![]() 24:37–41 25:31–46).Īll the unsaved who are alive at Christ’s Second Coming will be taken from the earth in judgment. 13:47–50) and in His Olivet Discourse (Mt. Jesus clearly taught this in His parables of the tares (Mt. All the unsaved who are alive at Christ’s Second Coming will be taken from the earth in judgment. First, no unsaved people (the human members of Satan’s kingdom) will be allowed to enter the kingdom at its inception. The Bible reveals several significant facts concerning the citizens of the future theocratic kingdom. The Citizens of the Future Theocratic Kingdom It should be noted that although the future theocratic kingdom will last for a thousand years on this present earth, it will continue forever on the future eternal earth (Lk. For this reason, Bible scholars have called the final age of this earth’s history “the Millennium” (from the Latin words mille, which means “a thousand,” and annum, which means “year”). Revelation 20:4–7 indicates that Christ and His saints will reign over this present earth for “a thousand years.” Thus, the future theocratic kingdom will last for one thousand years on this present earth. The Length of the Future Theocratic Kingdom Then the present earth will pass away when a great white throne appears (Rev. After that age ends, Satan will lead one final revolt against God’s rule, and God will quickly crush that revolt (Rev. Second, the future theocratic kingdom will be present during the last age of this present earth’s history. 19:11–21), and then the theocratic kingdom (Rev. 6–18) followed by the Second Coming of Christ (Rev. ![]() The Book of Revelation enforces this teaching of Christ by presenting the following order for the future: The events of the Tribulation (Rev. Christ Himself taught that He will sit upon His throne to rule the earth and introduce the righteous to the kingdom after the Tribulation and His Second Coming (Mt. First, the theocratic Kingdom will be established after the Tribulation and Second Coming of Christ. The Scriptures reveal two things concerning the time of the future theocratic kingdom. The Time of the Future Theocratic Kingdom The restoration of God’s theocratic kingdom as the government of this earth for its last age of history is absolutely essential if God is to fulfill His purpose for world history. If God does not restore His theocratic kingdom rule before this earth’s history comes to an end, then Satan will have defeated God within the scope of this present earth’s history. This earth began with God’s theocracy as its government, but the theocracy was lost through the Satan-prompted fall of mankind. The Purpose of the Future Theocratic Kingdom This article will focus on the second thing that God must do: He must restore His theocratic kingdom rule to this present earth. In the previous article we examined the first of three things that God must do to fulfill His purpose for history: namely, He must crush Satan by ridding the earth of him and his entire kingdom. Series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Conclusion
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