Together with the Church "And the armies which were in heaven, followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean." (a) Rev. 19:14. "They that are with Him are called, and chosen and faithful." (b) Rev. 17:14. "The LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee." Zech. 14:5. "Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of His saints." Jude 14. "The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints." 1 Thes. 3:13. "When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye (c) also appear with Him in glory." Col. 3:4. "When He shall appear, we shall be like Him." 1 Jno. 3:2. "The manifestation of the sons of God." Rom. 8:19. [The power of the Antichrist is broken and destroyed by the voice of the Lord; (1) he and the False Prophet are taken and cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone, (2) and the ten allied kings and their armies are slain by the sword proceeding out of the mouth of the King of Kings. (3) The Devil is bound for a thousand years in the bottomless pit, (4) during which time the martyrs under the Antichrist, who shall have been raised as the completion of the first resurrection, will reign over the earth with the Lord Jesus and their fellow-saints. (5)] The "AND I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, (b) and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received His mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." Rev. 20:4. "Shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life." THE LORD REIGNS over the Earth. With His BRIDE, the Church. "And in the days of these kings (d) shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed." Dan. 2:44. "I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth." Jer. 23:5. "And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David." Lu. 1:32. (Isa. 9:7.) "My king upon my holy hill of Zion." Ps. 2:6. "The Lord of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients, gloriously." Isa. 24:23. (Mi. 4:7.) "The king of Israel, even the LORD is in the midst of thee." Zep. 3:15. "He must reign till He hath put all enemies under his feet." (e) 1 Cor. 15:25. "Yea, all kings shall fall down before Him; all nations shall serve Him.” Ps. 72:11. "The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ." Rev. 11:15. "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth.” Ps. 72:8. (Zec. 9:10.) "And the Lord shall be king over all the earth; in that day there shall be one LORD, and His name one." Zec. 14:9. "King of kings, and Lord of lords." Rev. 19:16. "We shall also reign with Him." 2 Tim. 2:12. "Heirs of God, and joint-heirs with glorified together." Christ; (c) Including, "Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming," the Ingathering, 1 Cor. 15: 23; and here the martyrs under Antichrist (the Gleanings), Rev. 20:4. Rom. 8:17. (d) Antichrist and the allied kings, Dan. 7:24; Rev. 17: 12-13. (e) "Unto me every knee shall bow," Isa. 45:23; Ph. 2:9, 11. "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne." "Thou Rev. 3:21. hast made us unto Our God kings and priests; and we shall reign on (a) the earth." Rev. 5:9, 10. "And I saw thrones, and they (b) sat "The saints shall judge the world." [The Kingdom having been set up, and all that offend gathered out of the land, (1) the Lord Jesus judges first his own people, the Jews, as to their fidelity to him, (2) and then the nations on earth as to their treatment of his people in their trouble. (3) The ten tribes of Israel, after purification, (4) are brought into the land (5) and together with the two tribes of Judah become one nation. (6) The Lord makes the new covenant with his people, Israel and Judah, (7) forgiving their iniquity, and remembering their sin no more; (8) while punishments are visited by him upon his enemies, (9) including Gog and his armies, (10) who are overthrown and destroyed. (11) The Jewish people come into possession of the full extent of their land (12) according to promise, (13) including the Great Desert, which "blossoms as the rose." (14) The temple (15) and the city (16) are rebuilt after the Divine plan; and the Levitical sacrifices and form of worship are with some modifications re-established. (17) Nothing shall hurt or destroy in all the holy mountain. (18) The Lord sets his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, both Israel and Judah, from the four corners of the earth. (19) Jerusalem is made a praise, the (4) Eze. 20:33-38; Am. 9:9, 10. (7) Jer. 31:31-33; 32:40; 50:4, (8) Isa. 60:21; Jer. 31:34; 33:8; (14) Isa. 32:15; 35:1, 2; 51:3; (15) Eze. 40:1 to 43:17. (17) Eze. 43:18 to 46:24; Mal. (18) Isa. 11:6-9; 33:24; 35:9; Joy of the whole earth. (20) The Lord in her midst (21) is her glory and everlasting light; there shall be no night there. (22) All nations go to worship the King and keep the feast of tabernacles. (23) The earth is full of the glory of the Lord. (24)] The Heavenly City, the Home of the Bride. Its Magnitude and Beauty. Its Glory and "And there came unto me one of the seven angels saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's Rev. 21:9-10. "The city of my God, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven, from my God." Rev. 3:12. "And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel." Rev. 21:12. "And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." Rev. 21:14. "And the building of the wall of it was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass." Rev. 21:18. "And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones." Rev. 21:19. "And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass." Rev. 21:21. "And I saw no temple therein, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." Rev. 21:22, 23. "Having the glory of God; and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal." Rev. 21:11. "And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it; and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day; for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it." Rev. 21:24-26. "And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of Life." Rev. 21:27. [On the expiration of the Millennium, or thousand years, Satan being loosed from his prison for a little season, (1) goes out to deceive the nations in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, and to gather them together to battle. (2) They compass the camp of the saints and the beloved city, (3) but fire from God out of heaven devours them, (4) and the Devil who deceived them is cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the Beast and the False Prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. (5)] The JUDGE of all the Earth. The Resurrection of Damnation. The Last "And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it." Rev. 20:11. "The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead." 2 Tim. 4:1. "He which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. Father Ac. 10:42. (1 Pe. 4:5.) "The committed Jno. 5:22. small and Rev. 20:12. "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and hades (c) delivered up the dead which were in them." "Shall come forth Rev. 20:13. they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”, to Jno. 5:29. shame and Dan. 12:2. "Shall awake everlasting contempt." "And the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of (1) Re. 20:3-7. (2) Re. 20:8. (3) Jerusalem, see Isa. 4:3. (4) Re. 20:9. (5) Re. 20:10. (a) Those who had no part in the first resurrection, see (b) "The Son," see Jno. 5:22; |