More On The Millennium - QFS to Take
Over - Trump Is Exonerated – Biden Impeached - Adam Schiff Not Fit to Serve - Planetary
Liberation Alliance Scores Major Victories - Global Military Ops Happening Now
- ATLAS SHRUGS & Whistleblowers - TIM BROWN and more.
Researched & Comments by Pastor
Gary Boyd
May 18th 2023
EBS Intel From a Very High Up Source
- Thursday, May 18, 2023 10:36 - EBS 2023 Alert – Emergency Broadcast System –
The Great Awakening - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/ebs-intel-from-a-very-high-up-source-2541601.html
DAN BONGINO: Disturbing FBI Video
Surfaces! - Dan Bongino - Thursday, May 18, 2023 12:28 - https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/disturbing-fbi-video-surfaces-dan-bongino-3663130.html
Hillary: She Is Guilty, Guilty,
Guilty!!! - Liberal Hivemind - Thursday, May 18, 2023 11:55 - No matter what
the future holds for Trump, he will always be the person who saved the world
from Hillary! https://beforeitsnews.com/crime-all-stars/2023/05/hillary-she-is-guilty-guilty-guilty-liberal-hivemind-2494874.html
Breaking! Marjorie Taylor Greene
Announces The Impeachment of Joe Biden! It's Official! A Week to Remember! - Thursday,
May 18, 2023 14:02 - https://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2023/05/breaking-marjorie-taylor-greene-announces-the-impeachment-of-joe-biden-its-officially-a-week-to-remember-3289984.html
THE HILL: Greene plans to file
articles of impeachment against Biden - BY JARED GANS - 05/18/23 9:38 AM ET - Rep.
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced plans to file articles of impeachment
against President Biden on Thursday, alleging he has violated his oath of
office in not securing the country’s borders and protecting national security. Greene
said at a press conference this will be the “first set” of articles she
introduces against Biden, whom she said has purposefully failed to fulfill his
responsibilities of the presidency. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4010248-greene-plans-file-articles-impeachment-biden/
FOX NEWS: Non-binary ex-Biden
official Sam Brinton arrested again as 'fugitive from justice' - 'Sam Brinton
was escorted out in handcuffs,' a neighbor said. – May 18th 2023 - Sam
Brinton, the embattled former senior Department of Energy (DOE) official, was
arrested as a "fugitive from justice" by Maryland police late
Wednesday. According to county records reviewed by Fox News Digital, Brinton
was taken into custody in Rockville. A police spokesperson said Thursday the
arrest was led by Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police, which is
the lead law enforcement agency for both Washington, D.C., area airports. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/non-binary-ex-biden-official-sam-brinton-arrested-again-fugitive-justice
US MILITARY NEWS: Restored Republic
via a GCR – By Divina Ellison - Update as of May 18, 2023 – Trump maybe back by
May 25th if things go as planned – QFS to take over after Worldwide
Martial Law is over – No more world poverty - https://theusmilitarynews.com/restored-republic-via-a-gcr-update-as-of-may-18-2023/
ZERO HEDGE: House Republican Submits
Resolution To Expel 'Liar' Adam Schiff From Congress - BY TYLER DURDEN - WEDNESDAY,
MAY 17, 2023 - 07:40 PM - After Rep. Adam Schiff relentlessly peddled the
Russiagate hoax and claimed without proof that there was "more than circumstantial
evidence" that Donald Trump colluded with Russia in 2016, Rep. Anna
Paulina Luna (R-FL) has introduced a House resolution to expel Schiff from
Congress after the Durham report concluded that there was no collusion.
