Welcome! Thanks for checking this post of The Mixblog! We are quickly wrapping up this series on The End Times as a part of our much larger series topic of "Alpha & Omega". Today's post is about a unique and interesting period of time that comes immediately after The Second Coming of Christ to the earth and The Battle of Armageddon (which Jesus wins quite handily of course : ). This period is referred to as The Millennium or the 1000 Year Reign of Christ.
According to Revelation 19:19-21, as The Battle of Armageddon wages, the antichrist and the false prophet are thrown into the 'lake of burning sulfer'...2 down, 1 to go. Immediately after Jesus' victory at Armegeddon, the Bible tells us that Satan is locked up in 'the abyss' for 1000 years (see Revelation 20:1-6)...after which time he will released again. The Bible also tells us that during this 1000 years, Satan will not be able to 'decieve the nations'. Remember that right now as you and I live, Satan is not in hell. He is here on the earth and he is very busy lying, decieving and tempting human-kind. But during this 1000 year period, there will be no temptation, lying or decieving form Satan...hard to imagine what that might be like!
The Bible also tells us that during this 1000 period, Jesus (along with believers who have already experienced physical death) will establish His Kingdom and reign on earth. So think about it...1000 years with no sin, no Satan, Jesus on earth again and in complete control and Christians everywhere! Sounds pretty cool to me! But I can't help but wonder why God would choose to do this? Why would He choose to establish this 1000 year period, and then (according to Rev 20:3) release Satan AGAIN from 'the abyss' before His final judgement over the earth?
While this question probably has way more answers than we can possibly understand, these verses might give us a little bit of a clue as they describe this period of the 1000 Year Reign of Christ.
If you've read all of The Mixblog posts in this 'Alpha & Omega' series, some of this description might sound vaguely familiar! This sounds a lot like the earth before the flood and before sin way back in Genesis! Is almost as if God is giving us a picture, through the 1000 Year Reign of Christ, of what the earth was originally intended to be like! Chek out the chart below to see the similarities!
After this 1000 year period, the Bible tells us that Satan will be released one final time to try one final assault on God's people...and he will fail miserably (Revelation 20:7-10). Finally the end has come for Satan! These verses tell us that Satan will finally be thrown into 'the lake of burning sulfer' for eternity! God's people will be deemed Holy & Righteous based on their relationship with Jesus Christ...and everyone else will be thrown into the lake of burning fire based on their refusal of God's offer of a relationship with Jesus (Revelation 20:11-15).
Be sure to check our next post as we look at what the Bible has to say about the eternal home for everyone who has a relationship with Jesus! It is most definitely the Grand Finale'! Thanks for checking out our blog.
Bob
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