The bible tells us that the first resurrection

THE FINAL MILENIUM marks the beginning of this 1000 year period
Much has been said and written concerning this “But the rest of the dead lived not again until
subject. To-day with the introduction of mass the thousand years were finished. This is the
media and entertainment men has infused in men first resurrection.” Rev 20:5
their ideas pertaining to the subject title today.
Will there be a final millennium of peace? Will At this point we want to make it clear that the
God give the ungodly another probation? How word millennium is nowhere in the bible. It is
will He do away with sin and sinners? What will rather a combination of two words:
happen to satan? Let‟s try to find answers from
God‟s unerring word. 1. Milli – which means a thousand and
2. Annium – where we get the words
UNVEILING THE 1OOO YEARS annual and anniversary meaning year

Many believe that after the secret rapture the So it just means a thousand years.
unsaved will be given a second probationary
time, but we saw from our last study that the EVENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
secret rapture is so secret that the bible knows MILLENNIUM
nothing about it. In fact it is said that there will
The righteous go to heaven
be a millennium where it will be all peace and
prosperity. This leads us to the conclusion that “For the Lord himself shall descend from
we, at most, still have a thousand years before heaven with a shout, with the voice of the
Jesus comes because there is no peace today but archangel, and with the trump of God: and the
scripture says: dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which
are alive and remain shall be caught up together
“This know also, that in the last days perilous
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
times shall come…. But evil men and seducers
air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and
1Thess 4:16-17
being deceived.” 2Tim 3:1,13
This first resurrection therefore is the
The bible tells us that there will be great
resurrection of the righteous for we are also told
deception in the last days and hence the need to
in Revelation 20:6, “Blessed and holy is he that
know for ourselves what, “Thus saith the Lord”
hath part in the first resurrection.” With the
this is the reason why we should have our own
saints resurrected the destination is not earth but
bibles and why we should not listen at what man
heaven (John 14:1-3). At this time therefore,
minister or preacher says but what God says.
Christ does not establish his kingdom of glory
The bible speaks of two resurrections:
The Wicked Are Slain
“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in
In 2Thess 1:7,8 we read:
the which all that are in the graves shall hear
his voice, And shall come forth; they that have “The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven
done good, unto (1.)the resurrection of life; with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking
and they that have done evil, unto (2.)the vengeance on them that know not God, and
resurrection of damnation.” that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ,” again we are told “But the rest of the
dead lived not again until the thousand years connection with the creation of the earth but
were finished.” Rev 20:5 (see also Isaiah 11:14, there it is translated “deep.” Isaiah 24:22 also
Ps 68:2) speaks of satan and his angels during the 1000
years:
The wicked will be slain by the very presence of
Christ when He shall come in the glory of the “And they shall be gathered together, as
Father, the Son and of the holy angels. The prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be
wicked that are already dead will remain in their shut up in the prison, and after many days shall
graves until after the 1000 years. they be visited.” Isa 24:22

Earth Becomes Desolate Satan bound

Since the righteous are taken up to be with the The bible describes satan as bound by a great
Lord in heaven and the wicked are destroyed the chain (Rev 20:1-3) for the 1000 years. This
earth is emptied of its inhabitants scripture tells cannot be a literal chain for spirits or demons
us that the earth remains in this state for the cannot be bound by chains (Mark 5:1-3). But as
1000 years. Speaking of such a scene Jeremiah Job puts it is rather a chain of circumstances,
says: “they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords
of affliction.” Job 36:8
“I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without
form, and void; and the heavens, and they had With no one to tempt or deceive because all the
no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they righteous are in heaven and the wicked are all
trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I dead satan is “tied up.” The Lord confines satan
beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the to this earth so that he cannot roam around the
birds of the heavens were fled.” Jer 4:23-25 universe hoping to find someone to deceive.
Forcing the devil and his angels to stay on the
This condition is the same as the one we read in earth until the one thousand years are ended will
Gen 1:1,2: be the most galling chain ever forged.
“In the beginning God created the heaven and EVENTS DURING THE MILLENNIUM
the earth. And the earth was without form, and
void; and darkness was upon the face of the Saints Reign and Judge the Wicked
deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face
of the waters” “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first
resurrection: on such the second death hath no
This condition the earth was at the beginning is power, but they shall be priests of God and of
the same condition to which the earth will be Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand
reduced to. Battered by seven plagues that years.” Rev 20:6
precede the 2nd coming of Jesus (Rev 16:18-21)
and covered with dead bodies of the wicked, the This is the time that is said in scripture when the
earth is a scene of utter desolation. saints will judge the world and even angels
(1Cor 6:12, 2Pet 2:4, Jude 6). This judgment
The earth in such a condition is what is meant by does not decide who will be saved or lost. That
the “bottomless pit.” The word here rendered decision is made before the Second Advent, for
bottomless pit in the original Greek is “abussos” at His coming Christ says, “My reward is with
or abyss. The same word is used in Genesis 1:2 me to give every man as his work shall be.” Rev
in the Greek version of the Old Testament in
22:12. At this time all those who were not either Immediately upon their sentencing, satan, his
resurrected or translated are forever lost. angels and his human followers receive their
punishment. Says the apostle John:
What then is the purpose of this judgment? It is
a review; this is the time when God‟s justice will “And they went up on the breadth of the earth,
be seen, as the righteous find out why some their and compassed the camp of the saints about,
loved ones who they thought would be in heaven and the beloved city: and fire came down from
are not in heaven. God‟s operations of mercy God out of heaven, and devoured them.” Rev
and justice with the wicked will be clearly 20:9
revealed as the books are opened.
This is „the day of the Lord‟s vengeance” (Isa.
EVENTS AT THE END OF THE 34:8) upon which He will perform “His strange
MILLENNIUM act” (Isa. 28:21), all evil beings are destroyed by
this fire from heaven. Said John:
At the end of the millennium the rest of the dead
– the wicked – will be resurrected, thus releasing “And whosoever was not found written in the
satan from his inactivity that has imprisoned him book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”
(Rev 20:5,7). “And the devil that deceived them was cast into
the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast
“But the rest of the dead [those who were not and the false prophet are, and shall be
raised in the first resurrection] lived not again tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
until the thousand years were finished. This is Rev. 20:10, 15
the first resurrection…And when the thousand
years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of When the wicked are burned the fire goes out
his prison.” and God will “create new heavens and a new
earth” (Isa. 65:17). Peter looking forward to this
Satan’s final deception glorious event says:
In his final deception satan seeks to inspire the “Nevertheless we, according to his promise,
wicked with hope of capturing the kingdom of look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein
God – the new Jerusalem – by force. At this time dwelleth righteousness” 2 Pet. 3:13
the new Jerusalem is descending from God in
heaven (Rev 21:2,3; Zech. 14:1,4,5,10). So Sin and sinners will be no more to be seen
satan, true to his nature will seek to war against forever. God‟s people will then, at last, receive
the city of God and with the wicked of all ages the promised kingdom.
they surround the new Jerusalem.
“And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,
Satan and Sinners Destroyed and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy
upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and
At this time John indicates that God sets up His gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee
Great white throne. Now Paul‟s words, “We away.” Isa. 35:10
shall all stand before the judgment seat of
Christ” (Rom. 14:10) are fulfilled. There all Friend, this is too fabulous for any pen too
creatures – unfallen and fallen, saved and lost – describe! To glorious to miss out! Too near to be
bow the knee and confess that Jesus is Lord unsure of! Please decide now to be there.
(Phil. 2:10,11; cf. Isa. 45:22,23)then the question
of God‟s justice is forever settled.