(Comment: Just another lackey for the Deep state who is not fit to serve in
office. Eventually he will be arrested for treason and hung is the Intel I am
getting.) https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/house-republican-submits-resolution-expel-liar-adam-schiff-congress
New Benjamin Fulford Thursday Intel
Update: Planetary Liberation Alliance Scores Major Victories as Biden Horror
Show Taken Over - Thursday, May 18, 2023 9:08 - The planetary liberation
alliance scored major victories last week in the United States, the UK,
Thailand and Pakistan, while major battles rage in Europe and Turkey. In the
US, the mass awakening has reached critical mass as 70% of Americans agree fake
US President Joe Biden’s foreign business dealings, bribery and influence
peddling schemes are ‘very serious.’ This means the majority of the people are
now close to the truth. https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/new-benjamin-fulford-thursday-intel-update-planetary-liberation-alliance-scores-major-victories-as-biden-horror-show-taken-over-2541593.html
Everything Is Being Flipped Upside
Down! Satan Is the New Victim and We Are the New Enemy! (Video) - Thursday, May
18, 2023 7:58 - If you want to find the truth, think in the opposite of what
the government, politicians, the elites and the media tell you. Everything has
been inverted and reversed. Do not tolerate or accept evil. This will cause it
to prosper. https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/everything-is-being-flipped-upside-down-satan-is-the-new-victim-and-we-are-the-new-enemy-video-3793041.html
Derek Johnson: HUGE Intel - Trump Is
Exonerated!! (Video) - Thursday, May 18, 2023 7:27 - https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/derek-johnson-huge-intel-trump-is-exonerated-video-3793037.html
Juan O' Savin: Great Intel - The Fall
of the Deep State! (Videos) - Thursday, May 18, 2023 8:03 - Juan joins BARDS FM
for an Intel drop that is a MUST HEAR! I know I may sound like a broken record,
but the time is NOW – get ready! https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/juan-o-savin-great-intel-the-fall-of-the-deep-state-videos-3793042.html
SG Anon: The Battle is Escalating!!
(Video) - Thursday, May 18, 2023 6:54 - In this exclusive round table, SG Anon,
Riccardo Bosi & Guru share HUE Intel about how this battle is escalating
into biblical proportions! It’s time, Folks! https://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2023/05/sg-anon-the-battle-is-escalating-video-3793032.html
Defund the WHO. Exit the WHO. - Thursday,
May 18, 2023 6:09 - Here is a link to the Press Conference held yesterday in DC
to demand that Congress defund the WHO and Exit the WHO. (Comment: All three
letter agencies will be history when the Constitutional Republic returns to DC.
Federal Government will only be 10% of what it is now. Worldwide Martial Law
coming soon starting with the EBS declaration to the world the major changes
and the implementation of QFS.) https://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2023/05/defund-the-who-exit-the-who-2704196.html
Breaking! Major Event Within Days!!
Get Prepared Before This Happens! - AMTV Must Video - Thursday, May 18, 2023
9:45 - I think they’re all working together and all playing their roles in the
biggest false flag ever been orchestrated! I guess since THEY can’t play the
COVID GAME ANYMORE THEY have to find something else to try to scare US with. https://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2023/05/breaking-major-event-within-days-get-prepared-before-this-happens-amtv-must-video-2478253.html
New Dave XRP Lion - Situation Update
05-18-23 ~ Q+ Trump U.S Military - White Hat Intel ~ SGAnon - Thursday, May 18,
2023 9:37 – Global military operations happening now - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/new-dave-xrp-lion-situation-update-05-18-23-q-trump-u-s-military-white-hat-intel-sganon-2541597.html
Major Decode Big May Intel 5.18.23:
"Big Reveal About Us Military" - Thursday, May 18, 2023 9:33 - https://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2023/05/major-decode-big-may-intel-5-18-23-big-reveal-about-us-military-2541595.html
ATLAS SHRUGS WATCH LIVE:
Whistleblowers Accuse FBI of Targeting Conservatives at House Weaponization
Subcommittee - Thursday, May 18, 2023 9:33 - By Susie Moore | Redstate May 18,
2023: Things promise to be lively on Capitol Hill Thursday morning as the House
Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is set to
hold another hearing — this one including two FBI whistleblowers. Look for our
upcoming coverage regarding alleged retaliatory actions taken against those
whistleblowers and the joint interim staff report issued by the House ahead of
that hearing. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/05/watch-live-whistleblowers-accuse-fbi-of-targeting-conservatives-at-house-weaponization-subcommittee-3663113.html
Top spy chiefs, heads of state, and
global business titans begin secret Bilderberg meetings in Portugal - Thursday,
May 18, 2023 9:25 - The world’s most powerful and influential people have
arrived in Lisbon for secret meetings on AI, the global economic crisis, and
the “energy transition,” and the corporate media refuses to cover it. The
world’s most powerful and influential geopolitical voices are meeting from
Thursday to Sunday in Portugal to navigate several global crises (many of which
they have helped to facilitate), and oddly enough, the corporate media has no
interest in reporting on this secretive gathering of powerful figures.
