28-Questions Regarding the Millennium - KJV

1. When Jesus Returns, Won't He Establish His Kingdom on Earth for 1000 Years? I Have Always Thought There Would Be People Alive During the 1000 Years of Peace on Earth During the Millennium.

Jesus Promised to Prepare a Place for Us.

John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be _troubled_: ye believe in God, believe also in me. [2] In my _Fathers_ house are many _mansions_: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. [3] And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and _receive_ you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

2. The Saved Are Caught up to Jesus in the Sky at His Second Coming.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 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.

3. Jesus Will Come with His Angels and His Rewards.
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall _reward_ every man _according_ to his works.

4. Jesus Also Comes with His Angels and Brings Destruction on the Wicked.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 And to you who are _troubled_ rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be _revealed_ from heaven with his mighty angels, [8] In flaming fire taking _vengeance_ on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

5. Jeremiah Describes the Wicked at the End of the Earth.
Jeremiah 25:33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be _lamented_, neither _gathered_, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.

6. Another Description by Jeremiah of the Earth's Desolate Condition During the Millennium.
Jeremiah 4:23-27 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. [24] I beheld the _mountains_, and, lo, they _trembled_, and all the hills moved lightly. [25] I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. [26] I beheld, and, lo, the _fruitful_ place was a _wilderness_, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the _presence_ of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. [27] For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be _desolate_; yet will I not make a full end.

7. Revelation Describes Satan Being Bound in the Bottomless Pit for 1000 Years. This Binding of Satan Is with a Chain of Circumstances.
Revelation 20:1-2 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,

The "bottomless pit, " or abyss, comes from the Greek word abussos and is the same word in the Hebrew Old Testament used for "without form and void. In Genesis 1:2, when God spoke the world into existence, it was without form and void, a darkened, desolate abyss of nothingness until God immediately separated the dry land, and then created a new world full of life.

 8. Once Again, When God Is Ready, Sin Will Be Finally and Completely Destroyed. Out of the Abyss of the Old World, God Will Create a Marvelously Beautiful New World.
Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new _heavens_ and a new earth: and the former shall not be _remembered_, nor come into mind.

Isaiah 66:22 For as the new _heavens_ and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain _before_ me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

2 Peter 3:13 _Nevertheless_ we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth _righteousness_.

Revelation 21:1-5 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. [2] And I John saw the holy city, new _Jerusalem_, coming down from God out of heaven, _prepared_ as a bride adorned for her _husband_. [3] And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the _tabernacle_ of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God _himself_ shall be with them, and be their God. [4] And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither _sorrow_, nor _crying_, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. [5] And he that sat upon the _throne_ said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and _faithful_.

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