(Compiled By Rob Madden)
***Remember, God, in the original creation, made Adam & Eve to live forever, and have children. When Jesus delivers up the Kingdom to God, the Father, (1 Cor. 15:20-28) then “Paradise” will be restored in the new Earth and the new Heavens.
Three classes of Beings spoken of in 1 Corinthians 15:
1. Deity – (The Divine Eternal Godhead)
2. Resurrected Saints
(O.T. Saints, N.T. Saints, and Martyred Saints of the Tribulation Period) – In glorified bodies, like Jesus’ body. (1 John 3:2; Philippians 3:21)
* Our eternal dwelling place will be in mansions, in the New Jerusalem! (Heb. 12:22-23; Rev. 3:12; 21:2)
3. Natural Human Beings –
Those born during the tribulation period, (who are not martyred) and the1,000 year Reign of Christ, and those born afterward, and on into eternity!
This view comes from a literal interpretation of Scriptures.
Think about a few considerations from this viewpoint –
1. Satan does not win, in the end! God’s program goes on as originally planned! (Genesis 1:27-28; 9:1)
2. Marriage has, and will always will be, an honorable institution! (Genesis 2:21-25; Heb. 13:4)
3. O.T. , Church Age, & Martyred Trib. Saints ,will be Kings, Priests, and Rulers in the Eternal Kingdom. As God’s Kingdom expands for all eternity, our jobs will become massive! This is why we will be in glorified bodies, like unto Christ’s and the Angels. Our power, responsibilities will be limitless.
4. This why we are as the angels of heaven (Mt. 22:30) PS. This does not mean we lose our distinctiveness, rather it teaches us how wonderful & joyous our marriage to the Lamb will be.
5. The family is the center of human existence, and gives purpose to God’s creation. In eternity we will always have children, teens, and young couples in love, around us. We will be eternally reminded of the joy and happiness of life, with God as our Father!
6.
💥New generations will be loved and taught by their human parents, the saints of God, and the Angels, and God Himself!
💥We all will excel throughout eternity, and learn, explore, travel to, and inhabit new planets, create new things.
💥Everything will bring glory to the Triune Godhead! Our abilities will be limitless.
💥Saints of God will continually remind new generations of humans how wonderful and glorious our God is.
💥We will tell them the story of God’s creation, the fall of man, and ultimate redemption of through Jesus our Savior, for us.
💥No doubt, they will rejoice in how God saved us, and made all this possible through Christ!
7. I could go on and on, but you all know there’s not enough space to contain this vast information!
***According to Revelation 20-22 we have information about, and a description of… the 1,000 year reign of Christ, and the eternal state.
👉John goes back and forth to these two time periods in these chapters.
👉But it’s obvious when he speaks of the millennium, verses the eternal state.
Note the differences:
1.The Millennium Verses:
✔ Satan bound for 1,000 years – (Rev. 20:2)
✔ Martyred Trib. Saints resurrected & reigning with Christ for 1,000 years – (Rev. 20:4-6)
✔ Remember, those who survive the Trib. Period, go into the reign of Christ, and reproduce. They will make up the hordes of Nations we see at the end of the 1,000 years.
✔ At the end Satan is let loose, he gathers an innumerable group of wicked ppl., he loses against God, and is judged for all eternity, as well, the whole unsaved world of mankind is judged and condemned to Lake of Fire eternally, too! (Rev. 20: 10-15; 21:8)
✔ During the 1,000 years, nations are to honor God, and His holy people, Israel! If they don’t then they are not allowed to eat of the tree of life. (Rev. 22:11-15)
2. The Eternal State Verses:
Revelation 21:1-7 …
1 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.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Revelation 21:9-27…
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written there on, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprase; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 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.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 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.
24 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 honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 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.
Revelation 22:1-5…
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
2. Resurrected Saints
(O.T. Saints, N.T. Saints, and Martyred Saints of the Tribulation Period) – In glorified bodies, like Jesus’ body. (1 John 3:2; Philippians 3:21)
* Our eternal dwelling place will be in mansions, in the New Jerusalem! (Heb. 12:22-23; Rev. 3:12; 21:2)
3. Natural Human Beings –
Those born during the tribulation period, (who are not martyred) and the1,000 year Reign of Christ, and those born afterward, and on into eternity!
This view comes from a literal interpretation of Scriptures.
