Revelations 20 speaks of a 1,000 year period
in which Satan is bound and Christ reigns over the earth. Since 1,000
years is referred to as a millennium, this period is referred to as The
Millennium. This period occurs prior to the final day of judgement, and
thus prior to the final eternal heavenly period.
The teachings on the Millennium fall into three categories: amillennial,
premillennial, and postmillennial. The amillenialist believe that
the Millennium is symbolic. They generally believe that the spiritual
binding of Satan has happened which prevents him from stopping the spreading
of the gospel, and that Christ is currently reigning from Heaven.
The premilliennialists believe that The Millennium is a period that follows
the future return of Christ. The postmillennialists view The Millennium
as a future period that will occur before Christ's return.
Millennium: Summary
In Cor 15:51-55, and 1
Thesselonians 4:16-17, Paul writes of the possibility that he himself
may be alive when Christ returns. This clearly indicates that Paul
didn't expect there to be a thousand year period occuring before the return
of Christ. 1 Cor 15:51-55 also tells us
that when Jesus returns we will all be changed from our flesh bodies
to our spiritual bodies. Therefore, if we are still in our flesh bodies,
we are not in the millennium..
In 2 Thess 2:1-12, Paul clarifies the events that must take place before
Christ returns. He states that there will first be a falling away,
and that the "wicked one", or the "son of perdition" will appear on earth.
This "wicked one" will have "all power and signs and lying wonders", meaning
that he will perform miracles to convince people that he is God.
He will be defeated by Christ at His return. The fact that this "wicked
one" has not come indicates that Christ has not yet returned.
In Paul's writings (Eph 2:1-3, Gal 1:4, Eph 6:12), he differentiates
between the current age and a future age. The current age is
described as one in which we are influenced by the "Evil One" and implies
that this will not be the case in the future age. There is nothing
to indicate that Satan's influence has been taken away since these writings.
For these and many other reasons I follow the belief that The Millennium
will follow the future return of Christ.
When Christ returns, he will judge those who have earned eternal life
through belief in Him.
Revelations 20:3 mentions that there will be some
who are found worthy to reign with Christ. These will take part in
what is called "the first resurrection" at this time. Those who take
part in this resurrection have attained eternal life, and will live forever
with Jesus.
During the Millennium Satan will be locked up and not allowed to influence
people's actions.
After this period, Satan will be released with his army, and he will
attempt to rule the earth. God will destroy Satan's army and cast
Satan into the "lake of fire".
After this, God will come to the earth to judge those who didn't receive
eternal life during the first resurrection (at Christ's return).
Those found worthy will live eternally with God in Heaven.
see also: Judgement-2
Judgements, Judgment.
Millennium: Scripture
Ps 1:5
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners
in the congregation of the righteous.
KJV
Isa 25:6-12
6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people
a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full
of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast
over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away
tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away
from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited
for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him,
we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
10 For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall
be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.
11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he
that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down
their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down,
lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
KJV
Dan 12:1-4
12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which
standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble,
such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and
at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found
written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament;
and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to
the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be
increased.
KJV
This indicates that there will be a resurrection
of the wicked as well as for the good.
Amos 5:18-20
18 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD!
For what good is the day of the LORD to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
20 Is not the day of the LORD darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dar
NKJV
Matt 13:24-43
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven
is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat,
and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then
appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir,
didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto
him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up
also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest
I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind
them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven
is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his
field:
32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it
is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of
the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like
unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till
the whole was leavened.
34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and
without a parable spake he not unto them:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept
secret from the foundation of the world.
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and
his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the
tares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is
the Son of man;
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom;
but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of
the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall
it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather
out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing
and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of
their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
KJV
Matt 19:28-29
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have
followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne
of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel.
KJV
John 5:18-30
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only
had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself
equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do:
for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself
doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even
so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto
the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent
him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth
on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation;
but is passed from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear
shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the
Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he
is the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that
are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection
of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment
is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which
hath sent me.
(KJV)
Acts 1:6-11
6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying,
Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the
seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken
up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into
heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall
so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
(KJV)
Acts 2:17-21
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour
out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth
beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved.
(KJV)
Acts 3:19-21
19 Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted
out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
20 and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 21
whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things,
which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world
began.
NKJV
Acts 24:14-15
14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call
heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which
are written in the law and in the prophets:
15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that
there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
KJV
1 Cor 15:20-28
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits
of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since by man came death, by Man
also came the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even
so in Christ all shall be made alive. 23 But each one in his own order:
Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.
