The Millennium and The New Heaven and Earth — House of David Ministries
Christ’s Return and the Millennium: The Final Restoration and His Eternal Kingdom
The Millennium
The return of Christ to establish His eternal Kingdom initiates an exciting time of restoration for much, but not all, of the earth. After the final battle of Armageddon, some places will never be inhabited again. We read, “It [Babylon] will never be inhabited, Nor will it be settled from generation to generation; Nor will the Arabian pitch tents there, Nor will the shepherds make their sheepfolds there” (Isaiah 13:20, NKJV).[i]
Also, we read, “For thus says the Lord God: ‘When I make you [Tyre] a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you, then I will bring you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory in the land of the living” (Ezekiel 26:19-20). These regions in Lebanon, Syria, and Arabia are places that were inhabited by Israel’s enemies and the gods they served who sought to destroy God’s people. In response, God wipes their names and existence from the earth, casting all of them into the abyss (the bottomless pit).
Jesus revealed His glory in the land of the living when He rose from the grave, proving to His disciples that He had been raised in physical form when He said, “Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have” (Luke 24:39). Our resurrected bodies, like Jesus, will also be made of flesh and bones. After His resurrection, Jesus appeared to His disciples in different forms. We read, “Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. After that, He appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and went into the country. And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either” (Mark 16:9-13).
Jesus could appear in bodily form and then disappear and reappear in a different form. It was as though He existed simultaneously in the natural and spiritual realms. We know Biblically that all things on earth are patterned after a heavenly blueprint, as it is written, “For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain” (Hebrews 8:4-5).[ii] Paul affirmed this dual physical and spiritual nature as one created being, saying, “There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body… As we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man” (1 Corinthians 15:44, 49).
At the baptism of Jesus, the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form. We read, “The Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, ‘You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased’” (Luke 3:22). Notice that it was not a dove that descended, but the Holy Spirit in a bodily form that alighted upon Jesus like a dove. This spiritual body came upon Jesus’s material body, and the two joined as one. Similarly, in the resurrection, our new spiritual body will be joined with a new material body to become one new creation, and like Jesus, we will also inhabit both realms simultaneously.[iii] In Daniel, it says, “Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever” (Daniel 12:3).
The Apostle John wrote of a first and second resurrection. We read, “Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years” (Revelation 20:4-6). These two resurrections are separated by a dispensation of one thousand years. Scholars refer to this period as the Millennium or the Millennial Kingdom, deriving it from the Latin, which means “thousand” years.
The Millennial Kingdom will be a magnificent time, but it will also be finite and transitional. It is finite because it only lasts for a thousand years and is transitional because sin is still in the world. And if sin is still in the world, then death will also continue to exist, to a degree, although it will be restrained. People’s lives will be extended, and sickness will be removed from the earth.[iv] We read, “No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; For the child shall die one hundred years old, But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed” (Isaiah 65:20); “For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands” (Isaiah 65:22). Trees can live for hundreds and even thousands of years, but they eventually die.
In a physical sense, the Millennial Kingdom will look the same as our present world, but it will be a happy and joyous time without corruption and evil governmental leaders.[v] There will be continents, land masses, and oceans. The earth will still have seasons, days and nights, solar and lunar cycles, and harvest times. Nations and great cities will be built with government systems, courts, finance, and commerce.[vi] Farms will yield abundant food and resources, and the nations will significantly prosper.[vii] People will marry, have many children, and raise families for generations.
When Jesus returns, He will be given the nations of the earth as an eternal inheritance and will rule them in power and glory. We read, “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession” (Psalm 2:7-8); “Then the seventh angel sounded: And 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!” (Revelation 11:15).[viii] Daniel was given a vision of the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, and to Him was given a Kingdom that all people and nations should serve Him. We read, “Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed” (Daniel 7:14).
