Many many theories have been put forward to suggest the events that will occur during the 1000 year period described in the bible as the Millenium. The Earth Made New ins another topic for which many have made similar assertions and few are alike. What we want to know is what does the Bible teach concerning these two events that are very important to every child of God and how do they relate to the Great Controversy Theme and the Message of Character of God?
- The Righteous. The righteous saints both the living (those that are alive and remain) and the dead (them that sleep) will e caught up with Jesus Chrost at the second coming and be with the Lord in heaven Judgings angels and the wicked in the 1000 year period. let us examine the Bible evidence: 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[a] 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 (NIV)
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (NIV)
If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!1 Corinthians 6:1-3 (NIV)
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[a] 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. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.Revelation 20:4-6 (NIV) - The Unrighteous. The unrighteous will be dead during the events of the 1000 years this is because they have rejected Jesus Christ and there remains no more sacrifice for sins. At the second coming when Jesus is revealed in all His glory they have stubbornly chosen to be without God and hence without life. Thus the purity, the glory of God causes their destruction. Their own guilt causes them to run from their loving creator into the destruction that is occurring all around them and thus they too are destroyed.
14 The great day of the Lord is near--
near and coming quickly.
The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;
the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.
15 That day will be a day of wrath--
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of trouble and ruin,
a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness--
16 a day of trumpet and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the corner towers.
17 “I will bring such distress on all people
that they will grope about like those who are blind,
because they have sinned against the Lord.
Their blood will be poured out like dust
and their entrails like dung.
18 Neither their silver nor their gold
will be able to save them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.”
In the fire of his jealousy
the whole earth will be consumed,
for he will make a sudden end
of all who live on the earth. Zephaniah 1:14-18 (NIV)
and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might on the day he comes to be glorified in his holy people and to be marveled at among all those who have believed. This includes you, because you believed our testimony to you. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-10 (NIV) - Satan in the 1000 years. During the 1000 year period satan is bound by a chain of circumstances that leaves him without anyone to tempt and in a desolate pre.creation earth (Isaiah 24; Revelation 16:17-21; Jeremiah 4:24-26; Jeremiah 25: 31-33; Revelation 20:1-3). He has plenty of time for reflection for the sins he indugled and tempted others to commit.
great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a
thousand years. He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving
the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
Revelation 20:1-3 (NIV)
At the Close of the Millenium. The wicked will be raised to receive what they have chosen in the hours of
probation. They have rejected Jesus Christ and therefore they have no life eternal or otherwise. They are
completely given over to sin and all its consequences. Destrcution is the only result.
(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.Revelation 20:5 (NIV)
When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison Revelation 20:7 (NIV)
He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations
anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
Revelation 20:3 (NIV)
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them
for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. Revelation 20:8 (NIV)
They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.
But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. Revelation 20:9 (NIV)
On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split
in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving
south. You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the
earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with
him.Zechariah 14:4-5(NIV)
They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God’s people, the city he loves.
But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the
lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day
and night for ever and ever.Revelation 20:9-10 (NIV)
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
Revelation 20:14 (NIV)
The New Earth. The Earth will be made New. No more curse of sin or death. Jesus Christ will be the king of the New Earth and teh saved of all ages will have eternal life. (Revelation 21;22; Isaiah 35:1-10)