The Millennial Reign of Jesus the Messiah
1-Christ will Establish his Throne in Jerusalem
Christ will establish his throne in Jerusalem during his millennial reign. He will rule the earth from there. On that day will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. Everyone will put down their swords, and nations will train for war no more. The knowledge of the Lord will fill the earth, and all nations and peoples of every language will worship Jesus. His dominion will be an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom one that will never be destroyed.
Daniel 7:13-14 In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
Jeremiah 3:17 At that time Jerusalem shall be called the throne of the Lord, and all nations shall gather to it, to the presence of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they shall no more stubbornly follow their own evil heart.
Isaiah 2: 4 He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
2-Upon Christ’s Return all Christians will be Judged by him According to their Works
Upon Jesus' return, the dead in Christ will rise and all believers will have to give an account to Jesus for the way they have lived. Some Christians will be rewarded for their good works, and some Christians will be rebuked and experience loss because of their unfaithfulness (Revelation 22:12 Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done).
Some believers will be given crowns of authority depending on their sacrifice and faithfulness to God. Unlike spiritual salvation, crowns must be earned through effort, obedience, and sacrifice, but can also be lost if we are negligent and disobedient (Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown).
Here are some of the crowns that will be given to some believers at the time of Christ's coming. These crowns will be given to those believers who run the race of the faith until the end and win it. The ones who overcome temptation. The ones who lay down their life for the sake of Christ. Those who are victorious and pass the tests and trials of the faith will be given a crown of authority in the age to come, to be God’s kings and rulers over the nations of the earth.
1) The Imperishable Crown – (1 Corinthians 9:24-25) “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown”.
2) The Crown of Rejoicing – (1 Thessalonians 2:19) “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?”
3) The Crown of Righteousness – (2 Timothy 4:8) “Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.”
4) The Crown of Glory – (1 Peter 5:4) “And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.”
5) The Crown of Life – (Revelation 2:10) “Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.”
Believers will be given Christ’s delegated authority to rule and disciple all nations into the knowledge of God.
Revelation 3:25-27 Only hold fast what you have until I come. The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
Daniel 7:27 And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
-The Highest Reward: to be Ministers and Pillars in the Heavenly Temple of God
Some believers who are found without reproach will be given the highest reward. They will be given a glorious body and will minister to God in his heavenly temple in the new Jerusalem. These believers are those who learned to love their neighbor with God’s love (Philadelphia) and display the fruit of the Spirit. These are the ones who are seated with Christ in heavenly places and rule from above. They have conquered the desires of the flesh, and because they have crucified the old man, they will rise again with a glorious imperishable body. These believers have been fully formed in the likeness of Christ. That is why they have the name of God on their foreheads. They are holy and blameless, and reflect Christ’s identity.
These believers will minister to God in the heavenly Jerusalem. They are citizens from heaven because they never set their eyes on what is earthly and perishable, but they set their eyes on the eternal and imperishable. They sold everything they had in exchange for the pearl of high price. These are those who picked up their cross daily and followed Christ everywhere he sent them. They will not experience the second death because they are saved in spirit, soul, and body.
Revelation 3:12 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
Revelation 2:10-11 Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
-Carnal Believers will Suffer Loss
1 Corinthians 3:11-15 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only through fire.
Some carnal, foolish, and unfaithful believers will experience loss. They will be resurrected without a glorious body, so they will have to experience the second death. They will be sent to a place of darkness with all the hypocrites because they resisted the work of the Spirit and God’s processes of sanctification, so they never matured spiritually. Therefore they will be cast away from the presence of Christ during his millennial reign. These are the believers who did not prepare themselves for the coming kingdom. They never changed their stained garments for clean ones. These clean garments refer to good works. They are not part of the bride who has made herself ready and is wearing fine linen, bright and clean (Revelation 19:7-8). These are those believers who failed to pick up their cross to deny themselves, so they never gave good fruit. They practiced the works of the flesh and never crucified their carnal desires. They were lazy and never used the gifts and talents that were given to them by Christ to expand his kingdom. They were disobedient. They had idolatry in their hearts. They mistreated others. They never got oil for their lamps. They failed to submit their will to the Father’s will. Therefore they will not be given any authority to rule with Christ because they can’t handle the responsibility.
These are those believers the Lord fails to recognize because they don’t resemble him, they were never formed into his likeness. Therefore they will be asked to depart from his presence. They will not be able to enter through the door that gives entrance to the millennial reign. They will be sent to a place where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mathew 22:11-14 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ “Many are invited, but few are chosen.
