Part 5 Section E The millennial Kingdom of Christ. The coming of the Son of man after the Great Tribulation section E The millennial Kingdom of Christ.

Part 5  Section E The millennial Kingdom of Christ. The coming of the Son of man after the Great Tribulation  

Matthew 24:29-36

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Matthew 25:31-46

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Revelation 20:1-15

 1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

6 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.

7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

• I will finish Part 5 on the coming of the Son of Man with the truth about Jesus ruling for a thousand years aka the Millennial Kingdom from Jerusalem.
• The notes I will include have been taken from a teaching series I did on Jesus being prophet, priest and King.  The notes are from the last week of that teaching series.
• After this part will be the last two parts in this series 
• Part 6 The last days before the Lord's return being like the days of Lot and Noah.
• Part 7 will be on how we should prepare for the dark days that will be on the earth before the return of the Lord Jesus.  This part will be an exhortation to all those who read this blog to keep the faith.
• To keep alert and awake to be watching for the Lord Jesus to not be lulled to sleep or else His coming will take you by surprise like that of a thief breaking into a house.  For He will come onto the earth and those living on the earth like a thief in the night.
• To keep your garments clean and to not let anyone steal your crown.

Now for the last blog post for this part on the coming of the Son of Man.

 Jesus coming back to rule from Jerusalem as King of Kings and Lord of Lords

Background to Christ being born a King at His first visitation.

⦁ Judah became the ruling tribe Genesis 49:10

⦁  God made an allowance for Israel to have a King and what were the requirements for a king Deuteronomy 17:14-20.

⦁ The end of the time of the Judges and the beginning of the time of Kings 1 Samuel 8:4-22.

⦁ The beginning of the house of David the promise of God to have a man sit on the throne of David forever 2 Samuel 7:9-16.

⦁ The prophetic promises throughout the book of 1 Kings and the books of the prophets that God will raise up one after David who will be a shepherd over His people. 

References: Jeremiah 23:5-6, Jeremiah 30:21, Jeremiah 33:14-26. Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 9:6 to mention just a very few scriptures that point to the coming of Jesus.

⦁ The birth of Jesus as King of Israel and the affirmation that He is the Son of God the promised heir of David through Gabriel to Mary Luke 1:31-33, Matthew 1:1 -17, Luke 3:23-38  the genealogy of Jesus.

 He was acknowledged King when He rode into Jerusalem on the colt the foal of a donkey John 12:12-16: in fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9.

⦁ He told Pontius Pilate He was born for this reason John 18:33-37.

⦁ He had the notice above His head on the cross for all to see written in Latin, Greek and Hebrew that He is the King of the Jews John 19:19-22.

⦁ He rose again and ascended into Heaven and is seated at Father’s right hand as king of Israel and the nations and head of the church Philippians 2:5-11, Colossians 1:18, Revelation 1:5a. 

⦁ Jesus is now in heaven at God the Father's right hand as a King in waiting for a kingdom.

⦁ In Part 4 we looked at God’s dealings with Jerusalem as a city, His dealings with Israel as a nation and a people after Jesus ascended to heaven, that she is the dry bones of Ezekiel 37.

⦁ We must remember that modern state of Israel is a witness to the soon return of Jesus and what must take place before His return.

⦁ That He will return and He will be ushering in His millennial kingdom Revelation 1:7 and Revelation 19:11-21.

The Millennial Kingdom of Christ The Kingdom of God on earth

1 Jesus the King – civil government King of Israel and the nations

⦁ Currently Jesus is ruling His kingdom from heaven.  In other words He is king over men’s hearts through their faith in Him, they are translated from the kingdom of darkness into His light Colossians 1:12-14.

⦁ In this role He is the head of the church the spiritual temple He is building.  For He is ruling now over the spiritual aspect of men’s lives.  Yet at the same time He is also the King over the nations raising them up or putting them down, he has authority in heaven and earth to do these things Matthew 28:18, He is the Prince of Kings on the earth Revelation 1:6.

⦁ Jesus is the king of Kings and He will come back as King and Priest and He will rule in the millennium.  He will rule in both the civil role of king as well as in the spiritual role as High Priest.

When He is ruling from Jerusalem His seat of authority, He will be giving laws and statutes in the land how to carry out God’s perfect will in righteousness and justice. He will be defending the rights of the poor and needy, the widows and the strangers.  He will do justly and teach people how to walk with their God on both a spiritual and civil level.

2. Jesus at His return will come back as Priest and King 

2A .The Lord’s coming what it will be like and the defeat of His enemies

⦁ Jesus even before He went to the cross proclaimed that men will see Him coming on the clouds in His kingly glory Matthew 24: 27-30, Matthew 26:64, Luke 21;27

Matthew 26:64 

64 Jesus said to him, You have stated [the fact]. More than that, I tell you: You will in the future see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming on the clouds of the sky.

a)The Lord will come back as a triumphant conquering King of all Kings and He will defeat His enemy the false Christ and the false prophet.  For satan will be locked up in a pit for a thousand years.

References: Revelation  19:11-21, Revelation 20:,1-3 and Revelation 20:7-10,  Joel 3:,9-16,  Zechariah 14:1-7.

b) He will rule as priest and king  Zechariah 6:11-13, Psalm 2:9.

c) He will rule on the throne as both priest and king and He will rule with a rod of iron Revelation 2:26-27.

d) He will rule with a scepter of righteousness Psalm 45:6

Psalm 2:9    

9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like potters’ ware.

