2010 Biblical Study Focusing on
Death - Afterlife And The End Time
Session #18
THE MILLENNIUM REIGN
OF JESUS CHRIST
WHAT DOES MILLENNIUM MEAN ?
WHAT WILL THE
MILLENNIUM BE LIKE ?
Study Compiled, Edited and Presented
By Chaplain Larry P. Vance
Pastor, Vine Grove Baptist Church
THE MILLENNIUM REIGN OF JESUS CHRIST
WHAT DOES MILLENNIUM MEAN ?
**
THE
WORD
MILLENNIUM
TWO
MILLE
=
LATIN
*
ONE THOUSAND
IS
MADE
UP
OF
WORDS
-
ANNUM
=
YEARS
**
BIBLICALLY =
THE 1 0 0 0 Y E A R R E I G N
OF CH RI S T
ON E A RTH
AF T E R H I S S E C O N D C O M I N G
Rev 20:1-6 NKJ
1-
Then I saw an angel coming dow n from heaven, having the KEY TO THE
B O T T O M L E S S P I T AN D A G R E AT C H AI N I N H I S H AN D . 2 - H E l a i d h o l d o f t h e
D R AG O N , t h a t S E R P E N T o f o l d , w h o i s t h e D E V I L a n d S AT AN , a n d B O U N D H I M
F O R A T H O U S AN D Y E AR S ; 3 - a n d H E C AS T H I M I N T O T H E B O T T O M L E S S P I T , AN D S H U T
H I M U P , AN D S E T A S E AL O N H I M , S O T H AT H E S H O U L D D E C E I V E T H E N AT I O N S N O M O R E T I L L
T H E T H O U S AN D Y E A R S W E R E F I N I S H E D . B u t AF T E R T H E S E T H I N G S H E M U S T B E R E L E AS E D F O R A L I T T L E W H I L E . 4 - An d I s a w t h r o n e s , a n d t h e y s a t o n t h e m , a n d
j u d g m e n t w a s c o m m i t t e d t o t h e m . T h e n I s a w t h e S O U L S O F T H O S E W H O H AD
B E E N B E H E AD E D F O R T H E I R W I T N E S S T O J E S U S AN D F O R T H E W O R D O F
GOD
D,, w h o H AD N O T W O R S H I P E D T H E B E AS T O R H I S I M AG E , a n d h a d N O T R E C E I V E D H I S M A R K O N T H E I R F O R E H E AD S O R O N T H E I R H AN D S . An d T H E Y
L I V E D AN D R E I G N E D W I T H C H R I S T F O R A T H O U S AN D Y E AR S . 5 - B u t t h e r e s t o f
t h e d e a d d i d n o t l i v e a g a i n u n t i l t h e t h o u s a n d ye a r s w e r e f i n i s h e d . T h i s i s t h e
F I R S T R E S U R R E C T I O N . 6- B l e s s e d a n d h o l y i s h e w h o h a s p a r t i n t h e F I R S T
R E S U R R E C T I O N . O v e r s u c h t h e S E C O N D D E AT H H AS N O P O W E R , b u t T H E Y
S H AL L B E P R I E S T S O F G O D AN D O F C H R I S T , A
AN
N D S H AL L R E I G N W I T H H I M A
T H O U S AN D Y E A R S .
(1)
W H AT W I L L T H E M I L L E N N I U M B E L I K E ?
**
IT
WILL
BE
UNIQUE
BECAUSE
OF
WHO
IS
THERE
**
THE
MILLENNIUM
TWO
WILL
GROUPS
BE
OF
INHABITED
BY
BELIEVERS
GROUP #1
BELIEVERS
WHO
HAVE
SURVIVED
THE
TRIBULATION
**
THESE
I N D I V I D U AL
IN
THEIR
BELIEVERS
NATURAL
WILL
ENTER
PHYSICAL
THE
KINGDOM
BODIES
**
THEY
WILL
LIVE
MARRY
IN
AND
HOUSES
HAVE
-
DO
WORK
CHILDREN
Isa 65:21-23 NIV
21
1--
T h e y w i l l B U I L D H O U S E S a n d D W E L L I N T H E M ; t h e y W I L L P L AN T V I N E Y AR D S a n d e a t
t h e i r f r u i t . 2 22-- N o l o n g e r w i l l t h e y b u i l d h o u s e s a n d o t h e r s l i ve i n t h e m , o r p l a n t
a n d o t h e r s e a t . F o r a s t h e D AY S O F A T R E E , s o w i l l b e t h e d a ys o f m y p e o p l e ; M Y
23
3-C H O S E N O N E S w i l l l o n g e n j o y t h e W O R K S O F T H E I R H AN D S .
