Events After Christ's 2nd Coming

Brethren, I don't know how many of you have done puzzles. But you know, one of our grandchildren, he loves doing puzzles. And when we were with him last, we bought him like, I don't know, like a thousand piece puzzle or something like that. He was so excited. I mean, this was a huge puzzle and small tiny little pieces. And you know, it can get difficult. And for a little young child, about six, seven years old, it's quite a challenge. And buddy, he completed it. It took him a few days, but he completed it. And I deliberately chose one that was difficult. Because I know he's very good at puzzles. So you needed something that was challenging. You know, and by difficult means that, for instance, there's a lot of pieces that kind of maybe they look like the sea and they this piece could fit here or could fit there or could fit there. But then after you work through it, it can only fit in one place. So, you know, and that's good. But you know, when you work through a puzzle, and you all have probably worked through a puzzle, you can't do it unless you got this big picture. You have this big picture, maybe it's on the cover of the box of the puzzles, you got this big picture. And then usually, or at least that's why I do it, you start with the edges, the corners, you know, you start there, you get all the corners, all the edges, all the little straight lines out there. So you get this frame, and then you pick up things that are of a common thing. And you know, these like maybe it's a person's face, or have a different color. Yeah, you get all the pieces together and start putting there. And then you get a little bit of a logic there. And I'm sure you all have done, and you can relate to what I'm saying.

The point is, you've got to have a big picture. Because if you don't have a big picture, you are going to be practically lost in building this puzzle. You know, you can spend hours and hours and make really no progress.

And when we look at it, and tying into the sermon, because God has got a purpose. God's given us a purpose. And He's given us this big picture. He has. And one of, let's call it the framework of the big picture, is God's early days. Really, it's God's early days. They give us a framework of that big picture. And quite often, for instance, along with that, we've got prophecy. And He's got a book of Revelation that gives this big picture. And quite often, we look at prophecy and say, okay, these are the events before Christ's coming.

You know, quite often we do that, you know. And I've given sermons about that, events before Christ's coming. Now today, what I want to do, brethren, I want to look at the big picture, but I want to look at events from Christ's coming onwards, until let's say the new heavens and new earth.

So obviously, I cannot, in one hour, go into every little detail. So my intent is just to give you a framework, a very simple big picture, which then you can study and drill down like you would work with a puzzle in more detail, but just give you that big picture that God gives us through His holidays. And specifically, I'm talking about what we call the fall holidays, you know, trumpets, atonement, tabernacles, and the last great day, or the eighth day, because that's the framework of the events from Christ's coming and beyond. And so that's my purpose today. So let's start by looking at Revelation 21, verse 1. Revelation 21, verse 1, which basically says there's going to be a day that is going to be a new city, a new Jerusalem, new heavens and new earth.

And so what I want to do is I want to take from Christ coming to that point. Beyond that, the Bible is extremely sketchy, to put it mildly. So you and I can speculate, and you can use whatever expression, to whatever, you know, but it's just speculation, because you don't know for sure in detail what God's got in place for us.

Like I used that story of I think it's called Forrest Gump, he says life is like a box of chocolates. When you open it, you don't know what you get it. God has given us in the new heaven and new earth, it's like a beautiful box of chocolates. We've got an idea, very little spring cleans, but more than that, it's a surprise for you and I when we get there.

So we don't want to go beyond that, because we know it's going to be great. Even Abraham looked towards that city, that was his desire, that was his goal, that kept him on track. So yes, we need to look for that, but beyond that, we just don't know. And then the other scripture, which is kind of important for us to keep in mind, is in Colossians chapter 2 verse 16 through 17.

Also, a scripture that you all have seen many times, and I just want to refer to it briefly, Colossians chapter 2 verse 16, which basically says, let no man judge you about how you eat and drink, for instance, during the feast, for instance, like during the Sabbath, or during the festivals, or the new moon, which is the only one holy day, which is the new moon, which is the day of trumpets, right? Or the Sabbath, the other holy days, weekly or annual. Let no one judge you about these things. And yes, verse 21 is important, because they are a shadow of things to come. In other words, they are, they are foreshadowed, they give us this roadmap of things to happen in the future.

So let no man judge you about that, but then he says, but the body of Christ, in other words, but the church of God. So only the church of God can, with God's inspiration, with God's only Spirit, as we study the Bible, should be able to be the ones that tell us about how to keep the holy days in the right way. Then, so understanding therefore that God's holy days are, think about shadows of things to come, or think about like road markers, you know, big road markers saying, I don't know if you've ever done a hike, and you go on a hike, and it says, there's a little road marker says, that direction, okay, okay, keep going, and you go, and then you get to another, and then there's another little road marker says, go that direction, you know, so it's like road markers on our on our path to help us understand what's going to happen.

And basically, God's holy days are divided into two phases, have you thought about it?

Actually divided into two phases. You know, you look at the vittix 24, it says, you know, these are God's holy days, which you should proclaim at that appointed times, and when you work out God's holy days, you basically work them from two months, either the first month, or the seventh month.