2B His rule on the throne and marriage and Marriage Feast

⦁ God did divorce Israel because of her sins, harlotries and idolatries/ adulteries against her God by worshiping other gods. 

 However God can remarry His people again because a death had taken place, that death being the death of His Son. 

 It is through His Son being the New Covenant for Israel that God can be remarried to His people.  He will dwell once more in their midst as their God in Jerusalem in the temple on Mt Zion Isaiah 2:2-4, Ezekiel 37:24-28, Ezekiel 39:21-29, 1 Corinthians 7:39.

⦁ He will be married to His bride who is Jerusalem and the wedding feast will be celebrated by all.  Remember Jerusalem / the New Jerusalem is described as the bride in Revelation 21 and 22.  

That Jesus wept over this city when He was coming into the city on the colt of the donkey.  That Jerusalem is the city that must call for His return as her king, God and Saviour. 

The wedding feast will not take place in heaven but on earth in the Kingdom of God the New Israel Isaiah 25:6-10a.  

As the Lord Jesus Christ often spoke of this in His parables on the kingdom.  That the people will come from east to west and eat at table with the Patriarchs, while the true heirs of the kingdom will be shut out of the kingdom but will look on seeing these people eat with the Patriarchs and the prophets.  Luke 13:22-30.

⦁ When the remnant of Israel comes to faith in their Lord and are grafted back into their native Olive Tree again then the marriage will take place. 

 For the bride has made herself ready and has clothed herself with the righteous deeds of the saints. 

This will be those who belong to Christ and their righteous deeds are the clothes by which Israel and Jerusalem will clothe themselves with after being cleansed by the Lord of their sin. 

Notice the last two verses of Isaiah 4 are very much like how the Lord appeared to the Israelites in Mt Zion, cloud by day and pillar of fire by night.  

Instead of being over the tent of meeting the cloud and fire will be over the temple in Jerusalem.

God will be a canopy over His city of Jerusalem after He has cleansed her from sin .Isaiah 4:4-6, Jeremiah 33:7-9.

 For the Glory of the Lord will be over the whole of Jerusalem like a marriage canopy that is seen at a Jewish wedding.

Isaiah 4:3-6

 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem:

4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.

⦁  The marriage cannot take place until the Harlot world system and religion had been destroyed. Revelation 19:1-2, 7-9.

So please remember that the marriage of the Lamb comes only after Babylon has been judged.  

It is not in heaven as some people falsely teach that the church is taken up before the Tribulation to be married to Jesus, this is neither true or biblical.  

There is no mention in the book of Revelation of the wedding of Jesus to the church let alone a description of such an important event. 

 Nor can the Gentile side of the church take place in the marriage of the Lamb to the city of Jerusalem as His wedding guests, until God has saved and redeemed the remnant of Israel.

This is very important for the Israelites they are His blood kinsmen and women.

He will not be complete until relationship is restored between Himself and the whole nation of Israel.  Those that are left alive to call Him forth from heaven.

Through His people calling for Him to Yeshua them (save them) then will Jesus come out of heaven to save and redeem His people to marry the city of Jerusalem and His people to Himself once more.

That those of us who belong to Jesus are the wedding guests of the Lord when He comes back to dwell in Jerusalem once more. 

That the Feast of Tabernacles is His wedding Feast for it is a joyous Feast unto the Lord celebrating the Lord dwelling in the midst of His people once more.  

It is to be celebrated by all those who dwell on the earth in the Lord's kingdom.  If any of the sheep nations don't celebrate this Feast once a year unto the Lord they will be punished Zechariah 14:9-21.

Revelation 19:1-10

1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

3 And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

10 And I fell at his feet to worship him.  And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

⦁  When the Lord returns to dwell in her midst Jerusalem will be made righteous and she will be given a new name. Isaiah 62:1-2, Jeremiah 33:16, Revelation 19:7-9 and Isaiah 52:1-10.

The righteous deeds of the saints are Jerusalem’s beautiful garments for her to be clothed in white garments for her wedding to her Lord.  

The blood of Jesus is the New Covenant that God made with Israel. For this is the everlasting covenant that won’t be broken that He will cause His people to enter into a marriage with Him Ezekiel 20: 37, 40-44. 

 God will be married to His people when He comes to dwell in the midst of His people in the Holy temple in Jerusalem which will be on Mt Zion that will be high and lifted up Isaiah 2:2-4.

⦁ As I have already mentioned above the feast will be on earth and in Israel.in Jerusalem this Feast will be the Feast of Tabernacles which will be celebrating the return of the King of kings to His people and His marriage to them Isaiah 25:6-9, Zechariah 14:16 this Feast shall be celebrated yearly.

The New Jerusalem is the bride of Christ we who belong to Christ from the Gentile nations are part of her too. This is through adoption and being grafted into the Olive Tree through faith in Christ.  We too will share in the Marriage Supper of the Lamb if we overcome and are faithful to Him in these last days.

References: Isaiah 62:1-5, Revelation 21:10-26, Ephesians 5:25-27.

3 What will the Millennial Kingdom of Christ be like?

⦁ He will rule from the temple on Mt Zion which will be lifted up higher than the other mountains.

Isaiah 2:2-4, Micah 4:1-2, Ezekiel 40:1-2, 

Micah 4:1-2

1 But in the latter days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains; and it shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it.

