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Faithful Journey and New Beginnings in the Word 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Thanks for joining me this morning as we come toward the end. Just a couple more days of our journey through the Bible, and we will have gone through the entire Bible over this0:21 last 2 years. And I wanna commend those of you who have been on this journey for your faithfulness. I also wanna invite you to join me again. It's not about reading through the Bible. It's about abiding in the word of0:33 God. And so I hope you'll join me again January the first as we start on another journey through the Bible. We have resources, actually, new resources available for you. There are new reading plan. Text the word0:44 bible to 6 7 7 4 2. That's bible to 6 7 7 4 2. Also, a certificate that you can download for those who have made it through this 2 year journey. I would also ask you to prayerfully0:56 consider, if you'll do this for me, think about who you could invite to join you on this journey this next time. It would be so good to see twice as many people, in the word of God. We had1:08 almost 24000 people that were joining us for this journey, and, just it would be powerful. You know how powerful it is, how transformative the word of god is, how encouraging it1:19 is. Well, let's share that with others. Alright. Today, we're in the millennium in Revelation chapter 20, the thousand year reign of Christ. Verse 6, blessed and holy is he who has a part of the firstThe Millennium: Christ's Reign and Eternal Judgment 1:31 resurrection. Over such, the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him 1000 years. Now in this chapter, we find the only direct mention of1:43 the millennium or thousand years in which Satan is bound and Jesus reigns on the earth for 1000 years after his second return. Now there are references in1:54 Isaiah, about a time of peace and prosperity for Israel on the earth, but the 7 mentions of the millennium of the thousand years in this chapter, only place we find them directly in2:06 scripture. Now for those who have been on this journey for a while, you you've heard me say this before, but the Old Testament speaks to the physical where the New2:24 Testament, it was spiritual warfare. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but spiritual for the tearing down of strongholds. And it was the advancement of a spiritual kingdom, the kingdom of God. Well, in the2:35 millennial, I believe it becomes both. It's both physical and it's spiritual. Now interestingly, Jewish rabbis thought that as the world was created in 6 days and on the seventh day, God rested,2:47 so there would be 6 millenary periods followed by a sabbatical millennium. Now a tradition in the house of Elias of, in AD 200 states2:59 that the world is to endure 6000 years, 2000 years before the law, 2000 years under the law, and 2000 under Messiah, and then the sabbatical3:11 millennium. We could very well be at that point. Verse 1, chapter 20. Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his his hand.3:23 And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who was the devil and Satan, and bound him for 1000 years. And he cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a seal on him so that he should deceive the3:34 nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things, he must be released for a little while. So Satan is in time out for 1000 years. He's, chained and restrained.3:46 The results will be amazing. As, we read in Isaiah, Daniel, and Zechariah, Jesus will reign. Peace will be universal. The earth will be productive, and the people will prosper. It'll be a great time.3:58 The world will be great again. Verse 4, chapter 20. And I saw thrones, and they set on them, and judgments were committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus4:10 and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands, and they lived and reigned with Christ for 1000 years. So all of those who were4:22 martyred during the tribulation are back, and they're reigning with Christ. So the the inhabitants of the earth during the millennial time, during this thousand years, will first be church age age believers4:34 who were raptured into heaven during the tribulation. They come back with Jesus. Old testament believers who appear to have been resurrected after the tribulation period, and then believers who died4:46 during the tribulation that we just mentioned. There will also be mortals. There'll be human beings who lived through the tribulation. Now those resurrected will have been transfigured like4:58 Jesus after his resurrection and have their glorified bodies. Now there will be a second resurrection after the millennium and then the final punishment of Satan and the5:10 judgment of those who are whose names are not written in the book of life. Verse 5. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is5:22 the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has a part in the first resurrection. Over such, the second death has no power, touch you.5:35 Now I touch you. Now I've talked about this before, when we were examining the various parables of of5:47 Jesus, including Luke 19 where the servants that were faithful with what had been trusted to them while the master was absent were given, as a result of their obedience and their faithfulness, were given5:59 cities to rule over upon his return. Now verse 6 speaks to that governmental authority when we reign with Christ. From what I read6:11 here in scripture, the millennial will be an amazing time when we are able to exercise our god given talents in the work or the ministry that we were called to6:23 and equipped to do without the obstacles in opposition of a world that's under the control and influence of Satan. You know, sin will still be on the earth, but it will be latent.6:35 Now 1 more thought on the work of the millennial. We're not gonna just be sitting around, you know, listening to, elevator music. We're we're going to be serving the Lord. We're gonna be working. We're gonna be6:45 productive. We're gonna be able to use the gifts that God has given us. And and I believe those who were kept from their callings because of their devotion to Jesus, whether it was physical martyrdom6:57 or like we see today, they're kept from positions or fired from, from serving the lord because they are followers of Christ. I believe they'll be promoted and7:09 able to do these things that god has equipped them to do in the millennium. Now when the thousand