The y w ill NOT TOIL IN
V AI N O R B E AR C H I L D R E N D O O M E D T O M I S F O R T U N E ;
BECAUSE
THEY
OF
WILL
THEIR
STILL
PHYSICAL
POSSESS
HUMAN
THE
CONDITION
SINFUL
NATURE
*
EVEN
THOUGH
TO
SATAN
IS
TEMPT
THEM
(2)
NOT
PRESENT
W H AT W I L L T H E M I L L E N N I U M B E L I K E ?
GROUP #2
BELIEVERS
WHO
EITHER
BEFORE
WE
WILL
WE
ALREADY
WILL
DIED
THE
HAVE
NOT
THUS
WERE
RAPTURED
TRIBULATION
OUR
HAVE
WE
OR
NEW
THE
WILL
GLORIFIED
SINFUL
NOT
BODIES
NATURE
SIN
Rev 20:6 NKJ
BLESSED AND HOLY is HE who has part in the FIRST RESURRECTION
RESURRECTION.. Over such the
SECOND DEATH has NO POWER
POWER,, but THEY shall be PRIESTS OF GOD AND OF CHRIST
CHRIST,,
and SHALL REIGN WITH HIM a THOUSAND YEARS
YEARS..
CHRIST IS THE FIRST RESURRECTION
TO
BELIEVE
BE A PART OF
IN
THE
CHRIST
FIRST
IS
TO
RESURRECTION
Acts 26:23 NIV
that the C HRIST WOULD SUFFER and, as the FIRST TO RISE FROM THE DEAD
DEAD,, would
PROCLAIM LIGHT to HIS OWN PEOPLE and to the GENTILES
GENTILES."
."
1 Thess 4:16-18 NKJ
16
16--
For the LORD HIMSELF will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an
archangel, and with the TRUMPET OF GOD
GOD.. And the DEAD “IN CHRIST” WILL RISE
17
FIRST
FIRST.. 17-- Then WE WHO ARE ALIVE and remain SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER
WITH THEM in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus WE SHALL ALWAYS BE
18-WITH THE LORD
Therefore COMFORT ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS
LORD.. 18
WORDS..
(3)
W H AT W I L L T H E M I L L E N N I U M B E L I K E ?
PEACE
Isa 9:7 NIV
O f t h e i n c r e a s e o f H I S G O V E R N M E N T AN D P E AC E t h e r e W I L L B E N O E N D . H e
w i l l R E I G N O N D AV I D ' S T H R O N E a n d O V E R H I S K I N G D O M , E S T AB L I S H I N G a n d
U P H O L D I N G i t w i t h J U S T I C E AN D R I G H T E O U S N E S S f r o m T H AT T I M E O N a n d
F O R E V E R . T h e Z E AL O F T H E L O R D AL M I G H T Y W I L L AC C O M P L I S H T H I S .
Isa 2:4 NIV
HE WILL JUDGE between the nations and will SETTLE DISPUTES for many
p e o p l e s . T H E Y W I L L B E AT T H E I R S W O R D S I N T O P L O W S H A R E S a n d t h e i r
S P E AR S I N T O P R U N I N G H O O K S . N AT I O N W I L L N O T T A K E U P S W O R D AG A I N S T N AT I O N ,
n o r w i l l t h e y t r a i n f o r w a r a n ym o r e .
Isa 11:6-9 NIV
6-
T h e W O L F W I L L L I V E W I T H T H E L AM B , t h e L E O P AR D W I L L L I E D O W N W I T H T H E
G O AT , t h e C AL F A N D T H E L I O N AN D T H E Y E AR L I N G T O G E T H E R ; a n d a L I T T L E C H I L D W I L L
7L E AD T H E M .
T h e C O W W I L L F E E D W I T H T H E B E AR , t h e i r yo u n g w i l l l i e d o w n
t o g e t h e r , a n d t h e L I O N W I L L E AT S T R AW L I K E T H E O X . 8 - T h e I N F AN T W I L L P L AY N E AR
T H E H O L E O F T H E C O B R A , a n d t h e Y O U N G C H I L D P U T H I S H AN D I N T O T H E V I P E R ' S N E S T .
9T h e y w i l l n e i t h e r H AR M N O R D E S T R O Y o n AL L M Y H O L Y M O U N T AI N , f o r T H E
E AR T H w i l l b e F U L L O F T H E K N O W L E D G E O F T H E L O R D a s t h e w a t e r s c o v e r
the sea.