2 And many nations shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways, and we may walk in His paths. For the law shall go forth out of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

• There will be another temple in Jerusalem from where Jesus will be ruling the earth representing His Father on earth.  A detailed description of what this temple will look like is found in Ezekiel 41-43.
• River that flows from the temple Ezekiel 47:1-12. 

There will be a river that flows from the temple.

• This river will bring healing to the dead sea and the Mediteranium Sea.
• That this water will bring healing to the oceans after they have been made into blood through God's judgments before the return of Christ.  As well as bringing life again to the Dead Sea.

God will be worshiped as One God by all people

•  All the nations will know God as One God and will come up to Jerusalem yearly to worship at the Feast of Tabernacles Zechariah 14:16-19.

He will be a Just King and He will have the keys of Government

⦁ His kingdom will be just, He will rule the nations with His arms, He will rule in righteousness and defend the poor and needy, He will triumph over His enemies and will judge the nations and bring peace Isaiah 11:4-5, Micah 4:3,  Psalm 45:3-7, Psalm 110:1,-7,  Psalm 72:1-19

Isaiah 11:4-5

4 But with righteousness and justice shall He judge the poor and decide with fairness for the meek, the poor, and the downtrodden of the earth; and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of His waist and faithfulness the girdle of His loins.

• He will have the keys of David to open and shut 

 Isaiah 22 22

22 And the key of the house of David I will lay upon his shoulder; he shall open and no one shall shut, he shall shut and no one shall open.

 Revelation 3:7

 7 And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He Who has the key of David, Who opens and no one shall shut, Who shuts and no one shall open:

•  Nothing unclean will come up to the house of the Lord or upon His Holy Mountain.  References: Zechariah 14:20-21, Joel 3:17, Psalm 24:3-4, Ezekiel 44:9.

Ezekiel 44:9

9 Thus says the Lord God, “No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary 

•  He will rule with a rod of iron, He rule with a firm hand. References: Psalm 2  9, Psalm 45:6, Revelation 2:26-27,. Revelation 19:15.
• It will be a reign of peace and healing in the Kingdom. References: Genesis 49:10, Isaiah 9:6, Micah 4:3, and Micah 5:4-5. Psalm 46:5-9.

Micah 4:3,

3 And He shall judge between many peoples and shall decide for strong nations afar off, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

• No hurt will come on the Holy mountain it will be like the garden of Eden.  References: Isaiah 65:17-25, Isaiah 51:3, Ezekiel 36:35.
• He will slay the wicked with the rod that goes from His mouth He will be anointed of the Spirit of the Lord to rule and to judge fairly. Isaiah 11:1-4, Revelation 19:15, 21.

Isaiah 11:4b

4 and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked

Revelation 19:15, 21

15 From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with which He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and He will shepherd and control them with a staff (scepter, rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God the All-Ruler (the Almighty, the Omnipotent).

21 And the rest were killed with the sword that issues from the mouth of Him Who is mounted on the horse, and all the birds fed ravenously and glutted themselves with their flesh.

•  Of His kingdom there will be no end and it will be like a big mountain that will cover the whole earth.  His kingdom will be given to Him by His Father the Ancient of Days, Daniel 2 35, 44-45, Daniel 7:9-27.
•  He will have all enemies put under His feet including death, Father will make all His enemies a footstool for His feet.  Then when that takes place He will hand the kingdom back to Father so that God will be worshiped as God in all.  
• This will come right at the end of the thousand years of His rule on earth, known as the Day of the Lord which is not only judgment on the nations but a Sabbath rest for the earth.  
• After satan attempts to attack the Lord once more after deceiving the nations when he is let out of the pit sin and death will be dealt with in this final battle then will come the Great White Throne judgment., Revelation 20:7-15, 1 Corinthians 15:20-28.

4 What will Jerusalem and Israel be like?

⦁ There will be a temple/ Sanctuary once more in the midst of Jerusalem from whence the Lord will rule over His people and all nations will come up to worship the Lord there in His temple.   Jerusalem will be known as the city of the Great King.

References: Micah 4:1, Ezekiel 37:27-28, Ezekiel 39:21-29, Ezekiel 40-48, Zechariah 8:18-23, Zechariah 14:16.

⦁ Jerusalem will be glorified and healed and be a very prosperous city under His rule.  

She will be a city of righteousness and beauty.  The city of Jerusalem will be known by a new name the Lord is there.  

She will be the head and not the tail and chief city among the nations the capital of the world and Israel will be the head nation over the saved sheep nations of the world. Why will this be so? 

It will be so because the Lord will be there dwelling in her midst once more in the temple.  That He will turn the world right side up from being upside down.  When Israel is the head nation and Jerusalem the capital city of the Lord.

The city where He has placed His name forever and He is now dwelling in the midst of His people then everything will be in its right place, even Creation will be healed and restored and God will be complete in Himself for He will be with His people again that He had created and married to Himself. Isaiah 54:1-17, Isaiah 62:1-2, Ezekiel 48:35.

⦁ So how can Israel and Jerusalem be anything less she will be perfect, purified, loved and cleansed and her people will be re grafted into their own native Olive tree saved from their sins, purified and cleansed from their desire to worship idols.

These things will be done away with and their God will enter into a new covenant with them through His Son that cannot be broken.  

Men and women of Israel will know their own God again as His laws will be written upon their hearts through this new covenant that cannot be broken. 

References: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Ezekiel 20:37-44, Hebrews 8:7-13, Hebrews 9:11-16, Romans 11:23-27.

