At the start of the Millennium Jesus will bind Satan, the chief Adversary of God, and his demons for a thousand years. Believers who are resurrected will live and reign with Jesus during those years.
"And I perceived a messenger descending out of heaven, having the key of the submerged chaos and a large chain in his hand. And he lays hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Adversary and Satan, and binds him a thousand years." (Revelation 20:1-2)
"Happy and holy is he who is having part in the former resurrection! Over these the second death has no jurisdiction, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will be reigning with Him the thousand years." (Revelation 20:6)
"I will be giving you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens, and whatsoever you should be binding on the earth shall be those things having been bound in the heavens, and whatsoever you should be loosing on the earth, shall be those having been loosed in the heavens." (Matthew 16:19)
Jesus will then gather representatives of all the nations of the Earth before Him.
"Now, whenever the Son of Humanity may be coming in His glory, and all the holy messengers with Him, then shall He be seated on the throne of His glory, and in front of Him shall be gathered all the nations." (Matthew 25:31-32)
The nations will be separated into two groups based on how they treated Israel during The Tribulation. Those nations who helped Israel will have a honored place during the Millennium.
The nations will be separated into two groups based on how they treated Israel during The Tribulation. Those nations who helped Israel will have a honored place during the Millennium.
"And He shall be severing them from one another even as a shepherd is severing the sheep from the kids. And He shall be standing the sheep, indeed, at His right, yet the kids at the left. Then shall the King be declaring to those at His right, 'Hither, blessed of My Father! Enjoy the allotment of the kingdom made ready for you from the disruption of the world...In as much as you do it to one of these, the least of My brethren, you do it to Me." (Matthew 25:33-40)
Those nations who did not help Israel will be chastened during the Millenium.
Those nations who did not help Israel will be chastened during the Millenium.
"Then shall He be declaring to those also at His left, 'Go from Me, you cursed, into the fire eonian, made ready for the Adversary and his messengers...verily I am saying to you, in as much as you do it not to one of these, the least, neither do you it to Me. And these shall be coming away into chastening for the age, yet the just into life during for the age." (Matthew 25:41-46)
Jesus will cleanse the temple mount which was defiled by the Antiichrist and the cleansing will be finished 1,290 days from the day the abomination occurred that defiled it. Then the faithful remnant of Israel will begin building a new Temple described in detail in the book of Ezekiel. They will begin 1,335 days from the day the abomination occurred and reconsecrate it 2,300 days from when the daily sacrifice was abolished by the Antichrist.
“From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days." (Daniel 12:11-12)
"Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot of the Lord’s people? He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.” (Daniel 8:13-14)
Among those who were resurrected to reign with Christ Jesus over Israel during the Millennium will be King David and the twelve disciples of Jesus. Another special group of 144,000 out of every tribe of Israel will most likely have special roles in governing the nations during the Millennium.
"I, Yahweh, shall be their Elohim, and my servant David will be prince in their midst; I, Yahweh, have spoken." (Ezekiel 34:24)
"Then, answering, Peter said to Him, "Lo! we leave all and follow Thee. What, consequently, will it be to us?" Yet Jesus said to them, "Verily, I am saying to you, that you who follow Me, in the renascence whenever the Son of Mankind should be seated on the throne of His glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." (Matthew 19:27-28)
"And I hear the number of those sealed: a hundred forty-four thousand. Sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel." (Revelation 7:4)
All members of the body of Christ will also have a part in reigning with Jesus during the thousand years of the Millennium.
"Happy and holy is he who is having part in the former resurrection! Over these the second death has no jurisdiction, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will be reigning with Him the thousand years." (Revelation 20:1-6)
The sight of the new Temple will be much larger than the previous ages. This worship center is 875 feet square, a huge building where people of all nations will come from time to time. This worship center is going to be built in the southern part of the land God gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The land promised Abraham will be distributed among the tribes of Israel. The last nine Chapters of Ezekiel give the details.
