (see
See
Earth Dwellers) to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword
and has come to life (a "counterfeit" resurrection). And there was given to
him to give breath to the
image of the beast, that the image of the beast
might even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast
to be killed. And he (the
False Prophet
who) causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and
the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their
right hand, or on their forehead, and he provides that no one should be
able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the
name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has
understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is
that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six (666). (see
notes
Revelation 13:14;
15;
16;
17;
18)
During this last 3.5 years (Click
for synonymous time phrases), Jerusalem is
"tread under foot...for forty-two months"
(Re 11:2-note)
by the Gentile nations, fulfilling Jesus' prophecy of "the times of the
Gentiles" (Lu 21:24) during which "Jerusalem (would) be trampled under foot
by the Gentiles", this trampling having begun with Babylon's defeat of Judah
in 586BC.
Although this last 3.5 years will be a Great Tribulation for Israel, this
horrific time will also be a time of one of the greatest harvests of souls
the world has ever seen as the result of the powerful testimony of the "two
witnesses" in the first 3.5 years
(Re 11:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, -see notes
Re 11:3;
11:4;
11:5;
11:6;
11:7),
possibly the ministry of 144,000 Jews (Re 7:4-note
--
many feel they will be witnesses, although Scripture is not clear) and
finally as a result of the worldwide proclamation of the gospel (which
appears to be right at the midpoint of the last 7 years), John recording
that...
And I saw another angel flying in mid-heaven, having an eternal gospel
to preach to those who live on the earth, and to
every nation and tribe and tongue and people; and
he said with a loud voice,
Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come;
and worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of
waters. (see notes
Revelation 14:6;
14:7)
And so during the last 3.5 year reign of
terror, John records the wonderful vision of...
a great multitude, which no
one could count, from
every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues,
standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white" those
martyred for their faith in the Messiah, having "come out of the great tribulation,
and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb. (see notes
Revelation 7:9;
7:10;
7:11;
7:12;
7:13;
7:14)
Paul addressing the fate of Israel during
this last 3.5 years records that...
and thus all Israel will be saved; just
as it is written, "THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE
UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB." "AND THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE
AWAY THEIR SINS." (see notes
Romans 11:26;
11:27)
This all Israel is all of
those who have become believers in Messiah during the Great Tribulation, Zechariah explaining that..
it will come about in all the land,"
declares the LORD, "that two parts in it will be cut off and perish; but the
third will be left in it. (the so-called faithful
remnant) And I will bring the third part
(corresponds to 'all Israel in
Romans 11:26 {note}) through the fire
(the time of Jacob's distress), refine them as silver is refined, and
test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer
them; I will say, 'They are My people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is my
God.' (this is the oneness of
covenant - see study on
New Covenant in the Old Testament) (Zechariah
13:8-9)
As the "Great Tribulation" draws to a
close, we see a rapid fire series of events occurring on a global scale.
The Antichrist enters Palestine and
defeats Egypt, Libya, and Ethiopia (Da 11:40, 41, 42, 43). At this same time the
armies from the East and the North move toward Palestine (Da 11:44; Re 16:12
-note), which prompts the Antichrist to "go forth with great wrath to
destroy and annihilate many." (Da 11:44).
John records that during the last part of
the Great Tribulation,
Demons inspire "the kings of the whole
world, to gather...together for the war of the great day of God, the
Almighty" and they "gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is
called Har-Magedon" (notice "Armageddon" {click
here} is not the battle per se as is
often taught but is the gather prior to the battle) (see notes
Revelation 16:14;
16:16)
Jerusalem is ravaged, Zechariah
recording this horrible time declaring...
Behold, a day is coming for the LORD when
the spoil taken from you will be divided among you. For I will gather all
the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the
houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city exiled, but the
rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. Then the LORD
will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of
battle. And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is
in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in
its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the
mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. And
you will flee by the valley of My mountains (Zechariah
14:1-5a)
Zechariah assures that in
Jerusalem's darkest hour the Second Coming of Messiah will bring
about a liberation of the city, accompanied by incredible changes in the
topography, some of which allow the Jews to escape.
