The Word This Week
Revelation 20:1...
Now that the beast and the false prophet have been captured and cast into the lake of fire, and all the armies of the world gathered to oppose Christ have been wiped out, we come to the business of establishing and maintaining Christ’s Millennial Kingdom upon the earth.
The first order of business is to place Satan in the prison of the bottomless pit for one thousand years, that his role of deception would be ended, and that those who survive the seven years of Tribulation would no longer be under his influence.
Note: Satan is bound by a single angel, revealing to us Satan is no match for God in Christ. When it is determined his role upon the earth is at an end, God sends a single unnamed angel to place and seal Satan in the abyss, also known by its Greek name ‘abousso.’
And then the judgment process begins, and those who have remained faithful to Christ and been beheaded for their refusal to receive the mark of the beast are established to rule and reign with Christ upon the earth for one thousand years – from which we derive the term ‘Millennial Reign.’ This will be the first resurrection. A resurrection of reward.
The Millennial Reign of Christ upon the earth will be a time of peace and righteousness, and a re-establishment of the earth God intended in His creation, before man ruined His creation by sin.
There will be no police force, no armies, and men will learn of war no more. There will be no need for any of those. As believers in Christ, who have been raptured into heaven as the Tribulation was unfolding, we will be called upon to maintain Christ’s rule of righteousness upon the earth.
Satan will be provided one more crack at deception, and many of those alive on the earth will choose against Christ, and seek to destroy His rule of righteousness, even after experiencing it for one thousand years – proving once again the sin nature of mortal man.
And for those who have been unfaithful, opposed God and His ways, and blasphemed the Holy Spirit, judgment ensues. It will be without prejudice and without dispute. All those who desired to be judged according to their works shall be raised from dead at the end of the Millennial Reign and experience exactly that – to be judged according to their works. None are found worthy. None have their names remaining in the Book of Life. This great white throne judgment should be a fearful end to all those thinking they can escape God’s judgment and not need to place their faith in Christ.
The lake of fire shall be their eternal destiny. No exceptions, and no purgatory.
Pastor Bill
Now that the beast and the false prophet have been captured and cast into the lake of fire, and all the armies of the world gathered to oppose Christ have been wiped out, we come to the business of establishing and maintaining Christ’s Millennial Kingdom upon the earth.
The first order of business is to place Satan in the prison of the bottomless pit for one thousand years, that his role of deception would be ended, and that those who survive the seven years of Tribulation would no longer be under his influence.
Note: Satan is bound by a single angel, revealing to us Satan is no match for God in Christ. When it is determined his role upon the earth is at an end, God sends a single unnamed angel to place and seal Satan in the abyss, also known by its Greek name ‘abousso.’
And then the judgment process begins, and those who have remained faithful to Christ and been beheaded for their refusal to receive the mark of the beast are established to rule and reign with Christ upon the earth for one thousand years – from which we derive the term ‘Millennial Reign.’ This will be the first resurrection. A resurrection of reward.
The Millennial Reign of Christ upon the earth will be a time of peace and righteousness, and a re-establishment of the earth God intended in His creation, before man ruined His creation by sin.
There will be no police force, no armies, and men will learn of war no more. There will be no need for any of those. As believers in Christ, who have been raptured into heaven as the Tribulation was unfolding, we will be called upon to maintain Christ’s rule of righteousness upon the earth.
Satan will be provided one more crack at deception, and many of those alive on the earth will choose against Christ, and seek to destroy His rule of righteousness, even after experiencing it for one thousand years – proving once again the sin nature of mortal man.
And for those who have been unfaithful, opposed God and His ways, and blasphemed the Holy Spirit, judgment ensues. It will be without prejudice and without dispute. All those who desired to be judged according to their works shall be raised from dead at the end of the Millennial Reign and experience exactly that – to be judged according to their works. None are found worthy. None have their names remaining in the Book of Life. This great white throne judgment should be a fearful end to all those thinking they can escape God’s judgment and not need to place their faith in Christ.
The lake of fire shall be their eternal destiny. No exceptions, and no purgatory.
Pastor Bill