24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father,
when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He
must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy
that will be destroyed is death. 27 For "He has put all things under His
feet." But when He says "all things are put under Him," it is evident that
He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 Now when all things are
made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who
put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
NKJV
1 Cor 15:51-55
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for
the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this
mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the
saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
(KJV)
2 Cor 5:10
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that
every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he
hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Phil 3:7-11
8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the
loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9
and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the
law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which
is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection,
and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11
if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
NKJV
1Thes 4:13-5:10
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them
which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which
are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them
which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be
with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
CHAPTER 5
1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that
I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh
as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake
you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we
are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be
sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken
are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate
of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by
our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live
together with him.
(KJV)
2 Thess 1:3-2:6
3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting,
because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you
all abounds toward each other, 4 so that we ourselves boast of you among
the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions
and tribulations that you endure, 5 which is manifest evidence of the righteous
judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God,
for which you also suffer; 6 since it is a righteous thing with God to
repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7 and to give you who are
troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with
His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not
know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence
of the Lord and from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that
Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who
believe, because our testimony among you was believed. 11 Therefore we
also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling,
and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith
with power, 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified
in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord
Jesus Christ.
2:1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you,
2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word
or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let
no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the
falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is
worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself
that he is God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I
told you these things?
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2 Thess 2:1-12
2:1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and
our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind
or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as
though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means;
for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the
man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts
himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits
as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5 Do you not
remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And
now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time.
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains
will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one
will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth
and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless
one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying
wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish,
because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be
saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that
they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did
not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
NKJV
Rev 20
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless
pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil,
and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a
seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand
years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given
unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness
of Jesus, and for the word of God, 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.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years
were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection:
on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God
and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
This states that some people will take part in
the first resurrection and some won't. Those who take part in the
first resurrection will be priests of God and of Christ and reign with
Jesus. The fact that the second death has no power on them means
that they will have eternal life.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out
of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters
of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number
of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp
of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God
out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire
and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose
face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for
them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books
were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and
the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works.
Those who weren't involved in the first resurrection
will be judged by God.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the
second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast
into the lake of fire.
(KJV)
Advanced (Millennium)
Ezek 38-40
38:1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, set
your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech,
and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD:
"Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.
4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with
all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company
with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. 5 Persia, Ethiopia,
and Libya are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; 6 Gomer and
all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops--many
people are with you.
7 "Prepare yourself and be ready, you and all your companies that are
gathered about you; and be a guard for them. 8 After many days you will
be visited. In the latter years you will come into the land of those brought
back from the sword and gathered from many people on the mountains of Israel,
which had long been desolate; they were brought out of the nations, and
now all of them dwell safely. 9 You will ascend, coming like a storm, covering
the land like a cloud, you and all your troops and many peoples with you."
10'Thus says the Lord GOD: "On that day it shall come to pass that
thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make an evil plan: 11 You
will say, 'I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will go
to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls,
and having neither bars nor gates'-- 12 to take plunder and to take booty,
to stretch out your hand against the waste places that are again inhabited,
and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock
and goods, who dwell in the midst of the land. 13 Sheba, Dedan, the merchants
of Tarshish, and all their young lions will say to you, 'Have you come
to take plunder? Have you gathered your army to take booty, to carry away
silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take great plunder?'
" '
14 "Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, 'Thus says the
Lord GOD: "On that day when My people Israel dwell safely, will you not
know it? 15 Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you
and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company
and a mighty army. 16 You will come up against My people Israel like a
cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I will bring
you against My land, so that the nations may know Me, when I am hallowed
in you, O Gog, before their eyes." 17'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Are you
he of whom I have spoken in former days by My servants the prophets of
Israel, who prophesied for years in those days that I would bring you against
them?
18 "And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against
the land of Israel," says the Lord GOD, "that My fury will show in My face.
19 For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken: 'Surely
in that day there shall be a great earthquake in the land of Israel, 20
so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the
field, all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all men who are
on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence. The mountains shall
be thrown down, the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall
to the ground.' 21 I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My
mountains," says the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother.
22 And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will
rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him,
flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus I will magnify
Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations.
Then they shall know that I am the LORD." '
Ezekiel 39
39:1 "And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, 'Thus says
the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech,
and Tubal; 2 and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up
from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel. 3 Then
I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall
out of your right hand. 4 You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel,
you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you
to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the
coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the LORD. 7 So I will make My
holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them
profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the
LORD, the Holy One in Israel. 8 Surely it is coming, and it shall be done,"
says the Lord GOD. "This is the day of which I have spoken.