(Comment: My Intel says this is the perfect time for the World Alliance
Military to move on these parasites locking them away for military tribunals.
That is if they show up being the cowards they are.) https://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2023/05/top-spy-chiefs-heads-of-state-and-global-business-titans-begin-secret-bilderberg-meetings-in-portugal-2704205.html
Gordon: There Is Something About The
Name of Jesus You're Going to Need To Know - Thursday, May 18, 2023 9:21 - The
Name of Jesus is our last line of defense against human and ultimately
spiritual violence. It is not merely reciting the name that is powerful, but
rather it is the authority that is behind the Name and our position within it
that makes the difference. John 17:11 “I will remain in the world no longer,
but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect
them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as
we are one.” https://beforeitsnews.com/religion/2023/05/there-is-something-about-the-name-of-jesus-youre-going-to-need-to-know-6-2568971.html
TIM BROWN - They Are Not Above The
Law: Just To Show You How Government Employees Are Willing To Go to Protect Themselves
From The Truth… (Video) - Thursday, May 18, 2023 9:20 - OKLAHOMA CITY – The FBI
has launched an investigation in McCurtain County following a disturbing
recording obtained by News 9. The recording, captured by Gazette reporter Bruce
Willingham, revealed county officials discussing plans to beat, kill and bury
two newspaper reporters in Idabel, including Willingham’s son, Chris. https://beforeitsnews.com/u-s-politics/2023/05/they-are-not-above-the-law-just-to-show-you-how-government-employees-are-willing-to-go-to-protect-themselves-from-the-truth-video-2604129.html
HARBINGER DAILY: Born-Again Believers
In Christ Do Not Have An Appointment With God’s Wrath – By Amir Tsarfati - May
9, 2023 - In a season of history when truth is determined by a person’s
feelings and emotions, it is good to know that we have a book of facts that
records the past, directs us through the present, and foretells the future.
This living, powerful, and unparalleled book has told us that born again
Christians do not have an appointment with God’s wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9).