These verses and others reveal that Jesus will receive the nations as an eternal inheritance and possession to reign as King forever. He will rule the nations with an iron rod, a government that upholds God’s laws with strictness and severity for violating them.[ix] This one-world government will be ruled by one sovereign King who governs many other kings—the chuch. As it says, “He who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— 'HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON; THEY SHALL BE DASHED TO PIECES LIKE THE POTTER'S VESSELS'—as I also have received from My Father” (Revelation 2:256-27). Thus, Christ’s Kingdom will be a Kingdom of kingdoms, not one nation, but a company of nations as promised to Abraham, ruled by one man—Jesus, the royal seed and heir to the throne of David, the Lord of lords and King of kings.
Christ’s Kingdom will be one of universal peace, justice, righteousness, and holiness governed by the Prince of Peace and His church.[x] The curse will be removed from the earth, wild animals will lose their ferocity, and no longer will the nations learn war, but they will turn their weapons into farming tools.[xi] Hence, the Millennium will become a peaceful agrarian society. We read, “They shall build houses and inhabit them; They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit; They shall not plant and another eat; For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, And My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them” (Isaiah 65:21-23).
At the heart of this global Kingdom will be one central nation, Israel, God’s firstborn covenant nation.[xii] Israel will be a blessing to all the nations, as God promised, saying, “Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, And their offspring among the people. All who see them shall acknowledge them, That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed” (Isaiah 61:0). The disinherited Gentile nations will become God’s possession through Israel, their inheritance established at the time of Adam affirming that God’s plan of salvation and restoration was from the foundation of the world. We read, “When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lord’s portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance” (Deuteronomy 32:8-9).[xiii]
God's Temple will be at the heart of this nation, which He calls “a house of prayer for all nations.” Jesus will also govern His Temple as sovereign High Priest per the order of Melchizedek, the King of Salem and priest of the Most High God.[xiv] Hence, Jesus is King and Priest, and His Kingdom is a kingdom of priests and a royal priesthood.[xv] As it says, “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth” (Revelation 5:9-10). Those who are part of the first resurrection and the rapture will govern the nations of the earth with Jesus as kings and priests during the Millennium. And not exclusively the church, but all found written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, including the Old Testament saints and those martyred during the tribulation.
So, we discern that the Millennium will be a unique time when mortal men, still rebellious in their hearts, will inhabit and possess the earth under perfect and ideal conditions.[xvi] They will live everyday earthly lives. Yet, they will be ruled by immortally resurrected beings divinely made into the image of Christ, a royal priesthood that ministers to God and men. Jesus said, “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven” (Matthew 22:30).[xvii] Like the angels who presently minister to men, the church in her resurrected and glorified state will likewise minister to those who live during the Millennium, ruling and judging the nations.[xviii]
Still, Israel will be preeminent amongst the nations during this time, ministering to the Gentiles and guiding and instructing them in the laws of God and His Kingdom.[xix] These nations will serve Israel, and she will govern them, as it says, “For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, And those nations shall be utterly ruined” (Isaiah 60:12). The nations who scattered Israel and divided her land will be humbled before the Lord, bringing their children back to Israel and bowing their faced to the earth. We read, “Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, And set up My standard for the peoples; They shall bring your sons in their arms, And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders; Kings shall be your foster fathers, And their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord, For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me” (Isaiah 49:22-23).
For one thousand years, the world will no longer be under Satan’s dominion, nor will there be any principalities, powers, and rulers of the darkness of this age or any spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.[xx] They will be chained in the abyss for one thousand years.[xxi] Only the one true God will be known in all the earth. There will be no other gods, as it says, “For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14). Christ will take possession of Israel as her rightful King. He will repossess the disinherited nations and give them to Israel as an inheritance and His church to govern, not to lord over, but to shepherd them.[xxii] Hence, Jeremiah declared, “I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding” (Jeremiah 3:15). The church will also govern Israel, as Jesus declared, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel” (Matthew 19:28).
Jesus will rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem and restore the Levitical priesthood. We read, “Those among them who escape I will send to the nations… to the coastlands afar off who have not heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they shall declare My glory among the Gentiles. Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the Lord out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord. And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites, says the Lord” (Isaiah 66:18-21).