As the united armies of the antichrist
and the kings of the world come together for one final attempt to defeat God
and His people, Messiah returns, an epic event recorded in several passages
of Scripture. Joel writes that...
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of
decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun
and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness. And the LORD roars
from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth
tremble, but the LORD is a refuge for His people and a stronghold to the
sons of Israel. Then (when He returns, when He defeats all those arrayed
against Him and against Israel) you will know that I am the LORD your God,
Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers
will pass through it no more. (Joel
3:14-17)
Matthew corroborates this great
day recording Jesus' prophecy that...
just as the lightning comes from the
east, and flashes even to the west, so shall the coming of the Son of Man
be. Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. But immediately
after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON
WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the
powers of the heavens will be shaken, and then the sign of the Son of Man
will appear in the sky (the interpretation is clear, the Son is the
"sign"!), and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see
the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.
And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER
TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the
other. (Mt 24:27-31)
John records that...
I saw heaven opened; and behold, a white
horse, and He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True; and in
righteousness He judges and wages war. And His eyes are a flame of fire, and
upon His head are many diadems; and He has a name written upon Him which no
one knows except Himself. And He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood; and
His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses.
And from His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may smite the
nations; and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine
press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His
thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." (see
notes
Revelation 19:11;
19:12;19:13;
19:14;
19:15;19:16;
19:17;
19:18)
Recording the defeat of the forces
arrayed against Messiah, John writes...
And I saw the beast (the antichrist) and
the kings of the earth and their armies, assembled to make war against Him
who sat upon the horse, and against His army. And the beast was seized, and
with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which
he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who
worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the
Lake of Fire
which burns with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which
came from the mouth of Him who sat upon the horse, and all the birds were
filled with their flesh. (see notes
Revelation 19:19;
20;
21)
Contemporaneous with these incredible
events we also see that the great city of
Babylon is destroyed (the city of Babylon was never completely destroyed
and has been partially rebuilt by Saddam Hussein and will be rebuilt to
become a center of world commerce during
Daniel's Seventieth Week,
which is interesting in light of the fact that Iraq is on the path toward a
democratic government and has some of the richest oil reserves in the world!
One wonders if President Bush knew these prophecies foretelling of ancient
Babylon's revival?). John records that...
And the great city (what does John
call it? A city. So Babylon need not be interpreted symbolically like so
many have done but as a literal city that will exist - see
Babylon Photo Tour)
was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon
the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His
fierce wrath. (see note
Revelation 16:19)
"And a strong angel took up a stone like
a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus will Babylon,
the great city, (Beloved, if John calls it a city, it is a city and
you do not have to interpret it symbolically as is so commonly done. After
all, how could you even know whose "symbolic" interpretation was correct?
What God states plainly men sometimes make obtuse!) be thrown down with
violence, and will not be found any longer." (see note
Revelation 18:21)
There are many other Biblical details
describing this cataclysmic time in world history, but for our purposes this
overview gives the context for the subsequent golden Millennial age
foretold by the Old Testament prophets of and longed for deeply by every
Jew ever born (and especially those "born twice"!). In light of the absolute
certainty of the rule of Messiah over His earthly Kingdom the question is
"Who will be His subjects? Who enters into the 1000 year reign of Christ?"
The short answer is that only Jewish and Gentile believers will enter the
Millennial Kingdom. There are two judgments preceding the Millennium, one
for Jews and the other for Gentiles.
Ezekiel foretells the future judgment of
the Jews, who are still alive at the termination of the Great Tribulation,
recording
"As I live," declares the Lord GOD,
"surely with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath
poured out (refers to the Great Tribulation, a time of purifying when 2/3's
of Israel will not come through the fire), I shall be king over you. And I
shall bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you
are scattered (predicts a worldwide regathering of Israel, a regathering we
have been witnessing since the birth of the nation of Israel in May, 1948),
with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out;
and I shall bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I
shall enter into judgment with you face to face. As I entered into
judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt
(alluding to the judgment in which most of the Jews who came out of Egypt
were not allowed to enter into the Promised Land of Canaan because of
unbelief), so I will enter into judgment with you," declares the Lord
GOD.