⦁ God’s covenant with Day and night will be broken before He will break His covenant to have a man to sit on the throne to rule over the house of Jacob from the line of David.  

That man being God Himself in His Son Jesus that covenant will never be broken because God cannot lie nor be proven false.  

If God is in the midst of His people and they are following Him with new clean hearts then Israel will be the head nation as nothing can be over God He won’t allow it, He must be first in everything.

References:  Jeremiah 33:14-26, Ezekiel 36:22-38.

⦁ He will be married to His people once more and will dwell in the midst of them. Isaiah 4:4-6 Zephaniah 3:17.

⦁ He will have a covenant of peace with His people Isaiah 54:10, Ezekiel 37:26.

⦁ God’s people will be redeemed  by their Saviour King and will rule with Him.

References: Isaiah 49:14-26, Isaiah 60 – 65, Jeremiah 30:7-24, Jeremiah 33:16.

⦁ Men will grab hold of a Jew asking them to take them to the Lord in Jerusalem Zechariah 8: 20-23.

5 What about those who belong to Christ and are part of His body - the church?

A word of warning to Gentile believers concerning the Jewish people and Israel / Jerusalem

• Firstly we who believe in Jesus belong to Christ.  We are citizens of heaven and we are of the House of Israel over which house Jesus is head of.  This is the House of God and this House is our House also through adoption.
• If it is not then we are none of His for we are wild olive branches from the heathen nations that by God's grace have been grafted into the native olive tree of Israel.  These things don't come easily to us as they do to the Jewish people because they are of this olive tree naturally and these things the covenants, the promises and the prophets are theirs including the Messiah who is Jesus.  
• They understand these things better than we do and only God can give us this understanding concerning the Messiah, His role, His rule and the covenant of righteousness God made with the Israeli people at Mt Sinai has been replaced by the covenant Jesus made with Himself through the cross with His people then offered this covenant to those who come to Him from the nations.
• God hasn't replaced the land covenant He gave to Abraham that is the cornerstone of His making a land / nation, house out of Abraham through the other Patriarchs in readiness for His Son to come to live among His people to be able to redeem them through His blood as an atonement from sin that He poured out on the cross.  
• That God had to raise up a royal household through David so that Jesus can be born into this household to come from an earthly royal line as well as a heavenly one.  It is simple but only the Holy Spirit can make these things come to life and bring revelation.
• This is what He is done with me that is why I have been able to write these things concerning the Lord's Israel and His Son's return to that land and city of Jerusalem and what He will be doing when He comes back.
• A note of warning to those of us who are Gentiles from the nations who are part of the body of Christ.  Better get these biblical truths about God's love for Zion aka Jerusalem into our heads and hearts now.  
• Be humble enough and open enough to let the Holy Spirit teach you these truths through His word and the things I have written on the web blog.  
• If you have been boasting against the fallen off branches of the Olive Tree the Jews a word of warning don't.  For if you do it won't go well with you and God will cut you out and replace you with His people when He brings them back to faith in Him, Himself as it says in Ezekiel 36-39 He will do so. 
•  Best thing you can do for the fallen off branches if you know any Jewish people pray for them for God to open their eyes to the truth that Jesus is their Messiah.  Ask God how you can provoke them to jealousy to get them to want to know their God again through your lives and witness.
• For when God returns to Zion and sets up His kingdom there through His Son there will be a few shocked people who won't be expecting this because of what they have been taught falsely in their churches concerning Israel/ Zion.  
• The Lord may have to teach them these things in His millennial kingdom maybe before He allows them to rule with Him on the throne.  Just a thought I will  throw out there.

The Gentile believers in Christ our role in the millennial kingdom

• ⦁ We who belong to Christ will be ruling and reigning with Him as priests and kings.
• 1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 1:6, Revelation 5:10. 
• We will be a royal priesthood as we are God’s children we have been adopted by Him into His heavenly family we are His Son’s adopted brothers and sisters.  
• We are royal because He is royal we belong to the tribe of Judah which is a royal tribe because of Jesus but of the heavenly tribe of Judah.
• ⦁ We will be joint heirs with His people as we have been adopted into His family through faith in Him.
• We will come into our inheritance when He comes into His inheritance as we are hidden in Him and cannot precede Him into His inheritance which is the land of Israel and the Kingdom of Israel.  
• References: Colossians 3:1-4 Romans 8:18-25,  Ephesians 2:11-22  Ephesians 3:6.
• ⦁ Therefore we will be seen as He is at His appearing and not before.  We will get our glorified bodies when He appears and calls for us with the voice of an Archangel and the sound of the shofar or trumpet as is seen in Matthew 24:29-31, Luke 17:22-37, Luke 21:25-37, 1 Corinthians 15: 50-57 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17.
• ⦁ New Kingdom New Names for the people and for Jerusalem and for the Lord Himself
• He will write His new name on us and His Father’s name and the city of Jerusalem’s name on us, or those who will overcome and will be counted worthy to be part of His kingdom  Revelation 2:17
•  We will have new names and Jerusalem will have a new name Isaiah 62:1-2, Ezekiel 48:35.
•  The Lord Himself will have a new name Revelation 3:12, and Revelation 19:12.  
• Everything will be new in His Kingdom a new way of life and worship and a marriage of God and His people.  In a marriage the bride takes on a new name that of her husband but even the Lord Himself will have a new name to signify the start of something new.  
• That salvation has been completed Hebrews 9: 28 and we belong to Him marked as His. Revelation 3:12.
• He will be bringing the kingdom of heaven to the earth the kingdom will be a spiritual one lead by God Himself not a fleshly one for satan and his ilk will be vanquished.  
• It will be the Kingdom of God ruled from Father’s throne in heaven through the Son’s throne on earth which will be in the temple based on Mt Zion in Jerusalem in Israel. He will have authority over the whole earth for the nations are the Lord’s inheritance too.  
• He will have those who have been resurrected from Israel and the nations as His glorified saints worshiping Him and serving Him in the temple and ruling the nations as well under Him.