9 "Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and set
on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and bucklers, the bows and
arrows, the javelins and spears; and they will make fires with them for
seven years. 10 They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any
from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; and they
will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,"
says the Lord GOD.
11 "It will come to pass in that day that I will give Gog a burial
place there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea;
and it will obstruct travelers, because there they will bury Gog and all
his multitude. Therefore they will call it the Valley of Hamon Gog. 12
For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, in order to
cleanse the land. 13 Indeed all the people of the land will be burying
them, and they will gain renown for it on the day that I am glorified,"
says the Lord GOD. 14 They will set apart men regularly employed, with
the help of a search party, to pass through the land and bury those bodies
remaining on the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months
they will make a search. 15 The search party will pass through the land;
and whenever anyone sees a man's bone, he shall set up a marker by it,
till the buriers have buried it in the Valley of Hamon Gog. 16 The name
of the city will also be Hamonah. Thus they shall cleanse the land." '
17 "And as for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Speak to every
sort of bird and to every beast of the field:
"Assemble yourselves and come;Gather together from all sides to My
sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you,A great sacrificial meal
on the mountains of Israel,That you may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You
shall eat the flesh of the mighty,Drink the blood of the princes of the
earth,Of rams and lambs,Of goats and bulls,All of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 You shall eat fat till you are full,And drink blood till you are drunk,At
My sacrificial meal Which I am sacrificing for you. 20 You shall be filled
at My table With horses and riders,With mighty men And with all the men
of war," says the Lord GOD.
21 "I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see
My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them.
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from
that day forward. 23 The Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel went
into captivity for their iniquity; because they were unfaithful to Me,
therefore I hid My face from them. I gave them into the hand of their enemies,
and they all fell by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according
to their transgressions I have dealt with them, and hidden My face from
them." '
25 "Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Now I will bring back the captives
of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous
for My holy name-- 26 after they have borne their shame, and all their
unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they dwelt safely
in their own land and no one made them afraid. 27 When I have brought them
back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and
I am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations, 28 then they shall
know that I am the LORD their God, who sent them into captivity among the
nations, but also brought them back to their own land, and left none of
them captive any longer. 29 And I will not hide My face from them anymore;
for I shall have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,' says the
Lord GOD."
Ezekiel 40
40:1 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of
the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the
city was captured, on the very same day the hand of the LORD was upon me;
and He took me there. 2 In the visions of God He took me into the land
of Israel and set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was
something like the structure of a city. 3 He took me there, and behold,
there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze. He
had a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the
gateway. 4 And the man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and
hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you
were brought here so that I might show them to you. Declare to the house
of Israel everything you see." 5 Now there was a wall all around the outside
of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring rod six cubits long, each
being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall
structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.
6 Then he went to the gateway which faced east; and he went up its
stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide,
and the other threshold was one rod wide. 7 Each gate chamber was one rod
long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits;
and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was
one rod. 8 He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod.
9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the
gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside. 10
In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on
the other; the three were all the same size; also the gateposts were of
the same size on this side and that side. 11 He measured the width of the
entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen
cubits. 12 There was a space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on
this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits
on this side and six cubits on that side. 13 Then he measured the gateway
from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was
twenty-five cubits, as door faces door. 14 He measured the gateposts, sixty
cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost.
15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of
the inner gate was fifty cubits. 16 There were beveled window frames in
the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the
gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows
all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees.
17 Then he brought me into the outer court; and there were chambers
and a pavement made all around the court; thirty chambers faced the pavement.
18 The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length
of the gateways; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the width
from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior,
one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.
20 On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured
its length and its width. 21 Its gate chambers, three on this side and
three on that side, its gateposts and its archways, had the same measurements
as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five
cubits. 22 Its windows and those of its archways, and also its palm trees,
had the same measurements as the gateway facing east; it was ascended by
seven steps, and its archway was in front of it. 23 A gate of the inner
court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and
he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.
24 After that he brought me toward the south, and there a gateway was
facing south; and he measured its gateposts and archways according to these
same measurements. 25 There were windows in it and in its archways all
around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five
cubits. 26 Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them;
and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that
side. 27 There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and
he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.
28 Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway;
he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements.
29 Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according
to these same measurements; there were windows in it and in its archways
all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 There
were archways all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide.
