AUG 19

Revelation 20:1-7
Memorise Revelation 5:10
“and shall reign with him a thousand years”

WILL THERE BE A MILLENNIUM?

At the end of the final battle of the Armageddon, the beast and the false prophet would be “cast alive” into a lake of fire burning with brimstone (Revelation 19:20). This time, the Angel comes down from heaven with the key of the bottomless pit, i.e. Christ, or Michael the Archangel, and with a great chain in His hand, lays hold on the dragon, the old serpent and binds him a thousand years, and casts him into the bottomless pit. He shuts him up and sets a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years be fulfilled, and after that he must be loosed for a little season.

The term “millennium” literally means “1,000 years.” It is a word that all Bible students, and all Christians should be familiar with. Although the term itself—“millennium”—is not found in the Bible, the concept of a 1,000-year reign of Christ certainly is. It is found in the text we have just read, in Revelation 20:1-7. Six times in this passage, the phrase “a thousand years” appears. This is an important event, and we need to pay attention to it.

What is the millennium all about? This period very clearly has to do with the worldwide reign of Christ, together with His people. In verse 6 we read, “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years”. In Revelation 5:10, we are told that the Lord “hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth”. The saints are not yet ruling on the earth. They are presently waiting for the Lord’s return, and it is only when the Lord returns that the millennial reign will begin and last a thousand years.

Will you be part of this ‘ruling class’ on earth to reign together with Christ for a thousand years?

Thought: The saints are now not ruling but being ruled.
Prayer: Lord, let me humbly submit to those who rule over me now, and patiently wait for Thy promotion one day when I shall reign with Thee.