Many have questioned the purpose of a Millennial Kingdom, but the answer is simple. First, it is the Day of the Lord. It is His day to rule the nations as He has always desired. And second, it is the time in which the Lord fulfills all of the earthly and spiritual promises made to Israel. It will be a Jubilee year when Jesus returns to Israel on the Day of Atonement. We read, “Then you shall cause the trumpet of the Jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the Day of Atonement you shall make the trumpet to sound throughout all your land” (Leviticus 25:9).
A remnant of the Jewish people who survived the tribulation will be gathered from every nation where they were scattered, and each person will return to the tribe of their inheritance. It says, “And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a Jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his possession, and each of you shall return to his family” (Leviticus 25:10). The restoration will be complete, and all of God’s promises for her will be fulfilled.
God’s Final Judgments
Jesus declared: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth” (Matthew 28:18). He alone will judge the whole of creation.[xxiii] The Bible speaks of several judgments. The Scofield Bible, in particular, lists seven separate judgments in the footnote for Revelation 20:12. There is the judgment of the believer, the judgment of the Gentile nations (Israel will have been judged during the tribulation), the judgment of the wicked dead, and the judgment of Satan and the fallen angels.[xxiv]
Concerning the judgment of man, we read, “It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).[xxv] Thus, all will stand before the Lord in judgment, some to everlasting life and others to shame and eternal condemnation.[xxvi] For the believer, we will be judged at the resurrection and the rapture, again called the bema seat or bema judgment of Christ.[xxvii] We read, “Each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire” (1 Corinthians 3:13-15); “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:10).
There are three aspects to the believer’s judgment.[xxviii] However, ours is not a judgment unto everlasting condemnation but a judgment that burns away all impurities and anything not of infinite value. We will be rewarded for the things we have done in the body to serve God and advance His Kingdom.[xxix] The first judgment occurred on the cross. It is the judgment of all sin and sinners and the judgment of Satan. It says, “Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself” (John 12:31-32). Having been judged at the cross, He is just and faithful to forgive if we confess our sins.[xxx] Therefore, we will not stand in judgment for salvation but rather a reward for our service.[xxxi]
The second aspect is our continual self-judgment. Paul said, “If we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world” (1 Corinthians 11:31-32). This judgment is part of our ongoing sanctification and the regenerative work of the Holy Spirit.[xxxii] The last and final judgment for the believer is at our resurrection or rapture when we will have our works tested for an eternal reward—gold, silver, and precious stones or hay, wood, and stubble. The latter will be completely burned away so that we are left purified and made clean of every carnal work of the flesh. We read, “Look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward” (2 John 8).
Our special rewards are called crowns from the Greek Stephanos. Traditionally made of olive or laurel branches and awarded to winning athletes, our eternal crowns will be gold and silver and adorned with jewels and precious stones. There are four crowns mentioned in scripture: The crown of rejoicing, the crown of righteousness, the crown of life (the martyr’s crown), and the crown of glory.[xxxiii] This last one is unique for pastors and elders. For the believer, our eternal destiny is to be with Christ, abiding in His Kingdom forever, a place of beauty, splendor, glory, joy, and peace beyond our wildest imagination.[xxxiv]
After Jesus returns with His church, He will gather the remnant of the Gentiles who survived the tribulation before Him in judgment for how they have treated Israel, the least of Christ’s brethren.[xxxv] Referred to as sheep and goat nations, we read, “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me” (Matthew 25:31-36). The sheep nations will inherit and repopulate the earth, serving Israel in God’s Kingdom.
At the end of the Millennium, all who have died since the beginning of time and were not part of the first resurrection nor found in the Lamb’s Book of Life will be resurrected for judgment.[xxxvi] The second and final resurrection is called “the great white throne of judgment.” We read, “Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works” (Revelation 20:11-13). It says they will be judged according to their works. It is a different standard of judgment, as their debt of sin has not been paid by Christ.[xxxvii]
After the Millennium, for reasons known only to God, Satan is released for a short season. He again goes forth to deceive the nations and draws a vast army against God. But this time, his short-lived rebellion will end with fiery destruction. Satan, his demons and fallen angels, and all who worship and follow the beast are cast into the lake of fire to be tormented forever.[xxxviii] The church will participate in the judgment of the angels.[xxxix] Jesus warned us, saying, “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28).