Zech 9:10 NIV
I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the war -horses from Jerusalem,
a n d t h e b a t t l e b o w w i l l b e b r o k e n . H E W I L L P R O C L AI M P E A C E t o t h e n a t i o n s .
H I S R U L E W I L L E X T E N D F R O M S E A T O S E A AN D F R O M T H E R I V E R T O T H E
ENDS OF THE EARTH.
(4)
W H AT W I L L T H E M I L L E N N I U M B E L I K E ?
J OY
ISAAC WATTS
WAS
SONG
WRITTEN
SECOND
TO
RULE
NOT
AS
-
“JOY TO THE WORLD”
TO
COMING
AND
A
CELEBRATE
OF
REIGN
THE
CHRIST
ON
CHRISTMAS
EARTH
CAROL
Isa 9:3-4 NIV
3-
Y o u h a v e E N L A R G E D T H E N AT I O N a n d I N C R E AS E D T H E I R J O Y ; t h e y R E J O I C E
b e f o r e yo u a s p e o p l e r e j o i c e a t t h e h a r v e s t , a s m e n r e j o i c e w h e n d i v i d i n g t h e
p l u n d e r . 4 - F o r a s i n t h e d a y o f M i d i a n ' s d e f e a t , Y o u H AV E S H AT T E R E D T H E
Y O K E T H AT B U R D E N S T H E M , t h e b a r a c r o s s t h e i r s h o u l d e r s , t h e r o d o f t h e i r
oppressor.
Isa 12:3-6 NIV
3-
W i t h J O Y yo u w i l l d r a w w a t e r f r o m t h e W E L L S O F S AL V AT I O N . 4 - I n T H AT
D AY y o u w i l l s a y : " G i v e t h a n k s t o t h e L O R D , c a l l o n H i s n a m e ; m a k e k n o w n
a m o n g t h e n a t i o n s w h a t H e h a s d o n e , a n d p r o c l a i m t h a t H I S N AM E I S E X AL T E D .
5S i n g t o t h e L O R D , f o r H E H AS D O N E G L O R I O U S T H I N G S ; l e t t h i s b e k n o w n t o
a l l t h e w o r l d . 6 - S H O U T AL O U D A N D S I N G F O R J O Y , p e o p l e o f Z i o n , f o r g r e a t i s
t h e H o l y O n e o f I s r a e l a m o n g yo u . "
(5)
W H AT W I L L T H E M I L L E N N I U M B E L I K E ?
HOLINESS
Isa 4:3-4 NIV
3-
T H O S E W H O A R E L E F T I N Z I O N , w h o r e m a i n i n J e r u s a l e m , W I L L B E C AL L E D
HOLY
Y,, a l l w h o a r e r e c o r d e d a m o n g t h e l i vi n g i n J e r u s a l e m . 4 - T h e L O R D W I L L
W AS H AW AY T H E F I L T H O F T H E W O M E N o f Z i o n ; H E W I L L C L E AN S E T H E
B L O O D S T AI N S f r o m J e r u s a l e m b y a S P I R I T O F J U D G M E N T a n d a S P I R I T O F
FIRE.
DEEPER
KNOWLEDGE
Isa 11:9 NIV
T h e y w i l l N E I T H E R H AR M N O R D E S T R O Y o n a l l M y h o l y m o u n t a i n , f o r T H E
E AR T H W I L L B E F U L L O F T H E K N O W L E D G E O F T H E L O R D a s t h e w a t e r s c o v e r
the sea.
Jer 31:33-34 NIV
33
3--
" T h i s i s t h e c o v e n a n t I W I L L M AK E w i t h t h e h o u s e o f I s r a e l AF T E R T H AT
T I M E , " d e c l a r e s t h e L O R D . " I W I L L P U T M Y L AW I N T H E I R M I N D S AN D W R I T E
I T O N T H E I R H E AR T S . I W I L L B E T H E I R G O D , AN D T H E Y W I L L B E M Y P E O P L E .
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4-N O L O N G E R W I L L A M AN T E AC H H I S N E I G H B O R , o r a m a n h i s b r o t h e r ,
s a yi n g , ` K n o w t h e L O R D , ' b e c a u s e T H E Y W I L L AL L K N O W M E , f r o m t h e L E AS T
o f t h e m t o t h e G R E AT E S T , " d e c l a r e s t h e L O R D . " F o r I W I L L F O R G I V E T H E I R
W I C K E D N E S S AN D W I L L R E M E M B E R T H E I R S I N S N O M O R E . "
(6)
W H AT W I L L T H E M I L L E N N I U M B E L I K E ?