The first month, you work out the Passover, you work out Unleavened Bread, and you work out Pentecost, because it's perfectly diced from the white sheep during the first month. So, from the first month, you calculate everything else regarding that first phase. On the seventh month, that's the second phase, you know, everything related to the second phase is on the seventh month. That's trumpets, that's atonement, that's the feast, and that's the last great day, or the eighth day, on the seventh month. So, there's these two phases. Basically, one is just tied to spring, and the other one is tied to the fall, or late summer into fall. But basically, the fall. And that's why we call them the fall holidays, right? And indeed, I don't know if many of you have thought about this, but the first phase represents Christ's first coming. Well, of course, right? Of course, right? Christ's first coming. Christ's first coming, Passover, Unleavened Bread, we've got a change, the Wave Sheaf, which represents Christ being accepted on our behalf, counting 50 days, and then you and I receive God's Holy Spirit from here onwards. There's a time of using God's Holy Spirit and developing and growing till the end, overcoming till the end. And then we go to the second phase, which is the end. So, the first phase is tied to Christ's first coming, right? In other words, Savior. In other words, the word Jesus. So, the word Jesus is tied to that first phase of God's Holy Days. Our Savior is first coming as the suffering servant. The second phase, it's tied to the Messiah. Christ, the Messiah, the Second Coming, establishing world peace. So, the first phase is opening our doors for our individual relationship to our Savior. And the second phase is how Christ will intervene in this world and resolve the world's problems that you and I cannot resolve. So, what we want to look at is the events from Christ's Second Coming. Therefore, we want to look at those four last Holy Days. So, you could call it that we're reviewing the Holy Days of the seventh month. But I've chosen to call it events after Christ's Second Coming. So, that's in a sense the title of today's sermon. And so, the first one, the first Holy Day is trumpet. So, turn with me to Leviticus 23, verse 23 through 25. Leviticus 23 verse 23 to 25, where he talks about the Day of Trumpet.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, speak to the children of Israel, saying, in the seventh month, on the first day of the month. Now, this is the only Holy Day which falls on the new moon. And people say, oh well, well, understand, nowhere in the Bible defines you up to specifically state what the new moon is. So, people have different interpretations. But the point is, the priesthood, we have to proclaim these days. God had given the priesthood the responsibility to do this. So, but what God says, and once the priesthood have proclaimed these days and declared, well, this is the beginning of the calendar and all that, then God would honor it as God's calendar. And He said, therefore, on the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath rest, a memorial of blowing off trumpets, a holy convocation. Now, interesting thing enough, the operator, you probably haven't noticed this in the litigants, but if you read the litigants 23 carefully, the word Sabbath rest is not used for the spring holidays. It's only used for the former holidays. You go home and study it. But, you know, it's interesting, because they point to the Sabbath rest to come, which is Christ's coming, the real Sabbath rest when you will come, you'll establish the kingdom of God on earth, and that is the real rest of humanity to come. That is very interesting. And it says, I'm a martyr of blowing off trumpets, Pluto.

Quite often, we in the church focus on the last trumpet.

There's nothing wrong with that. I'm not denying that, but I'm saying it's the Feast of Trumpets, not the Feast of the Seven Trumpets. And so the Feast of Trumpets includes all the other six, not just the seven.

So, and it says, a holy congregation, which means a holy meeting. It's a holy gathering. It's a holy time to come together. We had a very good sermon last week, which was saying this is a convocation, a time to actually be invited to a meeting, to an assembly. That's what it is. And it's a holy convocation, because God is there. And so this is very important for us to understand. And continue, you shall do no customer, you work on it, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. Now, obviously, in the New Testament, we know, Romans 12 says, you know what God wants is a living sacrifice. Our offerings is our living sacrifices. Those are offering by fire. Some of our living sacrifices are really offerings by fire. Sacrifices are in fire. So what God wants is us to have this commitment and doing this. So, good. So we've got these seven trumpets. And as I mentioned, my sermon is about events from Christ's coming. So I'm not talking about the first six trumpets, which build up during that last year, at the end of as when Christ starts intervening with heavenly signs. And then there are six trumpets, and at the last trump, then Christ comes. So I'm not covering the others, but let's look at the seventh trump, which is, for instance, in 1 Corinthians 15. 1 Corinthians 15.

1 Corinthians 15, verse 51 through 54. 1 Corinthians 15.

1 Corinthians 15. 1 Corinthians 15. He says, Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep. In other words, we shall not all die. In other words, there are some of us that will still be alive when Christ comes back. Of course. But we shall all be changed. In other words, if we are true Christians, and we are alive at Christ's coming, those will be changed. However, the ones that have died, that have fallen asleep, they'll be resurrected and will also be changed. So we'll all be changed.

In a moment, in a tweet, we are not alive. When? At the last trump. At the last trump. In other words, there are seven trumpets, and the last one, that's when Christ is going to come back, and that's when we'll be resurrected and changed. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible. So that's first. The dead will be raised incorruptible, and then we shall be changed. Now this is a complete knock on this thing of the secret rapture, whatever, whatever, because the secret rapture says, no, those people who are alive will be taken up first, and then some years later, then it'll be the resurrection. Well, it just says the opposite, in the Bible. They'll be resurrected first, and then we will be changed with them.

