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Millennium
Life in the Millennium
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of
counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the
LORD--and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by
what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;
but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will
give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with
the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the
wicked. Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist. Isaiah 11:32-5
Christ will reign with perfect justice in a perfect social environment.
No longer will a man teach
his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because
they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,"
declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will
remember their sins no more." "This is the covenant I will make with
the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my
law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God,
and they will be my people. Jeremiah 31:33-34
All your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be your children's peace. Isaiah 54:13
Everyone in the kingdom will know the God's Word. His Word
will be taught in the schools. Satan is bound during this
time, but the tribulation saints still have the flesh with them, although the
Christian saints are in their glorified bodies.
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign
on the earth. Revelations 5:10
Christian saints share Christ's reign.
He will judge between the
nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their
swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will
not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Isaiah 2:4
He makes wars
cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the
spear, he burns the shields with fire. Psalms 46:9
He will judge between many
peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They
will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning
hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they
train for war anymore. Every man will sit under his own vine and under
his own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the LORD
Almighty has spoken. Micah 4:3-4
This will be a time of universal peace. There will be no wars
and therefore, no need for any military forces. Any outbreak
skirmish will immediately be resolved. Without a military, or
a defense budget, these resources can be applied to social needs.
For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And
he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will
be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that
time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty
will accomplish this. Isaiah 9:6-7
There will be no violence, no robberies, no murders, so there will be
no need for any law enforcement agencies. Christ, His angels, and glorified Christian saints will ensure that justice is always served.
And afterward, I will pour
out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even
on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. Joel 2:28-29
There will be a new spirituality, probably including miracles, prophecies, and tongues.
They will build
houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and
others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my
people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the
works of their hands. They will not toil in vain or bear children
doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD,
they and their descendants with them.
Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will
hear. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat
straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They will
neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the LORD. Isaiah 65:21-25
The millennium will provide a capitalist economy for the entire world,
with perfect justice.
I will bring back my exiled
people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.
They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens
and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again
to be uprooted from the land I have given them, says the LORD your God. Amos 9:14-15
For he will deliver the
needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. He will take
pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. Psalms 72:12-13
There will be no poverty, no needy people, and nobody living off the efforts of others.
Be not afraid, O land; be
glad and rejoice. Surely the LORD has done great things. Be not afraid,
O wild animals, for the open pastures are becoming green. The trees are
bearing their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches. Be
glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given
you the autumn rains in righteousness. He sends you abundant showers,
both autumn and spring rains, as before. The threshing floors will be
filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. 'I
will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten--the great locust
and the young locust, the other locusts
and the locust swarm-- my great army that I sent among you. You will
have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of
the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed. Joel 2:21-26
There will be universal prosperity, and what we would call urban renewal.
They will rebuild the
ancient ruins and restore the places long devastated; they will renew
the ruined cities that have been devastated for generations. Isaiah 61:4
There will be great urban renewal.
Let grain abound throughout
the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish
like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field. Psalms 72:16
The ecology will be perfect.
... and for the land of my
people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers--yes, mourn for all
houses of merriment and for this city of revelry. The fortress will be
abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become
a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks, till
the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the desert becomes a
fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest. Isaiah 32:13-15
The desert and the parched
land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the
crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for
joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel
and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. Isaiah 35:1-2
He will also send you rain
for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the
land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows. Isaiah 30:23
I will save you from all
your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and make it plentiful and
will not bring famine upon you. I will increase the fruit of the trees
and the crops of the
field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations
because of famine. Ezekiel 36:29-30
No longer will they build
houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the
days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will
long enjoy the
works of their hands. Isaiah 65:22
Land will be fertile, rain crops plentiful, and weeds and thorns
minimal. The healthy population will grow with no children going
hungry, and the weather will be non-destructive. There will be
protection from natural disasters.
The sounds of joy and
gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those
who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, "Give
thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures
forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were
before,' says the LORD. Jeremiah 33:11
Marriage and family will be high priorities, and I expect that divorce will be non-existent.
This is what the LORD
Almighty says: "Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in
the streets of Jerusalem, each with cane in hand because of his age. Zechariah 8:4
The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there. Zechariah 8:5
The elderly and the children will all be well cared for.
Then will the eyes of the
blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame
leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush
forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. Isaiah 35:5-6
There will be no disease or sickness, so there will be no need for the medical profession or the insurance industry.
Never again will there be in
it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live
out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere youth;
he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. Isaiah 65:20
Men and women will live to be hundreds of years old as they did before the flood.
In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on
every high mountain and every lofty hill. Isaiah 30:25
Then will the lame leap like
a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the
wilderness and streams in the desert. The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground
bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds
and papyrus will grow. Isaiah 35:6-7
I will make rivers flow on
barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert
into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. Isaiah 41:18
The man brought me back to
the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the
threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east).
The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple,
south of the altar. He then brought me out through the north gate and
led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water
was flowing from the south side. As the man went eastward with a
measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and then
led me through water that was ankle-deep. He measured off another
thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He
measured off another thousand and led me
through water that was up to the waist. He measured off another
thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the
water had risen and was deep enough to swim in-- a river that no one
could cross. He asked me, "Son of man, do you see this?" Then he led me
back to the bank of the river. When I arrived there, I saw a great
number of trees on each side of the river. He said to me, "This water
flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it
enters the Sea. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes
fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows.
There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and
makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will
live. Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim
there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many
kinds-- like the fish of the Great Sea. But the swamps and marshes will
not become fresh; they will be left for salt. Fruit trees of all kinds
will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not
wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because
the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for
food and their leaves for healing. Ezekiel 47:1-12
There will be new sources of water, including a new stream of water in Jerusalem.
The wolf will live with the
lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion
and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them. The cow
will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the
lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the hole of
the cobra, and the young child put his hand into the viper's
nest. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. Isaiah 11:6-6
Wild animals will become tame.
The LORD will
be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name. Zechariah 14:9
Herds of camels will cover
your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will
come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the LORD.
All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will
serve you; they will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will
adorn my glorious temple. You will drink the milk of nations and be
nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your
Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. Instead of bronze I
will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I
will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace
your governor and righteousness your ruler. Isaiah 60:6, 7, 16, 17
Christ will be the benevolent dictator, an international authority in a
true one-world government. There will probably be other leaders as well, but in a perfect political environment. There
will be no government as we know it today. There will be a perfect
economy, so there will be no need for most of the government agencies we know today.
At that time they will call
Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all nations will gather in
Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. No longer will they follow the
stubbornness of their evil hearts. Jeremiah 3:17
Jerusalem will be the capital of the world.
Owen Weber 2009
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