6 Judgment Seat of Christ and Rewards

⦁ Depending upon how we build on the foundation of the church the prophets the foundation of the church through the Old Covenant and the apostles the foundation of the church through the New Covenant.
As well as through Christ as He is the One it is all about and He is the chief cornerstone upon which the whole fits together the temple of God. 
 Depending upon how we build upon this foundation will determine what rewards we will receive in the millennial kingdom after we had stood before the judgment seat of Christ.  When He returns His rewards and recompense will be with Him. The rewards will be given on earth not in heaven.
References: Matthew 16: 27, Romans 14:10-12, 1 Corinthians 3:10-15, 2 Corinthians 5:10, Revelation 22:12, Isaiah 62:11. 
⦁ Our deeds will be tested by fire to see what the motive behind our works was.  If they are of the Lord and not of self they will survive the test of fire and will be refined and cleansed as fire cleanses as well as judges.  
The deeds will come forth as gold, silver and precious stones if we have built rightly upon the foundations of the prophets the apostles and Christ Himself.  
⦁ In the Old Testament when the Jews conquered a city in Canaan they were to put all the gold, silver and other precious metals through the fire to cleanse them from other uses so that they could be fit for God’s use in His Tabernacle and later temple.  
In fact anything that could withstand heat was to be put through the fire so if things that couldn’t stand heat they were to be washed by water the water of purification from the ashes of the red heifer.  
⦁ However in the case of those of us who belong to the Lord and have been servants of His in various ways leading up to His return and have been involved in teaching or any work of the Lord.  
Depending upon how we built upon the true foundation of the body of Christ of the prophets and apostles when the Lord returns with His rewards and recompense and tests our work by fire.  How we built upon the foundation will determine whether our work will survive the fire or not. 
 If it passes through the fire and we have used precious things in the building and by using His word rightly then they will pass through the cleansing fire and we will get a reward. 
⦁  However if we built on the foundation with faulty teaching, faulty beliefs and we mishandled His word then this will be like wood, hay and stubble and the work will be worthless and burned up.  
The person will not receive their reward, they may even be punished for their lack of good stewardship but even so they will just make it into the Kingdom of God on earth but without their reward.  
⦁ I believe there is a parallel between Numbers 31:21-24 and 1 Corinthians 3:10-15. 
 One is in the natural which is reflected in the Spiritual realm in relation to our relationship to Jesus and how we have built on the foundation of Christ, prophets and apostles.

Numbers 31:21-24 

21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is what is required by the law that the Lord gave Moses: 22 Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead 23 and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water

1 Corinthians 3:8-15

8 He who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his own labor.

9 For we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God’s garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, [you are] God’s building.

10 According to the grace (the special endowment for my task) of God bestowed on me, like a skillful architect and master builder I laid [the] foundation, and now another [man] is building upon it. But let each [man] be careful how he builds upon it,

11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

12 But if anyone builds upon the Foundation, whether it be with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

13 The work of each [one] will become [plainly, openly] known (shown for what it is); for the day [of Christ] will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done.

14 If the work which any person has built on this Foundation [any product of his efforts whatever] survives [this test], he will get his reward.

15 But if any person’s work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire.

7 Over whom or what will we rule will all people rule?

⦁ Some may rule over many cities, some may rule over some cities of the sheep nations that are left after the Lord separates the sheep from the goats. 

References: Luke 12:35-48, Matthew 24:42-51.  

⦁ The nations will be judged on how they treated Jesus’ blood kinsmen the Jewish people and His Spiritual kinsmen.

Those who are from the Sheep nations, these are those who will enter into the Kingdom with the Lord Matthew Matthew 25:36-46.

twelve apostles over the twelve tribes of Israel Matthew 25:14-30, Luke 22:28-30.

8 - Christ the Inheritor of Israel the land and the Kingdom

8a - Christ the Inheritor of the Land of Israel

• The land of Israel belongs to Christ as He is the inheritor of it as He is the Son of Promise the Seed through whom God promised Abraham that all the nations of the world will be blessed through Him.  
• He bears the marks of circumcision in His own body, yes God Himself in His Son bears these marks of circumcision.  
• As He was circumcised on the eighth day and He had to be circumcised to be part of the House of Israel.  
• As all of those who belong to the house of Israel had to be circumcised to show that they are part of the covenant that God made with Abraham Genesis 17:1-15 and Luke 2:21.
•  Just as God gave the name of Isaac to Abraham for his promised son before his conception and birth and he had to be circumcised eight days after his birth. 
• So too Jesus had a name given to Him before He was conceived and He was circumcised on the eighth day to show that He was of the house of Abraham part of the covenant between God and Abraham’s descendants.  
• Jesus is the promised Son of promise that God spoke about to Eve in Genesis 3:15 and He is the victory 
• .laughter of God, the joy of the Lord He is our strength He is the Isaac laughter of God Psalm 2:4.  
• As Isaac was a promised son so too Jesus is a promised Son their lives are parallel.

