The Millennial Kingdom of God
–Reward of the Saints–
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Introduction
It’s important to understand a difference in terminology between Kingdom of God and Millennial Kingdom of God. God is King, supreme ruler of the Kingdom of God , which at present rules over the entire universe, with the exception of earth. At one point in the distant past, even earth was under the authority of the Kingdom of God , probably administered by angels. Then Lucifer rebelled against God and drew one third of the angels into his rebellion (Revelation 12:1-3). Satan (and the demons) were thrown back to earth (Luke 10:18). God allowed Satan (Genesis 3) to become—by default—the unseen ruler of the earth (Matthew 4). As Jesus said in Luke 19, he is the “nobleman who went to a far country (heaven) to receive a kingdom and return.” Jesus is returning to assume rulership as King of the earth (Zechariah 14:9) and depose Satan as unseen ruler of the earth (Revelation 20:1-3). The Millennial Kingdom of God is the part of the Kingdom of God that will rule over human beings living on earth for the 1,000 years, spoken of in Revelation 20:4-6. It is this part of the active Kingdom of God which will rule on earth that we will be studying about. I have chosen to call this part of the Kingdom of God the Millennial Kingdom of God. That is what this book is all about. The Kingdom of God on earth, as Revelation 21 shows, will go on forever, even after the 1,000 years of Jesus’ reign over physical humans is over with. At the end of Jesus’ Millennial rule over humans, everyone remaining alive will be immortal spirit beings, the immortal sons and daughters of God.
Our reward, the reward of the saints is part and parcel with this soon-coming Kingdom of God which will be restored to earth when Jesus returns. Jesus said he is bringing our rewards with him. This is an in-depth study about those rewards and the Millennial Kingdom of God. As such, this study is written for the believer in Jesus Christ (Yeshua haMeshiach for our Messianic believers). Even so, some non-believers may find this an interesting read (even though it’s a bit long).
Another point, Eternal Life, Salvation, is a free gift, paid for by the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. This study will reveal that our rewards are entirely different from the free gift of salvation, eternal life. One is a free gift which cannot be bought. The other must be earned. Those aren’t my words, as you will read, they are the words of Jesus Christ. What we will earn as rewards is the subject of this book, going into as many facets as I possibly could extract from what the Bible reveals.
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