After this last and final judgment, death itself and the place of the dead, Hades, will be cast into the lake of fire. Jesus called it the “second death.” We read, “Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death” (Revelation 20:14). It will be the death of death and the last enemy Christ destroys.[xl] While the righteous will enjoy everlasting life and bliss in the presence of the Lord, the unrighteous will suffer everlasting contempt, punishment, and torment. They will be separated from God and banished from His eternal Kingdom, cast into hell, the lake of unquenchable fire, to the place of outer darkness where the worm does not die and there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.[xli] Their fate is only everlasting destruction, perdition, and ruin, and they will receive retribution and punishment proportionate to the evil they committed.[xlii]
There can be no more evident teaching about the final destiny for all who are unrepentant and not found in Christ. Therefore, repent while He is near, and there is still breath to confess that “Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:11).
A New Heaven and Earth
There is little information provided in scripture beyond the Millennial Kingdom. The future is beyond our imagination, as Paul says, “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). The Millennium is challenging enough to comprehend, given the evil and corrupt nature of a world plagued with sin.
We know that this present creation and all its beauty will pass away and that God will make a new heaven and earth that will never perish.[xliii] Also, a new Jerusalem will descend from heaven and the spiritual realm and rest upon the new material world forever. We read, “Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God’” (Revelation 21:1-3).
In a spiritual sense, the New Jerusalem is the church, the people of God, but in the material realm, it is also a city. There is no Temple in this new city, nor is there a need for it, for all has been fulfilled, and we are the Temple of the living God. He will dwell in this city with His people. The city will not need the sun or the moon, for Christ will illuminate it.[xliv] If there is no sun, then there is no darkness or night. And if there is no night, there is no for us to sleep, as in, there will no longer be any death, for death will have been cast into the lake of fire and destroyed forever. Lastly, there will be no more seas and oceans. These currently represent various nations and people who are dividied. But in God’s Kingdom there will be no divisions or things separated in His created realms. All the families of the earth will have become one in Him.
While described in Christian writings, the idea of a heavenly Jerusalem, specifically the Book of Revelation, also emerged in Jewish tradition following the destruction of the Second Temple.[xlv] Rabbi Yochanan, a rabbinic leader in Tiberias, Israel, asserted in his third-century Midrashic discourse that the earthly and heavenly Jerusalem would be reunited as one. His homily was based on an exposition from Psalm 122, where it is written, “Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together” (Psalm 122:3).
The word “compact” (Sh’chubra—שֶׁחֻבְּרָה), feminine, singular, is more accurately translated as “knit together” (“Jerusalem built up, a city knit together”),[xlvi] again suggesting the earthly and heavenly are more than connected—they are united and inseparably one. This uniting is Biblically referred to as a marriage, a covenant, male to female, husband, and wife. As we read, “You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah [as in married, feminine form]; For the Lord delights in you, And your land shall be married” (Isaiah 62:4).
While this verse's spiritual aspect affirms that God will no longer forsake Israel, our connection to the land promised to Abraham is also significantly a part of who we are as His people. If we are rejected, our land is desolate, and if we are reunited with God, our land is blessed and will prosper. The belief in a heavenly Jerusalem is so entrenched in Jewish thought that the rabbis imagined it was created from the foundation of the world. Midrashic literature from the second century is filled with descriptions of the rebuilt Jerusalem—these fantasies taking on the form of a heavenly Jerusalem.
Rabbi Yochanan questioned whether the heavenly Jerusalem is merely a template or mirror image of the earthly Jerusalem or is a reality unto itself that one day will materialize on Earth. Another rabbi surmised that the heavenly Jerusalem exists intact despite the temporal condition. In contrast, Rabbi Yochanan argued that the heavenly Jerusalem would only be fully realized when the earthly Jerusalem was restored.
