Lesson
12
The
Return of Christ and the Millennium
IV. The Return
of Christ and the Millennium
A. Mount of Olives
Change
When Jesus Christ
comes with His armies to Armageddon and destroys the Anti-Christ system. He
will then stand on the Mount of Olives; "And his feet shall stand in that
day upon the Mt. of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mt.
of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the
west, and there shall be a very great valley. . ." (Zechariah 14:4). The
landscape around Jerusalem will never be the same again after He comes in glory
to set up His kingdom. The mount will be divided as a monument to the
deliverance of the Lord.
B. Characteristics
of the Kingdom Age
1. Jesus Christ
will be King of the Earth
"And the Lord
shall be king over all the earth; in that day shall there be one Lord, and his
name one" (Zechariah 14:9).
2. He Will Rule on
the Earth for 1,000 Years
For one thousand years
Jesus will reign on the earth.
"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" (Revelation 20:6).
3. Judgment of the
Nations
The nations of the
world that have blessed or persecuted the Jews over the centuries, (and
especially during the tribulation) will then be judged at that time (Matthew
25:31-46).
4. The Predominance
of the Jews
The Jews will be the
ruling people of the millennium (Zechariah 9:11-17; 12:10-14; 13:1).
5. The Church will
rule with Christ (Luke 19:19, Revelation 20:1-6).
6. The world
capital will be Jerusalem
The nations will come
to Jerusalem annually to worship the Lord
(Zechariah 14:16, 17).
7. The Jews will do
evangelistic work (Zechariah 8:14-23).
8.
Satan will be bound during the 1,000 years (Revelation 20:2-3).