THE FUTURE KINGDOM
Satan and his angels are to be put down, and Christ and His co-heirs are to take the kingdom. That is the clear testimony of Scripture, beginning in Genesis and concluding in Revelation. The matter will occur after exactly the same fashion set forth in Dan. 4:17 – “…by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the words of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will…”
The Most High will one day give the kingdom to His Son (Dan. 7:13, 14; cf. Rev. 11:15), Satan and his angels will be put down (exactly as Nebuchadnezzar in history was put down, for that will be “the decree of the Most High” [Dan. 4:23-31]), and the Son will then take the kingdom and rule, holding the scepter.
At this time the Son will place redeemed man, qualified individuals in positions of power and authority as co-heirs, holding the scepter with Him (cf. Ps. 2:6-9; Rev. 2:26, 27). They will have previously being shown qualified at the Judgment Seat, and the Son, with His co-heirs, will then rule the earth from His throne in the heavenly Jerusalem for 1000 years.
Israel will have been restored to the nation’s earthly land, and the kingdom covenanted to David will have been restored to Israel. David’s throne will have been given to Christ, and He will rule from this throne on the earth as well as from His Own throne in the heavens. Thus Christ will have dual reign during the Messianic Era. And it will be after this fashion that Christ exercise power and authority over the earth for 1000 years.
Christ’s rule from heaven will involve His co-heirs, who will exercise power and authority with Him over the nations. And Christ’s rule on the earth will involve Israel, which will also exercise power and authority with Him over the nations. Accordingly, the nations in this manner will be governed from two realms – heavenly and earthly.
And the object of this rule will be to bring order out of disorder, effect a cosmos out of a chaos. “All rule and all authority and power” must be put down; “all enemies” must be put down “under His feet,” even “death.” And when “all things shall be subdued under Him,” the kingdom will be “delivered up” to “God even the Father” in order that “God may be all in all” (1 Cor. 15:24-28).
This is what the whole of Scripture, beginning in the opening verses of Genesis, anticipates; and to bring the matter to pass, the Son in conjunction with His co-heirs in the heavens and the nation Israel on the earth, will rule the earth for the duration of that seventh day – for 1000 years – foreshadowed by the seventh day at the very beginning, in Genesis 2:1-3.
Satan and his angels are to be put down, and Christ and His co-heirs are to take the kingdom. That is the clear testimony of Scripture, beginning in Genesis and concluding in Revelation. The matter will occur after exactly the same fashion set forth in Dan. 4:17 – “…by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the words of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will…”
The Most High will one day give the kingdom to His Son (Dan. 7:13, 14; cf. Rev. 11:15), Satan and his angels will be put down (exactly as Nebuchadnezzar in history was put down, for that will be “the decree of the Most High” [Dan. 4:23-31]), and the Son will then take the kingdom and rule, holding the scepter.
At this time the Son will place redeemed man, qualified individuals in positions of power and authority as co-heirs, holding the scepter with Him (cf. Ps. 2:6-9; Rev. 2:26, 27). They will have previously being shown qualified at the Judgment Seat, and the Son, with His co-heirs, will then rule the earth from His throne in the heavenly Jerusalem for 1000 years.
Israel will have been restored to the nation’s earthly land, and the kingdom covenanted to David will have been restored to Israel. David’s throne will have been given to Christ, and He will rule from this throne on the earth as well as from His Own throne in the heavens. Thus Christ will have dual reign during the Messianic Era. And it will be after this fashion that Christ exercise power and authority over the earth for 1000 years.
Christ’s rule from heaven will involve His co-heirs, who will exercise power and authority with Him over the nations. And Christ’s rule on the earth will involve Israel, which will also exercise power and authority with Him over the nations. Accordingly, the nations in this manner will be governed from two realms – heavenly and earthly.
And the object of this rule will be to bring order out of disorder, effect a cosmos out of a chaos. “All rule and all authority and power” must be put down; “all enemies” must be put down “under His feet,” even “death.” And when “all things shall be subdued under Him,” the kingdom will be “delivered up” to “God even the Father” in order that “God may be all in all” (1 Cor. 15:24-28).
This is what the whole of Scripture, beginning in the opening verses of Genesis, anticipates; and to bring the matter to pass, the Son in conjunction with His co-heirs in the heavens and the nation Israel on the earth, will rule the earth for the duration of that seventh day – for 1000 years – foreshadowed by the seventh day at the very beginning, in Genesis 2:1-3.
This concludes the study: UNDERSTANDING THE KINGDOM. Special thanks to brother Arlen Chitwood for allowing me to use his work, God has given this man a wonderful insight into His Word. I trust it has been a blessing to you as I move on to something new on the next post.
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