"And I give to you and to your seed after you the land of your sojourning, all the land of Canaan, as an eonian holding..." (Genesis 17:8)
"In appearances of Elohim He brought me to the land of Israel, and He rested me on a very lofty mountain, and on it was a citylike-building in the south." (Ezekiel 40:2-2)
"Thus says my Lord Yahweh: This is the boundary in which you shall allot the land for the twelve tribes of Israel (Joseph having two districts)." (Ezekiel 47:13)
During the Millennium the earth will again be repopulate by the mortals who had not taken the mark of the Antichrist during The Tribulation. The activities in this worship center will remind mortal humanity of the death of Jesus as the Lamb of God who took away the sins of the whole world.
"On the morrow he is observing Jesus coming toward him, and is saying, "Lo! the Lamb of God Which is taking away the sin of the world." (John 1:29)
The reign of Jesus over this Earth will be perfect and righteous. Satan will not be allowed to deceive the mortal humans among the nations of the Earth until the end when he is set free to again deceive mortal humanity. Satan will succeed as in past ages.
"And whenever the thousand years should be finished, Satan will be loosed out of his jail. And he will be coming out to deceive all the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to be mobilizing them for battle, their number being as the sand of the sea..."(Revelation 20:7-8)
"And whenever the thousand years should be finished, Satan will be loosed out of his jail. And he will be coming out to deceive all the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to be mobilizing them for battle, their number being as the sand of the sea..."(Revelation 20:7-8)
The final rebellion of mortal humanity will be short lived. Satan, in his created role as the adversary of God, and all mortals who participate in that rebellion will be destroyed in the lake of fire that had destroyed the Antichrist and the False Prophet at the close of Age Five. Only these three supernatural beings are said in the Bible to be tormented in the lake of fire for "the eons of the eons". Mortal humans are destroyed by death, not tormented for the eons.
"And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and surround the citadel of the saints and the beloved city. And fire descended from God out of heaven and devoured them. And the Adversary who is deceiving them was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the wild beast and where the false prophet are also. And they shall be tormented day and night for the eons of the eons." (Revelation 20:9-10)
"Yet the heavens now, and the earth, by the same word, are stored with fire, being kept for the day of the judging and destruction of irreverent men...the heavens shall be passing by with a booming noise, yet the elements shall be dissolved by combustion, and the earth and the works in it shall be found." (2 Peter 3:7-11)
This judgment will once and for all show humanity that no mortal can become righteous before God by works they do under Law, even if the Law is administered by Jesus Himself. Humanity will finally realize that they can only be justified by HIS faith, and the blood He shed to save humanity from perishing in death. Humanity, all of them, will be delivered/saved out of death because of the love, mercy and grace of God.
"...a man is not being justified by works of law, except alone through the FAITH OF CHRIST JESUS, we also believe in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by the FAITH OF CHRIST and not by works of law, seeing that by works of law shall no flesh at all be justified." (Galatians 2:14-16)
"God, being rich in mercy, because of His vast love with which He loves us (we also being dead to the offenses and the lusts), vivifies us together in Christ (in grace are you saved!)..." (Ephesians 2:4-6)
"Yet the heavens now, and the earth, by the same word, are stored with fire, being kept for the day of the judging and destruction of irreverent men...the heavens shall be passing by with a booming noise, yet the elements shall be dissolved by combustion, and the earth and the works in it shall be found." (2 Peter 3:7-11)
This judgment will once and for all show humanity that no mortal can become righteous before God by works they do under Law, even if the Law is administered by Jesus Himself. Humanity will finally realize that they can only be justified by HIS faith, and the blood He shed to save humanity from perishing in death. Humanity, all of them, will be delivered/saved out of death because of the love, mercy and grace of God.
"...a man is not being justified by works of law, except alone through the FAITH OF CHRIST JESUS, we also believe in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by the FAITH OF CHRIST and not by works of law, seeing that by works of law shall no flesh at all be justified." (Galatians 2:14-16)
"God, being rich in mercy, because of His vast love with which He loves us (we also being dead to the offenses and the lusts), vivifies us together in Christ (in grace are you saved!)..." (Ephesians 2:4-6)
The destruction of the present Earth will occur at the close of the Millennium.