And it says, and for this corruptible must put on incorruption. It was this body that you and I have, which gets older and older and older, and one day kind of says goodbye. Now, that enough, you know, we all do that. We all feel little eggs in my back, my leg, and this and that. We all feel it.

But one day, this mortal body will put on incorruption, will put on immortality. And that's what it's talking about. This corruptible must put on incorruption. This mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass at the sign that is written, death is swallowed up in victory. Why? Because those that were dead will now be alive at the first resurrection. And that will be the process of the next millennium about that. That will happen all that and more about that.

So this scripture goes in conjunction with 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. And you all have heard this scripture, so it's nothing new. But it's good to remind us. It says, speak these words in season and out of season, so it's good to remind us. So 1 Thessalonians 4 verse 16 and 17, it says, For the Lord himself will descend from heaven. It was Christ himself who come down from heaven with a shout, with the voice of our tangent, and with the trumpet of God. And we just saw in Corinthians, it's the seventh trumpet. The seventh trumpet. So this is part of the meaning of the day of trumpets. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Again, supports what we read in Corinthians, that the dead will rise first, will be resurrected first. Then we are alive, verse 17, and remain, that in other words, that are still alive and living on earth. We shall be changed. We shall be caught up together with them and will be with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And from there onwards, and thus, we shall always be of Christ. From there onwards, eternity, we shall be of Christ. Therefore comfort one another with these words.

When this happens, brethren, that purpose that it was mentioned in the sermonette, which is a mystery, that will be revealed. Turn with me to Revelation chapter 10, Revelation chapter 10 verse 7. Revelation chapter 10 verse 7.

It says, But in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, seventh angel, and you'll read here in the context, it's talking about the trumpets, it's the seventh prophet. In the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he's about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets. What is the mystery of God? Is that you and I, as mankind, can now and will become sons of God, with the glory of God in the family of God. The glory of that family will be part of that glorious family. What a wonderful thing! And that's why then Paul in Romans 8 verse 19 says, turn with me to Romans 8 verse 19. Romans 8 verse 19. Lovely section of structure, chapter 8 of Romans. Really, it's so full of meaning, it's so encouraging. And it says, Romans 8 verse 19, For the earnest expectation of the creation. In other words, the whole creation is the desiring verse.

It says, eagerly waits for what? For the revealing of the sons of God. For that day, when the mystery of God will be revealed. The whole creation waits for that, which means, by the way, the angels are also created. And they're all waiting for that too. Think about that. Not just us human beings, the angels are eagerly waiting. Or, it says, the earnest expectation of the creation, which includes the angelic world. They are looking forward to that. So, that is great, great, encouraging. And when Christ comes, we can see in Revelation chapter 11 verse 15 through 18. By the way, Brevin, as I mentioned to you, I'm just giving you that big picture. I'm not drilling down into some of this detail, which you can do that in your own Bible study, but I'm giving you that big picture so you can put it all into a big picture, like a puzzle. So, Revelation chapter 11 verse 15 through 19 says, then the seventh angel sounded, right? That lost trumpet, the seventh angel sounded. Revelation 11 verse 15. And there was, there were loud voices in heaven saying, the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever. The angels have been waiting for that, as we saw before, and they will cry or shout with joy, hooray at long lost! You are going to root. They've been waiting for this. So it will be a great time. And 24 elders, that's angelic beings around God's throne, those 24 elders, they are angelic beings, they are not human beings, they are angelic beings, who sat before God on their thrones, fell on their faces, and worshiped God, saying, we give you God thanks, O Lord God Almighty, the one who He is and who was and who is to come, because you have taken your great power and you've reigned. You God are reigning.

And obviously, the Father is God, but so is the Son of God. And the Father is supreme, but the Son of God is the one who is going to reign on earth, under the authority and instructions according to the Father's will. So that's very clear. And so the nations were angry. So when this happens, the world is going to be really mad. Well, for one, there's all these problems, there's tribulation, as we know, and then there's the different trumpets, and then the trumpets represent one kingdom fighting against another kingdom. And you know there's a period in which there'll be for five months, there'll be paralyzed, and then there's another period of 200 million people that come and counterattack them. And it says a third of mankind will be destroyed, and then Christ comes and He says, well, then these two enemies become friends. It's like two dogs fighting, and if you intervene, they turn against you. So those two enemies become friends, and they go and fight against Christ. So it says, and therefore it says, yeah, verse 18 of Revelation 11, the nations were angry, and your wrath has come. Christ's wrath, God's wrath has come in the time of the dead that they should be judged.

