The Millennial Reign of Peace

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The Lord shall be king over all the earth, and
  his name one.
• Bible Lecture
• MILLENIAL PEACE

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The Lord shall be king over all the earth, and
  his name one.
• This is universal monarchy instead of universal
  republicanism! A glorious monarchy such as the
  world has never witnessed beforea government
  which is theocratic, not popular and one to
  which none are appointed by votes of majorities,
  but by the absolute will and pleasure of the Lord
  God alone.
• Herald of the Kingdom

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Outline
• Peoples righteous actions will yield blessings
• Nations are to be at peace
• Autocratic and Theocratic Rule of Christ and his
  brethren
• Work of the Saints and Mortal Jews
• Temple - The House of Prayer for all People and
  Nations
• End of Millennium

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Mission of the Kingdom
• The kingdom of God is itself but an
  instrumentalityanother step in the march of
  God's beneficent schemeanother stage in the
  accomplishment of His purpose to "gather together
  in one all things in Christ" (Eph. i. 10). It
  only lasts for a thousand years (Rev. xx. 6).
  What is to be accomplished during this period?
  Paul says "He (Jesus) must reign till he hath put
  ALL ENEMIES under his feet. The last enemy that
  shall be destroyed is death" (1 Cor. xv. 25-26). 
• Hence the millennial mission of Christ is to
  subdue "all enemies," which he will accomplish
  within the period of a thousand years. The
  "enemies" spoken of are not necessarily personal
  enemies, for death is mentioned as the last of
  them, which we know to be an evil event, and not
  a personal adversary. Hence, we may understand
  Paul's statement to mean that "he must reign till
  he hath subdued every evil." This being so, we
  have a starting point supplied to us in our
  endeavour to understand the mission of the
  kingdom of God. It is to subdue "all enemies," or
  every evil.
• Christendom Astray

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• Abraham believed God and it was accounted unto
  him for righteousness
• Those of faith are the children of Abraham
• Gospel preached to Abraham In thee shall all
  nations be blessed
• (Galatians 3 v 6-8)
• At what time would the blessings occur?
• and thy seed shall possess the gate of his
  enemies (Future)
• Nations to be subdued at the setting up of
  Christs Kingdom
• Psalm 2, Daniel 2, Zechariah 2, Zephaniah 2,
  Micah 41-3
• thou shalt break them with a rod of iron thou
  shalt dash them in pieces like a potters vessel
  (Psalm 28-9)
• it shall break in pieces and consume all these
  kingdoms (Daniel 244)

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• When Yahwehs judgements are in the earth, the
  inhabitants will learn righteousness.
• How will they learn?
• the people of the nations will be taught a
  righteous way of life
• the laws will be effective and enforced
• Psalmist says thy law have I hid in mine
  heart
• He will teach us of his ways out of Zion
  shall go forth the law, and the word of Yahweh
  from Jerusalem (Is 23)

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• 6 Therefore my people shall know my name
  therefore they shall know in that day that I am
  he that doth speak behold, it is I.
• 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet
  of him that bringeth good tidings, that
  publisheth peace that bringeth good tidings of
  good, that publisheth salvation that saith unto
  Zion, Thy God reigneth!
• Isaiah 526-7
• Publisheth 8085 Shama (Shaw-Mah) means to hear
  intelligently with the implication of being
  obedient, also paying close attention.
• Peace 7965 Shalowm (Shaw-lome) means to be
  safe, well, happy, at peace

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of
  adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall
  not thy teachers be removed into a corner any
  more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers
• 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee,
  saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye
  turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the
  left.
• Isaiah 3021
• Teachers 3384 Yarah means to direct, instruct

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• Under the Mosaic order, the law was the
  schoolmaster (teacher or leader) to bring them
  unto Christ.
• Concerning this schoolmaster administration, bro
  Roberts says the following in Christendom Astray
• In view of the evident conclusion that the
  promises to Abraham give an unconditional
  guarantee of "good things to come," it may be
  asked, why the law of Moses, and the bitter
  national experience of the Jews, have been
  allowed to intervene between them and their
  fulfilment, Paul anticipates and answers this
  question in Gal. iii. 19 "Wherefore, then,
  serveth the law, It was added because of
  transgression till the seed should come to whom
  the promise was made." If we wish to know the
  purpose it served, we find the information five
  verses down "The law was our schoolmaster unto
  Christ" (verse 24). On account of the almost
  undisturbed reign of ignorance and sin in the
  times when the promises were delivered, it was
  necessary to institute a schoolmaster
  administration of the divine mind, which should
  inculcate those first lessons