NO SICKNESS OR DEFORMITY
Isa 29:18 NIV
I n t h a t d a y t h e D E AF W I L L H E A R T H E W O R D S O F T H E S C R O L L , a n d o u t o f
gloom and darkness the EYES OF THE BLIND WILL SEE .
Isa 33:24 NIV
N O O N E l i v i n g i n Z i o n w i l l s a y, " I AM I L L " ; a n d t h e S I N S o f t h o s e w h o d w e l l
there WILL BE FORGIVEN.
Isa 35:5-6 NIV
5-
T h e n w i l l t h e E Y E S O F T H E B L I N D B E O P E N E D a n d t h e E AR S O F T H E D E AF
U N S T O P P E D . 6 - T h e n w i l l t h e L AM E L E AP L I K E A D E E R , a n d t h e M U T E T O N G U E
S H O U T F O R J O Y . W AT E R w i l l g u s h f o r t h i n t h e W I L D E R N E S S a n d S T R E AM S I N
THE DESERT.
AS
A
RESULT
OF
THE
PEOPLE
WILL
JUST
AS
LIVE
THE
ELIMINATION
ONCE
DID
SICKNESS
AGAIN
EXTENDED
PEOPLE
OF
LIFE
SPANS
BEFORE
THE
FLOOD
Isa 65:19-20 NIV
19
9--
I W I L L R E J O I C E o v e r J e r u s a l e m a n d T AK E D E L I G H T I N M Y P E O P L E ;
t h e S O U N D o f W E E P I N G a n d o f C R Y I N G w i l l b e H E AR D I N I T N O M O R E .
20
0-" N E V E R AG AI N w i l l t h e r e b e i n i t a n I N F AN T W H O L I V E S B U T A F E W D AY S ,
o r a n O L D M AN W H O D O E S N O T L I V E O U T H I S Y E AR S ; h e w h o D I E S AT A H U N D R E D w i l l b e T H O U G H T A M E R E Y O U T H ; h e w h o F AI L S T O R E AC H A H U N D R E D
W I L L B E C O N S I D E R E D AC C U R S E D .
(7)
W H AT W I L L T H E M I L L E N N I U M B E L I K E ?
ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY
Isa 30:23 NIV
H E W I L L a l s o S E N D Y O U R AI N f o r t h e S E E D Y O U S O W I N T H E G R O U N D , a n d t h e
F O O D T H AT C O M E S F R O M T H E L AN D W I L L B E R I C H AN D P L E N T I F U L . I n t h a t
d a y Y O U R C AT T L E W I L L G R AZ E I N B R O AD M E AD O W S .
Jer 31:12 NIV
They will come and SHOUT FOR JOY on the heights of Zion; they will rejoice
I N T H E B O U N T Y O F T H E L O R D - - t h e G R AI N , t h e N E W W I N E a n d t h e O I L
L,,
t h e Y O U N G O F T H E F L O C K S AN D H E R D S . T h e y w i l l b e l i k e a W E L L - W AT E R E D
G AR D E N , a n d t h e y w i l l S O R R O W N O M O R E .
Ezek 34:26 NIV
I WILL BLESS THEM and the places surrounding my hill. I WILL send down
S H O W E R S I N S E AS O N ; t h e r e w i l l b e S H O W E R S O F B L E S S I N G .
E ze k 3 6 : 2 9 - 3 0 N I V
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9--
I W I L L S AV E Y O U F R O M AL L Y O U R U N C L E AN N E S S . I W I L L C AL L F O R T H E
G R AI N a n d M AK E I T P L E N T I F U L a n d W I L L N O T B R I N G F AM I N E U P O N Y O U .
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0-I W I L L I N C R E A S E T H E F R U I T O F T H E T R E E S AN D T H E C R O P S O F T H E F I E L D ,
s o t h a t Y O U W I L L N O L O N G E R S U F F E R D I S G R AC E AM O N G T H E N AT I O N S B E C AU S E O F F AM I N E .
Joel 2:26 NIV
Y o u w i l l h a v e P L E N T Y T O E AT , u n t i l Y O U AR E F U L L , a n d Y O U W I L L P R AI S E T H E
N AM E O F T H E L O R D Y O U R G O D , w h o h a s w o r k e d w o n d e r s f o r y o u ; N E V E R
AG AI N W I L L M Y P E O P L E B E S H A M E D .
(8)