You know, everybody's dead that has died until then, right? I mean, that's obviously, and I mean, everybody's dead. I don't mean everybody's dead. I mean, it wasn't alive or alive, but I mean, all that is dead, all everybody that is dead, you know, from five thousand years ago, four thousand years ago, two thousand years ago, those people, some will be judged to be resurrected at the first resurrection, and some will be judged to remain dead for another millennium. So it's the judgment of the dead. You see, because if you are judged to be in the first resurrection, it's a better resurrection, straight to eternal life, you know, it's luck, the best, you know, but the others were judged not to be in the first resurrection. So it is the time of the judgment of the dead. Then it goes on. That's so it's point number one. In other words, it's the resurrection, first resurrection, two, and second point, that you should reward your servants, the prophets, and the saints, and those who fear your man, small and great. So not only eternal life, first resurrection, but also the reward. The saints will be rewarded, you know, some will be given the rule of a ten-sirty, some of a five-sirties, there will be a reward. So everything will be organized and will be put into their own proper place. And then third, and at the end of verse 18, and you should destroy those who destroyed earth. So those people are getting together, getting together to fight Christ, those armies, they'll be destroyed. And you know, there's other scriptures that talks about how they will be destroyed and that. So I'm not going into into great detail about that, but it's just showing you they will be destroyed. And this is described a little bit more in detail in Revelation 19. So if you look at Revelation 19 verse 19 through 21, and it says, I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together. And as you read in other places, a little bit earlier, they gathered together at the valley Armageddon, and then they will go towards Jerusalem to fight against Christ. So they they gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse and against his armies. So they'll fight against Christ. And the beast was captured, and within the false prophet who was signed to his presence by which he deceived those who received the mark with the beast, and those who worshiped the image. And these two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. And the rest we killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of him who sat on the horse, and all the birds we filled with their flesh. So these armies that fight against Christ will be destroyed. So that encapsulates the meaning of this crushed second coming. So we move forward to the next holiday, and that is Leviticus 23 verse 27 to 32. Leviticus 23, again I'm not covering all the details, I'm just giving you a chronological by time sequence big picture so you can put it all into place. Leviticus 23 verse 27 to 32. Leviticus 23, 27 to 32.

And on the tenth day of the seventh month, so there's been a little time gap there, or a bit of time from Christ coming to when the day of Atonement is, there shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall afflict your souls. You and I know that, that means you're fast, and offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. We talked about that. And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is a day of Atonement to make Atonement for you before the eternal your God. And for any person who is not afflicted his soul, who is not fast on that same day, shall be cut off from his people. Or any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among these people. And you shall do no manner of work. It shall be established forever, throughout the generations and all the dwellings. It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn race. So it's a Sabbath of race, a Sabbath of race. So Yah is the second one that is used to term a Sabbath of race, but it's a Sabbath of solemn race. And you shall afflict your souls on the ninth day of the month and evening. In other words, before sunset, just before sunset, you should start afflicting your souls. You know, so you start fasting just a little bit before sunset, at evening. From evening to evening, because God counts the days from sunset to sunset, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your Sabbath. So the Sabbath, God's days, the way God counts days, from sunset to sunset. So that's very clear. Now, the atonement now, because understand, the real meaning Yah is you and I have been reconciled with God at His first coming, Christ's sacrifice and His blood. So what is this atonement? It's of the world. It's a reconciliation of the world, of the whole world society with God, because now the Messiah, which is Christ, is going to save the world and is going to make the whole world to be reconciled with the Father, with God. So there is now a time in which God intervenes. It's a time when people today, a lot of Christians say, oh well, we're going to do work and we're going to save souls and whatever. Well, it's Christ that does that. As we are in the sermon there, it's God that calls us, it's His time, it's His purpose, and according to His purpose, at His time, when Christ comes, that's Christ's responsibility. He will then make atonement for the whole world. So the whole world will now be atonement with God. How's that possible? By removing the great deceiver of the whole world, by removing the deceiver of the whole world, you can now start teaching the truth.

The truth. Yes, there will be liberty of the press, but liberty of the press to speak the truth. They don't have liberty to lie. You know, it'll be liberty, yes.

You know, it's also, by the way, we'll show you just now, it's the time of the Jubilee, right? Jubilee is on the day of atonement, on the 50th year. So it's the day of blowing of an air trumpet. That's the trumpet of Jubilee. Why? Because the whole world will be free. Free from what? From the deception of Satan. That is the wonderful great meaning of this day.

So, Satan will be removed. Now, let's look at Revelation chapter 20. Revelation chapter 20, verse 1 through 3. Revelation 20. Revelation 20. Revelation 20.

Verse 1 through 3. This is, now there was an angel coming down from heaven. Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great shine in his hand, and he laid hold of the dragon. Who's the dragon? Well, it takes thousands of weeks. That's the serpent of old, who is the devil, and Satan, and bounding during the millennium. So, as we know in Revelation 12, verse 9, says, he is the deceiver of the whole world. So, the deceiver of the whole world is removed. So, there's no more worldwide deception.

There's no more deception at the worldwide level. How is the deception at the worldwide level? Well, could be what we call fake news, could be all that stuff will be removed. No more false stuff on the internet that will be removed. And you say, oh well, you can't speak. Well, you can't speak. Provide you speak the truth. Of course, you can't speak, but you speak the truth. You're not allowed to speak lies. That's it. You're not allowed to speak lies. So, Satan is removed. The deceiver of the whole world is removed during the millennium. And he was cast him and shot him, as we say in verse 3, in the bottom of the spirit and shot him up and sent a seal on him so that he should deceive the nations no more till the end of the millennium. After those things, he must release for a little while, which we'll talk about in a little later. So, during the millennium, there will be no more deception.