Genesis 17:10-13

10 This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your posterity after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token or sign of the covenant (the promise or pledge) between Me and you.

12 He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male throughout your generations, whether born in [your] house or bought with [your] money from any foreigner not of your offspring.

13 He that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money must be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Luke 2:21

 21 And at the end of eight days, when [the Baby] was to be circumcised, He was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

• Being circumcised shows that Jesus is heir to the land and has a right to live in it and own it.
• As the land belongs to God His Father and therefore what belongs to Father belongs to the Son, all that the Father has He gives to His Son John 16:15, John 17:10.  

Leviticus 25:23

23 ‘The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.

• So Jesus owns the land as the inheritor of the promises of God as His Son and He gives the land to whomever He wills.  Which will be the children of the Patriarchs through Isaac the twelve tribes of Jacob. 
• Jacob’s sons who bear the names that reflect the various aspects of the Son of God in His nature and character. 
•  The names of the tribes of Israel prophetically portray the Son of God and what He did on earth at His first coming and what He is now doing and will do on the earth when He will come again. 
• The following is taken from week three of the Teaching series I did on the Olive Tree understanding Israel.  It was taken from the lesson on Jacob.

The birth of the twelve sons of Jacob (Israel)
The twelve sons of Jacob are as follows, from these twelve sons come the twelve tribes of Israel, the tribes that would later comprise the nation of Israel (Jacob).

Leah Genesis 29:32-35
And Leah became pregnant and bore a son and named him Reuben [See, a son!]; for she said, Because the Lord has seen my humiliation and affliction; now my husband will love me. 
    33[Leah] became pregnant again and bore a son and said, Because the Lord heard that I am despised, He has given me this son also; and she named him Simeon [God hears]. 
    34And she became pregnant again and bore a son and said, Now this time will my husband be a companion to me, for I have borne him three sons. Therefore he was named Levi [companion]. 
    35 Again she conceived and bore a son, and she said, Now will I praise the Lord! So she called his name Judah [praise]; then [for a time] she ceased bearing

⦁  Leah had given birth to the two key tribes of Israel, Judah and Levi, one would be the kingly tribe from which the Messiah was to come and the other was to become the priestly tribe.  Yet our Messiah is both King and Priest and Prophet, He carries the office of prophet (Spirit of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy Revelation 19:10) the one that speaks from God to the people and He is now in the heavens as our High Priest interceding before the Mercy Seat of God a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek Hebrews 7:21-25. 

⦁ He is interceding on behalf of the people to God.  He is our future King from the line of David who is from the tribe of Judah and one day He will return to set up His physical kingdom on this earth.
⦁  He came the first time as the Lamb of God to take away the sins of the world.  He is coming the second time as the lion of the tribe of Judah; He will roar out of Zion to rescue and deliver His people as a lion and will sit down on the throne of David in Jerusalem.  He came the first time in humility a suffering servant, He will come the second time as a conquering all powerful King who will rule with a sceptre of iron and righteousness.
⦁ So God honoured Leah as the despised wife by allowing her to give birth to two of the key future tribes of Israel. 

The names of the twelve sons of Jacob how they relate to Jesus.
⦁ I am including here another aspect of the names of the sons of Israel in how they relate to Jesus Himself.
⦁ It is interesting to note that the names of the twelve sons of Jacob who was soon to be called Israel all related to the Son of God as well, these names reflect something about the character of God’s Son.  
⦁ These names of the tribes reflect who He is as a man and God, truly our Lord’s life is closely entwined with His people the Israelites, and they are the tribes of His inheritance because their very names are to do with Him, they are prophetic, they proclaim, that God has a Son, He hears, His is a companion, He is praise, He was hired as a shepherd and sold for a pittance when He was betrayed, He is a dwelling for He dwelt among His people Israel when He walked this earth as a man.   

He also dwells in us those who believe in Him by His Holy Spirit.  He will physically in His glorified body dwell among His people again in the millennial temple in Jerusalem then He will dwell among His people openly with His Father in the New Jerusalem on the new earth.

⦁ He does add He is the first fruit of many brethren, He is fruitful a fruitful bough a vine, He is the son of Father’s right hand.  

He has been judged unfairly by men to be handed over to death and He was judged by God for our sins and bore the punishment for them, yet He will judge at the end of the age, He is the King that will judge the nations and Israel.  

He struggled for mankind in prayer and intercession He conquered sin and death, in His struggle against sin He shed His own blood, He bore our grief and sorrows, and He is interceding right now at Father’s right hand as High Priest.  

⦁ He is fortune or rather He is a blessing and it is through Him all the nations are blessed as a direct descendant of Abraham to Him all wealth belongs and He is anointed with joy above His brethren He is happy full of joy.
 Scriptures to show how these names of the sons of Jacob relate to Jesus the Son of God, His characteristics, nature and who He is as God the Son and Son of God the Son of Promise.

Leah Genesis 29:32-35 Jesus as God incarnate in the flesh
Reuben [See, a son!]      Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:26-35, Hebrews 1:1-14   God has a Son who is eternal.