Another interesting aspect of the New Jerusalem is the Tree of Life. We read, “He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations” (Revelation 22:1-2).
God is healing and restoring a remnant of humanity to its pre-fallen condition. He is building the heavenly Jerusalem, the New Jerusalem, the restored creation, and the Kingdom of God. In Judaism, this cosmic restoration plan is called "Tikkun" and means rectifying or restoring broken vessels. God is rectifying our broken world, restoring fallen mankind (broken vessels) to our Edenic conditions. We read, “Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit” (Ephesians 2:19-22).
The Tree of Life is a picture of Christ and all who are found in Him. As it is written, “Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city [the New Jerusalem]” (Revelation 22:14). We see the correlation between Christ, the Tree of Life, and His Holy City—the New Jerusalem, the church, and the ecclesia of God. This city whose builder and maker is God will come to earth in the Millennial Kingdom as we enter our Sabbath rest in Christ.[xlvii]
We currently live on a “weekday” or “workday” when there is a day and night. Now is the time to work and prepare for our eternal rest, laboring with Christ to build a dwelling place for the Divine.[xlviii] Yet, the ultimate healing of the nations and restoration of the world will occur in the resurrection and rapture, ushering in the Kingdom of God, and it will continue through the Millennium as we serve Christ in His Kingdom as kings and priests. Hence, we read, “The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
Jesus is the tree of life in the midst of His city, and we are the branches that bear the leaves for the healing of the nations—the fruit of our labor. The Lord will remove the spirit of impurity from the world, and the Divine service will be elevated to the realm of Holiness—the Divine emanation of unity. And when the church is united and no longer separated because of sin and unholiness, all the world’s people will live in harmony as one family. Then the world will be healed, for we are the heart of the world.[xlix]
In our tradition, at the end of the Passover Seder, a time to commemorate our exodus and deliverance from the bondage and slavery in Egypt, we cry out, “Next year in Jerusalem!” May it be so also for us, the church, and the ecclesia of every tongue, tribe, nation, and people, who are waiting expectantly for the imminent return of our Lord Jesus, Yeshua, to deliver us from this fallen world of sin and death and usher in His Kingdom of peace. Therefore, let us also cry, “Come, Lord Jesus, come and bring us to the New Jerusalem of Your glorious Kingdom!” Forever, Amen!
[i] All Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Bible (NKJV) unless otherwise noted, Thomas Nelson Inc., 1982.
[ii] Exodus 25:9, 25:40.
[iii] Revelation 19:6-14. Matthew 22:30-31, 25:21. Luke 19:17-19, 20:35-36. John 14:2-3. Philippians 1:21-23. Ephesians 2:6.
[iv] Isaiah 35:5-6, 65:20-22.
[v] Isaiah 9:2-4, 25:6-9, 35:10.
[vi] Isaiah 61:4. Jeremiah 33:7.
[vii] Psalm 72:15-16. Amos 9:13-15. Zechariah 3:10, 8:12.
[viii] Revelation 20:7-8. Isaiah 2:1-5, 11:5-10, 60:1-5. Zechariah 14:16-21.
[ix] Psalm 2:9. Zechariah 14:16-21. Revelation 2:27, 12:5, 19:15.
[x] Jeremiah 23:5-6. Isaiah 2:4, 9:5, 11:3-5, 52:1. Psalm 72:1-8.
[xi] Isaiah 2:4, 11:6-9, 41:18-19, 55:13. Ezekiel 34:25. Hosea 2:18. Romans 8:19-22.
[xii] Deuteronomy 32:9. Jereimaih 51:19.
[xiii] Revelation 13:8.
[xiv] Isaiah 56:7. Genesis 14:18. Psalm 110. Hebrews 5:6-10, 6:20, 7:1-21.