years had expired, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the 47:21 corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle whose number is as the sand of the sea. Now 1 of the first things that comes to mind when we read this right here is7:33 how and then why? How does Satan do this? I mean, how does Satan convince these people after 1000 years? And then why? Why would people after 10007:44 years of peace and prosperity even entertain Satan's pitch to overthrow Jesus? Short answer, the fallen nature of man. Now remember,7:58 as as we read this account, we will see human beings who survived the tribulation and did not take the mark of the beast. They will be natural or mortals, and therefore, they'll be able to reproduce.8:10 So consider for just a moment, and I don't know what that population will be, but consider for just a moment that the world population in AD 1000 was estimated to be8:22 300000000. Okay? 1000 years later, the world population in the year 2000 was 6000000000. Alright? Pretty significant8:34 increase, not rabbits, but close to it. These mortals will have the sinful fallen nature of man, which will be passed on. So there will be many in the8:46 world that despite the environment and the blessings of the millennial, like Adam and Eve in the garden, will once again be deceived by the great deceiver when he is released from the8:57 pit. And this, by the way, this speaks to something very fundamental. You know, the this this modern view of man that we have today, which we see in many, many government policies,9:09 that if you simply change the environment, then you you'll change man. You know, this was the driving philosophy behind the great society. And you know what? It was a total failure. Verse 9,9:21 chapter 20. Then they went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. It's called Jerusalem. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. The devil9:33 who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. God says enough is enough,9:45 and God quickly dispatches the enemy for all of eternity. Kinda reminds me of of Psalm chapter 2. Why do the nations rage and the people plot a vain thing?9:57 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the lord and against his anointed, saying, let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us. He who sits in the10:09 heavens shall laugh. The lord shall hold them in derision. Then he shall speak to them in his wrath and distress them in his deep displeasure. Yet I have sent my king on my10:20 holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree. The Lord has said to me, you are my son. Today, I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will give you the nations for your inheritance and the10:32 ends of the earth for your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them to pieces like a potter's vessel. Now therefore be wise, oh kings. Be instructed, you10:44 judges of the earth. Serve the lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way when his wrath is kindled but a10:56 little. Blessed are those who put their trust in him. Satan is forever punished, tormented day and night without end for rejecting11:08 and rebelling against God. This is not annihilation, meaning no longer existing as we've heard some discussion about lately. This is eternal punishment.11:21 Then there is the second resurrection of those who died during the thousand year reign of Christ and all nonbelievers from the start of time. They are then judged according to their11:32 works. If we wanna live by our works, then we're judged by our works. Throughout scripture, we see god examining the evidence, looking at the facts before judging. The same is true here in this final11:44 judgment. No 1 will be saved by their works. They will be saved unto eternal life if if their name is written in the book of life. Verse 11, then I saw a great11:56 white throne and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens and the heaven fled away, and there was found no place for them. And I saw the12:08 dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their works by the things which were12:20 written in the books. And look at verse 15. And anyone not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. As12:32 we come to the end of this journey through the Bible, I wanna ask you a very direct question. Is your name written in that book12:44 of life? You you you can't earn it. Your good works will not do it. That's another book and will never measure up to the righteousness and the holiness of god. The only way that our name is written in that12:56 book is by accepting the gift that Jesus Christ presented to us himself, his death on the cross, his burial, his resurrection that overcame death in the grave. And13:07 Romans said that if we believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead and we confess with our mouth, we shall be saved. So I wanna encourage you. If you've never made that commitment to Jesus Christ,13:19 accepting what he has done for you and as we celebrate his birth at this time of the year, we celebrate him as a baby that came in a manger. He then went to be a savior on a13:31 cross. He's coming back real soon, and he's coming to be a king reigning on a throne. And so I pray that he is reigning on the throne of your heart13:43 today. Father, we thank you for your word. We thank you for this journey that13:57 this journey that we have been on. We thank you for the holy spirit that is our teacher. And I do pray, lord, that even through technology as many will be watching this and hearing this and14:08 listening to it, that the Holy Spirit would touch those who need to know you personally through Jesus Christ. Lord, I pray that not a single person would14:20 move forward without having settled that issue and making sure that their name is written in the book of life. Thank you for your faithfulness.14:33 Thank you for your long suffering and your patience with us, and thank you for your grace. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Thanks for joining me this morning. And until next time,14:45 keep standing on the word.14:51 Today's study comes from the stand on the word bible reading plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you15:03 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at f r c dot o r g slash bible.In this video 0:00 Faithful Journey and New Beginnings in the Word1:24 The Millennium: Christ's Reign and Eternal Judgment93.9K followers
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