Simeon [God hears].   John 11:41, John 14:13-14, John 16:23-28 , 1 John 5:13-15 (We can ask anything in Jesus name and Father will hear us as long as it is in accordance to His will also God hears the prayers of His Son who also is God)      

Levi [companion 1 Corinthians 1:9, Psalm 25:14   (We are the companions of Christ and God through Christ)

Judah [praise] Matthew 21:1-17, Mark 11:1-10 Luke 19:35-40, John 12:12-16, Hebrews 2:11-12, Revelation 5:11-14 (He is the praise of God His Father and the future King of Israel)

Leah Genesis 30:14-21
Issachar [hired]. Zechariah 11:1-14, Matthew 26:14-16, Matthew 27:1-10, Luke 22:1-6, Jesus is the Good Shepherd John 10:1-10.

Zebulun [dwelling) John 1:14, John 2:19-22, Hebrews 10:5-7(the word became flesh and dwelt among us in the man Christ Jesus)

Dinah her daughter

Finally Rachel Genesis 30:23-24 Jesus is the first born of many brethren.
Joseph [may he add] Isaiah 53:10-12, Romans 8:18-25, Hebrews 2:9-18.

Genesis 35:16-19 Benjamin (Rachel died in childbirth near Bethlehem) Jesus is the Son of the right hand and He is seated at Father’s right hand in heaven waiting to return to earth.  Right hand represents strength, power and might.
 She called the baby as she was dying Ben-oni [son of my sorrow] Jesus too is Son of sorrow for He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief Isaiah 53:3-5; but his father called him Benjamin [son of the right hand]. Psalm 80:17, Matthew 26:62-64, Luke 22:66-71, Acts 5:29-32, Acts 7:54-56, Philippians 2:9-11 Hebrews 1:1-3, Hebrews 2:9, Hebrews 10:12-14, Revelation 5:1-14. 

 Benjamin is the only son named by his father the others were either given their names of Leah or Rachel.  Benjamin means son of the right hand and so Jesus is also the Son of the right hand of His Father as He is currently seated in heaven at the right hand of His Father Yahweh to come back to earth to rule as king and priest on the throne of David over the house of Jacob/ Israel and the nations who are also His inheritance along with Israel.

The sons Jacob had to his wives handmaidens
Bilhah Rachel’s maid Genesis 30:2-8
Dan [judged He was judged that He was judged and punished for our sins first by Jewish law by God through the High Priest and the Sanhedrin and then by the Romans law – Gentiles by Pontius Pilate)] Isaiah 53:1-8   Matthew 26:57-68, Matthew 27:1-2, Matthew 27:11-19, Mark 14:53-65, Mark 15:1-20, John 19:12-40, 2 Corinthians 5:21.  
As One who judges: John 12:27-33, Matthew 25:31-46, Joel 3:9-17, Romans 14:8-12, 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10, Revelation 19:1-3,11-17.

Naphtali [struggled] Isaiah 53:11. Matthew 26:36-45, Luke 22:39-46, Hebrews 12:1-4. 

• Jesus struggled against sin He sweated great drops of blood in agony before going to the cross.  
• Israel herself is a nation that was birthed in struggle the twelve sons of Jacob their mothers waged war with each other the two sisters to see who can raise up the most children to Jacob, 
• Jacob wrestling with the Angel of the Lord struggled with God and man, Jesus as the suffering servant in Isaiah 49:3 is called Israel.  
• Israel today is still struggling for survival against a hostile world, it is the battle of the two kingdoms God and Satan for supremacy but we know in the long run who has the ultimate and final victory.

Zilpah Leah’s maid Genesis 30:8-13
Gad [fortune].  Genesis 12:3, Isaiah 61:7-11, Colossians 2:2-3, Ephesians 1:3, Revelation 5:12.  Christ is our spiritual blessing, treasure and inheritance to Him belongs all wealth of the world both the natural and spiritual realms.    
                               
Asher [happy].  Psalm 45:3-7, John 15:11, John 17:13. Hebrews 1:8-9 Christ is anointed with Joy above His brethren, His joy is made complete in us His disciples, and joy is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit

8b - Christ the Heir to the Throne of David and He is also a Priest

⦁ Christ is also the inheritor of the throne of David and He is also the inheritor of the Melchizedek priesthood as the pure sinless Son of God, the perfect Son.
 Psalm 110:1 and verse 4 portrays the Lord giving Him the kingdom and the Priesthood. 
Psalm 2 6-7 the Lord giving Him the kingdom and establishing the Son’s kingdom. 

⦁ In Zechariah 6:11-13 The Lord building the temple and ruling from there as Priest and King, 
Luke 1:31-33 throne of David being promised to Him at His birth, Luke 22:29a the Father giving the Son a Kingdom.

Psalm 110:1

1 The Lord (God) says to my Lord (the Messiah), Sit at My right hand, until I make Your adversaries Your footstool.

Psalm 110:4

4 The Lord has sworn and will not revoke or change it: You are a priest forever, after the manner and order of Melchizedek.

Psalm 2:6-8

6 Yet have I anointed (installed and placed) My King [firmly] on My holy hill of Zion.

7 I will declare the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, You are My Son; this day [I declare] I have begotten You.

8 Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth as Your possession.

Zechariah 6:11-13

11 Yes, take from them silver and gold, and make crowns and set [one] upon the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,

12 And say to him, Thus says the Lord of hosts: [You, Joshua] behold (look at, keep in sight, watch) the Man [the Messiah] whose name is the Branch, for He shall grow up in His place and He shall build the [true] temple of the Lord.

13 Yes, [you are building a temple of the Lord, but] it is He Who shall build the [true] temple of the Lord, and He shall bear the honor and glory [as of the only begotten of the Father] and shall sit and rule upon His throne. And He shall be a Priest upon His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between the two [offices—Priest and King].