It also tells us that someday the wrath of God is coming upon the whole world (Revelation
16:1). https://harbingersdaily.com/born-again-believers-in-christ-do-not-have-an-appointment-with-gods-wrath/
ZERO HEDGE: Marjorie Taylor Greene
Introduces Articles Of Impeachment Against FBI Director Chris Wray - BY TYLER
DURDEN - WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023 - 08:00 PM - Authored by Joseph Lord via The
Epoch Times - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has introduced articles of impeachment
against Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray. In a
statement announcing her filing of the articles, Greene wrote: “Under [Wray’s]
watch, the FBI has intimidated, harassed, & entrapped Americans who have
been deemed enemies of the Biden regime. Wray has turned the FBI into Joe Biden
and [Attorney General] Merrick Garland’s personal police force.” - https://www.zerohedge.com/political/marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-articles-impeachment-against-fbi-director-chris-wray
ZERO HEDGE: FBI Leadership Sabotaged
Clinton Foundation Investigations: Durham Report - BY TYLER DURDEN - THURSDAY,
MAY 18, 2023 - 03:58 AM - Remember the Clinton Foundation? Which, took millions
in foreign donations when everyone thought Hillary Clinton was going to win the
2016 US election, only to see donations plummet by 90% after she lost? Now we
learn, thanks to the Durham report, that the FBI had three concurrent
investigations into the Clinton Foundation, which were shut down during the
2016 election year by top brass…. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-leadership-sabotaged-clinton-foundation-investigations-durham-report
LIFE SITE NEWS: Montana bans
dismemberment abortions, enacts new limits on taxpayer funding - 'Montanans
sent us to Helena to boldly defend life, not send their tax dollars to abortion
clinics.' – By Calvin Freiburger - Wed May 17, 2023 - 4:28 pm EDT - Montana
Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed measures into law this week to place new
restrictions on abortion facilities and abortion funding, as well as prohibit
grisly dismemberment abortion procedures. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/montana-bans-dismemberment-abortions-enacts-new-limits-on-taxpayer-funding/?utm_source=featured-news&utm_campaign=usa
Post-mortem on the C19 pandemic – 6
million avoidable C19 deaths plus 36 million vaxx deaths (mostly in India from
Oxford/AstraZeneca shots) = plus the odd 1.8 trillion bucks for useless masks,
tests - By PETER HALLIGAN - MAY 13, 2023 - This analysis excludes fiscal
spending running to trillions that governments around the world wasted on
throwing out prior pandemic planning and decades of scientific and medical
evidence. Use the following as a “ball park” with which to substitute your own
higher or lower numbers. All corrections/suggestions/comments welcome! Let’s
start with the big picture. What does the “official” course of the C19 pandemic
look like using the RT-PCR test to pretend that it is a diagnostic tool. Using
data from here: https://peterhalligan.substack.com/p/post-mortem-on-the-c19-pandemic-6
NTEB: A new ad campaign, dubbed
‘That’s Fentalife!’ aims to catch the attention of residents and elected
officials by placing colorful advertisements in different parts of San Francisco
where drug use is exceedingly and heartbreakingly high. Crooner Tony Bennett
had massive success with his trademark song ‘I Left My Heart In San Francisco’,
harking to a day where the fame ‘city by the bay’ was one of the crown jewels
in the promised land of California. That was then, this is now, and what has
become of San Francisco? Thanks to drugs like fentanyl, it has become a
dystopian ruin populated by drug addled zombies whose flesh is literally
rotting off their bones and falling into the streets. What is California doing about
this? Apparently nothing. “And in those days shall men seek death, and shall
not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.”
Revelation 9:6 (KJB) https://www.nowtheendbegins.com/while-liberals-rage-about-gun-control-the-fentanyl-drug-crisis-in-san-francisco-is-killing-thousands-and-turning-the-famed-city-into-a-dystopian-ruin/
Why SO Many Refinery FIRES In 2
Weeks? Engineering An Energy Crisis! - Poplar Preparedness - Thursday, May 18,
2023 10:55 - More and more critical infrastructure facilities are either catching
fire or exploding. Shell in Deer Park, Marathon in Texas City, and Valero in
Corpus Christi. https://beforeitsnews.com/energy/2023/05/why-so-many-refinery-fires-in-2-weeks-engineering-an-energy-crisis-poplar-preparedness-2471873.html
More On The Millennium
by Jack Kelley
Published on: July 28, 2014
Researched by Pastor Gary Boyd
May 18th 2023
The recent re-posting of my article
on Restoring Planet Earth has sparked some new interest in the Millennium. Many
people find it hard to understand how such a seemingly perfect beginning could
deteriorate into a massive rebellion at the end. The simple answer is “natural
man” but let’s take a more comprehensive look.
First, a little background. The Bible
mentions a total of seven different approaches God has made in an effort to
maintain a relationship with the human race. Six of these are history and one
is yet future to us.
In the early 1800′s John Nelson
Darby, borrowing a term from Ephesians 3:2, named these seven approaches
“dispensations” and explained how so far each one has ended in failure. Here’s
a summary of each in the order of their occurrence.