31 Its archways faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts,
and going up to it were eight steps.
32 Then he brought me into the inner court facing east; he measured
the gateway according to these same measurements. 33 Also its gate chambers,
its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements;
and there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty
cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its archways faced the outer
court, and palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side;
and going up to it were eight steps.
35 Then he brought me to the north gateway and measured it according
to these same measurements-- 36 also its gate chambers, its gateposts,
and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits
and its width twenty-five cubits. 37 Its gateposts faced the outer court,
palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going
up to it were eight steps.
38 There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway,
where they washed the burnt offering. 39 In the vestibule of the gateway
were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay
the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering. 40 At
the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the
northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule
of the gateway were two tables. 41 Four tables were on this side and four
tables on that side, by the side of the gateway, eight tables on which
they slaughtered the sacrifices. 42 There were also four tables of hewn
stone for the burnt offering, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and
a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with
which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 Inside
were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the
sacrifices was on the tables.
44 Outside the inner gate were the chambers for the singers in the
inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and
the other facing north at the side of the southern gateway. 45 Then he
said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for the priests who have
charge of the temple. 46 The chamber which faces north is for the priests
who have charge of the altar; these are the sons of Zadok, from the sons
of Levi, who come near the LORD to minister to Him."
47 And he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred
cubits wide, foursquare. The altar was in front of the temple. 48 Then
he brought me to the vestibule of the temple and measured the doorposts
of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side;
and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits
on that side. 49 The length of the vestibule was twenty cubits, and the
width eleven cubits; and by the steps which led up to it there were pillars
by the doorposts, one on this side and another on that side.
NKJV
Jer 49:1-6
1 Concerning the Ammonites: This is what the LORD says: "Has Israel
no sons? Has she no heirs? Why then has Molech taken possession of Gad?
Why do his people live in its towns?
2 But the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will sound the
battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites; it will become a mound of ruins,
and its surrounding villages will be set on fire. Then Israel will drive
out those who drove her out," says the LORD.
3 "Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out, O inhabitants of
Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush here and there inside the walls,
for Molech will go into exile, together with his priests and officials.
4 Why do you boast of your valleys, boast of your valleys so fruitful?
O unfaithful daughter, you trust in your riches and say, 'Who will attack
me?'
5 I will bring terror on you from all those around you," declares the
Lord, the LORD Almighty. "Every one of you will be driven away, and no
one will gather the fugitives.
6 "Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites," declares
the LORD.
(NIV)
Isa 2:1-4
2:1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
That the mountain of the LORD's house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.
3 Many people shall come and say,
"Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
He will teach us His ways,
And we shall walk in His paths."
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations,
And rebuke many people;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.
NKJV
Joel 2-3
Joel 2
2:1
Blow the trumpet in Zion,And sound an alarm in My holy mountain!Let
all the inhabitants of the land tremble;For the day of the LORD is coming,For
it is at hand: 2 A day of darkness and gloominess,A day of clouds and thick
darkness,Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains.A people come,
great and strong,The like of whom has never been;Nor will there ever be
any such after them,Even for many successive generations.
3 A fire devours before them,And behind them a flame burns;The land
is like the Garden of Eden before them,And behind them a desolate wilderness;Surely
nothing shall escape them. 4 Their appearance is like the appearance of
horses;And like swift steeds, so they run. 5 With a noise like chariots
Over mountaintops they leap,Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours
the stubble,Like a strong people set in battle array.
6 Before them the people writhe in pain;All faces are drained of color.
7 They run like mighty men,They climb the wall like men of war;Every one
marches in formation,And they do not break ranks. 8 They do not push one
another;Every one marches in his own column.Though they lunge between the
weapons,They are not cut down. 9 They run to and fro in the city,They run
on the wall;They climb into the houses,They enter at the windows like a
thief.
10 The earth quakes before them,The heavens tremble;The sun and moon
grow dark,And the stars diminish their brightness. 11 The LORD gives voice
before His army,For His camp is very great;For strong is the One who executes
His word.For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible;Who can endure
it?
12 "Now, therefore," says the LORD,"Turn to Me with all your heart,With
fasting, with weeping, and with mourning." 13 So rend your heart, and not
your garments;Return to the LORD your God,For He is gracious and merciful,Slow
to anger, and of great kindness;And He relents from doing harm. 14 Who
knows if He will turn and relent,And leave a blessing behind Him--A grain
offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God?