Matthew 24: 48-51 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mathew 25:10-13 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’ “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
Matthew 25:29-30 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
3-The Faithful Saints will be Given the Nations as their Inheritance
The kingdoms of the earth will be taken away from Satan and his angels and will be given to Christ and his true followers and faithful witnesses (martyrs). The victorious saints will be chosen to rule over the nations for one thousand years.
Revelation 5:10 and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation. You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.
Revelation 2:26 To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations.
Revelation 3:25-27 Only hold fast what you have until I come. The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
Daniel 7:27 And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Revelation 20:4 I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They[a] had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
4-The Nations will be Judged According to the Way they Treated Israel
When the Lord returns, he will gather all nations in the valley of Jehosaphat. There he will put them on trial for what they did to his inheritance, his people Israel, because they scattered them among the nations and divided up his land. He will also judge them for abusing and mistreating the Jewish people (Joel 3:1-3).
However, the nations that extend help to the Jewish people will be called sheep nations and will enter the millennial reign on his right side. They will be favored. But the nations that ignored the Jewish people when they were in need will be called goat nations and will be harshly punished by Christ.
Matthew 25:31- 40 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you as a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothes? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
5-The Nations During the Millenial Reign
There will be nations that are still going to be in rebellion and will need to be ruled with an iron fist. Because the church era will be over, these nations will have to worship God in the flesh instead of in the spirit. As in the Old Testament. That is why there will be a standing temple in Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40-44). Because those nations will still need atonement and will have to keep certain commandments of the law to be blessed, such as keeping the feast of Tabernacles.
Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
Revelation 19:11-15 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”
Zachariah 14:16-19 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain. If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. The Lord will bring on them the plague he inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles.
6-Israel will be Head of the Nations
All of Israel will be saved as a nation. There will be a standing temple in Jerusalem and sacrifices will be made (Ezekiel 40-44). Jesus the Prince Messiah, will minister to the Father from that Temple. The Jewish people will be given the task of being God’s earthly priests. Israel will be head of the nations, and they will never again depart from God’s statutes. Israel will be secure and live in peace, and they will never again be uprooted from their land or go into captivity. After the final exile during the great tribulation, all the tribes of Israel will be regathered once again in the land of Israel, and all the Israelites will live in unity under one king, Jesus the Messiah.
Romans 11:25-27 Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob. And this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.
Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.
Ezekiel 37:20-22 Hold before their eyes the sticks you have written on and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. There will be one king over all of them and they will never again be two nations or be divided into two kingdoms.
Amos 9:15 I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them.
Isaiah 11:10-12 At that time, as to the root of Jesse, who will be standing as a banner for the peoples, the nations will rally to him, and his resting place is glorious. At that time, the Lord will reach out his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. He will raise a banner for the nations and will assemble the dispersed of Israel; he will gather the scattered people of Judah from the corners of the earth.
7-Satan and his Angels will be Chained for One Thousand Years
Satan and his angels will lose the spiritual authority they had to deceive the nations and they will be chained for one thousand years. The kingdom will be taken away from them and will be given to Christ and his saints. Therefore our spiritual battle against powers and principalities will be over during that period.
Daniel 7: 11 Then I kept watching because of the arrogant words the horn was speaking. As I continued to watch, the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and thrown into the blazing fire.
Daniel 7:17-18 ‘These four great beasts are four kings who will arise from the earth. But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’
Daniel 7:21-22 As I watched, this horn was waging war against the saints and prevailing against them, until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.
Daniel 7:26-27 But the court will convene, and his dominion will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will serve and obey Him.’
Revelation 20:1-3 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete.
8-There will be Peace on Earth
The whole earth will experience peace, even the animal kingdom. The nations will seek Christ and his wisdom. Human longevity will be greater
Isaiah 11:6-10 The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat;the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. They will neither harm nor destroy all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water. On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
Isaiah 65:20 Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
Hallelujah! Let your kingdom come soon Jesus!! The spirit and the bride say come! Come to establish your kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
Let’s get ready for his arrival! Let's prepare ourselves to rule with Christ. Let's be faithful servants, and let Jesus find us doing what he has commanded us to do. Let's use our talents instead of hiding them, so more responsibility can be given to us during his reign. Let's be wise virgins and let's go get our oil by denying ourselves and by picking up our cross daily. Let him cleanse us and purify us. Let us wash our garments so that we might be found worthy to be part of his wedding supper and worthy to rule with him.