"And I shall make you pass under the rod
(the so-called faithful
remnant),
and I shall bring you (God Himself engineers this spiritual transaction,
which speaks of His grace and mercy) into the bond of the covenant
(an allusion to the New Covenant not the Old Covenant of Law - cf Jer 31:31,
32, 33, 34
see study of
New Covenant in the Old Testament)
and I shall purge from you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I
shall bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they will not enter
the land of Israel (part of the 2/3's who are purged. Walvoord states "This
is to be interpreted as a judgment of physical death, and they will be
raised from the dead at the judgment of the great white throne after the
millennium to participate in the destiny of all the wicked."). Thus you will
know that I am the LORD. (The Jews who are regenerated will turn away from
seeking to establish their own righteousness and will seek the righteousness
of God through Jesus the Messiah and that will bring about their national
regeneration. It is going to be a new nation, a regenerate nation that will
enter the Millennial Israel under King Messiah. Notice that the description
given does not mention any resurrection from the dead and it may be assumed
in view of the fact that regathering is a prerequisite to the judgment that
this applies only to the living Israelites in the world at the time of the
second coming.)
"As for you, O house of Israel," thus
says the Lord GOD, "Go, serve everyone his idols; but later, you will surely
listen to Me, and My holy name you will profane no longer with your gifts
and with your idols. For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of
Israel (Mt Zion, the Temple Mount, site of the rebuilt Millennial Temple)," declares the Lord GOD, "there the whole house of Israel, all of
them, will serve Me in the land; there I shall accept them, and there I
shall seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your
holy things. (Ezekiel
20:33-40)
Thus we see that the Chief Shepherd will
examine His flock (pass under the rod), and will purge...the rebels, and bring the faithful
remnant
into the blessings of the New Covenant in the
1000 year Messianic Kingdom.
In an closely contemporaneous event, the
Gentile survivors of the Great Tribulation will also be judged, at what is often called the
judgment of the sheep and the goats. Matthew records that
"when the Son of Man comes in His glory,
and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. (So
clearly Christ returns visibly to earth and sits visibly on His throne as
King of kings) And
all the nations (Gentiles) will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from
one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He will
put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.
Then the King will say to those on His
right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world. 'For I was hungry, and you gave Me
something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger,
and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you
visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' (Their works did not
save them but demonstrated that their hearts were regenerated. They brought
forth fruit in keeping with genuine repentance).
Then the righteous will answer Him,
saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and
give You drink? And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or
naked, and clothe You? And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come
to You?'
"And the King will answer and say to
them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these
brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'
"Then He will also say to those on His
left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been
prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you gave Me
nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; I was a
stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me;
sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.' (Their works did not condemn
them but demonstrated that their hearts were not regenerated).
"Then they themselves also will answer,
saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'
"Then He will answer them, saying, 'Truly
I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of
these, you did not do it to Me.'
And these will go away into eternal
punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." (Mt 25:31-46)
From these passages dealing with the
judgment of Jews and Gentiles, one can readily see that at the beginning of
the Millennium, all who enter in earthly (not glorified) bodies will have
been shown through these judgments that they are redeemed by the blood of
the Lamb. Dear reader, have you believed the gospel of Christ, that He died,
was buried, was resurrected, that He ascended into Heaven and that He will
return again to judge the living and the dead? Believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ and you shall be saved. (See also offsite resource
The Great Tribulation)
Summary of
Scriptures
Associated with the Millennium
A. Physical characteristics
1. Topography and geography of the earth changed- Is 2:2; Ezek 47:1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
48:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20; Zec 14:4, 8, 10
2. Wild animals tamed- Is 11:6, 7, 8, 9; 35:9; Ezek 34:25
3. Crops abundant- Is 27:6; 35:1, 2, 6, 7; Amos 9:13; Zech. 14:8
4. Human longevity increased- Is 65:20, 21, 22, 23
B. Spiritual and religious characteristics and events
1. Satan confined in the abyss - Re 20:1, 2, 3 (notes)
2. Millennial temple built - Ezek. 40:5-43:27
3. Animal sacrifices offered as memorials to Christ’s death - Is 56:7;
66:20, 21, 22, 23; Jer. 33:17,18; Ezek 43:18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27; 45:13-46:24; Mal. 3:3, 4
4. Feasts of the New Year, Passover, and Tabernacles reinstituted - Ezek
45:18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25; Zech 14:16, 17, 19, 19, 20, 21
