Christ's 1000-Year Kingdom
The Millennial Kingdom is discussed in the Bible as a period of time on earth, placed in the future, that truly lasts 1,000 years.
In the book of Revelation chapter 20 we read:
"And I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand;
and he seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and he bound him 1,000 years.
And he cast him into the abyss and closed and sealed it over him, so that he would not tempt the nations any more, before the 1000 years were finished;
Then he must be let loose for a short time.
And I saw thrones, and they set themselves thereon, and judgment was given them.
And I saw the souls of those who were beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God,
who had neither worshipped the beast nor his image, and who had not received the mark on their foreheads and on their hands.
They became alive again and reigned as kings with Christ for 1,000 years.
This is the first resurrection.
The rest of the dead did not become alive again until the 1000 years were completed.
Blessed and holy is the one who has part in the first resurrection: Over them the second death has no power.
They shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him as kings that 1000 years."
The text makes it clear, that the earth will be exempted from Satan's rule.
For Satan has been caught and thrown into the prison in the abyss.
He is no longer "the prince of the world", as Christ once referred to him.
Nay, Christ Himself is now the king over the world. And this for 1000 years.
He will do this in righteousness, truth and love, in a perfect way, in all wisdom.
He is the Son of God and has received all power in Heaven and on earth.
The situation on earth during these 1000 years
At the beginning of the 1000 Year Kingdom, the 4th Temple in Jerusalem will be inaugurated by Jesus Christ.
The description of the 4th Temple is in Ezekiel chapter 40 through chapter 47!
During the 1000-year Kingdom, land and nature will be restored, also seas(or has it also become one sea in the meantime), lakes, rivers and streams will be cleansed.
From the Temple in Jerusalem, a life-giving river will flow, reviving even the Dead Sea.
The nations, living on earth during this 1000-year Kingdom, will have unprecedented prosperity.
For there is no power or force, which is destructive.
Nor will there be any war or violence, for the Prince of Peace rules from Jerusalem.
Although people are still dying from the nations of the earth, they will reach very high ages.
Those who die as 100-year-olds, die young !
The animals live in harmony during the 1000-year kingdom.
They all eat plants, one animal no longer eats the other animal.
"The cow and the bearess will graze together. The lion will eat straw like the cow.
The panther will settle down with the buck. The wolf and the sheep will be together".
According to the prophet Isaiah, the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord.
The moon will give as much light as the sun at night during the 1000-year kingdom.
The sun will give seven times as much light during the day as it does now. The stars will also be seven times brighter at night.
The nations of the earth will live in peace and visit Christ in Jerusalem.
PARADISE DIMENSION
We must realize, that the earth, at the time of the 1000 Year Kingdom, is in the Paradise Dimension.
After all, during the 6th Seal, the Pre-Flood Dimension already returned to earth and at the end of the 7th Trumpet, the Paradise Dimension was added.
See also our chapter "Dimensions".
In the year 2220, we believe, Jesus Christ will be officially crowned King of Kings, or Emperor, over the earth by God Himself.
This would be the fulfillment of the prophecy in Daniel chapter 7 about the four animals.
See our modules "666 and the Antichrist" and "the Antichrist recognition".
While Jesus returned as "the King of Kings," the official inauguration of that will not take place until after the 700 years have passed in 2220.
The final War of the Released Satan
When the 1000 years are over, Satan will again be released from the prison in the abyss.
He will then once again gather the nations of the ends of the earth (Gog and Magog) and once again set out to make war on Christ.
However the moment they have surrounded Jerusalem they are destroyed by fire from heaven !
The devil now receives his final judgment and is cast into the lake of fire for eternity where the Antichrist and the False Prophet are also.
The Last Judgment
The rest of all those who died, are brought back to life and are then judged each according to his works and according to what is recorded of them in the books.
Those who are not in the book of life will be cast into the lake of fire.
The supernatural powers of Death and the Kingdom of the Dead are also cast into the lake of fire.
The New Jerusalem
A new earth and new heaven become visible, and the old earth and heaven as well as the sea are no more.
The new Jerusalem descends from Heaven to earth. The city has a radiance as of crystalline diamond.
"And it had a great and high wall, and it had 12 gates, and upon the gates 12 angels, and names written upon (the gates), which are those of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
To the east were 3 gates, and to the north 3 gates, and to the south 3 gates, and to the west 3 gates.
And the wall of the city had 12 foundations, and upon them the 12 names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb.
And the city was squared, and its length was as great as its breadth; and the city measured 12000 stadia both long and wide and high.
And the wall: 144 cubits, man's measure, which is angel's measure. And the building material of the wall was diamond; and the city was pure gold, like pure glass.
And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones.
The first foundation was diamond, the second lace stone, the third ruby, the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius,
the seventh topaz, the eighth beril, the ninth chrysolite, the tenth chrysopraas, the eleventh sapphire, the twelfth ametist.
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: each gate separately was out of a pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like translucent glass."
Next we read:
And a Temple I saw not in her, for the Lord God Almighty is her Temple, and the Lamb.
And the city hath not need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine upon it: for the glory of God lighteth upon it, and her lamp is the Lamb.
And the nations shall walk by her light, and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory into her;
and her gates shall never be shut in the daytime, for there shall be no night;
and the glory and honor of the nations shall be brought into her.
And into her shall enter nothing unclean, and none that doeth abomination and falsehood, but only they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb.
And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, springing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
In the midst of its street and on either side of the river is the tree of life, which bears fruit 12 times,
yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
And nothing cursed shall be there anymore. And the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and his servants shall worship him,
and they shall see his face, and his name shall be upon their foreheads.
And there shall be no more night, nor shall they need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun,
for the Lord God will enlighten them, and they shall reign as kings forever.