The Dispensations
1) Innocence … Between the Creation
and the Fall of Man in the Garden (Genesis 3) God interacted freely and
personally with Adam and Eve. Then they broke the only rule He had given them
(Genesis 3:11-13) and were expelled from the Garden. Sin entered the world.
2) Conscience … Between the Fall and
the Flood, God allowed man’s conscience to govern his behavior without Divine
interference. Because of the sin nature passed down from mankind’s first
parents, the result was that “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and
every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually”
(Genesis 6:5). God pronounced judgment upon the world and destroyed all but 8
members of the human race in the Great Flood.
3) Human Government … from the Flood
to Abraham. After the flood God told Noah to go forth and replenish the Earth
(Genesis 9:7). Noah’s descendants disobeyed God’s commandment, setting about
instead to build a great city and tower from which to study the stars (Genesis
11:4). God confused man’s language, causing them to stop building the tower,
and scattered them through out the world (Genesis 11:8-9).
4) Promise … from Abraham to Moses.
God promised Abraham a son for himself and Sarah (Genesis 15:4) and a homeland
for his descendants (Genesis 15:18-19).
But they grew tired of waiting and produced a son on their own, who they
named Ishmael (Genesis 16:1-2,15). When God’s promised son Isaac was born,
Ishmael was sent away (Genesis 21:8-13) causing enmity between the Jews
(descendants of Isaac) and Arabs (descendants of Ishmael) that continues to
this day. After Mohammed, a descendant of Ishmael’s, founded Islam this enmity
took on religious significance and became even more intense.
5) Law … from Moses to Jesus. God
gave Moses the 10 Commandments and promised the Jews a life of peace and plenty
in a Kingdom of their own if they obeyed Him (Exodus 19:5, Exodus 20:1-17).
After repeated periods of disobedience which included rejecting their Messiah
King, God withdrew His offer of the Kingdom and expelled them from their land
(Matt. 21:43, Luke 19:41-44).
6) Grace … from Pentecost to the
Rapture, the Church Age. No longer requiring righteousness through works, God
granted a righteousness through faith in the completed work of Christ to all
who believe, whether Jew or Gentile (Romans 3:21-24). Most will not believe and
will be punished through eternity.
Note: It’s important to realize that
Grace is unlike any of the other dispensations in that didn’t replace Law, it
just interrupted it. Law has another 7
years to run, called Daniel’s 70th Week (Daniel 9:24-27), which fills the time
between the Rapture and the 2nd Coming. During this time all the nations to
which Israel has been scattered will be completely destroyed and Israel will be
disciplined in preparation for receiving the Kingdom God has promised to give
them (Jeremiah 30:4-11).
As you can see these six approaches
either already have or are about to end in failure. Now for the seventh and our
answer to the questions that prompted this study.
7) The Kingdom … the 1000 Year Reign
of Christ also known as the Millennium. It begins with the 2nd Coming. This
time Israel will accept the Kingdom offer (Zechariah 12:10, Zechariah 14:8-9).
Satan will be bound (Rev. 20:2), all unbelievers will be expelled from the
planet (Matt. 25:41-46), and God will once again dwell in the midst of His
people (Ezek. 43:6-7). You’d think with all these advantages mankind would
finally be able to live in a manner pleasing to God. But it won’t happen.
Eventually, with the exception of Israel, the world will rebel against God and
His people in one last attempt to regain control of the planet. God will send
fire from heaven to consume them all (Rev. 20:7-10).
What Was The Question?
Remember, the question was how such a
seemingly perfect beginning could deteriorate into a massive rebellion at the
end.
In a near perfect environment, with
Satan bound, Jesus ruling in person and only believers left in the world it
seems to us like the perfect opportunity for mankind to prove that given the
right circumstances it is possible to live in peace and harmony with God. How
could something that seems so right go so horribly wrong?