Versus depicted by another sacrificial ceremony on the Day of Atonement, which is described in Leviticus 26 about two goats. Not going to go into that now. We'll draw more in detail on the Day of Atonement, that, but it's sufficient to say there were two goats. There were not two lambs. There were two goats. So, and therefore they represented one goat, represented the lamb of God that already didn't sacrifice. Because the sacrifice was a lamb, not a goat. So it's just a representation of that. And yet a goat represented Satan as a cell. And then we know the goat represented Christ, symbolizing Christ. That was killed, which we know it fits perfectly with the meaning of his sacrifice. And then the other goat, which represents us as hell, was taken by a man with a strong hand, which we saw in Revelation 20, which is an angel, and was sent into the wilderness. And we can see Yaw's for a thousand years. So that we see. And then, on that day, on that day, on the Day of Atonement, look at what it says here in Leviticus 25. Leviticus 25, which I mentioned a minute or two ago, but let's just look at it from the scriptures. Leviticus 25. Leviticus 25. We read verse 8 through 10. Leviticus 25 verse 8 through 10.

It says, And ye shall count seven Sabbath of years. Seven Sabbath of years is 49, right? Seven times seven, yes 49 years. Seven times seven years, and the time of the seven Sabbath years shall be to you 49 years. And then you shall cause the trumpet of Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month. When is that? The Day of Atonement! The trumpet of Jubilee. On the Day of Atonement, you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout your land.

And verse 10. And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year. It's not the year after the 50th, alright? So that's where people sometimes get confused when they count. It's like, for instance, say for instance, you turn 40 years old. Say, I'm now 40 years old. Well, but that year, before, was your 40th year, right? It was the 40th year, and then at the end of the 40th year, then you are 40 years old, right? Now you're beginning the 50th year. You see, so let's not confuse the two things. People sometimes get confused with these things. So, yeah, it's talking about the 50th year. You know, so it's the beginning of that 50th year, after the 49th. It says, yeah, in the 50th year you proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee to you, and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family. Here was the whole world. There will be this worldwide peace. There will be the second Exodus that the Bible talks about, and the people start traveling through the second Exodus to go to their own land, because Christ is ruling. There'll be worldwide peace. So there's no more deception. Liberty is proclaimed, and so the second Exodus can start. What a wonderful meaning that is! And there'll be worldwide peace, and there'll be the truth will be published. So, as I said, yeah, it's the big picture. Christ comes.

There's a resurrection. There's reward of the saints. Those bad ones will be, the armies, all that will be destroyed. Now, Satan, the deceiver, is removed. And what we got? We got the beginning of the millennium. And so now we get to the Feast of Tabernacles, which is Leviticus 23. So turn with me to Leviticus 23, verse 33. Leviticus 23, verse 33, through the beginning of 36. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, speak to the children of Israel, saying, the fifteenth day of the seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles, for seven days to the eternal, to the Lord. On the first day shall be a holy convocation, shall do no customly work. For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. And then it goes on, talking about the eighth day, which will cover that in a moment. So we'll just stop there for the time being. So we've got the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days, which you and I know it symbolizes the Millennial Room, the Millennial Christ. And let's look at a little bit more about that, starting by looking at Revelation chapter 20. Revelation chapter 20, verse 4. Revelation chapter 20, verse 4. Revelation chapter 20, verse 4. And I saw frowns, and they let sat on them, and judgment was commanded to them. Who are these frowns? The people have just been resurrected.

The saints. Those that are in the first resurrection. They've been resurrected, and now they're judging. They've got, they're judging over 10 cities and five cities, and that they've been given their reward, according to their works, and they will now be judging over different cities and towns and areas. So they're doing this judgment. They're rulers. They're the kings under the King of Kings, and then they're the lords under the Lord of Lords. So they're doing that, and those are the ones that have to, went through this wall. And the difference in the trials that it says there, they will be headed, and different trials and difficulties they had. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. So they lived and reigned with Christ during the millennium. Now, obviously, they also lived and reigned of Christ beyond that, but this is like phase one, you know, phase one, like, of their reign. And he says, the rest of the dead, you know, the rest were not resurrected then. You know, they waited a thousand years, but thus they were resurrected now, they're reigning with Christ now during the millennium. This is the first resurrection, and continue then in verse six. Blessed and holy is he who has bought in the first resurrection. It was resurrected after they symbolized by the day of trumpets.

Overs touched the second death, there's no power. Why? Because it was a resurrection to eternal life. That's why it was a better resurrection. And they shall be priests of them, of God and of Christ. In other words, they shall be the lords under the lord of lords, and they shall be kings under the king of kings, and shall reign within for a thousand years. They will be reigning during the millennium. So that's what we got there. Now let's look a little bit more. Let's now take a drill down a little bit about the millennium. So we're going to drill a little bit about the millennium. Now, this you will get in sermons during the feast, but we're going to drill a little bit down about a few important events during the millennium. So the first one I want you to look at is starting in Isaiah chapter 11 verse 11 through 13. Isaiah 11, verse 11 through 13.