Think about a few considerations from this viewpoint –
1. Satan does not win, in the end! God’s program goes on as originally planned! (Genesis 1:27-28; 9:1)
2. Marriage has, and will always will be, an honorable institution! (Genesis 2:21-25; Heb. 13:4)
3. O.T. , Church Age, & Martyred Trib. Saints ,will be Kings, Priests, and Rulers in the Eternal Kingdom. As God’s Kingdom expands for all eternity, our jobs will become massive! This is why we will be in glorified bodies, like unto Christ’s and the Angels. Our power, responsibilities will be limitless.
4. This why we are as the angels of heaven (Mt. 22:30) PS. This does not mean we lose our distinctiveness, rather it teaches us how wonderful & joyous our marriage to the Lamb will be.
5. The family is the center of human existence, and gives purpose to God’s creation. In eternity we will always have children, teens, and young couples in love, around us. We will be eternally reminded of the joy and happiness of life, with God as our Father!
6.
💥New generations will be loved and taught by their human parents, the saints of God, and the Angels, and God Himself!
💥We all will excel throughout eternity, and learn, explore, travel to, and inhabit new planets, create new things.
💥Everything will bring glory to the Triune Godhead! Our abilities will be limitless.
💥Saints of God will continually remind new generations of humans how wonderful and glorious our God is.
💥We will tell them the story of God’s creation, the fall of man, and ultimate redemption of through Jesus our Savior, for us.
💥No doubt, they will rejoice in how God saved us, and made all this possible through Christ!
7. I could go on and on, but you all know there’s not enough space to contain this vast information!
***According to Revelation 20-22 we have information about, and a description of… the 1,000 year reign of Christ, and the eternal state.
👉John goes back and forth to these two time periods in these chapters.
👉But it’s obvious when he speaks of the millennium, verses the eternal state.
Note the differences:
1.The Millennium Verses:
✔ Satan bound for 1,000 years – (Rev. 20:2)
✔ Martyred Trib. Saints resurrected & reigning with Christ for 1,000 years – (Rev. 20:4-6)
✔ Remember, those who survive the Trib. Period, go into the reign of Christ, and reproduce. They will make up the hordes of Nations we see at the end of the 1,000 years.
✔ At the end Satan is let loose, he gathers an innumerable group of wicked ppl., he loses against God, and is judged for all eternity, as well, the whole unsaved world of mankind is judged and condemned to Lake of Fire eternally, too! (Rev. 20: 10-15; 21:8)
✔ During the 1,000 years, nations are to honor God, and His holy people, Israel! If they don’t then they are not allowed to eat of the tree of life. (Rev. 22:11-15)
2. The Eternal State Verses:
Revelation 21:1-7 …
1 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.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Revelation 21:9-27…
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written there on, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprase; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 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.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
23 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.
24 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 honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 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.
Revelation 22:1-5…
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
There will be perpetual generations of natural people according to the following passages.
(Daniel 7:13-14, 18, 27)
The Son of man will have dominion over all people, nations, and languages, and this dominion is everlasting which shall not pass away nor ever be destroyed. The people are included in this eternal promise thus proving eternal natural people. Why? Because the resurrected saints will not marry nor be given in marriage in order to propagate the race
(Matthew 22:30). We will be like the angels and not have children ourselves. ✨Daniel 7:18 says plainly who will take the kingdom, THE SAINTS of the Most High and they'll hold it forever, yes even forever and ever! It is true that we, the resurrected saints, will rule as kings, priests, and judges in God's eternal kingdom (Revelation 1:6; 2:26-27; 5:10; 20:6; 1 Corinthians 6:2-3)
✨but the natural saints will possess it. Verse 27 plainly said it shall be given to the PEOPLE of the saints and that this kingdom would be everlasting and all the separate DOMINIONS would serve and obey him.
✨Remember, we the resurrected saints will be as the angels, not as people anymore. Joel 2:2-11 gives us a clear peek at what we shall be like one day as resurrected saints fighting in God's army.
✨(Revelation 21:24-27) The nations who don't rebel with Satan in Revelation 20:7-9 will be saved according to Rev. 21:24. Their kings will bring their glory into the city of God. ✨The glory and honor of the NATIONS will be brought into the city also. These nations are natural men and women who survived the final rebellion at the end of the thousand year reign of Christ (Revelation 20:1-15).
