FEB 14

Revelation 20:1-6
Memorise Isaiah 51:11
“…joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away…”

The Millennial Kingdom as taught to us in Revelation 20:1-6 is the literal 1,000 years reign of Christ on earth after the 7 year period of the Great Tribulation. Satan will be bound during this time and his influence on earth will be totally absent. However, among believers today, there are different interpretations regarding the occurrence and nature of this period. Some believe that there is no literal millennium, but that it is a symbolic description of the present church age (Amillennialism) or that Christ will only return after a ‘golden age’ period of a millennium on Earth (Postmillennialism). True B-P churches believe in Premillennialism which has already been described above where Christ will reign only after the 7 years of the Great Tribulation. At the end of the 7 years, Christ will descend upon the Earth with His angels and saints from heaven in the event known as the 2nd Coming of Christ (Acts 1:11, Jude 14, 15). Christ will destroy the armies of the world, cast the Beast and False Prophet into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 19:19-21) and Satan into the Bottomless pit for 1,000 years (Revelation 20:1-3). Christ will then cleanse the earth for 75 days in preparation for the Millennium (Daniel 12:11, 12, Matthew 25:31-46). Christ will set up His kingdom on earth and will reign from Jerusalem (Isaiah 65:17-25, Revelation 20:1-7, 5:10).

During the Millennium, Christ will be the one Perfect and Holy Judge and King of the entire Earth. All must answer to His perfect law and just judgments. This period of 1,000 years will be the greatest period the earth has ever seen. Today, the rulers of countries are imperfect men, many of whom have evil motives and intentions, and that explains why there is so much suffering today. During the Millennium, the world will be under the perfect rule of Christ. There will be true peace on Earth. Jeremiah 31:12-14 gives us a glimpse. Can you imagine what that will be like? As believers, we will reign with Christ (Revelation 20:6). What a great privilege! Will you be there to reign alongside Christ? This world we live in is temporal, but the one to come is eternal. Would you rather enjoy the temporal and vain comforts of this life and forgo the glorious and eternal one that is to come? Which do you think is more worth it?

Thought: What prepares us for the life with Christ and what does not?
Prayer: Father, thank You for giving me salvation.