In Jeremiah 17:9 we’re told that our
hearts are deceitful above all things and are beyond cure. This is why the
Bible never mentions changing our heart. Instead it speaks of giving us a new
one. Our natural heart has a built in failure mechanism that has eventually
torpedoed every relationship God has proposed to have with us. It’s called sin
and the summaries above demonstrate its deadly effect.
At the sheep and goat judgment, which
follows the 2nd Coming, the Lord will separate surviving believers from
surviving unbelievers. Believers will be welcomed into the Millennial Kingdom
(Matt. 25:34) while unbelievers will be sent into the eternal fire prepared for
the devil and his angels (Matt. 25:41) never to be seen on Earth again.
Jewish believers will live in Israel,
while Gentile believers will populate the nations. The Earth, having been
restored to its pre-flood grandeur, will be a remarkable place to live, and
will cooperate with its inhabitants to produce a life of peace and plenty never
before seen. I can imagine that the people, having just survived 7 years of the
worst times humans have ever endured, will feel blessed beyond any measure.
It took 1656 years for pre-flood man
to bring God’s perfect creation to a point where His only option was to destroy
them all. This was probably due to the long life spans they enjoyed, where
there were multiple generations of elders among them who retained the memories
of Earth’s earliest days.
By contrast Judges 2:10-15 tells us
that after the generation of Israelites who endured the time in the wilderness
and conquered the Promised Land had died, the next generation neither knew the
Lord nor what He had done for Israel. Before long they had descended into
idolatry and brought judgment upon themselves.
Lifespans had already become remarkably shorter and the memory of the
Lord was lost as there were no longer the multiple overlapping generations of
the past. This time it only took one generation to begin their downward spiral.
In the Millennium, lifespans will
become longer again but eventually children will be born who will not have
experienced the Great Tribulation and history will begin to repeat itself.
The Bible only hints of this so we
don’t know how long it will take, but it seems likely that among each
generation there will be substantially fewer believers than in previous ones.
Diverging Paths
It appears that this will only happen
among the Gentile nations because there’s no mention of such a falling away in
Israel. Therefore, when examining the millennium we have to look at Israel and
the Gentile nations separately.
Isaiah 40:1-2 tells us that as of the
2nd Coming the Lord will speak comfort to Israel, and tenderness to Jerusalem,
saying that her hard service is over and that her sin has been paid for, having
received double from the Lord’s hand for all her sins. In Ezekiel 36:26-27 we
read of God’s promise to give His people a new heart and put His Spirit in them
to move them to follow His decrees and keep His laws.
They won’t be changed from mortal to
immortal yet, so they will still sin. But the Temple rituals they will be
required to practice, complete with daily sacrifices for their sin (Ezekiel
40-46), will serve as a constant reminder of the Lord’s death on their behalf.
Also, He will extend peace to them that will flow like a river and the wealth
of the nations will pour in like a flooding stream (Isaiah 66:12). The
combination of these things will enable them to remain faithful to the Lord
throughout.
We’ve had more to say about Israel’s
Millennial Kingdom in previous studies, so for the balance of this one we’ll focus
on the Gentiles because that’s where the long awaited time of peace and plenty
will eventually deteriorate into a world wide rebellion and judgment.
The Lord will be a strict
administrator of God’s law during the millennium, brooking no disobedience.
Psalm 2:9 tells us He will rule with an iron scepter, which means He will be
inflexible in His dealings with man. No more of the Sunday School Jesus patting
little children on the head and telling everyone to turn the other cheek. In Psalm 2:10-11 the kings of the earth are
warned to serve Him with fear and trembling because His wrath can flare up in a
moment.
As it has been through out human
history, children born in the millennium will have to mature and decide whether
to accept or reject the Lord’s death on their behalf. As successive generations of children are
born in the gentile nations, the sin nature they will have inherited will make
it increasingly difficult for them to accept the Lord and His kind of rule,
especially as memories of the Great Tribulation judgments fade. In each
generation the number of those who reject the Lord will grow and their
obedience to His rule will only be given reluctantly and with growing
resentment.