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion,Consecrate a fast,Call a sacred assembly;
16 Gather the people,Sanctify the congregation,Assemble the elders,Gather
the children and nursing babes;Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,And
the bride from her dressing room. 17 Let the priests, who minister to the
LORD,Weep between the porch and the altar;Let them say, "Spare Your people,
O LORD,And do not give Your heritage to reproach,That the nations should
rule over them.Why should they say among the peoples,'Where is their God?'
"
18 Then the LORD will be zealous for His land,And pity His people.
19 The LORD will answer and say to His people,"Behold, I will send you
grain and new wine and oil,And you will be satisfied by them;I will no
longer make you a reproach among the nations.
20 "But I will remove far from you the northern army,And will drive
him away into a barren and desolate land,With his face toward the eastern
sea And his back toward the western sea;His stench will come up,And his
foul odor will rise,Because he has done monstrous things."
21 Fear not, O land;Be glad and rejoice,For the LORD has done marvelous
things! 22 Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field;For the open pastures
are springing up,And the tree bears its fruit;The fig tree and the vine
yield their strength. 23 Be glad then, you children of Zion,And rejoice
in the LORD your God;For He has given you the former rain faithfully,And
He will cause the rain to come down for you--The former rain,And the latter
rain in the first month. 24 The threshing floors shall be full of wheat,And
the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
25 "So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has
eaten,The crawling locust,The consuming locust,And the chewing locust,My
great army which I sent among you. 26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,And
praise the name of the LORD your God,Who has dealt wondrously with you;And
My people shall never be put to shame. 27 Then you shall know that I am
in the midst of Israel:I am the LORD your God And there is no other.My
people shall never be put to shame.
28 "And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit
on all flesh;Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,Your old men shall
dream dreams,Your young men shall see visions. 29 And also on My menservants
and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
30 "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:Blood and
fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness,And
the moon into blood,Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the
LORD. 32 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the
LORDShall be saved.For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance,As
the LORD has said,Among the remnant whom the LORD calls.
Joel 3
3:1
"For behold, in those days and at that time,When I bring back the captives
of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations,And bring them
down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;And I will enter into judgment with them
there On account of My people, My heritage Israel,Whom they have scattered
among the nations;They have also divided up My land. 3 They have cast lots
for My people,Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,And sold a girl
for wine, that they may drink.
4 "Indeed, what have you to do with Me,O Tyre and Sidon, and all the
coasts of Philistia?Will you retaliate against Me?But if you retaliate
against Me,Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your
own head; 5 Because you have taken My silver and My gold,And have carried
into your temples My prized possessions. 6 Also the people of Judah and
the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks,That you may remove
them far from their borders.
7 "Behold, I will raise them Out of the place to which you have sold
them,And will return your retaliation upon your own head. 8 I will sell
your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the people of Judah,And they
will sell them to the Sabeans,To a people far off;For the LORD has spoken."
9 Proclaim this among the nations:"Prepare for war!Wake up the mighty
men,Let all the men of war draw near,Let them come up. 10 Beat your plowshares
into swords And your pruning hooks into spears;Let the weak say, 'I am
strong.' " 11 Assemble and come, all you nations,And gather together
all around.Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD.
12 "Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;For
there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. 13 Put in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.Come, go down;For the winepress is full,The vats
overflow--For their wickedness is great."
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!For the day of
the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and moon will grow
dark,And the stars will diminish their brightness. 16 The LORD also will
roar from Zion,And utter His voice from Jerusalem;The heavens and earth
will shake;But the LORD will be a shelter for His people,And the strength
of the children of Israel.
17 "So you shall know that I am the LORD your God,Dwelling in Zion
My holy mountain.Then Jerusalem shall be holy,And no aliens shall ever
pass through her again."
18 And it will come to pass in that day That the mountains shall drip
with new wine,The hills shall flow with milk,And all the brooks of Judah
shall be flooded with water;A fountain shall flow from the house of the
LORDAnd water the Valley of Acacias.
19 "Egypt shall be a desolation,And Edom a desolate wilderness,Because
of violence against the people of Judah,For they have shed innocent blood
in their land. 20 But Judah shall abide forever,And Jerusalem from generation
to generation.
21 "For I will acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not
acquitted;For the LORD dwells in Zion."
NKJV
Amos 5:16-27
16 Therefore the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
"There shall be wailing in all streets,And they shall say in all the
highways,'Alas! Alas!'They shall call the farmer to mourning,And skillful
lamenters to wailing. 17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing,For I
will pass through you,"Says the LORD.
