1. Message Twenty MOVING INTO THE MILLENNIUM Revelation 20:1-10

2. An Experiential Exegesis of the Inhumanity of Man 1. The brevity of life

3. An Experiential Exegesis of the Inhumanity of Man 1. The brevity of life 2. The uncertainty of life

4. An Experiential Exegesis of the Inhumanity of Man 1. The brevity of life 2. The uncertainty of life 3. The mystery of life

5. An Experiential Exegesis of the Inhumanity of Man 1. The brevity of life 2. The uncertainty of life 3. The mystery of life 4. The inadequacy of life

6. Thesis The Millennium is not a period of time already past, or an indefinite episode of utopia Christian progress brings in, because the Millennial reign is a literal thousand years of peace that Christ the King brings back at his Second Coming.

7. Prophetic Key The Kingdom awaits the return of the King.

8. A Look at the Last Millennium 1. The Millennium will fulfill God’s original purpose for man: to exercise dominion over all the earth Gen. 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion

9. There will be a righteous rule of God in time, through men, on an earth that is not cursed for 1000 years. Point 1

10. A Look at the Last Millennium 2. The Millennium will fulfill God’s promises to Israel Amos 9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.

11. Biblical Covenants(God’s promises to Israel) Abrahamic Covenant = land Davidic Covenant = a king Palestinian Covenant = perpetual residency New Covenant = Holy Spirit + a new heart

12. A Look at the Last Millennium 3. The Millennium will reveal the root cause of sin: human hearts that are hard toward God

13. In the Millennium there will be no deception because there will be no deceiver. Point 2

14. Weddings in the Bible A. Betrothal—an arrangement made by a father to secure a mate for his child, 2 Cor 11:2 2 Cor. 11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

15. Point 3 Every Christian is in the engagement period with Christ.

16. Weddings in the Bible A. Betrothal B. Wedding—after the home was constructed the father would send servants to fetch the bride (the rapture), John 14:3 John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you

17. Weddings in the Bible A. Betrothal B. Wedding C. Marriage Supper—the wedding reception where the groom introduces the bride to the husband’s world, Eph 3:10

18. Weddings in the Bible A. Betrothal B. Wedding C. Marriage Supper D. Home—the bride lives happily ever after (eternity)

19. A Look at the Last Millennium 4. In the Millennium we will rule on different levels based on our faithfulness to Christ in this life

20. The reason God releases Satan is to manifest on the outside what unbelievers will be holding on the inside. Point 4

21. Point 5 The whole purpose in Christ establishing the church was to create a place that would prepare you to be married to Christ.

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