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• concerning God, without which nothing good could
  be accomplished, since their existence in the
  human mind is the very basis of that community
  between God and man which honours Him and saves
  them. It was necessary to engrain those first
  principles on the mind of the chosen nation, by
  way of paving the way for the development of the
  state of things promised to the fathers. This was
  done by the establishment of the Law of Moses in
  the midst of Israela system which, in itself,
  was a mere allegory of divine truth, as was meet
  in the training of children (Heb. x. 1), but
  which, by its exactions, severities, and
  scrupulosities, engraved in deep and lasting
  characters the estimate of the Deity's relation
  to mankind. The power, supremacy, and holiness
  of the Deity were made palpable by it, even to
  those who were disobedient and, in the course of
  centuries, that conception of God was formed
  which existed in the days of Jesus, as the
  foundation on which to push forward the
  operations by which the seed of Abraham (faithful
  believers) should be provided by the promulgation
  of the word of faith. Without the law, there is
  no doubt that the knowledge of God would have
  perished from the earth, and mankind would have
  been wholly enslaved by the foolishness and
  unenlightened speculation, and abandoned to the
  wickedness which prevailed before the flood the
  little

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• light of the promises would soon have been
  extinguished, and the world would have been sunk
  in the darkness of incurable barbarism ripe for
  as complete a destruction as that which overtook
  it in the days of Noah. This great catastrophe
  was prevented by the establishment of a system
  which, while (superficially considered) it
  offered an obstruction to the glorious
  consummation promised to Abraham, was potently
  influential in developing the moral situation
  among mankind which was necessary to the
  bestowment of the promised blessing.
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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• Jeremiah 33 v 7 to 11 the voice of joy and the
  voice of gladness
• Zechariah 1 v 11 to 17 Yahweh shall yet comfort
  Zion
• Zechariah 8 v 20 to 23 men shall take hold of
  the skirt of a Jew
• Zechariah 14 v 9 Yahwehs Name One no more
  war amongst false religion
• Psalm 22 v 22 to 28 neither hath he hid his
  face
• Psalm 67 v 4 let the nations be glad and sing
  for joy judge righteously
• Psalm 72 in his days shall the righteous
  flourish
• Isaiah 51 v 4 for a law shall proceed from me

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• Isaiah 2 v 2 to 4 no more war
• Micah 4 v 2 to 5 beat their swords into
  plowshares nation shall not lift up sword
  against nation
• Revelation 21 v 3 to 5
• Isaiah 35 v 10 sorrow and sighing shall flee
  away
• Isaiah 51 v 11 they shall obtain gladness and
  joy
• Isaiah 65 v 19 - .nor the voice of crying
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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Righteousness gt Peace
• 14 And the LORD hath given a commandment
  concerning thee, that no more of thy name be
  sown out of the house of thy gods will I cut off
  the graven image and the molten image I will
  make thy grave for thou art vile.
• 15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him
  that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth
  peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform
  thy vows for the wicked shall no more pass
  through thee he is utterly cut off.
• Nahum 114-15

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Autocrat Theocrat
• V33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall
  again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art
  thou the King of the Jews? John 1833
• Christs first mission, 2000 years ago, was to
  conquer the power of sin, sin in the flesh, in
  himself, and to be offered as a representative
  for the sin of the race.
• Christs second mission is to rule the world as
  King.
• with power (autocrat)
• appointed by the God of Heaven to rule the
  nations (theocrat)
• with absolute authority
• Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for
  thine inheritance . Kiss the Son, lest he be
  angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath
  is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they
  that put their trust in him. (Psalm 2)

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Autocrat Theocrat
• After his resurrection, the lord triumphantly
  told his followers "All power is given me in
  heaven and in earth".
• He exercises that power now, and will do so more
  openly in the future.
• Democracy will no longer prevail. Meaning of
  Democracy
• "State having government by all the people,
  direct or representative form of society
  ignoring hereditary class distinctions and
  tolerating minority views.
• Democracy gives people freedom and choice. It
  fits in nicely with the notion that every man
  does that which is right in his own eyes. It is
  at the heart of all the world's problems today.

