- Jesus will return to collect His flock i.e. the 144,000 plus the saved dead ones, visibly, and not a secret rapture.
Rev. 7:4 – “And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an
hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.”
Rev. 1:7 - “Behold, he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see Him.”
1 Thes. 4:16 – “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to
meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
Rev. 14:1 - “And I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and with him an
hundred and forty four thousand having his Fathers name written in their foreheads.
- There are two groups that will be resurrected.
1 Thes. 4:16 - “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first.”
Rev. 20:6 - “
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.”
Dan 12:2 – “And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and
some to shame and everlasting contempt.
John 5:28-29 – “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth
; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”
- Satan is then bound for 1000 years, the symbolic Sabbath, the 7[SUP]th[/SUP] thousand years after creation.
Rev. 20:2-3 – “And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan,
and bound him a thousand years. 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.”
2 Pet 3:8 – “But, beloved, be not ignorant of the one thing,
that one day with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
Although nothing is said regarding Satan’s angels during the 1000 year period, it can be assumed that Satan’s angels as well as the unsaved living humans will still be on this earth and will be active in their evil doings for the 1000 year period. As the doors of probation have closed, there will be no chance for the unsaved humans to repent and be saved. It can also be assumed that God’s angels will be in heaven during this period as there will be no work for them on this earth.
- The saved ones will judge the angels during the 1000-year period, in heaven.
1 Cor. 6:2-4 – “Do ye not know that
the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that
we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?”
Rev. 20:4 – “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.”
This confirms that Jesus Christ will not be on this earth for that 1000 year period. It therefore also means that there cannot be a peace plan on this earth during that 1000 year period.
This also confirms that the resurrected saved ones will be with Jesus Christ.
- After 1000 years Jerusalem comes down from heaven to earth.
Rev. 21:2 – “And
I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
Rev. 21:10 – “And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and
showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.”
Heb. 12:22 – “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and
unto the city of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels.”
6. God and Jesus will live with the people in the New Jerusalem.
Rev. 21:3 – “And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and
God himself shall be with them, and be their God.”
Zech. 8:3 – “
Thus saith the Lord; I am retuned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.”
- The dead unsaved ones will be resurrected.
Rev. 20:13 – “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. And death and hell were cast to the lake of fire. This is the second death.”
- Satan plus the resurrected unsaved gather together for the march towards the New Jerusalem.
Rev. 20:7-9 – “And
when the 1000 years are expired,
Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, God and Magog, to gather
them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.”
- Final destruction of Satan and his followers.
Rev. 20:14-15 – “And
death and hell were cast into the lake of fire, This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Please note that the death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
Zeph. 3:8 – “Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all
the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.”
2 Pet 3:12 – “Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein
the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.”
This is very similar to Noah’s case where the Ark (the saved ones inside) was floating on water and now the New Jerusalem (the saved ones inside) will be floating on the lava. In both cases the unsaved will be totally destroyed.
- Earth will be recreated to a New Earth.
Rev 21:1 – “And I saw a
new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.”
- Counsel of peace between God and Jesus Christ, the high priest and Son of God.
Rev. 22:3 – “And there shall be no more curse: but
the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve Him.”
Zech 6:13 – “Even he shall build the temple of the Lord; and
he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and
he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace between them both.”
Please note the ‘both’word at the end of the text which implicates that only two entities, God the Father and His son Jesus Christ, exists . There will be no other third party to the God-head on the New Earth.