18 Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD!For what good is the day
of the LORD to you?It will be darkness, and not light. 19 It will be as
though a man fled from a lion,And a bear met him!Or as though he went into
the house,Leaned his hand on the wall,And a serpent bit him! 20 Is not
the day of the LORD darkness, and not light?Is it not very dark, with no
brightness in it?
21 "I hate, I despise your feast days,And I do not savor your sacred
assemblies. 22 Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings,I
will not accept them,Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings. 23
Take away from Me the noise of your songs,For I will not hear the melody
of your stringed instruments. 24 But let justice run down like water,And
righteousness like a mighty stream.
25 "Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness forty
years, O house of Israel? 26 You also carried Sikkuth your king And Chiun,
your idols,The star of your gods,Which you made for yourselves. 27 Therefore
I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus,"Says the LORD, whose name
is the God of hosts.
NKJV
Amos 9:8-12
8 "Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will destroy it from the face of the earth;
Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,"
Says the LORD.
9 "For surely I will command,
And will sift the house of Israel among all nations,
As grain is sifted in a sieve;
Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground.
10 All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword,
Who say, 'The calamity shall not overtake nor confront us.'
11 "On that day I will raise up
The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom,
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,"
Says the LORD who does this thing.
NKJV
Zech 14
Behold, the day of the LORD is coming,And your spoil will be divided
in your midst. 2 For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem;The
city shall be taken,The houses rifled,And the women ravished.Half of the
city shall go into captivity,But the remnant of the people shall not be
cut off from the city.
3 Then the LORD will go forth And fight against those nations,As He
fights in the day of battle. 4 And in that day His feet will stand on the
Mount of Olives,Which faces Jerusalem on the east.And the Mount of Olives
shall be split in two,From east to west,Making a very large valley;Half
of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.
5 Then you shall flee through My mountain valley,For the mountain valley
shall reach to Azal.Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake
In the days of Uzziah king of Judah.
Thus the LORD my God will come,And all the saints with You.
6 It shall come to pass in that day That there will be no light;The
lights will diminish. 7 It shall be one day Which is known to the LORD--Neither
day nor night.But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light.
8 And in that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem,Half
of them toward the eastern sea And half of them toward the western sea;In
both summer and winter it shall occur. 9 And the LORD shall be King over
all the earth.In that day it shall be--"The LORD is one,"And His name one.
10 All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south
of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from
Benjamin's Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and
from the Tower of Hananeel to the king's winepresses.
11 The people shall dwell in it;And no longer shall there be utter
destruction,But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
12 And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all
the people who fought against Jerusalem:
Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet,Their eyes
shall dissolve in their sockets,And their tongues shall dissolve in their
mouths.
13 It shall come to pass in that day That a great panic from the LORD
will be among them.Everyone will seize the hand of his neighbor,And raise
his hand against his neighbor's hand; 14 Judah also will fight at Jerusalem.And
the wealth of all the surrounding nations Shall be gathered together:Gold,
silver, and apparel in great abundance.
15 Such also shall be the plague On the horse and the mule,On the camel
and the donkey,And on all the cattle that will be in those camps.So shall
this plague be.
16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations
which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the
King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it
shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to
Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be
no rain. 18 If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they
shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes
the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 19 This
shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations
that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
20 In that day "HOLINESS TO THE LORD" shall be engraved on the bells
of the horses. The pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before
the altar. 21 Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holiness to
the LORD of hosts. Everyone who sacrifices shall come and take them and
cook in them. In that day there shall no longer be a Canaanite in the house
of the LORD of hosts.
NKJV
Rev 14:1-20
1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him
an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in
their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and
as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping
with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before
the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the
hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.
These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were
redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault
before the throne of God.
6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation,
and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the
hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth,
and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication.
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any
man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead,
or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured
out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the
presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and
they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat
like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his
hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice
to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time
is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth;
and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he
also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over
fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying,
Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the
earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered
the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath
of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out
of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand
and six hundred furlongs.
(KJV)
Rev 19:7- 20:15
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage
of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen,
clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto
the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true
sayings of God.
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See
thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the
testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit
of prophecy.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat
upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge
and make war.
this is Christ
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns;
and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name
is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should
smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth
the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING
OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud
voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and
gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and
the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit
on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against
his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought
miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the
mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were
cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the
horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled
with their flesh.
(KJV)
The day of the Lord is also judgement on Isreal - (Isa 6:13; Amos 9:9;
Zeph 3:13,20, etc.).
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