Luke 1:31-33 Promised to Him at His birth 

31 And listen! You will become pregnant and will give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus.

32 He will be great (eminent) and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His forefather David,

33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob throughout the ages; and of His reign there will be no end.

Luke 22:29b

29 And as My Father has appointed a kingdom and conferred it on Me,

9 - Our Homes in Heaven during the millennial kingdom the people of the nations will live in the nations or among the tribes of Israel

Our Homes will be in Heaven yet we will rule on earth

Our homes are in heaven so we may travel between earth and heaven during the millennial reign of Christ.  

The people of Israel will inherit their tribal land and foreigners from the nations who are alive on the earth at His return can live among the tribes of Israel.

If they have children they can inherit the tribal land as though they were native born. Or they can live in the nations they were born in.  John 14:2, Ezekiel 47:21-23.

Our inheritance is with the Son

We cannot inherit ahead of the Son we must wait until it is time for Him to come from heaven to set up His kingdom on earth. 

 At the moment Jesus is ruling and reigning in heaven building His church as a Son over the house He is References: Hebrews 3:1-6, Ephesians 2:18-22, 1 Peter 2:4-6.

Christ our Inheritance

Christ or God Himself is our inheritance we will have our heritage in Him alone, He is our reward.  

Just as the priests had no share in the tribal land but were taken care of by God Himself.  They lived in cities and in the country but could have no land to own, they could own houses in the cities but not in the country.  

As the Lord was their inheritance so too He is our inheritance we inherit through Him.  

He pays us by rewarding us for our work in Him if we build rightly on the foundations as mentioned above, He takes care of us, He provides for us not only in this world but the next to come.  Isaiah 33:5-6, Ezekiel 44:28.

Isaiah 33: 5-6

5 The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).

6 And there shall be stability in your times, an abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the reverent fear and worship of the Lord is your treasure and His.

Ezekiel 44:28

28 This [their ministry to Me] shall be to them as an inheritance, for I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession.

10- The Millennial Kingdom is a dress rehearsal for the New Heaven and the New Earth

⦁ Though His kingdom is invisible at the moment He rules over men’s hearts, those who belong to Him. 

 One day it will become a visible kingdom and all will see Him as He is and we who are His brethren will be seen as He is too.

For we will serve Him and worship Him in His millennial kingdom to start with then it will be the eternal kingdom after the white throne judgment of the New Heavens and New Earth when God will tabernacle with men with no walls between them.  

⦁ In the millennial kingdom there will be a temple, at present we are the temple of God, His Holy Spirit indwells us 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 1 Corinthians 6:18-20.

⦁ In the New Heaven and Earth God will be dwelling in the midst of His people in openness.

There will be no more walls or barriers between God and His people because of sin as that will be dealt with once and for all at the white throne judgment that is between the two worlds, the old and the new.

⦁ Revelation 21 the description of the New Jerusalem

⦁ Revelation 22 the description of the new heavens and earth.

⦁ Isaiah 60:10-22, Isaiah 66:22-23 gives the description of the New Jerusalem and the New Heavens and New Earth.

⦁ The Kings who will be bringing their glory into the New Jerusalem are us, as we are kings and priests who will be ruling with Him in the new heavens and earth and who have been ruling with Him in the Millennial Kingdom.  

Revelation 5:9-10

9 And [now] they sing a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals that are on it, for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men unto God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

10 And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth!

Revelation 21:22-26 (Look up Isaiah 65:17-24 it is a parallel passage to this one they are linked)

22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Omnipotent [Himself] and the Lamb [Himself] are its temple.

23 And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the splendor and radiance (glory) of God illuminate it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

24 The nations shall walk by its light and the rulers and leaders of the earth shall bring into it their glory.

25 And its gates shall never be closed by day, and there shall be no night there.

26 They shall bring the glory (the splendor and majesty) and the honor of the nations into it

Revelation 22:4-6

4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads.

5 And there shall be no more night; they have no need for lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will illuminate them and be their light, and they shall reign [as kings] forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities).

6 And he [of the seven angels further] said to me, These statements are reliable (worthy of confidence) and genuine (true). And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His messenger (angel) to make known and exhibit to His servants what must soon come to pass.

⦁ The Millennial Kingdom of Christ is just a foretaste of what the New Heavens and earth will be like it will be a dress rehearsal of what we will be doing there.  

What a glorious time we have to look forward to when our blessed Lord and Saviour returns to rule on this earth.  Blessed be His name forever.

 I hope in this last section in Part 5 about Jesus coming after the Great Tribulation where I have given you the truth about the coming millennial kingdom of Christ  and what this kingdom will be like.  That you have been blessed by this blog post.

Please look up these scriptures given in this blog post so that through them you will get a greater appreciation of Who our God is and Who His Son is.  What He has done for us and the reality of His coming Kingdom and what it will be like when He comes physically to dwell among His people in Jerusalem once more.  

Please use these scriptures to help you get ready for this great event in our lives and this is our eternal hope His return to bring us to Himself so that we can live with Him forever in His kingdom.  

If you are not sure about anything please take it to God in prayer and wait upon Him to answer you with an open and expectant heart.  

The Lord’s return is getting closer by the day so don’t leave it to too late to make your lives ready for Him.  

Please do this while it is still called today to get your lives right with the Holy One of Israel through His Son Jesus.

Stay tuned for Part 6 the days like Noah and Lot.