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Millennium and Judgement

1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.

2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations any more until the thousand years were ended.   After that, he must be set free for a short time.

4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshipped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.

They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

5 (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.

6 Blessed and holy are those who share the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.

The Judgement of Satan

7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison

8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth – Gog and Magog – and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.

9 they marched across the breadth of the earth and surround the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.

10 and the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning Sulphur, where the beast and false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

The Judgement of the Dead

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, the books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.

13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.

14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.

15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

The Truth of the Pre-Millennial Approach

To this point the Lion – actually the Lamb has conquered – simply with a word. There was no battle. The Cross of Jesus is the victory!

This is the wonderful truth of God’s revelation to John – the “unveiling” of true reality. It is God’s revelation to man from Genesis to Revelation. A wonderful truth (the whole of Hebrews 2 but note v6-8; the whole of Psalm 8 but note v4-6).

These verses in Psalm 8 have an eternal truth. Note Psalm 8:9 which follows the above reference in Psalm 8 – “O LORD, our Lord…”. This refers to Jesus in the Old Covenant. The Jews would not refer to YAHWEH – The Name was too holy.      The word used was LORD, i.e. Father, Son and Holy Spirit – the eternal Trinity. Jesus was the emphasis – the Living Word (cf also Psalm 8:1)

Jesus the Messiah, the Anointed One who is, was, is to come – the One who gives the saints great encouragement in every lifetime – every age – a truth for everyone NOW! An encouragement mentioned in the last Chapter – Worship God!!

This is why in Revelation 1:1-8 John recorded ‘the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants…”. The words “show servants” is showing us NOW in our life.

The phrase “soon take place” (v1) is possibly today, or tomorrow, or in a few years’ time in our life. This author is reminded that in 1938 the whole of Europe did not know the disaster and destruction to befall them!

The theological comments can close here as the rest of this book continues with the new kind of warfare which is electronic and silent. In the Appendix there is an historical comment on major conflicts from 476AD to the present. History of WWI and WWII are not included as they are well known.

EVIL BECOMING WORSE

From the previous study of the history of mankind to today as outlined above, technology constantly advanced from primitive to complex weapons as seen in the atomic bombs dropped on Japan on 6 and 9 August 1945.

And now, what of the evil Savage Kings who through vanity, power and greed caused these atrocities? They have all passed.  Their lifetimes have ended. But where are they in God’s eternity? Hell!

I will shortly move to a new era of evil Savage Kings who are controlled by Satan, as were all the others, but who have new electronic silent warfare weapons now at their hands. This all leads in to the important true revelations of Dr Judy Wood and others mentioned at the beginning of this Book.

For people – the LORD God loves them. There is a way out of the dreadful state of being separated from God. There is a beautiful future with God which all can share. The previous study of the Books Judges, Daniel and Revelation teach us His truth. Teach us:

• What is Right
• How to get Right
• How to keep Right
• How to share in God’s eternity with Jesus His Son

In this next section which I believe is the most important truth, a faithful Minister and Pastor of the Gospel of Jesus, Dr. Barry, will explain the joy of true regeneration and the journey with God in Holy Faith.