✨Remember that all the present day saints of God had been resurrected from the dead and judged/rewarded before Jesus' second coming one thousand years earlier (Revelation 20:4-6; Daniel 12:2; John 5:28-29; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
(Luke 22:30)
The obvious question which must be asked here is, "Who are they going to judge over?"
The Bible says it will be the 12 tribes of Israel, not the resurrected saints. These 12 tribes will be natural surviving people of the Jewish lineage in the eternal future to come. If I am not a descendant of one of the tribes of Israel, I will be separate from this dominion he gave his 12 disciples.
(1 Corinthians 6.2-4) The resurrected saints will judge the world. The world full of natural people. There will be no need for us to sit and judge among ourselves since we will be perfected as resurrected saints and there will be no offenses between us
(Joel 2:2-11; Revelation 21:4). There will, however, be a need for judgment between the natural people who survive the tribulation period and millennium reign of Christ and on into the eternal future We will even rank above the angels and judge them. Our expertise in the area of things pertaining to this life will be much needed.
(2 Timothy 2:12) If we are going to reign with Christ, who are we going to reign over? It is going to be the natural people who will populate the earth and universe.
(Revelation 1:5-6) We will be made kings to rule over who? Not each other, but the natural people. We will be made priests to mediate between man and God. Some of the people will be judged immediately during the Millennium (Zechariah 14:17-19; Isaiah 65:20)). Thus the office of priest and king will be very busy during the 1000 years and on into the New Heavens and New Earth.
(Revelation 5:10) We shall reign on the earth. Who will we reign over? It is more and more obvious that we will have natural people to reign over. The resurrected saints will not be reigning over each other, but over earthly subjects.(Revelation 11:15) "The kingdoms of this world" are plainly referring to the kingdoms of natural people who will be conquered by God during the tribulation.
(Revelation 22:4-5) They shall reign and help God administer the affairs of the universe for ever and ever. We have to have someone to reign over in order for the reign to be fulfilled. This is after John saw the New Heaven and the New Earth ushered in at the end of the Millennium in
Revelation 21:1.The term "CHILDREN'S CHILDREN" is a term expressing eternal generations of natural people. It is found in Psalms 103:17;
(Ezekiel 37:25) The phrase "and their children's children for ever" is saying plainly that the progeniture is eternal. If no one else survives, this passage promises that the Israelites will survive for all eternity HAVING CHILDREN! And the resurrected saints can't have children in eternity (Matthew 22:30).
(Isaiah 59:21) The term "seed's seed" is for ever according to this passage. God's covenant with Jacob is to last for all eternity reaching each new generation born of men in his kingdom.
(Luke1:32-33) He shall reign over the "house of Jacob" forever and his kingdom shall never end! Jacob's house which must number as the dust and sand of the earth will go on for all eternity.
(Isaiah 66:22-24) We know the New Heavens and the New earth will last for all eternity, so shall your SEED remain. What is seed? It is the offspring of man. The resurrected saints will not be able to keep the seed going (Matthew 22:30) so it will be natural men and women, no doubt. God also said that all "flesh" will come to worship before him. The flesh refers to natural men and women in eternity, not the resurrected men and women who are as the angels in eternity (Matthew 22:30).
(Isaiah 65:18-25) Verse 21 said they, the natural men (the seed), would build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit and it will not be stolen from them. Their days shall be as a tree and they will enjoy the work of their hands. They will labor (verse 23), but not in vain. There will be no trouble. This is the Millennium. Notice that OFFSPRING will be coming forth during this time from the SEED of the blessed of the Lord
(Daniel 7:13-14, 18, 27)
The Son of man will have dominion over all people, nations, and languages, and this dominion is everlasting which shall not pass away nor ever be destroyed. The people are included in this eternal promise thus proving eternal natural people. Why? Because the resurrected saints will not marry nor be given in marriage in order to propagate the race
(Matthew 22:30). We will be like the angels and not have children ourselves. ✨Daniel 7:18 says plainly who will take the kingdom, THE SAINTS of the Most High and they'll hold it forever, yes even forever and ever! It is true that we, the resurrected saints, will rule as kings, priests, and judges in God's eternal kingdom (Revelation 1:6; 2:26-27; 5:10; 20:6; 1 Corinthians 6:2-3)
✨but the natural saints will possess it. Verse 27 plainly said it shall be given to the PEOPLE of the saints and that this kingdom would be everlasting and all the separate DOMINIONS would serve and obey him.