And you know, Isaiah 11, when he talks about the wolf, shall dwell as the lamb and the leopard, lie down of the bear, and the little child shall lead them. We know that lovely scripture. But look at verse 11. Isaiah 11, verse 11. It shall come to pass in that day, in that period of time, that the Lord shall set his hand again a second time. What do you mean, set his hand again a second time? You know when the Lord set his hand the first time? That was the Lord, it's Christ, right? And he said the first time is when he took them out of Egypt. That was the first time. Now, the Lord is going to do it a second time. That's Christ now. He's going to set up his hand because Christ is the one that's coming to earth. Christ is the one that's coming to rule. It's Christ. That the Lord shall set his hand again the second time. To what? To recover the remnant of his people that are left, not in Egypt, as it was at the first time, but now are left where? All over the world. It says, yeah, from Assyria and Egypt and Paphro and Kush, from Islam and China, from Hama and Islands of the Sea, and all these things are means from Central Europe and from Iran and from North Africa and from Iraq and from North East Syria and from Turkey and the Islands of the Sea. That means England and Australia and all that. So, from all over the world, they'll come.

So, this is continuing now in verse 12. And he shall set up a banner for the nations and will assemble the outcasts of Israel. We'll bring them. This is what brethren we call the second exodus.

The first exodus was they're coming out of Egypt. This is the second exodus. This is what we call it in the church, the second exodus. So, it's just the terminology we use to describe it. So, it says, and gather together the dispersed of Judah, not just Israel, but Judah. So, it says, Israel and say it would be the Israelite people and the Jewish people. You know, there's the other scripture. I think it's Ezekiel, at the end of Ezekiel 37. I think it's there. When it talks about, take two twigs, put them to branches and make just the one, you know, that's what it is. The Judah and Israel are becoming one. So, this is and gather together the first of Judah from the four corners of the earth, from all over the place. They're gathering it's not just from Egypt. That's right. At the first time, now they're all over the world and they're going to come together.

So, this is and it says, also the envy of Ephraim shall depart and the diversities of Judah shall be cut off. You know, all these people are anti-Semitic and all that stuff. They will be cut off. So, that means when Christ comes and the nations fight against the human, he destroys the army, but then there will be a time when it says, Christ will rebuke the nations.

And when it rebukes the nation, it means there will be a time when all these weird ideas that are there.

So, it'll take time of rebuking them and correcting them and getting them right. So, as you get into the millennium, it's not, hey ho, magic wand, bang! From day one, everything's perfect. No, it'll take time because there's all these attitudes and whatever it is and ideas and hatreds in people's hearts that have to be cleansed over a period of time. So, it says, and envy shall depart and the diversities of Judah shall be cut off. His Ephraim will not envy Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim. And so, there will be a time where these nations will get together and they return back to the promised land. That's what it is. Ezekiel 37, I referred to it a moment ago. So, let me just look to it so that you don't think, well, I just mentioned something. I mentioned to you about those two sticks getting together. So, Ezekiel 37, look at verse 15, and again the word of the Lord came to me saying, as for you son of man, take a stick for yourself and bring on it for Judah and for the children of Israel. It was one stick represents the Jews, the Jewish nation. Then, take another stick and write on it for Joseph. It was Joseph, the sons of Joseph. That is Ephraim and Manasseh and the English, what we call today, basically the English-speaking people, and his companions. And the other nations that were with them, it was the northern tribe. One was the southern tribe, the other one was the northern tribe. The other nations were with them. There was Zebulon and all the other nations that were with them.

It's the Ka'ar and all those other nations. So, they were with them. And his companions then joined them, one to another. And it was joined Judah to Israel, joined the two sticks into one stick.

And it was these nations will now become one nation. Like at the time of David and at the time of Solomon, they were one nation. They will come back and become one big nation. Obviously, with the individual tribes, but they'll become one nation. And they shall become one in your hand.

So, that's a very encouraging scripture. Look a little bit further in verse 26. Moreover, I'll make a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them. What is a covenant of peace? It's the new covenant. The new covenant, which is now individually made with you and I, will be made with that nation, with Israel. That's the promise of the new covenant, will be with the whole nation. So, what are we talking about is when Christ comes, and there's this atonement of the whole world, that's what it is. The whole world, starting with Israel, but ultimately will be the whole world, will become together.

Verse 26, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I'll establish them, and I'll multiply them, and I'll set my sanctuary in a midst forever, the sanctuary of God. My tabernacle shall also be with them. Indeed, I will be their God. I will be their God. And who's coming down to rule and reign on earth? The King of kings, the Lord of lords, Christ himself. So, it's very clear, and they shall be my people. The nations also will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel when my sanctuary is in the midst forevermore.

It's talking about no one but Christ, that everything will be brought under Christ, according to the Father's will, and then ultimately, as you and I know, Christ will then hand everything to the Father. It's beautiful when you look at it. It's beautiful.

So, look a little bit further in Zechariah chapter 8. Zechariah chapter 8. Zechariah chapter 8.