[xv] 1 Peter 2:9-10. Ephesians 1:18, 3:6. Revelatoin 20:4, 6, 19:7-10, 14.
[xvi] Isaiah 11:4, 65:20. Zechariah 14:17-19.
[xvii] Luke 20:35-38.
[xviii] Matthew 19:28. Luke 22:29-30. Revelation 2:26-27, 3:21 5:9-10, 20:6.
[xix] Isaiah 2:3, 61:1-62, 66:7-24. Micah 4:2. Romans 11:13-28.
[xx] Ephesians 6:12. Revelation 20:2.
[xxi] Revelation 20:1-3.
[xxii] Psalm 2:8.
[xxiii] Acts 17:31.
[xxiv] Ezekiel 20:33-38. Daniel 9:24-27, 12:1-2. Matthew 24. Revelation 12.
[xxv] Genesis 18:25. Psalm 89:14. Romans 2:15-16, 3:10-23.
[xxvi] Romans 8:1.
[xxvii] Revelation 19:7-9.
[xxviii] Duffield, Guy P. and Van Cleave, Nathaniel M. Foundations of Pentecostal Theology. Foursquare Media. 1910.
[xxix] Romans 6:13, 12:1, 14:10. Matthew 8:16-17. Mark 16:18. James 5:14-15. 1 Corinthians 11-15.
[xxx] 1 John 1:9.
[xxxi] John 3:18, 5:24. Romans 8:1, 33. 1 Thessalonians 5:9.
[xxxii] Romans 15:16. 1 Thessalonians 5:14-23. 2 Thessalonians 2:13. 1 John 1:7-2:2.
[xxxiii] 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20. 2 Timothy 4:7-8. 1 Corinthians 9:25-27. James 1:12. Revelation 2:10. 1 Peter 5:4.
[xxxiv] John 14:2-3. Acts 7:56. 2 Corinthians 5:2. Philippians 1:23. Hebrews 10:34, 11:16, 12:2. Matthew 5:12, 6:10, 20, 19:21, 25:21, 23. 1 Peter 1:4. Romans 8:17. Luke 12:33. Colossians 1:5. 2 Timothy 4:8. Revelation 19:1, Revelation 21-22. Luke 15:7, 10.
[xxxv] Revelation 7, 11:1-12.
[xxxvi] 1 Thessalonians 4:16. 1 Corinthians 15:52.
[xxxvii] Luke 12:46-48.
[xxxviii] Matthew 25:41. Jude 6. Revelation 19:20, 20:1-3, 10. Isaiah 24:21-22. 2 Peter 2:4. Jude 6. Isaiah 14:14-15, 24:21.
[xxxix] 1 Corinthians 6:3.
[xl] 1 Corinthians 15:26.
[xli] Matthew 8:12, 13:42, 18:8, 22:13, 24:51, 25:13. Luke 12:47-48. John 10:28, 14:2-3. 1 John 3:2, 5:11-12. Galatians 2:20. Colossians 1:27. 1 Corinthians 3:12-15. Revelation 2:10.
[xlii] Luke 13:25, 28. 1 Thessalonians 1:10. 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9. Matthew 7:13, 18:8, 22:13, 25:46. 2 Peter 2:4, 17, 3:7. Jude 6, 7, 13. Mark 9:43-46, 48. Daniel 12:2. Philippian 3:18-19. Romans 2:5, 8-9, 9:22. 2 Corinthians 11:14-15. 2 Timothy 4:14. Revelation 14:10-11, 18:6, 20:14, 21:8, 22:12.
[xliii] Revelation 21:1.
[xliv] Revelation 21:22-25.
[xlv] Rabbi Vernon, Art. Jerusalem Day: The Heavenly Jerusalem. My Jewish Learning.
[xlvi] Sefaria.org.
[xlvii] Hebrews 11:10-11.
[xlviii] Dubov, Rabbi Nissan Dovid. Kelipot and Sitra Achra. Chabad.org. Hebrews 4:10-11.
[xlix] Freeman, Tzvi. We Can Heal the World. Chabad.org.
