Early Shadows of the Kingdom
Israel was always intended to be a kingdom that ruled over the entire earth and whose king was God himself. This has never been fulfilled on this old Earth and must and will be fulfilled.
While nearly all of Revelation concerns the Great Tribulation and the New Heavens and the New Earth, the most explicit text about the Millennial Kingdom is found here in Revelation 20. This must be the primary text for anyone studying the millennium. We also see the devastating depth of human depravity, as 1,000 years of…
In this lesson, we take a brief look at the three main views of the millennium and compare their strengths and weaknesses.
The Millennium – The First Days of Forever: Lesson 6 In the final chapter of Isaiah, we get a glimpse at both the New Earth and the Millennium. Prophecies of the two are interwoven, as the Millennium is a time of expanding righteousness and peace that leads seamlessly into the New Earth, yet the distinguishing…
The Millennium -The First Days of Forever: Lesson 5 No Old Testament book speaks more of the coming kingdom than Isaiah. In Isaiah, we also get what is probably the Old Testament’s most detailed look at the 1000 year reign of Christ in chapter 65. In these familiar passages, we should look to see an…
Zechariah’s Visions: Part 2. Zechariah has more to say about the coming kingdom than any other minor prophecy. The last three chapters of Zechariah describe in vivid detail the final days of the great tribulation and the first days of the millennial reign of Christ. Zechariah’s vision is of a future kingdom where everything, from…
The minor prophets offer numerous small glimpses into the future kingdom. Of these, Zechariah by far has the most to say. All twelve prophets agree that Israel will be blessed with a greatness it has never known before, when her appointed Ruler comes to claim his kingdom.