AUG 25

Isaiah 65:20-25
Memorise Romans 8:20-22
“the wolf and the lamb shall feed together”

WHAT WILL THE MILLENNIUM BE LIKE? (II)

2.            In the millennium, men will live to ripe old age with no exception since the curse on this earth will be virtually removed. “There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands” (Isaiah 65:20-22).

3.         The curse placed on the physical world will also be removed. “For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now” (Romans 8:20-22). But Isaiah foresees the coming deliverance during the millennial reign, “The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD” (Isaiah 65:25).

4.         With the earth all at peace, “when nation shall not life up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” (Isaiah 2:4), the chief occupation of the nations shall be worship of the Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem, the capital of the millennial kingdom. “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD” (Zechariah 8:20-22, see also Zechariah 14:16-20).

Thought: In the millennium, creation shall groan and travail no more.
Prayer: Lord deliver us from the many pains and pangs of this sin-cursed world.