Zephaniah, Zechariah, and then Malachi. Zechariah chapter 8. Starting verse 1. Again, the word of the eternal of the Lord of hosts came saying, Thus is the Lord of hosts. I am zealous for Zion with great zeal, and with great fervor, I am zealous for earth. Thus is the Lord. I will return to Zion.

Thus says God. And God, the Father, commanded and instructed Jesus Christ to be the executor, the one that is doing things for the Father. And he said, I will return to Zion.

And well, in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth. Truth. How arresting that is today. Truth.

The mountain of the Lord of hosts. Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth. Shall be called the mountain of the Lord of hosts. The holy mountain.

Thus says the Lord of hosts. All the man and all the woman shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem. There'll be peace in Jerusalem. Each one of his staff in his hand, because of great age, people get old and only peace. They can be in the middle of Jerusalem without fear of having terrorism and bomb attacks and all that stuff, because that will be cleansed.

The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. Thus says the Lord of hosts. If this is marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of the people in these days, will it also not be marvellous in my eyes? It'll be marvellous to us how much more it is to God. Thus says the Lord of hosts. Behold, I will save my people from the land of the east and from the land of the west. I'll bring them back and they shall dwell in the land of the well in the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be my people and I'll be their God in truth and righteousness. What a beautiful time, Bereth. What a beautiful time! Look at verse 12. For the seed who shall be prosperous, the vine shall give its fruit, the ground shall give an increase, and the heavens shall give the Jew. And I'll cause the remnant of those people to possess all these, and it will come to pass that just as you wear a curse among the nations. O house of Judah and house of Israel, I will save you and you'll be a blessing to the nations. You'll be a blessing to all the world because God through Israel and Judah will bless the whole of mankind. That is the beauty about it. And look at verse 16. These are the things you shall do. Speak each man the truth to his neighbor. Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace. That's the job that those physical Israelites and Jewish people will have to do. Speak the truth and give judgment to the world so that there is peace. What a beautiful scriptures it is. There'll be worldwide peace. What a wonderful time that will be. Now, this nation of Israel starts having peace. It becomes children are playing. There's no walls. They are in the middle there. And there's prosperity.

And a few nations around, they start repenting and changing. But there's some nations out, far out. Let's start looking at this and they get greedy.

So we're talking about now maybe 20, maybe 30, maybe 30 years into the millennium. They now are at peace. They now all this is the people. The people are getting old. They're getting old. So it's a few years down the road. They are children playing in the streets.

And then the other nations out there, far away, become envious. Let's read about that. And that is in Ezekiel 38. Ezekiel 38. Ezekiel 38. Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, Son of man, reading from verse 2, Set your place against Gog of the land of Magog, the Prince of Rush, Mishah, and Tobiah, and prophesy against him. Now there's two specific people in a specific area. Gog and Magog, and those people around those areas.

So we think, we believe, it's areas like Mongolia, China, Korea, and those areas. And Russia, and whatever, far away in the north and east. That is a geographical area.

And it says, Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against you. Now remember, this is in a millennium already. This is a few years into the millennium. Oh God, Prince of Rush, Mishah, and Tobiah.

And look a bit further in verse 10. Thus says the Lord God, On that day I'll come to pass that thoughts will rise up in your mind and you will make an evil plan. Verse 11. And you will say, I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go to a peaceful people who dwell safely. All of them dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor gates. So now these nations, from a specific geographical area, decide, ha ha, easy talking. Let's go. Easy talking. And it says to take plunder, etc. etc. And look at verse 15. Then you will come from your place out of the far north. So it's out in the north and as far as we understand the east. Gog and Magog, that's where those people are. And you and many peoples with you. So this is from one geographical area or region.

All of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army. And you'll come up against my people, Israel, like a cloud, to cover the land. It will be in the latter days that I'll bring you against my land. So that the nations, so that the whole world, all the other Gentile nations, will know me, will know God when I am hallowed to you, O God, before the ice. What will happen is, God himself will intervene. They will not have their military forces, they will not have their their armies or air force or anything like that or spice force or anything like that.

But God himself will intervene. And look at the next chapter in verse 3, Ezekiel 39 verse 3. Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand. And you shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you. And I'll give you to the birds of prey of every sort into the beasts of the field to be devoured. God will miraculously intervene. You shall fall upon open field for I have spoken, and I'll set fire on my God and all those who live in security in the coastlands.

And all those who live securely then they shall know that I am the Lord. And look at verse 21. And I'll set my glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see my judgment, which I've executed, and my hand which I've laid on them. And look at verse 28. Verse 28 at the beginning says, Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but I also brought them back to their land, and left none of them captive in the long run. So God will intervene, and the whole world will now say, Yes sir, I respect you. You are God. The whole world. And those people, they're now kind of starting on again becoming a little rebellious. They say, Ah, you're just like one of those. You're like a dog and may dog. So, you know, you start having none again, you know. Again, you get children that are rich, they're spoiled, little brats, quote unquote. And it kind of will probably then become like a way of saying, Well, you're just like God and may dog. It will have become you like one of those rebels like God and may dog.