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Autocrat Theocrat
• When Christ is King in the earth, there will be
  an autocratic rule (autocrat means absolute
  ruler, absolute government by one person).
• This describes the nature of Christ's rulership.
  You may think that autocratic nations have caused
  more problems in our day and in days gone by than
  democratic nations. The fact is, when mere men
  are in power, it doesn't matter what form of
  leadership they take - they will never be able to
  rule effectively to which history has testified
  for the last 6,000 years. The difference with
  Christ being an autocrat and other autocrats, is
  that he will also be a theocrat - a theocracy is
  a form of government appointed by God. It will
  be a God centred kingdom.
• History abundantly testifies that society needs
  such a king, possessing the wisdom, ability and
  power to rule effectively. Failure has marked
  man's attempts to govern righteously, or to
  establish permanent peace.

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Autocrat Theocrat
• "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I
  will perform that good thing which I have
  promised unto the house of Israel, and to the
  house of Judah. In those days and at that time, I
  will cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up
  unto David, and he shall execute judgment and
  righteousness in the land." (Jer. 33 v 14, 15).
• "UNTO US a child is born, unto us a son is given,
  and the government shall be upon his shoulder
  and his name shall be called Wonderful,
  Counsellor the Mighty God, the Everlasting
  Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of
  his government and peace there shall be no end,
  UPON THE THRONE OF DAVID, AND UPON HIS KINGDOM,
  to order it, and to establish it with judgment
  and with justice from henceforth, even for ever.
  The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform this"
  (Isa. 9 v 6, 7).

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Autocrat Theocrat
• "Behold the man whose name is the BRANCH and he
  shall grow up out of his place . . . and shall
  sit and rule upon his throne and he shall be a
  priest upon his throne" (Zech. vi.12, 13).
• "He shall judge among the nations, and shall
  rebuke many people and they shall beat their
  swords into ploughshares, and their spears into
  pruning hooks nation shall not lift up sword
  against nation, neither shall they learn war any
  more" (Isa. ii. 4).
• "And the Lord shall be king over all the earth
  in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name
  One" (Zech. xiv. 9).
• "Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and
  princes shall rule in judgment" (Isa xxxii. 1).
• "The Lord of Hosts shall reign in Mount Zion, and
  in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously"
  (Isa. xxiv. 23).

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Autocrat Theocrat
• "The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the
  Lord, as the waters cover the sea. And in that
  day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall
  stand for an ensign of the people to it shall
  the Gentiles seek and his rest shall be
  glorious" (Isa. 9 v 9, 10).
• "Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion for
  great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of
  thee" (Isa. 12 v 6).
• "I will make them (the Jews) one nation in the
  land upon the mountains of Israel and one King
  shall be King to them all" (Ezek. 37 v 22).
• "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and
  from the river unto the ends of the earth....Yea,
  all kings shall fall down before him all nations
  shall serve him" (Psa. 72 v 8, 11). (See also
  Dan. 7 v 14)
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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Autocrat Theocrat
• The outcome of an effective rulership
• "At that time they shall call Jerusalem the
  throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be
  gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to
  Jerusalem neither shall they walk any more after
  the imagination of their evil heart" (Jer. 3 v
  17).  
• "And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and
  let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the
  house of the God of Jacob, and He will teach us
  of His ways, and we will walk in His paths, for
  out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word
  of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Isa. 2 v 3).
• The mortal population will go up to Jerusalm
  annually, as we learn from Zech. 14 v 16

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• Autocrat Theocrat
• "And it shall come to pass that every one that is
  left of all the nations which came against
  Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to
  worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep
  the feast of tabernacles."
• If a nation was to refuse to pay this annual
  homage to the king of all the earth, they will be
  summarily dealt with. No need for the worlds law
  enforcement agencies in that day. A word from the
  King will stay the supplies of heaven, and compel
  submission. It is written
• "And it shall be that whoso shall not come up of
  all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem, to
  worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, even upon
  them shall be no rain" (verse 17).
• These are the characteristics of Christs reign.

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The work of the Saints
• Primary role is to assist Christ in ruling the
  nations.
• If we suffer with him (now), we shall also reign
  with him (in the Kingdom)
• 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. 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. (Rev 20 v 4,6)

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The work of the Saints
• Let the saints be joyful in glory let them sing
  aloud upon their beds.
• Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
  and a two-edged sword in their hand
• To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and
  punishments upon the people
• To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles
  with fetters of iron
• To execute upon them the judgment written this
  honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
  
• (Psalm 1495-9)

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The work of the Saints
• Revelation ch 3 v 21
• Revelation ch 2 v 26-27
• The glorified saints will be the administrators
  and the mediators of the kingdom age. They will
  govern and guide the mortal populace in every
  aspect of life.
• Prominent among their tasks will be the education
  and instruction
• of mortals in divine ways. They will also
  administer the new law
• based upon the Law of Moses and judge with
  righteousness on Christ's behalf
• Isaiah 32 v 1,16-17
• Psalm 72 v l-4