Give Us An Example
One example the Bible gives of this
resistance concerns Egypt. In Isaiah 19:19-25 the prophet described a time when
Egypt will come to know the Lord and worship Him with sacrifices and grain
offerings. Then something will happen that causes the Lord to strike them with
a plague, subsequently healing them after they turn back to Him. The chapter
ends with the Lord calling Egypt “my people”. This prophecy has never been
fulfilled.
In Zechariah 14:16-19 we learn that
all the Gentile nations will have to be represented each year when Israel
celebrates the Feast of Tabernacles. Failure to attend will bring consequences.
In describing those consequences Zechariah described a plague of drought. He
specifically mentioned that Egypt would suffer this plague but hinted that
other nations would be afflicted for failing to attend as well. This prophecy
is Millennial in its scope.
In Ezekiel 29:13-16 there’s a
prophecy of a 40 year period when Egypt will be completely desolate, with its
people dispersed among the other nations of the world. At the end of 40 years
the Lord will bring them back. This is another prophecy that awaits future
fulfillment.
I believe these three prophecies
speak of the same thing; a 40 year judgment against Egypt for refusing to
attend the annual Feast of Tabernacles. If so, it’s an indication of how
intolerant the Lord will be of any violation of the rules and how severe the
punishment for such will be. No wonder the growing number of unbelievers will
start forming thoughts of rebellion.
We shouldn’t marvel that natural
humans could be so wicked as to bring about the destruction of the very utopian
existence mankind has dreamed about from time immemorial. Even a casual reading
of the Old Testament shows us that on a smaller scale this very thing happened
repeatedly in Israel’s history, even with God Himself living in their midst.
Also, a study of human nature will
lead us to the conclusion that eventually the incredible blessings of
millennial life will be taken for granted as more and more people are born who
haven’t known anything different. Soon these blessings will be overshadowed by
the inflexible requirements of the Lord’s rule.
As the end of the Millennium
approaches the number of rebellious unbelievers will be as great as the sand on
the seashore. When Satan is released they will be primed and ready for a leader
behind whom they can unite. From all over the world they will march against the
camp of God’s people, the city He loves, and in response He will send fire from
heaven to devour them all. And then the devil who deceived them will be thrown
into the lake of fire to be tormented day and night, forever (Rev. 20:7-10).
What’s The Meaning Of This?
At first glance, having a 1000 year
interlude between the Age of Man and Eternity doesn’t make sense. But on
reflection, I think that it may be natural man’s last, best, chance to prove
himself to God.
Through out history we’ve had the
evil workings of the devil to contend against, but all during the Millennium
the devil will be imprisoned. Without him to tempt them can man behave in a
manner pleasing to God?
We’ve also had the bad influence of
unbelievers, but at the beginning of the Millennium all unbelievers will be
taken away. Will that make it possible for man to please God?
For the last 2000 years the Lord has
been absent from the planet. When He returns to become their King will His
presence among them enable man to please Him?
Sadly, the answer to all these
questions is a resounding no. Even with Satan bound, no more unbelievers, and
the in person rule of the Lord Himself, there’s still enough sin in the hearts
of natural man that as soon as Satan is freed, man will join him in a final
rebellion against God. The Millennium is the seventh and final test, proving
that there is no circumstance or condition in which natural man can behave in a
manner acceptable to a Holy God.
If you haven’t done so lately, give
thanks to God that you came into the world during the Age of Grace, where the
righteousness of God has been imputed to you by faith (Romans 3:21-24) making
you forever perfect in His sight (Hebrews 10:12-14). Your inheritance of eternal life has been
guaranteed (Ephes. 1:13-14) as the example in ages yet to come of the
incomparable riches of God’s Grace expressed in His kindness to us in Christ
Jesus (Ephesians 2:7), with no other requirement than to believe in the one He
has sent (John 6:28-29). Such a thing has never happened before and will never
happen again.
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