Now, the world will grow in peace, and the whole world will become a paradise. A beautiful paradise. At the end of the millennium, the whole world is at peace. There's a paradise. At the end of the millennium, we read that Satan will be released for a little while. So, let's look at Revelation chapter 20. Revelation chapter 20 verse 7 through 9.

Revelation 20.

Verse 7. Now, in the thousand years we're finished, that's at the end of the millennium, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth. Now, this is not from one geographical area. This is from the four corners of the earth. These nations from the four corners of the earth says, God and may God.

What he's saying is, these people that are rebels, they are like God and may God because they're from the four corners of the earth. They're not from that region. They're now the rebels. Now, you guys are like God and may God. God and may God together them together to battle whose number is the center of the sea. And they went up against, up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints in the beloved city and fire came down from God out of the other end and empowered them. So we can see at the end of the millennium, Satan is loosed. These people that live during the millennium, at the end of that, they'll start saying, oh, you know, like some people say, well, you never went to the moon. This is just, all people say, well, the Holocaust never happened. All people say, oh, Satan, oh, come on, it's just a big fluke. That never happened. Oh, yeah. So, God allows Satan to be released for a little while. And this catches those people that have like a little twisted spoiled brat's attitude. They will be caught up like straw in fire and they'll go and follow Satan to attack the holy city. They'll be destroyed. The rebels will be destroyed. Those rebels will be destroyed at the end of the millennium. We will not destroy the earth because we need to keep this beautiful paradise for the Second Resurrection. But the rebels will be destroyed. And then we don't need Satan anymore. Then it says, yeah, in verse 10, the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and broomstung where the beast and the false prophet were cast. So there we are. And whatever happens afterwards, it depends how God will judge. So what we have is, now we have the world at peace. We have a paradise on earth. We have this whole world beautiful ready for billions of people to be resurrected in what is called the eighth day, the last great day of the feast. And look at Leviticus 23. That's where we were reading in a short while ago. Leviticus 23 verse 36.

Leviticus 23 verse 36.

Leviticus 23 verse 36. And we were reading in Leviticus 36. We read the first part for seven days of the show, have an offering. And then the second part says, on the eighth day, that means the last great day, the eighth day, the last great day, you shall have an holy congregation. You shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a sacred assembly. It is a special gathering, a closing assembly, and a special closing assembly of God's festivals, of God's plan, a special sacred assembly, and you shall do no custom work on it.

This is the eighth day. It's what the Bible calls the day of judgment. That's the day of judgment.

And look at how Christ puts it in John 7, 37 and 38. John 7, 38, 37 and 38. John 7, 37 and 38.

On the last day, that's the eighth day. That's the last day. That great day of the feast. The word great means beggars in Greek, which was translated in the same book as high day. So it's that high day of the feast, which is so in Spanish, for instance, it's translated as grande, which means great day, which is a high day. So it's translated the same way, a high day or grande, which is that the last day, that high day of the feast, which is the last high day of the festival. It's the eighth day. So there Jesus stood and cried saying, if anyone first let him come to me and drink.

Now think about a meaning. On the last great day, which is the eighth day, the whole of mankind is now being called by God to come to him and drink. It's opened up to the whole of mankind, to all mankind to come to him and drink. And he says, verse 38, he who believes in me, as scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. It's now open to whole of mankind. That is the wonderful meaning of this great day, the last great day, eighth day.

And in Revelation chapter 20, this drops a little bit more, Revelation chapter 20, verse 5, it says, but the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. So that's at the end of the thousand years. And then in verse 11, it says, and then I saw a great white throne, because they were resurrected. This is the great multitude that was resurrected. That's the second resurrection. I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, who faced the earth and the heavens fled away, and he was found no place. And I saw the dead, small and great, you know, was important or not important people standing before God. You know, it was resurrected, the dead resurrected. And the books were open. Yes, the books, these books, the Bible was open. And another book was open, which is a book of life. These people were resurrected in the second resurrection. They were taught about God's ways. They were guided about God's principles. They were able to come on up, come to repentance. They were able to be baptized. They were able to receive God's Holy Spirit. They then had time to overcome the weakness of the flesh, just like you and I.

And they'll have a time period to do that. They'll have a time period to do that. So after that, they will be judged according to their works. So we have people that will be judged according to their works. That's the time of the Great White Throne. I don't have... that will be discussed more of the Great White Throne and the Valley of Dry Bones. That will be discussed on surely on the last day of the feast, on the eighth day at your festival site. That will be discussed more. And because God gives people time wanting everyone to come to repentance. The whole humanity is waiting for this, for us. And then what happens? After this, there'll be the lack of fire for those that don't repent. And then we read in Revelation 21, and I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth that passed away. So brethren, God's only days, and if we look at this into a big picture, God's only days reveal this plan of God. It's like this big framework of a puzzle, revealed the plan of God. The whole of humanity is waiting for you. Think about it. Of course, we're waiting for Christ, but the bride's got to be ready. And the sooner you and I are ready, the better for you.

That's our job, to get ready. Please, let us make focus that we are growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, because the whole of humanity is crying for us to get ready, because Christ wants to come and is waiting for the right time, which only the Father knows when it is for us to go. But you and I have a big part to play, our part, so let's get ready.