✨Remember, we the resurrected saints will be as the angels, not as people anymore. Joel 2:2-11 gives us a clear peek at what we shall be like one day as resurrected saints fighting in God's army.
✨(Revelation 21:24-27) The nations who don't rebel with Satan in Revelation 20:7-9 will be saved according to Rev. 21:24. Their kings will bring their glory into the city of God. ✨The glory and honor of the NATIONS will be brought into the city also. These nations are natural men and women who survived the final rebellion at the end of the thousand year reign of Christ (Revelation 20:1-15).
✨Remember that all the present day saints of God had been resurrected from the dead and judged/rewarded before Jesus' second coming one thousand years earlier (Revelation 20:4-6; Daniel 12:2; John 5:28-29; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
(Luke 22:30)
The obvious question which must be asked here is, "Who are they going to judge over?"
The Bible says it will be the 12 tribes of Israel, not the resurrected saints. These 12 tribes will be natural surviving people of the Jewish lineage in the eternal future to come. If I am not a descendant of one of the tribes of Israel, I will be separate from this dominion he gave his 12 disciples.
(1 Corinthians 6.2-4) The resurrected saints will judge the world. The world full of natural people. There will be no need for us to sit and judge among ourselves since we will be perfected as resurrected saints and there will be no offenses between us
(Joel 2:2-11; Revelation 21:4). There will, however, be a need for judgment between the natural people who survive the tribulation period and millennium reign of Christ and on into the eternal future We will even rank above the angels and judge them. Our expertise in the area of things pertaining to this life will be much needed.
(2 Timothy 2:12) If we are going to reign with Christ, who are we going to reign over? It is going to be the natural people who will populate the earth and universe.
(Revelation 1:5-6) We will be made kings to rule over who? Not each other, but the natural people. We will be made priests to mediate between man and God. Some of the people will be judged immediately during the Millennium (Zechariah 14:17-19; Isaiah 65:20)). Thus the office of priest and king will be very busy during the 1000 years and on into the New Heavens and New Earth.
(Revelation 5:10) We shall reign on the earth. Who will we reign over? It is more and more obvious that we will have natural people to reign over. The resurrected saints will not be reigning over each other, but over earthly subjects.(Revelation 11:15) "The kingdoms of this world" are plainly referring to the kingdoms of natural people who will be conquered by God during the tribulation.
(Revelation 22:4-5) They shall reign and help God administer the affairs of the universe for ever and ever. We have to have someone to reign over in order for the reign to be fulfilled. This is after John saw the New Heaven and the New Earth ushered in at the end of the Millennium in
Revelation 21:1.The term "CHILDREN'S CHILDREN" is a term expressing eternal generations of natural people. It is found in Psalms 103:17;
(Ezekiel 37:25) The phrase "and their children's children for ever" is saying plainly that the progeniture is eternal. If no one else survives, this passage promises that the Israelites will survive for all eternity HAVING CHILDREN! And the resurrected saints can't have children in eternity (Matthew 22:30).
(Isaiah 59:21) The term "seed's seed" is for ever according to this passage. God's covenant with Jacob is to last for all eternity reaching each new generation born of men in his kingdom.
(Luke1:32-33) He shall reign over the "house of Jacob" forever and his kingdom shall never end! Jacob's house which must number as the dust and sand of the earth will go on for all eternity.
(Isaiah 66:22-24) We know the New Heavens and the New earth will last for all eternity, so shall your SEED remain. What is seed? It is the offspring of man. The resurrected saints will not be able to keep the seed going (Matthew 22:30) so it will be natural men and women, no doubt. God also said that all "flesh" will come to worship before him. The flesh refers to natural men and women in eternity, not the resurrected men and women who are as the angels in eternity (Matthew 22:30).
(Isaiah 65:18-25) Verse 21 said they, the natural men (the seed), would build houses and inhabit them. They will plant vineyards and eat their fruit and it will not be stolen from them. Their days shall be as a tree and they will enjoy the work of their hands. They will labor (verse 23), but not in vain. There will be no trouble. This is the Millennium. Notice that OFFSPRING will be coming forth during this time from the SEED of the blessed of the Lord
Perpetual Generations of the Human Race - PROPOSITION 152
The Theocratic Kingdom - George N. H. Peters