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The work of the Saints
• As priests, the saints will seek to take care of
  the spiritual needs of those over whom they are
  given responsibility.
• They will guide and instruct the mortals with the
  same compassion and insight now applied by Christ
  towards his brethren.
• Hebrews 2 v 17-18 Hebrews 5 v 1-2
• They will be direct in their action towards
  straying mortals
• Isaiah 30 v 21 Isaiah 33 v 5-6
• Saints will have varying degrees of authority,
  and of responsibility. Mark 1040 and Matthew 19
  v 28. Cp. also Luke 1917-19 (ten cities).

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The work of the Jews
• As to Israel, the Lord will have gotten them
  praise and fame in every land where they have
  been put to shame and have made them a name and
  a praise among all the people of the earth (Zeph.
  319-20). "All nations shall call them blessed,
  for they shall be a delightsome land, saith the
  Lord of hosts" (Mal. 312). Instead of being a
  bye-word and a reproach, as at this day, the
  Gentiles will glory in their patronage for "in
  those days it shall come to pass, that ten men
  shall take hold out of all languages of the
  nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him
  that is a Jew, saying, we will go with you for
  we have heard that God is with you" (Zech. 823).
  Yes, the kingdom and throne of David will then be
  in their midst again, and Christ the Lord God,
  and Holy One of Israel, sitting upon it in power
  and great glory. The gospel of the kingdom will
  be no longer a matter of hope, but a reality and
  those who have believed it, and submitted
  cheerfully and lovingly to the law of faith in
  the obedience it requires, and have perfected
  their faith by works meet for repentance, will be
  shining "as the brightness of the firmament, and
  as the stars for ever and ever" (Dan. 123). This
  is the Hope of Israel.
• Elpis Israel

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The work of the Jews
• The mission of the Kingdom is to subdue all
  enemies. The mortal Jews will help to instruct
  the nations in the ways of God and will assist
  Christ and the Saints to fulfil this mission.
• Zechariah 8 v 1-5, 14-23 (note verse 16)
• They are to be the chiefest of all nations, the
  true subjects of the Kingdom.

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The Temple
• Ezekiel paints for us a wonderful depiction of
  the house of prayer to be built for all nations.
• Representatives of all the nations will go up
  yearly to offer sacrifices and to truly
  understand worship.
• The Temple is destined to be the Centre-piece of
  the entire world. It is a house that was
  promised to King David and his lineage.
• The earthquake decimates Gogs forces and a huge
  cleanup operation begins
• As the nations are being judged, Christ will
  direct the building of the Temple which we
  completed for the start of the next Jubilee.

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The Temple
• The materials for the Temple will be prepared by
  both Jew and Gentile
• Isaiah 60 v 5, 6, 9-ll, 13, 17
• Many passages of Scripture tell us that Mt Zion
  is the location of the Temple
• Psalm 132 v 13-14
• Ezekiel 43 v2-7
• Zech.l16
• Psalm 48 v 1-3,11-13
• Isaiah 2 v 2-3.

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The Temple
• The entire city of Jerusalem is to become a
  temple-city, ''built unto Yahweh
• Jeremiah 31 v 38-40
• Circle within a Square eternity predicated upon
  the hope of Israel
• Entry is by the south and north to go out
  opposite way you came in (Psalm 48v12)
• All visitors entering from the north and south
  will have to go through running water from the
  Altar so that the principle of baptism is
  maintained for salvation

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The Millennial Reign of Peace

• The Temple
• On approaching the Temple, the visitor will see a
  magnificent building with symmetrical arches and
  pillars extending for over a mile, and rising to
  a height of some 120 feet. Here, met by a mortal
  Levite, the visitor will be instructed in the
  etiquette of worship and symbolism of the Temple
  (Ezek.449,23,24, 4310-11). Sacrifice then
  having been made (Isa. 607), the visitor will
  then be invited to ascend the seven (covenant)
  steps (Ezek.406,26) to the entrance hall where a
  line of tall, slender, elegant pillars made like
  palms and teaching a powerful lesson (Ezek.4016
  Ps. 9212) will meet his gaze. There will be both
  compulsory (Zech.l416), and voluntary
  pilgrimages to the Land (Zech.821-22), and
  services of various kinds will be continuous
  throughout the year (Isa.6623).