5. Nations worship in Jerusalem - Is 2:2-4; Mic 4:2; 7:12; Zech.
8:20, 21, 22, 23; 14:16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
6. Worldwide knowledge of God - Is 11:9; Je 31:34; Mic 4:5; Hab
2:14 (cp Ps 22:27, 67:1,2, 72:19, 86:9, 98:1, 2, 3 Zec 14:8,9 Rev 11:15;
15:4
7. Unparalleled filling of and empowerment by the Holy Spirit on Israel
- Is 32:15; 44:3; Ezek. 36:24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; 39:29; Joel 2:28,
29
8. New Covenant with Israel fulfilled - Jer. 31:31, 32, 33, 34; Ezek 11:19, 20;
36:25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
9. Righteousness and justice prevails - Is 9:7; 11:4; 42:1, 2, 3,
4; Jer. 23:5
C. Political characteristics and events
1. Israel reunited as a nation -Je 3:18; Ezek 37:15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21, 22, 23
2. Israel at peace in the land - Deut. 30:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10; Is 32:18; Ho 14:5, 7;
Am 9:15; Mic 4:4; 5:4, 5a; Zec 3:10; 14:11
3. Abrahamic Covenant land-grant boundaries established - Ge 15:18,
19, 20, 21;
Ezek 47:13-48:8, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
4. Christ in Jerusalem rules over Israel - Is 40:11; Mic 4:7; 5:2b
5. Davidic Covenant fulfilled with Christ on the throne of David - 2Sa
7:11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16; Is 9:6, 7; Je 33:17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 26; Am 9:11,12, Lk 1:32, 33
6. Christ rules over and judges the nations - Is 11:3, 4, 5; Mic 4:2,3a;
Zec 14:9; Re 19:15 (note)
7. Resurrected saints reign with Christ - Mt 19:28; 2Ti 2:12; Re
5:10 (note);
Re 20:4 (note)
8. Universal peace prevails - Is 2:4; 32:17,18; 60:18; Ho 2:18; Mic
4:2, 3, 4; 5:4; Zec 9:10
9. Jerusalem made the world’s capital - Je 3:17; Ezek 48:30, 31,
32, 33, 34, 35; Joel
3:16, 17; Mic 4:1, 6, 7, 8; Zec 8:2, 3
10. Israel exalted above the Gentiles - Is 14:1, 2; 49:22, 23; 60:14,
15, 16, 17;
61:5, 6, 7, 8, 9
11. The world blessed through Israel - Mic 5:7
D. Events following the Millennium
1. Satan released from the abyss - Re 20:7 (note)
2. Satan deceives the nations - Re 20:8 (note)
3. Global armies besiege Jerusalem (Re 20:9a) (note)
4. Global armies destroyed by fire (Re 20:9b) (note)
5. Satan cast into the lake of fire (Re 20:10) (note)
6. Evil angels judged (1Co 6:3)
7. The wicked dead resurrected (Da 12:2b; Jn 5:29b)
8. The wicked judged at the Great White Throne - Re 20:11, 12, 13,
14 (note)
9. The wicked cast into the lake of fire - Re 20:14, 15; 21:8 (note)
(Adapted from
Walvoord, J. F., Zuck, R. B., et al:
The Bible Knowledge Commentary. 1985. Victor
or
Logos)
